“So funny when recipe writers are like ‘this is a perfect one for those days when you have NOTHING in your fridge…’”

Some recipes are for when someone has “nothing in the fridge,” but list ingredients that certainly won’t be there. This joke was posted on X/Twitter by charlie on Januay3, 2022, and it received over 172,000 likes:
 
“So funny when recipe writers are like ‘this is a perfect one for those days when you have NOTHING in your fridge. so you’re gonna start with some leftover pulled pork.’”
 
   
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charlie
@chunkbardey
so funny when recipe writers are like “this is a perfect one for those days when you have NOTHING in your fridge. so you’re gonna start with some leftover pulled pork”
7:46 PM · Jan 3, 2022
   
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Ciao Bella 🇨🇦 🍎 🇮🇹 🇲🇽
@La_Reginella
Leftover pulled pork?? What’s that?!? 😆
10:49 PM · Sep 21, 2025
 
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Darth Grumpy 🍻👿
@The_Angry_Sith
What is leftover pulled pork?
11:17 PM · Sep 21, 2025
 
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Roger Jackson
@RogerJacks61715
What leftover pulled pork?
10:10 PM · Sep 22, 2025