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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Peanut butterI've seen a few posts about people who've discovered that just putting peanut butter on chicken will not, in fact, make a Thai peanut sauce. This is quite true, but there's a way to make such a sauce with peanut butter that works out really well:
4 cloves garlic, minced, chopped, or pressed
Juice of 1/2 lemon (about 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 tablespoon sesame oil
4 teaspoons chopped ginger
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 1/2 tablespoons crushed red pepper
Combine all ingredients until smooth. Can substitute two tablespoons of oil and one of water for the peanut and sesame oils, if desired. Will keep for one week in refrigerator.
Probably ought to cross post this to the top tips forum . . . anyway, give that a go next time you're craving Thai peanut chicken.
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Obligatory terrible food experience: another university meal, except this time from my father. He was living with a couple of his brothers in a trailer (static caravan) while studying, and one of them had made a sandwich involving butter. Another walked in and asked, "Has anyone seen those sticks of lard I picked up the other day?"
The fellow with the sandwich swallowed heavily and asked, "Did you say . . . gulp lard?"
Didn't catch on, oddly enough.
(, Mon 21 May 2007, 23:13, Reply)
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