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keesan
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Worst thing you ever cooked.
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Sep 30 04:04 UTC 1998 |
Please describe some of the worst things you ever cooked.
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keesan
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response 1 of 39:
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Sep 30 04:06 UTC 1998 |
Jim says when he was little and nonvegetarian, he cooked a hamburger with the
tomato, lettuce, and pickles wrapped inside the meat before frying, he wanted
to see what would happen. Don't bother, it's awful.
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omni
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response 2 of 39:
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Sep 30 04:41 UTC 1998 |
I wouldn't call it the worst, but the weirdest I ever cooked was deep
fried hamburger dill slices with a batter mix on them. They are actually
pretty good, but it's an aquired taste. ;)
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void
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response 3 of 39:
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Oct 7 06:45 UTC 1998 |
spam soup. a true (and truly inedible) desperation meal.
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keesan
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response 4 of 39:
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Oct 7 22:47 UTC 1998 |
Half-cooked rice and half-cooked squash and half-cooked eggplant was our worst
meal of the week. We were too hungry to wait. Crunchy. We turned the rice
back on to finish cooking.
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remmers
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response 5 of 39:
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Oct 7 23:08 UTC 1998 |
("Spam soup" is the most horrifying concept I've encountered
in a long time.)
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waterrat
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response 6 of 39:
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Oct 16 00:32 UTC 1998 |
(Are we talking worst in terms of taste, appearance, or the cleanup job that
followed? All of the above?)
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md
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response 7 of 39:
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Oct 17 11:26 UTC 1998 |
Once at a party in college we ran out of mixer after all the
stores had closed, so someone (I'm afraid it might've been me)
suggested using Alka Seltzer. If you've never tasted rum and
Alka Seltzer, you don't know the meaning of the word "horror."
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jmm
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response 8 of 39:
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Oct 17 15:27 UTC 1998 |
Overcooked squash I had last night. I think it was a Turk's head (squash, that
is). Dry and tasteless. Not as bad as the time, years ago, when I tried to
cook a pumpkin like any other squash. The whole thing went into compost.
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keesan
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response 9 of 39:
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Oct 20 18:16 UTC 1998 |
I am curious what was wrong with the pumpkin, it is a sort of squash.
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jmm
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response 10 of 39:
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Oct 24 18:51 UTC 1998 |
Pumpkin can probably be cooked like any other squash. If I hadn't just come
back from the store, where I got a nice-looking butternut squash, I'd go out
and get another pumpkin just to see. I suspect what makes pumpkin pie taste
good is the spice and molasses and other stuff. My failure, several years ago,
was probably trying to fix too many things for a fairly large dinner with
guests with fairly conventional tastes. Plain, unseasoned pumpkin just wasn't
what they had in mind for a Thanksgiving dinner.
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keesan
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response 11 of 39:
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Oct 25 00:40 UTC 1998 |
Was it a pie pumpkin or a jack-o-lantern type, which is bred to be large and
tasteless and not for eating?
We have discovered that 2 week old persimmons taste fermented, they should
not be served to guests. Better to freeze them at once and they also do not
get slimy if frozen quickly.
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omni
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response 12 of 39:
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Oct 25 10:00 UTC 1998 |
Butternut squash pie is most excellent. You substitute the pumpkin for
butter nut squash and add the usual spices for pumpkin pie. You really cannot
tell the difference. I am not a fan of butternut squash and was most surprised
when I found myself asking for a second piece.
The worst food ever? Wax beans.
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keesan
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response 13 of 39:
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Oct 25 23:10 UTC 1998 |
What did you do to the beans? I find them rather tasteless but not 'bad'.
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omni
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response 14 of 39:
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Oct 26 06:54 UTC 1998 |
I am not a veggie fan. I hate them. Like just a little less than the
contempt I have for things like Satan, Hitler, spinach, green beans, etc.
I had a very bad experience with them in my childhood, and I swore to the
heavens on my dog's very soul that I would never, ever voluntarily buy,
harbor, cultivate, cook, encourage, or ship wax beans.
I get the vitamins I need from pills. A painless experience.
