“You take the moon and you take the sun / You take everything that seems like fun / You stir it all up and then you’re done / Radda radda radda radda radda / So come on in, feel free to do some lookin’ / Stay around ‘cause something’s always cooking.”
With this theme song, Chowder the cartoon aired in 2007. This animated series focused entirely on food and cooking, choosing to name characters after dishes like Panini, Gazpacho, and Schnitzel. It combined my two loves in life: things you can eat and light-hearted, witty humour. I wasn’t the only one influenced by this cartoon either; Lil Nas X made a song entirely on the character Panini that’s blown up to 23 million views on YouTube. In an early episode, Chowder was encouraged to make this recipe by his chef mentor, and while I can’t say that he ever took Mung Daal up on it, this one goes out to you, Chowder. Happy April Fool’s Day, to one and all!
Ingredients:
- 1 pickle
- 1 cup
Method:
- Place the pickle in the cup.
- Serve and enjoy!
Image: Chandy Dancey/The Cascade
Chandy is a biology major/chemistry minor who's been a staff writer, Arts editor, and Managing Editor at The Cascade. She began writing in elementary school when she produced Tamagotchi fanfiction to show her peers at school -- she now lives in fear that this may have been her creative peak.
