What's the most appalling thing you've ever seen done to food?

[wickerwoman]

I had a roommate in college who used to bring home huge bags of McDonalds ketchup packets and put them on Ramen noodles to make "spaghetti". He wasn't poor either- he bought a $2000 painting later in the semester. He said he just liked the taste.

Sends chills down my spine just thinking about it.

[ruiner4u]

1. i once made sauerkraut with mandarin oranges and cut up hot dogs..

It was pretty gross...

[seemunkee]

2. Throw it away

I hate to see food wasted.

[youthere]

3. Pour ranch dressing on it...

disgusting stuff.

[jobycom]

16. You ain't human, is you?

Or maybe you're just from some foreign country, like Yankeeville. :rofl:

[MrCoffee]

4. Brocco-roni...broccoli and kraft mac & cheese.

:puke:

[Chan790]

36. Noooooo!!!11!!!!1!!

Broccoroni is yummy. You have to use steamed crisp broccoli though and Annie's Organic Mac and White Cheddar though.

Tomato, raw onion and bell pepper is awesome too. That's taco-mac and cheese.

[YankeyMCC]

5. French dressing on Pizza

I still can't get over that.

[jobycom]

19. I can't eat pizza without it.

It's a regional thing in parts of the South, especially on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. My kids thought it was wierd until they tried it, too. Now I have to have a bottle of Catalina in the fridge just for when we order pizza.

[YankeyMCC]

20. Yeah, Biloxi was the first time I heard of it

it was a pretty funny/awkward moment when the waitress asked my wife and I if we wanted some dressing after we ordered the pizza. lol

[jobycom]

21. So maybe it is that local

I know when I went to Mississippi State if you asked for French dressing the wait staff would comment that you must be from the Coast.

[MorningGlow]

6. British sandwiches before globalization

The first time I visited London was in the '80s, before the place was inundated with American fast-food joints and sandwich shops. I had the nastiest sandwich EVER created--dry, thin bread, butter, and some sort of meat--just one or two slices spread out on the bread. I could hardly choke it down. I think some of it is still stuck in my throat somewhere.

And same trip had a Wimpy's hamburger. Mommy... :puke:

On edit: I shud not trie to spel on a Mundae morneng.

[LaraMN]

7. TO food?

Or WITH food?


:evilgrin:

[Deep13]

8. raisin meatballs

[mikeytherat]

9. Peanut Butter Daiquiri

Bad. Not as bad as you might think, but still quite bad.

Now, the Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Margarita -- wow, that was REALLY bad (peanut butter and tequila - two flavors that do not play well together).

mikey_the_rat

[ruiner4u]

10. from the Gallery of Regrettable Food...

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat/9.html


im hungry now...

[leftofthedial]

11. fed it to repukes

[Drum]

28. lol!

[idgiehkt]

12. my Dad's popcorn/ice cream sundaes

Chocolate ice cream and popcorn mixed together with raisins and cherry tomatoes.

It's truly vile.

[Deja Q]

13. Well, I saw this picture in a book recently...

I won't post it; it'd lock the thread... O8) :blush:

[Reverend_Smitty]

14. One of my college roommates did the same thing

She would boil up spaghetti noodles and put ketchup all over them instead of "proper" sauce. Man it was nasty, every time I saw her do it I told her it was an affront to my Italian food loving self and had to leave the room

[wickerwoman]

30. I'm part Italian too...

maybe that's why it bothered me so much.

How hard is it to buy a jar of Ragu? You don't even need to use a seperate pan to heat it...

But no, roommate wouldn't listen.

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. A coworker had an expensive filet mignon butterflied and burned...

:cry: She wasn't too bright, but she wanted her steaks well-done. When the waiter brought our food to us (we were at a conference and were guests of a student loan lender), everything was cooked just right according to the way we ordered it. However, she decided she wanted hers a little more well-done, so she sent it back and asked the waiter to have it butterflied and cooked a little longer. :yoiks: He looked at her like she was crazy but said, "Yes, ma'am." When he brought it back, it was a charcoal briquet---complete with black ashes to be scraped off. She was thrilled, and she ate every bite. :puke: Now, granted, I like my steaks medium-rare, but that was a total travesty.

