Posted on 10/11/2010 8:00:54 PM PDT by Bean Counter
With the holiday entertainment season upon us, it's time to compare notes about what the worst Party fare anyone has ever encountered. There are innumerable Culinary Disasters to relate out there, so why not start early and avoid an Entertainment Faux Pas of your own?
My wife and I worked for a title insurance company in Portland, Oregon for a while back around the turn of the Century, and we had numerous opportunities to experience some of the most goat-gagging recipes that people came up with for office pot-lucks and various event parties.
Some remain legendary, and my wife and I were dredging up a few of them tonight, hence this post.
Our joint vote goes to our Dearly departed former co-worker Rose, who presented the Staff with her personal offering of a very creative Jello mold; the recipe follows....
1 Package Lime Jello
1 Can Tuna Fish in Oil (it's important...)
Frozen Green Peas
Prepare the Jello per the box. To help cool it, add the frozen peas to the hot/warm jello (but make sure it is not hot enough to cook the peas...). As the Jello starts to set, add the partially drained Tuna, pour into the mold of your choice, and refrigerate until set.
To serve, turn the mold out onto a dinner plate, and the residual tuna smell will draw plenty of flies to garnish with...
The Tuna in Oil is important because when served, and as the mold warms to room temperature, the residual oil in the tuna adds a marvelous rainbow sheen (that contrast nicely with the fly wings) to the melting jello and the mostly raw peas....this recipe is obviously about the texture but don't discount the aroma...
It never gave me gastric distress.
We had potlucks occasionally in the large office I worked in on the military base. One of us always, sweetly, asked our co-worker, Darlene, what she brought. Then you knew what to avoid. Darlene’s secret ingredient - 1 cup of dog and cat hair.
Asians dislike cheese.
But think nothing of tendon or guts and fat.
You need to familiarize yourself with this then:
http://pleated-jeans.com/2010/07/12/the-periodic-table-of-meat-image/
The Periodic Table of Meat
ENJOY !
Are you for real?
About the co-workers pot luck dishes?
That is about the grossest think I have ever heard of.
I have not read any on the hundreds of posts yet and I have to seriously think about doing so.
(bad tension headache and feel like vomiting don’t want to encourage either)
Off topic did you get your ballot yet?
Should be here by now I would think, we are waiting, anticipating.
KV is thrilled about the up coming election nothing excites him more than Rat extermination.
Filipino’s call that Chocolate meat.
Anthony Bourdain?
I love that guy.
He is oddly attractive.
Ted Nugent gave him his first gun lesson and he wasn’t so sure about it untill he tried it and I didn’t think the Nuge was going to be able to get his gun back.
That is horrid.
Did your FIL live very long?
You may have been introduced to the joys of Menudo.
Sure. Why not? Haven't you ever had the Chinese fish dish that's served with the fish panting on your plate?
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