Mirror Universe


 * Not to be confused with the Backwards Dimension.

Now these don't have that cracked craggy surface that tradition really demands, but they're okay if you don't get hung up on appearances. Long live the Empire.The Mirror Universe is a universe similar to the Flesh Universe where the world's culinary history played out differently. It is inhabited by Adam Ragusea With a Goatee, also known as Mirror Universe Adam Ragusea. In our world, the Mirror Universe is sometimes referenced to show how arbitrary some of our preconceived notions about food are.

Confirmed differences

 * French macarons are traditionally made to have rough irregular exteriors, and the smooth cookies with ruffled edges that we're familiar with in our world are considered inferior.
 * The crunchy sugar topping of a crème brûlée is traditionally made with a stovetop caramel, which gives it a glassy appearance. Use of a kitchen torch to brûlée the tops is considered newfangled.
 * Baguettes are flatter and less uniform in shape and thickness, and they're traditionally made using a no-knead cold rise method.
 * Powdered gelatin has been readily available for far longer than it has in our universe and as such it is traditionally used to make foodstuffs like demiglace. Making demiglace out of actual animal parts is considered absurd and excessive.
 * Some or all of the world is dominated by an entity called "the Empire", which may or may not be the Galactic Empire from Star Trek. It seems to be customary for inhabitants of this universe to punctuate their speech with "Long live the Empire".
 * Adam Ragusea has a goatee and a mustache. It is currently not known how evil Mirror Universe Adam Ragusea is, though it is implied that he could be at least passively evil by his facial hair and his supposed devotion to the Empire, which may or may not be the Terran Empire from Star Wars.

Hypothetical differences

 * It is customary for home cooks to season their cutting boards rather than their steaks, while Mr. Ragusea does the opposite.
 * It is customary for home cooks to use white sugar and molasses in place of brown sugar, while Mr. Ragusea uses brown sugar and praises it for its convenience.
 * Raw steaks are more closely associated with their unoxidized purple color rather than their oxidized red color.
 * Mr. Ragusea puts the vinegar leg on the left.
 * The heating element at the top of an oven is called a broiler by Brits and a grill by Americans.
 * Ray William Johnson didn't do anyone's mom.
 * The vast majority of people pour their milk first before the cereal. Pouring cereal then milk is frowned upon. Pouring either milk or cereal before bowl just makes a mess.