In theory [blank] sounded like a good idea...reality, however...
The other day I was really hungry at work and a little short on money at the time for the vending machines, and was limited to what I had in my desk at the time. I had one of those little micorwavable bowls of macaroni and cheese (the kid's size one), and I decided that I needed some comfort food, so I heated it up.
Going on the theory that tomato soup always seems to taste better to me with saltines crushed in it, I thought that I would try to find something to do the same in the mac and cheese (to add a little crunch and make it more filling). Unfortunately, at the time, all that I had were Stauffer's animal crackers (which I have recently mentioned that I have become addicted to again). Now, in theory, that could have worked....but just as a word of advice: it doesn't. Not a good combo. Just don't try it.
What about you? What you tried to pair together, maybe when you were desparate, or just having a strange craving, that sounded great in theory, but just didn't pan out?
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Oh yes, just recently. I love split pea and barley soup and I love dal, so I thought, hey, why not make a dal and barley soup? I had the ghee, the red lentils, the spices, the barley, everything. It should have been really tasty, right? It was very much not so.
It was awful, both in flavor and texture. I guess I used too much barley and so it got all gross and gummy. In terms of flavor, It became clear to me why one makes dal and then pours it over things. Strong, delicious flavor over blandness. Not strong, delicious flavor diluted by barley.
It was so awful I just dumped the whole thing. Absolutely no way to salvage it.
chisai at 11:51AM on 04/16/09
haha, I made an omelette for my boyfriend one morning...I love salsa, I love eggs and I love ricotta cheese--however, I don't love them together. I made the egg alone--omelette style like I said, and mixed the salsa and ricotta together for the filling. Not good! He didn't like it either and still teases me about it to this day.
kmgagne at 11:51AM on 04/16/09
BF keeps trying to use crushed up Honey Combs cereal as a coating for chicken or pork scalloppine. I keep vetoing. Some lines were not meant to be crossed. The pork with crushed Rice Krispies was pretty good, though.
Kerosena at 12:28PM on 04/16/09
This was a while ago, so hopefully I've gotten a little smarter since then, but a friend and I once decided we wanted chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, but we didn't have chocolate chips. We did, however, have Nestle Quik powder, and we figured that since the other dry ingredients were powder too, it would work fine. (Again, long time ago, so no making fun of the Quik! And yes, I realize that things like cocaine and anthrax are powders too, and would not work well in pancakes either, but we weren't thinking about that). We increased the liquid ingredients until the consistancy looked right, made the pancakes, and excitedly dug in. NOOO idea what the excitement was about, because they were terrible! We didn't eat them.
cycorider at 2:36PM on 04/16/09
My bf made me make bacon chocolate chip cookies just because his friend sent him a link to a food blog post.
I thought the bacon was just ruining my otherwise-tasty chocolate chip cookies. He liked them though.
hmw0029 at 4:44PM on 04/16/09
Well I found out that I do not like to use salsa as a salad dressing. I like salsa on everything else and I thought it would be good, didn't like it.
pjracz10 at 5:13PM on 04/16/09
A loonnnggg time ago I thought it would be a dandy idea to marinate red snapper fillets (before it wasn't pc to eat them) in lime juice for an hour before sauteing. Yeah, it tasted like lime--and only lime. I am STILL living that one down. "Hey, hon remember that lime fish!" "Uh, yeah, that was what 20 something years ago."
finsbigfan at 5:38PM on 04/16/09
@finsbigfan- a Trinidadian friend of mine marinates all his fish in lime juice and it is delicious - cuts the fishy flavour - I will have to ask him how long he marinates and if he does something before cooking the fish.
Once I made oven baked rice pudding and I put in a pile of fresh blueberries that I had - it came out a psychelic hue of heliotrope and tasted vile and well, I can't tell you what it looked like!
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bareneed at 6:16PM on 04/16/09
i love the flavor of cheap miso soup and i love the texture of cheap ramen noodles. i can cook, i swear, i just love miso, seaweed, and cheap noodles.
so, ramen noodles with the miso flavoring packets would be good, right?
was SO, so, so, so gross.
redhead at 7:48PM on 04/16/09
Most of the wierd combinations of the 80's fit your question. i.e. Lobster with Vanilla and Calamari with Blueberry Sauce.
therealchiffonade at 10:16PM on 04/16/09
@redhead - that's so funny; I actually really like the instant miso soup with ramen noodles, especially if I have a stomach bug. Ramen noodles, cooked, drained, and then stirred into the separately-prepared miso. How tastes can vary!
littlestcapy at 12:11PM on 04/17/09
@pjracz10: Amazingly, I don't like salad dressing, but for years now I have used salsa (or failing that, marinara sauce) instead! :) I love it.
Traveller at 12:21PM on 04/17/09
Vosges Bacon Chocolate bar concoction. Seriously terrible.
lo82070 at 12:55PM on 04/17/09
Making a pot of soup when I had a headcold. Of course, my tastebuds were whacked, and I kept adding different spices, trying to make it taste right.
At dinner, DH takes one taste and gives me a peculiar look. "Have you tasted this?" he asks. Then the lightbulb pops on. "You can't taste anything, can you?" He kind of chuckled. "You've got to save some of this soup for when you're over that cold."
This is why I'm so much better off making things like Kraft mac n cheese when I'm sick. It may not be wonderful, but it's predictable.
dbcurrie at 1:11PM on 04/17/09
@littlestcapy- If you like miso ramen you have to try the real thing, or at least, Sapporo Ichiban Miso Ramen if you can find it!! :-)
In Japan ramen flavors are divided into: shoyu (soy sauce), miso, sio (salt), and tonkotsu (pork bone) and/or according to regions (i.e. Sapporo, Hakata, etc).
hmw0029 at 2:34PM on 04/17/09
I went through a phase where I tried to cook Asian food intuitively and thought, "I like the taste of red curry paste and I can handle a lot of heat" so I combined a can of tomato paste, a tablespoon of peanut butter and half a jar of curry paste.
I ordered a pizza. And went on to perfect the recipe into some kind of tomato/curry/peanut/coconut sauce that's not too bad, although I'm sure anyone with a working knowledge of any type of Asian cuisine would cringe.
@dbcurrie: My college roommates were always grossed out when I'd make soup when I was sick. Take one can of Progresso chicken noodle soup, add a can of green chiles and season liberally with hot sauce and red wine vinegar. It sounds disgusting to me now, but it works wonders when I'm sick.
popcornfordinner at 3:41PM on 04/17/09
If you don't have enough roast drippings to make a pan gravy, don't make a pan gravy out of it. If your gravy is really thin because you didn't have enough drippings, do not add sharp cheddar cheese to thicken it and add flavor. And for love of all that's holy, if your cheddar-gravy monstrosity tastes like vomit, don't pour it all into your pot pie! Worst pie ever.
@cycorider: I was at a friend's house last weekend, and he did the *exact* same thing! Some prebought pancake batter, and added Nesquik to give it some flare. Bleeeah.
Tally at 4:43PM on 04/17/09
@Tally: You have no idea how funny that image is!!! And *so* something that I would do! Thanks for the tips! :)
Traveller at 8:38PM on 04/17/09
I was rushing through dinner prep and had to use instant mashed potatos. Then I realized I had no milk....what to do? I used Coffee-Mate....not just coffee-mate but French Vanilla flavored. Glad I wasn't there when the dinner was consumed! Woof
thegoch at 4:58AM on 04/18/09