The second-worst thing I've ever seen was a friend who made "spagehetti" with tomato soup, milk, and celery. She got spaghetti noodles and poured this crap over it, and she ate it like it was gourmet food. :puke: This woman was not starving by any means---she just had no idea how to cook. And there are canned sauces that are far better than that and no more expensive than what she did. :yoiks:

[YankeyMCC]

23. A Fillet Minot burned!

I'm sorry I'm usually against corporal punishment but really some punitive action should've been taken. tsk tsk

BTW: To me anything that is not red and "juicy" is burned. I know I'm an offensive carnivore. ;)

[NewWaveChick1981]

24. That's OK. I feel the same way.

:cry: I thought the waiter was gonna dole out the corporal punishment, the way he looked at her... :yoiks: She should have just ordered a bag of charcoal and left it at that. :(

[calico1]

17. Pouring ketchup on everything.

I have a cousin who used to do this. On steak, eggs, rice, mashed potatoes, you name it. Not just a little, but smothered in ketchup. :puke:

[ComerPerro]

22. I used to like ketchup with fries, but now I can't even stand the SMELL

ugh

[bumblebee1]

25. My sister's grandchildren like ketchup with turkey.

That doesn't sound appetizing to me. Give me a real tomato with my turkey over ketchup.

[Haole Girl]

18. My husband will put a pile of sardines on just about anything...

...eggs, noodles, potoatoes...it's disgusting and smelly.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

29. Ewww...

That's still not as bad as what my dad used to do. When we went down the shore to Sandy Hook, we'd bring seining nets to catch bait with. He used to eat the spearing (little saltwater minnow type fish) live. Just swallow them whole. Apparently, he learned it from some old Portugese/Spanish guys when he was a kid.

I've had sushi that was swimming around fifteen minutes prior, but I can't imagine eating a wiggling live fish.

[Dangerously Amused]

26. I've seen photographs of a dog being hung and then barbecued.

A series of about five photographs. Notably, while hanging, his or her back paws are just allowed to touch the ground, the belief being that the more the dog struggles, the more tender the meat will be.


I've also seen photos of a cow with a broken leg in a slaughteryard being moved to the slaughterhouse via a front end loader.

[petronius]

34. Well, you're a bit of a buzzkill, aren't you?

:puke:

Perhaps next time you could start with a funny story about peas and mayonnaise or something, and then work up to the vile animal torture. Just a thought...

[Bucky]

38. Unless it was a Republican dog, I'm offended by that

heh

[Drum]

27. Seeing someone put out a cigarette on their dinner leavings.

Hey, I'm even a smoker...but I think that's just wrong to do to food, even if you are finished eating, even in private. :shrug:

[Broken_Hero]

31. the only thing coming to my mind

is when my brother, would dip his french fries in his milkshakes...a weird combination...I never tried it, just looked...weird.

[wickerwoman]

32. I've done that. It's delicious!

The cold firms up mushy fries and all that fat and sugar...mmm...

Of course, I used to eat frozen tatertots out of the bag...

[Broken_Hero]

33. I need to try it

my wife does it too...but I don't....just looks weird...another weird one, is peanut butter, in your chili...and I can honestly say, its decent...:)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. Where I used to work, we'd make bean & cheese burritos and

the chef would mix a little peanut butter in with it. It was actually really, really good.

[wickerwoman]

39. All kinds of weird shit goes into chili.

I've seen recipes with cocoa powder, cinnamon, ginger... Anything a little bit sweet reacts well with caramelized beef.

[Chan790]

37. I think I covered this 2 months ago

during "The things Dad cooked":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5510662&mesg_id=5510712

I'll take "Porcupine Meatball" for $200, Alex.

excerpted: These might have been more desirable if they were what they sounded like, scary as that thought may be. Ground-pork balls coated in uncooked, dry beef rice-a-roni and then baked or grilled. One lacerated my larynx once.