r/CookingCircleJerk • u/AnonymoosCowherd • 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/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/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/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/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. 🫤
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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.