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Mosh Potatoes: Recipes, Anecdotes, and Mayhem from the Heavyweights of Heavy Metal
Divided into “Opening Acts” (appetizers), “Headliners” (entrees), and “Encores” (desserts), Mosh Potatoes features 147 recipes that every rock ’n’ roll fan will want to devour—including some super-charged Spicy Turkey Vegetable Chipotle Chili from Ron Thal of Guns N’ Roses, Orange Tequila Shrimp from Joey Belladonna of Anthrax (complete with margarita instructions), Italian Spaghetti Sauce and Meatballs from Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society (a homemade family dish), Krakatoa Surprise from Lemmy of Motörhead (those who don’t really like surprises may want to keep a fire extinguisher handy), and Star Cookies from Dave Ellefson of Megadeth.
Mosh Potatoes comes with a monster serving of backstage stories and liner notes, making this ideal for young headbangers, those who still maintain a viselike grip on the first Black Sabbath album, and everyone who likes to eat.
Mosh Potatoes comes with a monster serving of backstage stories and liner notes, making this ideal for young headbangers, those who still maintain a viselike grip on the first Black Sabbath album, and everyone who likes to eat.
277 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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May 25, 2019
Very funny with some sophisticated recipes as well
May 24, 2020
Some killer musicians and friends of mine are in here.
August 13, 2021
Some good recipes, anecdotes from metal bands, and a joke recipe from Lemmy. Recipes are decent but the concept really carries it. Worth getting!
January 16, 2022
This book is both hilarious and even useful. I obtained this at a whitcelephant type exchange. I traded 2 beeswax candles for it, and I have no regrets.
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August 30, 2015Okay. It's a cookbook. Right. Who reads cookbooks? Wait. I do. Sort of. OKAY.
Mostly it's a novelty cookbook. The layout sucks (I swear, there is no rhyme or reason for the order of the recipes. Seafood should go by seafood). The recipes aren't all straightforward Ingredients then Instructions. Some of them are in paragraph form.
Some of the recipes are weird as hell. Really. One memorable one is by one of the guys from Offspring that's called some dude's (I think his name is Rick) prison spread and it's ramen in a trash bag.
Some of the stories are weird as hell.
I knew only a handful of the bands that were mentioned. Theory of a Deadman. Shinedown. The Offspring. Emilie Autumn. Ozzy. Coheed and Cambria. that's not all of the ones I knew, but it's most of them. It's more of an offbeat cookbook. When I thought metal, I thought there would be something from Metallica or something.
There's a lot of seafood. As someone who doesn't like seafood, YUCKY.
I tried one recipe. Oh, I know. Complete lameass. Who reviews a cookbook without trying more than one recipe? Me. That's who. I tried something called Busted Chops. And I will tell you that I kept losing the damn recipe. I would flip it open and say "Okay. I want to make this recipe" and then it would fly shut and I'd get lost trying to find it again. If there was a section called PORK or something, it would have been scads easier to find things.
A couple of recipes I really could have done without ever ever ever ever ever seeing. The one named Hot Rod Penis Loaf is one of them.
There were a few other recipes that I would try, but I forgot to make copies of the pages before I returned it. One was for blueberry muffins.
The recipes ranged from easy-peasy (throw convenience products together and shazam! food) to midlevel (some convenience products, some scratch items) to difficult (everything scratch)(some particularly memorable ones included lobsters and whole squid). Some were super-cheap and others not so much. Some had really basic ingredients. Others had those ingredients that aren't easily found. One such ingredient was reindeer sausage. There was another weird ingredient that I can't remember offhand. A lot of them had alcohol in them (most of the ones that did called for loads extra for drinking while cooking).
It was an adventure, to say the least. I told my mother that if it's in the bargain book catalog (where I first saw it) at Christmas to order it, otherwise I don't really care. I'd like to try more of the recipes, but I'm not going to ILL it again when it came from the goofy-ass Madison library that told me it wasn't within the state when they owned it. There must be something in the Madison water.
Mostly it's a novelty cookbook. The layout sucks (I swear, there is no rhyme or reason for the order of the recipes. Seafood should go by seafood). The recipes aren't all straightforward Ingredients then Instructions. Some of them are in paragraph form.
Some of the recipes are weird as hell. Really. One memorable one is by one of the guys from Offspring that's called some dude's (I think his name is Rick) prison spread and it's ramen in a trash bag.
Some of the stories are weird as hell.
