To cook meals that aren't traditionally considered to be seasonally appropriate as a creative way to wish for the coming of another season.
Often considered to be a flagship form of "seasonal superstition."
Often considered to be a flagship form of "seasonal superstition."
Son: Why is dad out barbecuing at the peak of our Minnesota winter?
Mother: Oh you know your father, he's just up to more of his wishful cooking.
Mother: Oh you know your father, he's just up to more of his wishful cooking.
by Puma Puma April 05, 2008
by JohnDAubray July 03, 2020
Taking alcoholic beverage cans and putting them in a fire to burn off the label. Usually performed by minors or people in areas where alcohol is prohibited.
The group of teens cooked their cans by throwing them in a fire as they drank.
Troy: We should be Cooking the Cans.
Roy: What?
Troy: Put the cans in the fire to burn the labels off.
Troy: We should be Cooking the Cans.
Roy: What?
Troy: Put the cans in the fire to burn the labels off.
by IowaScholar July 04, 2019
Verb; to copy writing from the Internet for publication in hard copy magazine form, without notification or payment to the author.
by beyota November 06, 2010
by Finna Cook November 26, 2018
by Shaqkie Shaq January 29, 2019
Plagiarism. Stealing. Comes from the cooking magazine of the same name which plagiarized articles lifted off the internet.
by punxnotdead286 November 05, 2010