Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Your mom is a salmon cake.

I shit you not, this actually happened today.

Silly Man: Hey, you bake a lot right? You're always bringing in the baked goods?

Me: Yes, that would be me.

Silly Man: I had a quick question, I was wanting to do a nice dinner for a date I have tomorrow and was thinking of making a salmon cake.

Me: I'm sorry...? (One, this is not baking. Two, since when were salmon cakes synonymous with trying to get some on a romantic date?)

Silly Man: You know, a cake made from salmon.

Me: I think you have the wrong idea about salmon cakes. They aren't actually cakes, they're like crab cakes. You know, like patties of fish.

Silly Man: Well, that sounds horrible. Why would anyone eat that?

Me: As opposed to like, a birthday cake with salmon?

Silly Man: Well, it seems silly to call it a salmon cake.

Sure does apparently.

18 comments:

  1. ThaliaJanuary 22, 2008 at 1:51 PM

    I just get this mental image of a cake with a whole raw salmon sticking out... nasty.

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  2. TablebreadJanuary 22, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    ROTFLMAO!!!

    Being a guy who loves to bake I often walk into the room to: "Hey your that guy who's REALLY into cooking and stuff right? I mean you like to cook?" You can just see the stereotypes flying through their minds.

    It's hilarious :)

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  3. CherylJanuary 22, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    Someone sounds like they were two fins short of a full salmon cake.

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  4. kateJanuary 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    that's hilarious. it's funny how little people know about food. my husband thought pie weights were something really heavy you put on a pie to make it "more thin."

    hhhmmmmm.....

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    kate
    www.thecleanplateclub.net

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2008 at 5:34 PM

    I would almost bet money that someone, somewhere, has tried to make a dessert cake that contains salmon.
    Which in no way means to validate the foolio in this story.

    Charlene

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  6. radioactiveganJanuary 22, 2008 at 6:12 PM

    I'm actually laughing out loud at this. How could anyone ever think that a cake made of salmon would help him get lucky???? Oh my god.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    how do you find these people?!?!

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  8. AmazonJanuary 23, 2008 at 7:02 AM

    It's funny how he wanted a cake made from salmon, yet was digusted when he found out they were a variation of a crab cake. what a terd.

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  9. Lisa Fain (Homesick Texan)January 23, 2008 at 8:26 AM

    I once made a seafood cheesecake that included salmon, but still, not quite the same thing. Great story!

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2008 at 1:09 PM

    Hilarious!

    You are truly a culinary dunce magnet. A few more of these and you have a book, my fiend.

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  11. KarenJanuary 23, 2008 at 1:14 PM

    I can't believe that happened...hilarious!

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  12. kitchenmageJanuary 23, 2008 at 4:17 PM

    I live at the confluence of the Pacific Ocean and the Columbia River so, of course, I have a copper mold shaped like a salmon. When I read the title, my first thought was: I could totally make a cake in that! With strawberry frosting, maybe. grin

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2008 at 4:36 PM

    I have people say stupid things to me about baking all the time, but your story definitely tops anything I have heard!

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  14. MaryJanuary 23, 2008 at 6:43 PM

    You certainly work with some odd people.

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  15. treefrogie84January 24, 2008 at 6:27 AM

    well... salmon mousse/salad can be formed into a cake. But you still run into the same issue of... it's not cake as a baked, tasty delight. It's still... cold seafood. That could potentially be fried, but unlikely.

    Right.

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2008 at 5:13 PM

    I bet the eat beast would love a salmon cake! :0)

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  17. KellysBakery&CafeJanuary 27, 2008 at 7:49 PM

    Hilarious!

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  18. How To Eat A CupcakeJanuary 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM

    Bahahahaha I wish I could meet someone with that outlook on life... so entertaining :D

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