"Most mental recipe in the world, ever" competition

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• 24-Aug-2009 14:34

  "Most mental recipe in the world, ever" competition

  SophieM Joined on 08-May-2003 London Posts 37,688

  Contact I'm having great fun today reading the Pioneer Woman blog - she's a fab writer and takes great pics of food. But many of her recipes are just insane - if all Americans cook like that, it's no wonder they've got an obesity crisis over there. The butter! The weird processed food in tins! But so far the prize for the weirdest recipe goes to this: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/02/apple_dumplings/ Any other contenders?

• 24-Aug-2009 14:52

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  R-A Joined on 10-Mar-2007 London, innit. Posts 3,609

  Contact I made those croissants-out-of-a-tin as a project in Food Tech when I was 12 * I can't believe that I passed the project, but some people just made toast (insert rant about food education in this country yadda yadda). H has a minging recipe which involves mixing baked beans with fried onions, balsamic vinegar and loads of cheese, and eating it with pasta.   *not with the apples and fizzy stuff though - I have to admit it looks kinda lush if fantastically lardy

• 24-Aug-2009 14:54

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  KJX Joined on 20-Aug-2004 United Kingdom Posts 15,216	Contact Do you want me to dig out my old recipe books from the 50s, 60s and 70s?  There are some horrors in there!

• 24-Aug-2009 14:57

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  Vicbic Joined on 17-Jan-2003 Manchester, UK Posts 8,081

  Contact I think it sounds quite nice... although I am not exactly sure what Mountain Dew is! That coffee cake on the first page looks divine. I watched a gastric band doc on cable years ago, and the lady shown was one of those "I don't know why I am so large" people. I was sympathetic until they showed here and her husband making some chicken dish with a whole pack of butter. For two of them. I think the answer was all there... Do you read Hannah's Country Kitchen? She has some weird and wonderful cakes, but not mental I must admit!

• 24-Aug-2009 14:58

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  princess layabout Joined on 05-Dec-2004 United Kingdom Posts 28,046

  Contact I'll read the blog in a moment, but can I nominate "mulled lager" from a 1980s Mary Berry cookbook?  It's lager, mulled.  That's it, but for sheer unpleasantness and insanity I think it's a good un.  The smell alone was enough to make people sick. R-A, I remember no1 son doing a cookery project in school (in the 3 days he was in secondary school ) and he was the only one who cooked something - he made burgers, which is hardly cordon bleu.  He said most people either took a ready made pizza or a packet of cake mix.  Sheesh.

• 24-Aug-2009 14:59

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  spacecadet_99 Joined on 04-Apr-2006 United Kingdom Posts 8,987	Contact My teeth hurt just reading that

• 24-Aug-2009 14:59

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  Gingey Wife Joined on 01-Apr-2004 Near Obama Posts 19,336	Contact Mountain Dew is the most caffeine laden drink available below Red Bull. It mings!

• 24-Aug-2009 15:02

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  R-A Joined on 10-Mar-2007 London, innit. Posts 3,609	Contact In other news, can Americans not say the word croissant? Wtf is a crescent roll?

• 24-Aug-2009 15:07

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  fox-in-socks Joined on 30-Mar-2006 United Kingdom Posts 8,843	Contact O.M.G. utterly speechless at that blog. she even made berries and yoghurt a sat fat fest! hmmm, I don't think I can think of any odd recipes. although MILs predilection for chopping up those rank pre-formed 'ham' slices and adding them to ready made meals / sauces to 'make them more interesting' does also make me want to vom

• 24-Aug-2009 15:07

  Re: "Most mental recipe in the world, ever" competition

  fox-in-socks Joined on 30-Mar-2006 United Kingdom Posts 8,843	Contact O.M.G. utterly speechless at that blog. she even made berries and yoghurt a sat fat fest! hmmm, I don't think I can think of any odd recipes. although MILs predilection for chopping up those rank pre-formed 'ham' slices and adding them to ready made meals / sauces to 'make them more interesting' does also make me want to vom

• 24-Aug-2009 15:11

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  SophieM Joined on 08-May-2003 London Posts 37,688	Contact Mulled lager Oh dear.

• 24-Aug-2009 15:17

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  Gingey Wife Joined on 01-Apr-2004 Near Obama Posts 19,336	Contact R-A: In other news, can Americans not say the word croissant? Wtf is a crescent roll? Nope, they say Cross-ant and they take the piss out of me for not saying paella right. Pah!

• 24-Aug-2009 15:18

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  fox-in-socks Joined on 30-Mar-2006 United Kingdom Posts 8,843	Contact waaaah that cheese / egg / butter / evap milk / salt recipe . I have to stop reading this, it's putting me off my lunch (sprouted mung beans, tofu, avocado and vegetables, and you know me well enough to believe that's not made up rotfl])

• 24-Aug-2009 15:36

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  SophieM Joined on 08-May-2003 London Posts 37,688	Contact I thought this was quite special too http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/chile_con_queso/ She is a fab writer though, and to be fair sshe is cooking for people who are basically outdoors and active all day. None of them look at all fat in the pics

• 24-Aug-2009 16:42

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  Madam Jodie Joined on 06-Apr-2006 United Kingdom Posts 10,365

  Contact An american acquantance of mine sent me her recipe for fruit salad, she was sure it would encourage my boys to "eat healthy" Yummy Fruit Salad 3 Red Delicious apples 2 Granny Smith apples 2 bananas 1/2 C Caramel sauce or Carmel apple dip 3 SNICKERS® candy bars (regular, not peanut butter) small container of Cool Whip Pretzels Chop up the apples, bananas and candy bars. Mix Cool Whip with 1/2 cup of caramel sauce or apple dip, then mix with fruit and candy bars. Crush pretzels to serve on top just before serving. Chill overnight. A very yummy salad.