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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Just rememberedNobody's mentioned the Korean delicacy of kimchi yet (well, maybe they have, but I didn't notice it).
It's made from vegetable matter, traditionally Chinese cabbage, but anything will do, pickled in brine for a week. The green salty sludge is fished out and laid in strips in an earthenware pot, and spices, garlic or whatever are added. Then the pot is sealed and buried in the garden for six months. (I dare say it's not made like this nowadays, but the principle's the same).
After this time, it's dug up and the contents are eaten. It has quite a unique flavour, and is surprisingly palatable at first taste. But the Koreans have this at every meal, so after a week it becomes gradually less enjoyable, and in fact I started to actively dislike it after about 4 days.
I was in Korea for a bit last year. One night we went to an Italian restaurant. Never has calzone tasted so good.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 May 2007, 8:43,
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