If you're a Friends stan like myself, you *know* Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel Green wasn't exactly the most skilled in the kitchen. In fact, when tasked with prepping a traditional English trifle in season six's Thanksgiving episode, "The One Where Ross Got High," Rachel made a fruity custard-shepherd's pie hybrid by accident.

And while our girl Rach's ditsy nature was a mainstay throughout the series, that particular storyline was inspired by an actual behind-the-scenes mix-up. According to Friends writer Greg Malins, there was a big debate over the difference between a trifle and a tripe, the latter being an edible part of the cow's stomach.

"We were like, 'Doesn’t a trifle have meat in it?' We’re like, 'No, it’s got pudding in it,'" Malins told Entertainment Weekly. "You have to understand back then there's no internet, and there weren't a lot of cooking shows on TV."

In case you haven't caught the episode, here's a quick synopsis: Two pages of the cookbook Rachel is working from—one containing the recipe for a dessert trifle and one containing the recipe for a shepherd's pie—get stuck together. (A sheperd's pie, fyi, is a ground beef entrée with veggies and potatoes. Not the same. Or similar in the slightest.) But instead of realizing, "hmm, do pudding and meat go together?", sweet, sweet Rachel combines the two and serves up her creation with pride.

"It’s a trifle. It’s got all of these layers. First, there’s a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard, which I made from scratch. Raspberries, more ladyfingers," she famously recites. "Then beef sautéed with peas and onions. Then more custard and then bananas and then I just put some whipped cream on top."

Naturally, Joey loved it. Everyone else? Not so much.

Originally, Malin was unsure if they could make it work on screen. "There's no way I can write this so that it's believable," he recounts to EW. "All credit to this, and everything else in life, goes to the cast. Because we could write the craziest shit and then they could make it believable every time."

Thus the meat trifle was born, which obvi, we've actually made—and we've got the recipe for you to do the same. We're dedicated over here, ya know?