Terrible foodBack when I was a student, we had a "clear out the fridge" party. Everyone brought what they had left and the idea was to make a big meal out of it.
The stew/casserole/whatever was going surprisingly well until someone added the tin of mackerel in tomato sauce they'd been hoarding all year.
What's the worst thing you've ever cooked or eaten? Who's the worst cook you've encountered?
[and yes, we've asked this before, but way, way back before we had the fancy QOTW pages]
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chthonic, Thu 17 May 2007, 10:23)
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Edenmonster reminded me.*When I was about 15 or so my family took a holiday to Australia, but we decided to stop in Hong Kong for a couple of days on the way out; see the sights, do some shopping and try the food.
We went to some amazing restaurants, nice places where the locals eat. It was in one such food emporium, during a busy lunch break when the waiter came up to take our orders.
"Shark fin soup?"
Now I'm not big into seafood at the best of times, and I had a vague memory of something of the ilk that the (endangered) sharks just have their fins cut off and are thrown back alive to drown, so I politely declined, to which the waiter replied "Chicken soup?". This was much more to my taste, so I consented.
The food came and lo and behold I was presented with a bowl of what else, except chicken and shark fin soup.
It wasn't even nice. It was barely soup. I could rest my spoon on it. I could hardly start, let alone finish it (and I hate wasting food). No starter has ever made me feel so guilty. **
* And yep, tried the hundred year old eggs too. I had the taste of egg in my mouth for about three days.
** The rest of the meal was divine. Dim sum...mmmm....
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jme, Sat 19 May 2007, 22:41,
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