Photo of the Day: 'World Famous Beer Battered Onion Rings'
its just one ring of onion and 8 inches of batter.
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Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
Haha, I tried to make a light tomato sauce but I threw it into the food processor like an idiot and ended up with salsa.
The dish is not affectionately named Chicken Santa Fe.
Photo of the Day: 'World Famous Beer Battered Onion Rings'
Probably the worst example of using the term "world famous".
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Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
right around thanksgiving the NYtimes published some vegetarian side dishes. there was a cornbread/ broccoli rabe/ cheese casserole. i didn't feel like making my own cornbread, so i purchased some at a local grocery store. i should have tasted it first and read the recipe that stated it had to sit for 4-6 hours before baking (it was some sort of strata thing)...anywho, i put it together and soaked it for about an hour...served it to the family and realized that the cornbread was very sweet and mushy, so it was like eating broccoli rabe cake...it was truly nasty...
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
This is so funny -- I think everyone's posting on here! At least we're honest!
I tried once to make pork chops with a sweet potato and onion gravy. FN made it sound so good! After two bites, into the trash it went -- the gravy, that is!
I also made a Jamaican chocolate cake that sounded exotic. Cinnamon and a dash of red pepper. Shoulda known better. Oh well, live and learn!
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
I've thrown out batches of pie crust dough that don't come together - thankfully, I've since improved my crust-making skills.
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
Forgot to mention the strawberry-jalapeno jam that is now part of the compost heap. I don't really want to talk about that, either.
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
Like everyone else here, I HATE to throw away food... but if the recipe was truly a dog, I'd toss it.
There have been a few situations where things have been salvageable. If I made a stew and it just didn't appeal to me, I'd hand it off to a family member who doesn't cook. A few weeks ago, I was trying to make a lemony aioli for fish (from a Jamie Oliver recipe on SE). I had to throw out the first two baches. I made something, but it was not aioli or mayonnaise or any kind of emulsion. In the end, I scooped some Hellman's into a bowl, added a bunch of lemon juice, some dill, paprika and capers, and spooned that over the fish. Received many compliments.
Them: "This sauce is delicious! What's in it?"
Me: "I don't want to talk about it."
And so it goes.
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
For Passover 2005 I decided to make a gefilte fish terrine from the NY Times Passover cookbook instead of serving the jarred stuff. I bought some beautifully fresh whitefish and carp from the local fishmonger, ground it up, prepped the veggies, did whatever else that recipe called for,layered it all and put it in the oven. It looked great. That was about 2 hours plus right there. Once in the oven there arose a smell that was so bad you couldn't believe. It may have been from the mold I put it in-as instructed in the recipe I used a mold-but when it came out of the oven stinking of something other than fish (which of course should smell good)it went from the oven into the sink disposal. YECH!!
After that I stuck to doctored-up jarred gefilte fish, although this year I may do something else that doesn't require a mold!
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
I try not to throw out food, and have become fairly adept at recycling leftovers into something else (grinding overdone beef for example, to use in shepherd's pie, something I did this weekend).
But I have made a couple of dogs that simply got kicked to the curb - if I find it inedible, the rest of my family definitely will! The one that always sticks in my head was an antipasto pizza - when I opened the jar of antipasto I KNEW it was going to be a mistake (I was fairly new to cooking, and didn't realize the mixture was pickled AND it contained green beans!). The recipe called for me to spread the antipasto over a pizza crust, top it with plenty of bacon and heat through. My ex and I took one bite each and just stared at each other in horror. He gamely took another bite. I place my piece on my plate, picked up the rest of the pizza, deposited it directly in the garbage, followed by the rest of the jar of antipasto. We didn't stop laughing for an hour, which was about how long it took to change and hit our favourite restaurant!
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
lexophile: I wonder if the wheatberry salad that I once made and didn't like came from this website. I remember it being mushy. I tried to eat it because it had good ingredients but couldn't. The flavours weren't quite right either.
Photo of the Day: 'World Famous Beer Battered Onion Rings'
there is a restaurant in my area that serves rings of similar size but they have a substantial amount of onion in them and they are fabulous. if you're planning a trip to northern indiana soon (ok, you can stop laughing now) look up Between the Buns.
Do You Ever Make A New Dish, Only to Throw it Out?
I foolishly bought 2 very costly jars of peeled chestnuts to make this soup (with celeriac and apples) from a recipe of I think Dorie Greenspan.
Made the soup, and kept myself in denial through each taste test - maybe it just needs more time simmering, says I.
It was just way too odd to fathom, even after trying to keep an open mind. It ended up on my compost pile.
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