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mta
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response 15 of 39:
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Oct 26 16:41 UTC 1998 |
Wow...I can't imagine life without a crisp green salad, warm, crisp veggies
with herb and spices, or all the wonderful tastes and textures of the garden.
Then again, I can live without quite a few things, so I guess it's all a
matter of taste. (But I can't help but wonder, Jim, if you just haven't had
really well prepapred veggies. The catch is, everyone has a different idea
of what wonderful veggies are. (My mother likes to buy them canned and then
boil them until they turn grey. Anything else strikes her as disgusting.)
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keesan
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response 16 of 39:
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Oct 26 23:37 UTC 1998 |
Do not store eggplant for several weeks in a plastic bag. Or peppers.
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omni
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response 17 of 39:
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Oct 27 08:21 UTC 1998 |
I love salads. I can eat a oil tankerful. Raw carrots, and raw broccoli and
raw cauliflower is just fine.
But as for peas, limas, wax, green beans, notrhern beans, spinach etc, I
hate it. I grew up going to a boarding school which was a little heavy on the
discipline and woe to anyone who hated veggies. Everyone was expected to eat
them, and eat everything. This was the 60's. No one would dare pull that crap
today.
I tried them nicely prepared and it's the same thing. Bleah. I'm afraid that
part of the hard disk is not rewriteable.
Corn, I like in certain forms. As for on the cob, or out of the can, I
despise it. Popcorn, I can eat a ton, and frankly I don't see the difference
betwen opening a can of corn and popping a bag of corn, except the smell.
My mother never had the cojones to tell the school to back off on the
forcefeeding of veggies.
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jmm
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response 18 of 39:
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Nov 3 15:37 UTC 1998 |
Just a follow-up on the pumpkin question. I got a medium-sized pumpkin at the
store, without any indication of whether it was for jack-o-lantern or eating.
Cooked in the microwave, turning every three or four minutes, until tender,
about 20 minutes altogether. Ate the first half plain. Pretty dry and
tasteless, as predicted. Mashed the second half with salt, maple syrup,
cinnamon, egg replacer, soy milk, and microwaved for a few minutes. Delicious.
Like pumpkin pie without the fatty crust. Egg replacer is mostly starch, and
cornstarch probably would work as well. Orange juice or apple juice might
substitute for the soy milk. Might be richer with some canola oil. From now
on I'm a pumpkin eater. Incidentally, I threw the seeds into the compost bin,
but wonder whether there's a good way to roast them for eating. In the olden
times we used to buy pumpkin seeds at the store at Halloween time.
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scott
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response 19 of 39:
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Nov 3 15:45 UTC 1998 |
Yes, you just rinse the seeds to get all the goo off, then put in a pie tin
or cookie sheet. Put in oven 300-400 degrees, stir every 4-5 minutes. Most
people put some salt on them before putting in the oven. Don't allow the
seeds to get brown while in oven. Seeds do not take very long to cook.
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keesan
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response 20 of 39:
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Nov 3 19:25 UTC 1998 |
250 degrees for half an hour or so will also work, in a broiler oven. LEss
chance of burning them.
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jmm
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response 21 of 39:
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Nov 8 11:32 UTC 1998 |
Incidentally, Kami scolded me for my limited view of pumpkin cuisine. She
suggests such delicacies as pumpkin soup, pumpkin stew, and pumpkin bread or
cake. Sorry, Kami. I'll get another pumpkin and try all of these.
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mary
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response 22 of 39:
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Nov 8 13:11 UTC 1998 |
I attended a cooking class at Kitchen Port a week or so ago
and the featured chef was from Great Harvest Bread Co.
She made a number of soups, my favorite of which was a
pumpkin-coconut bisque. I've since made it and it was both
easy and delicious.
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mta
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response 23 of 39:
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Nov 12 02:54 UTC 1998 |
Pumkin custard is a favorite around our house. I've taken to adding chocolate
chips to it in honour of valerie. <g>
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remmers
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response 24 of 39:
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Nov 12 11:30 UTC 1998 |
This being the "Worst thing you ever cooked" item, I assume resp:23 is
drift.
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