Sitting on the standalone cabinet that we affectionately call the root cellar were two ingredients: a bag of Kroger dried egg noodles and a box of Diamond Crystal kosher salt. Each has a recipe on the back.

The egg noodles have a recipe for Chicken Noodle Dinner. It has seven ingredients and takes about 45 minutes.

The kosher salt has a recipe for Beet-Cured Gravlax Ravioli Stuffed with Avocado Mousse. It has eleven ingredients and takes three days.

I guess this is what you get when you tell the recipe team to come up with something that will use half a box of salt.