This recipe is special. And not in the way a mother says, “Oh, ALL my children are special!” You're lying, Susan. You bought Rebecca a car for her 16th birthday and Kyle an SAT manual. You clearly think Rebecca is more special, just as we think this recipe is more special. We developed it right when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, because we wanted people to be able to make comfort food using whatever non-perishable produce they had on hand. In fact, we only had a few non-perishable items on hand!
We were supposed to shoot our usual videos in the studio, when suddenly, after a week of speculation, the world shut down. We immediately ran to our producer's house with fists full of grocery bags filled with a random assortment of items we had grabbed from the studio before we had to leave. We put them all on the table and tried to figure out what kind of simple delight we could conjure up to improve people's lives during what was sure to be a terrible experience.
The French onion ramen, which uses only four (more or less) ingredients, was an immaculate response. Well, so were our cheesy rice muffins, but they kind of stunk. (It's still hearty and plentiful, though!) We launched the “Mythical Kitchen” YouTube channel about two months before the pandemic hit, and our mantra/war cry combo of “EVERYONE IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN” !” has stagnated since then. Because we really are. And you too.
