“My secret ingredient is letting somebody else cook” is a jocular one-line saying that has been very popular on Twitter. The line has been cited on Twitter since June 4, 2012.
Twitter
Jack Attack
@Samurai_Rave
My secret ingredient is letting somebody else cook.
8:25 AM - 4 Jun 2012
Twitter
Coach Potato
@coachpotat0
My secret ingredient is letting somebody else cook.
12:21 AM - 20 Jun 2012
Twitter
#OhNoHeTwitn’t
@IamLawry
My secret ingredient for a great Supper meal is letting somebody else cook
10:03 AM - 2 Jul 2012
Funny Status
100 years, Women Spend, & 20 Best Weekend Status Updates
May 15, 2015
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11. My secret ingredient is letting somebody else cook.
Facebook
Pastor David Crank
September 3, 2015
My secret ingredient is letting somebody else cook.
Funny Status
Life Is Short, 20 Funny Statuses, Tha Flippa Remix
October 13, 2015
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17. My secret ingredient is letting somebody else cook.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“You telling me a crab ran this goon? (5/17)
•“I don’t drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. Therefore, I’m not an alcoholic, I’m spiritual” (5/17)
•“I don’t drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. So I’m not an alcoholic, I’m spiritual” (5/17)
•“Since we can’t use plastic straws anymore I’ve just been choking turtles with my bare hands” (5/17)
•Entry in progress—BP24 (5/17)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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