240: Mama to the Rescue | |
When Brendan Main and his wife got stuck in a slumhole apartment in an unfamiliar city with Cooking Mama as their only entertainment, they both had the same hare-brained idea: to assemble a makeshift kitchen and try their hands at a few of Mama's strangest recipes. | |
Great article! Makes me wanna try this! At home, I mean. | |
I was hitting my thigh as I read this. It was awesome. | |
Cooking mama is fun, I have no idea why. | |
Fantastic article! I have to admit, I'm curious about the apartment - did it get fixed? Did the tenant's board ride to the rescue? I hope it turned out ok in the end. | |
I would love for Cooking with Mama to come out with a cookbook... all that nummy food... | |
Nice article! But now im hungry. | |
great article, its so true, you can have the tastiest ready meal ever, but it wont beat a good old homecooked meal with pride | |
I really enjoyed this! Food is probably one of my main passions in life: Eating and cooking are pleasures to be shared with loved ones, and I feel like this column really gets at that. Plus, as someone that rarely uses recipes and just sort of throws together flavors and techniques he enjoys, I can empathize with the wonder at just how much greater the whole is when compared to its parts. | |
Such a great article. The imagery was vivid and the suspense was killing me. I just had to know how this crazy idea would turn out. Glad to see that it was a tasty endeavor. Bravo! Keep up the great writing. | |
That was a great story. I would show it to my girlfriend, a fan of the Cooking Mama franchise, but I'm afraid she would get worried about the whole "our new home is a disaster, and we just got swindled" aspect of the story since we are currently shopping for a home to buy. | |
Great story! Not really in the vein of the Escapist's usual fare, but fun and funny at the same time. You have quite some talent at writing, Mr Main! | |
Wonderful story. It made me laugh. | |
I enjoy cooking from time to time, and I enjoyed this article. I don't usually comment just to say that, but there it is. I laughed. | |
I had to laugh at the Squid fried soba, Loco moco, Keema curry and chapatti being "exotic foods" bit... I know what all those are and I'm a fussy eater! Maybe Australia is far more multicultural than I thought... | |
Great story! I'm also curious about what happened afterwards though. I hope that landlord slips on an upturned glass whilst coming down a long, long flight of stairs...
Dude, Australia's more multicultural than the United Nations. | |
Necromancy, Lovecraft and food! Why, almost a perfect article! | |
"A friend of mine, an accomplished chef, describes cooking as alchemy: You combine mundane items and produce something wondrous, a whole greater than its parts. But what we did that night was closer to necromancy." Great! Now I'm hungry AND laughing my arse off!! | |
I saved that article to my favorites to spread around. People are always sending me these religous psalms(even though I'm devoutely NOT religous) and heroic stories, but THIS is inspirational. | |
I have to say, this was my favourite article of the week. It was funny, it was dramatic, and even a little inspiring. I particularly enjoyed your life lessons - the first two were hilarious, the last one rather touching. That being said, my one experience playing Cooking Mama involved me screwing up literally anything I tried to cook (probably due to my consumption of some distinctly poor-quality gin). But hey, maybe that food would have tasted amazing as well. | |
Best article I have read here on the Escapist so far. You have a real talent for writing. | |
I' glad I'm not the only one to find the gore of the kitchen to be more than the gore of video games. | |
Sounds just like my appartment...only difference; it was still fine when I moved in ;o | |
As a gamer and a chef, I'd like to think that i'm saying this as distanced as possible from the two: this is my favorite escapist article thus far, and I've read every one since the day I joined this website. | |
>delicious meals If I reached the point of hunger where I actually felt like squid, I probably died a few days earlier. | |
Once again games save the day. You sir, win 10 internets with your plates full of win. | |
I hope you punched that landlord square in the face and called him a shit. I know I would have. | |
Why am I suddenly reminded of that World of Warcraft themed cookbook I keep hearing about? | |
Great article, but I can't start to fathom how that would all turn out great. I say, bravo to you, sir. I hope that landlord was pissed when he found the garbage in the ceiling. Now, I am hungry as well, but I'm not going to let Mama tell me what to make. | |
Thats was a wonderful read and nice to see some love for Mama. and arn't you lucky playing the best game in the series. I have always thought about trying to make one of her dishes in real life bbut now i just might. | |
I agree. Please tell us how it all turned out with the landlord! | |