I knew only a handful of the bands that were mentioned. Theory of a Deadman. Shinedown. The Offspring. Emilie Autumn. Ozzy. Coheed and Cambria. that's not all of the ones I knew, but it's most of them. It's more of an offbeat cookbook. When I thought metal, I thought there would be something from Metallica or something.
There's a lot of seafood. As someone who doesn't like seafood, YUCKY.
I tried one recipe. Oh, I know. Complete lameass. Who reviews a cookbook without trying more than one recipe? Me. That's who. I tried something called Busted Chops. And I will tell you that I kept losing the damn recipe. I would flip it open and say "Okay. I want to make this recipe" and then it would fly shut and I'd get lost trying to find it again. If there was a section called PORK or something, it would have been scads easier to find things.
A couple of recipes I really could have done without ever ever ever ever ever seeing. The one named Hot Rod Penis Loaf is one of them.
There were a few other recipes that I would try, but I forgot to make copies of the pages before I returned it. One was for blueberry muffins.
The recipes ranged from easy-peasy (throw convenience products together and shazam! food) to midlevel (some convenience products, some scratch items) to difficult (everything scratch)(some particularly memorable ones included lobsters and whole squid). Some were super-cheap and others not so much. Some had really basic ingredients. Others had those ingredients that aren't easily found. One such ingredient was reindeer sausage. There was another weird ingredient that I can't remember offhand. A lot of them had alcohol in them (most of the ones that did called for loads extra for drinking while cooking).
It was an adventure, to say the least. I told my mother that if it's in the bargain book catalog (where I first saw it) at Christmas to order it, otherwise I don't really care. I'd like to try more of the recipes, but I'm not going to ILL it again when it came from the goofy-ass Madison library that told me it wasn't within the state when they owned it. There must be something in the Madison water.
December 30, 2013
So, one would think that Heavy Metal musicians would be terrible cooks. This line of thinking is horrifically wrong. Considering that at various points in their careers most musicians end up on tight budgets, the ability to cook becomes something of a necessity. Thus, they tend to come up with interesting recipes of their own.
This leads to this book, which is basically a collection of recipes which aren't necessarily complicated to prepare, generally aren't expensive, and which don't use a lot of dishes. Some of the recipes could be described as "advanced bachelor cooking", but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The recipes do err on the side of spicy, but as someone who likes spicy food, I don't really have a problem with that.
This book has one minor problem that isn't exactly a problem. While some of the contributors have figured out the proportions of the ingredients in their recipes so they can be reasonably re-created by someone else, others aren't. Consequently, I've encountered a few recipes where I felt kind of lost without some idea what the end result should look like.
Otherwise, I'd say this is a really good cookbook for the aspiring home chef - particularly ones who like spice, like heavy metal, or both.
This leads to this book, which is basically a collection of recipes which aren't necessarily complicated to prepare, generally aren't expensive, and which don't use a lot of dishes. Some of the recipes could be described as "advanced bachelor cooking", but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The recipes do err on the side of spicy, but as someone who likes spicy food, I don't really have a problem with that.
This book has one minor problem that isn't exactly a problem. While some of the contributors have figured out the proportions of the ingredients in their recipes so they can be reasonably re-created by someone else, others aren't. Consequently, I've encountered a few recipes where I felt kind of lost without some idea what the end result should look like.
Otherwise, I'd say this is a really good cookbook for the aspiring home chef - particularly ones who like spice, like heavy metal, or both.
October 17, 2010
This book is going to be a phenomenon. It's got its own website, Facebook page, there is tweeting involved--it's a full-on rock-n-roll mega promotion for the November 16 release of this book. And you know what? It's worth it.
I had my doubts when I first got it, but I quickly figured out that this really is a mostly serious cookbook (some of these rockers are actually trained chefs and a whole lot of them are really passionate about great food), albeit with plenty of fun extras, trivia, and behind the scenes dish. There are some seriously amazing recipes in here, and they all come with some sort of story. Some of the recipes are there because they are
easy to make on the road. Others are there because it's one of the things the guys miss about home when they are on tour. Some of the recipes are generations old. Others are straight off a Seven Eleven shelf. But pretty much all of them make you want to crank up the tunes and head for the kitchen.
I had my doubts when I first got it, but I quickly figured out that this really is a mostly serious cookbook (some of these rockers are actually trained chefs and a whole lot of them are really passionate about great food), albeit with plenty of fun extras, trivia, and behind the scenes dish. There are some seriously amazing recipes in here, and they all come with some sort of story. Some of the recipes are there because they are
easy to make on the road. Others are there because it's one of the things the guys miss about home when they are on tour. Some of the recipes are generations old. Others are straight off a Seven Eleven shelf. But pretty much all of them make you want to crank up the tunes and head for the kitchen.
