This game is the original, published on 8/10/05 - accept no imitations!
Last updated: 11/19/06
Rachael Ray has such a big personality, any of her many shows on the Food Network can make a great drinking game. Here are some rules to use when you're up for getting sloshed in 30 Minutes or less.
Note: 1 "sip" generally means a reasonable-sized sip of whatever beverage you have in hand, taking into account its alcohol content.
Sayings: | |
1 sip | "EVOO" |
1 sip | "Guys" |
1 sip | "Sammie" |
1 sip | "Healthful" |
1 sip | "Goin' on" new! |
1 sip | "Hang out" new! |
2 sips | "Stoup" |
2 sips | "GB" |
2 sips | "Spoonula" |
3 sips | "Fry-o-lator" |
+1 sip | any of the above followed by an explanation of what it stands for, thus making the abbreviation useless |
+1 sip | any of the above nouns used as a verb (e.g. "I'm just gonna GB this") |
1 sip | "Yummo" |
2 sips | any exotic variant of Yummo, like "Yummilicious" or "Yummerific" |
1 sip | "Delish!" |
1 sip | "Awesome" |
1 sip | "Beautiful!" |
2 sip | "Chop and drop" new! |
2 sips | "Shimmy shake" |
2 sips | "Worcester-sheer-shire sauce" new! |
1 sip | "I gotta take a quick break" new! |
1 sip | "It smells good in here already!" new! |
1 sip | "How _____ is that?" |
1 sip | "I'm all about _____" |
1 sips | "Just run your knife through it" new! |
1 sips | "Room to groove" new! |
1 sips | "You can seriously entertain with this!" |
2 sips | ... if she's talking about hamburgers. |
2 sips | "Some of that action" |
2 sips | "Back in the day" |
2 sips | "Daddy" |
1 sips | "Give it feet" |
whole drink | creates an all-new and completely unnecessary abbreviation |
Stories: new! | |
2 sips | The one about how she has 5 jars of poultry seasoning new! |
2 sips | The one about how she eats so much garlic she "smells like a salami" new! |
2 sips | The one about how she ate panzanella every day in Italy new! |
2 sips | Any story about Boo new! |
Presentation: | |
1 sip | repeats herself |
2 sips | talks for so long without taking a breath that she nearly runs out of air |
2 sips | makes an awkward, spastic gesture with her arm |
2 sips | voice cracks |
2 sips | forces a laugh at something not funny |
2 sips | tells a lame anecdote about her family |
2 sips | mispronounces "foreign" words such as "paprika" or "tapas" |
2 sips | says something that is flat-out wrong |
3 sips | is visibly flustered |
Cooking: | |
2 sips | comes back from refrigerator carrying too many ingredients |
3 sips | drops something on her way back |
4 sips | drops something, laughs, and says something like "potato overboard!" |
whole drink | the thing she drops is a knife! |
1 sip | fails to provide a measurement and tells you to "eyeball it" |
2 sips | provides an obviously wrong measurement, e.g. "about a tablespoon" while she dumps in a half-cup of something |
2 sips | suggests a crappy substitution (e.g. parsley for cilantro) new! |
2 sips | praises "salad in a sack" new! |
2 sips | uses a "secret ingredient" |
3 sips | the "secret ingredient" is nutmeg |
1 sip | mentions "the thing that makes you go Hmmm" |
3 sips | "the thing that makes you go Hmmm" is nutmeg |
2 sips | praises the virtues of Worcestershire sauce new! |
+1 sip | if she says it contains "secret ingredients", despite the fact that all ingredients are clearly listed on the label new! |
2 sips | creates a "healthful" meal that clearly contains over 50g of fat |
2 sips | does way more work than is humanly possible during a commercial break |
3 sips | makes a "gourmet" dish out of cheap ingredients (e.g. Tiramisu with nilla wafers and whipped cream) |
2 sips | expresses how good something tastes while she's still lifting the fork to her mouth |
2 sips | takes such a big mouthful of something it takes several seconds before she can talk again |
3 sips | ruins something and tries to play it off as no big deal |
3 sips | makes a dish with a name more than 10 words long new! |
Travelling: | |
2 sips | leaves a crappy tip |
2 sips | shoves her nose in something to smell it |
2 sips | claims a dessert by itself is somehow a legitimate lunch or dinner |
2 sips | gets something for free (e.g., her boyfriend buys her a sundae) new! |
3 sips | wears anything midriff-revealing |
whole drink | gets up on stage with a band new! |
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