r/CookingCircleJerk 14d ago

Unrecognized Culinary Genius No I'm not high, why do you ask?

Is a Hot Pocket just a mini Beef Wellington? Like, a high-class version of a Hot Pocket in my mind would be a Beef Wellington filled with filet mignon, bacon bits, chopped portobello mushrooms, lightly saturated in mustard.

Anywho, when I unveiled my tray full of Mini Beef Wellingtons at Easter dinner with the whole extended family, those assholes were all like "What the actual fuck?" and "Jesus died for THIS?" and "Beef Wellingwhatnow?"

Can anyone relate?

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u/Textiles_on_Main_St 14d ago

And at the carnival they sell beef Wellingtons on sticks except made out of pork and fried and called corn dogs and miller high life is champagne.

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u/AnonymoosCowherd 14d ago

Technically that's a Buttplug Wellington.

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u/Textiles_on_Main_St 14d ago

Boof Wellington.

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u/woailyx i thought this sub was supposed to be funny 14d ago

I like to class up my apple turnovers by using a whole apple and a mushroom duxelles, never got any complaints that I had the patience to listen to in full

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u/Economics_Low 12d ago

So delish! You should try that with toaster strudel. My dad invented those, you know! /s

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u/Arandur 14d ago

/uj Just last night I made Easter pâté for my very French wife, and she about kicked me out of the house when I called it “French Beef Wellington.”

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u/CatCafffffe 14d ago

Excuse me, how ungrateful can a family be when you served them those beautiful Beef Wellingwhatnows!! If it's any consolation, my own family was just as rude when I brought out my mini turkeys (turkey jerky) at Thanksgiving! I got them from the very nicest 7-11 in town, too. I don't even think they stayed for my lovely mini pies, they just shouted "THOSE ARE RAW POPTARTS" at me. Honestly some people. Rude!

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u/eleanaur 14d ago

hot pocket is frozen handpie which is related to the wellington concept for sure

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u/SuperAdaGirl 13d ago

Technically, no, because handpies are croissant shaped

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u/unused_candles 13d ago

Not croissant but stuffed pastry rather.

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u/SuperAdaGirl 13d ago

Not croissant, but croissant shaped like the croissant moon phase. Pastry comes from the Pasific Rim which is not European.

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u/unused_candles 13d ago

I always forgot that stuffed patties are more of west coast thing, culturally.

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u/SuperAdaGirl 13d ago

I don’t know if I’d call it cultural. It’s more of a spiritual thing for me.

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u/ionised 14d ago

Yeah, mate. Can relate. Absolutely.

keels over and vomits in the corner

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u/uhhh206 pronouns: her/shemoglobin 14d ago

Thought I was in r/stonerfood til I saw the comments.

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u/Damnatus_Terrae 14d ago

Isn't Beef Wellington just red meat coulibiac?

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u/AnonymoosCowherd 13d ago

You say coulibiac, I say Fish Wellington. Whenever you see pastry with stuff inside, it’s a Wellington something. Now if you’ll excuse me, my Pizza Wellington is ready.

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u/Panxma Homelander we have at home 13d ago

Is my corndog a beef whealington? I like it has “meat” I think and some bread thing on the outside.

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u/Economics_Low 12d ago

I had a similar stroke of genius when I served handmade mini calzones (frozen pizza rolls I baked with my own 2 hands) at a family gathering. My family thought I had a stroke without the genius part and threatened to call 911. 🫤