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 wouldnt be to bad...
IF you took the lima beams out! LoL
My co-worker’s wife made that for him to take to the office Christmas party. It was the longest lasting snack in the break room that day.
...but you have to go to a Korean street vendor to have some proper chicken feet...
It gets worse.
The Lao Bile sauce is truly revolting
GACK..
Just reading it turned my stomach upside down..
*TAP TAP TAP*
Number 18, reporting for duty.
Fakey onion soup powder mixed in sour cream and made into a dip.
Dog food ain’t all that bad - they use too much sugar as a perscative.
Now, smoked salmon (the stuff that smells like cat food) - now that is nas-tee
“Well I am a “seafood” eater-when I see food I eat.
So I have never encountered any party food I did not like.”
Ever been to Hanoi, Vietnam? I had live woodchuck there. Not something I recommend.
Its really weird because they make these other things that are delicious.
There’s the fellow!
LIVE woodchuck?!?!?!?
I was at a Christmas party, and the hosts had ordered pre-made sandwiches..(party platters)
The looked and tasted just fine..
They weren’t.
I got a really bad case of food poisoning..
I puked so hard and so much I thought my heart would fail on me.
two things happen when you get food poisoning..
1. You’re afraid you’re going to die..
2. You’re afraid you WON’T.
Wow....The things some folks eat......disgusting...
You cant spell nutrition with out Nutria!
If I had run across a vendor that was just pulling them off the grill, and they were above 165F, I would have tried a taste.
That's a rather distorted photo. So, I'm assuming that's a rat. If it's a beaver, well, this is a family forum, so 'no comment'.
/johnny
They sure love them gooey feet dont they?
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