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May 23, 2011I didn't get a chance to read every page nor try any recipes, I rented it from the bookstore I work at. But I read a lot of the stories, and this book is totally AWESOME!!! Especially if you're a metal fan! It is so cool to read these very personal anecdotes from epic musicians, and you get to make tasty nomnoms. From what I can tell, the recipes are easy to make and crowd-pleasing. Bands are always together so everyone has to chow together right?
If you are considering buying this book, I'd check out the table of contents first. If you don't know who any of these metal stars are, you probably won't FEEL the epicness just right. However, the tales and legends of rock (and munchies!) would still make an interesting read.
If you are considering buying this book, I'd check out the table of contents first. If you don't know who any of these metal stars are, you probably won't FEEL the epicness just right. However, the tales and legends of rock (and munchies!) would still make an interesting read.
May 21, 2013
A collection of recipes assembled from various heavy metal performers, this is exactly the sort of mixed bag you'd expect. There are some pretty decent recipes as well as some half-hearted attempts (sorry, pop corn and Raisinettes is not a recipe).
If you go into this because of the anecdotes and mayhem the book's description promises, you'll be disappointed. The vast majority of the entries are just recipes - often with some insight as to why they like it or where it came from - but the stories of the road are few and far between.
The one thing this book offers plenty of is recipes that can be made by non gourmet chefs, more often than not cheaply. If you're a metalhead who's tired of Spaghetti-Os every night but have don't know what the hell blanching is, this book is for you.
If you go into this because of the anecdotes and mayhem the book's description promises, you'll be disappointed. The vast majority of the entries are just recipes - often with some insight as to why they like it or where it came from - but the stories of the road are few and far between.
The one thing this book offers plenty of is recipes that can be made by non gourmet chefs, more often than not cheaply. If you're a metalhead who's tired of Spaghetti-Os every night but have don't know what the hell blanching is, this book is for you.
December 7, 2012
While the concept of the book was great, the actual recipes leave a bit to be desired. I hope the recipes contained within aren't representative of the cooking abilities of the metal community in general. Between the recipes that didn't bother specifying how much of an ingredient was required and the recipes (stuffed mushrooms) or the recipes that were so full of brand suggestions they looked sponsored (the grilled pizza). The stories were interesting but the recipes for the most part didn't match up.
To end on a positive note, I did make Kale 'em All and its a) a nice side dish and b) can actually be cooked in time with the album. Way to go Liam from Dillinger Escape Plan.
To end on a positive note, I did make Kale 'em All and its a) a nice side dish and b) can actually be cooked in time with the album. Way to go Liam from Dillinger Escape Plan.
December 14, 2010
This is a fun book!! I really enjoyed flipping through it, reading the anecdotes, and going over the recipes. Some of them look REALLY tasty (my fav so far is the Sausage Bread). It took me a bit to realize how the book was divided up, and....I think it needs to be refined just a bit more. They really should have had a breakfast section - although I guess these guys are partying so much that they end up eating breakfast during my supper time. *grin* The other thing that I found interesting was the fact that there are quite a few vegetarians!
August 25, 2012
LOVE this book - I may not be the biggest metal fan, but I think this book is a great combination of recipes and funny stories! There are recipes in there that are easy enough for non-cooks to try - and there are some that are very impressive (a couple of these musos could open up restaurants!)
I highly recommend it!
I highly recommend it!
October 24, 2012
Some of the recipes were really good; some, I get the feeling were just sent in by a metal band member thinking "oh no, what can I send them that sounds super metal!?"
overall though, i like its metal kitschiness! it is a keepsake book.
overall though, i like its metal kitschiness! it is a keepsake book.
December 5, 2015
Um, it's like a metal cookbook duh! I thought this was such a fun concept to create and I really enjoyed making the recipes In this book. I bought this for my love of suicide silence' vocalist Mitch Lucker (RIP) his jerk chicken is the best (:
August 13, 2012
I read this from cover to cover, although there are only about three recipes I'd prepare (maybe the 2nd edition will have more vegan stuff) it was fun read, liked the photos too.
September 12, 2016
A fun compilation but not usually my type of recipes!
January 5, 2015
How fun. Basic recipes through difficult ones, all by your favorite metal musicians. Cool stories and tidbits, too. A fun cookbook!
March 20, 2023
This book is great for food lovers and music lovers! I bought this book for my husband. We had a great time looking through all of the recipes. Can't wait to start trying some of the dishes. Yummmmm!
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