PUDDING THAT TASTES LIKE AN OLD BOOK

A pastry chef in Spain is getting accolades for creating pudding that tastes like a musty old book. Acclaimed pastry chef Jordi Roca (* Never heard of ‘im) is the co-owner of Spain’s three Michelin-starred restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. (* translation: “The Basement of My Ass”) He has figured out how to extract the aroma of an old book and transfer it into liquid. How does he do it?
– “Select a book that smells like mature paper. Spread the pages with deodorized butter and let it rest overnight so that the butter absorbs the smell of the book. Remove the butter with a spatula and dissolve it in alcohol. The alcohol will evaporate and you will have the perfume of an old book. Sprinkle it on a bowl of pudding along with pieces of the torn pages of the book to complete the effect.”
The dish costs $362.
* Talk about putting words in your mouth.
* OK, that’s HOW he does it, but why?
* If I want food that tastes like an old book, I’ll go to White Castle, thank you very much.
* I haven’t been this excited since they came out with Jell-o that tastes like socks.
* You come in with Great Expectations but it ends up tasting like Animal Farm, and by the end, your taste buds will be Les Misérables. And your money is Gone With The Wind.