jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner) (06/14/85)
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Wait! Don't abandon the subject of icky-looking
foods so fast! I recently held a gathering to
taste-test a variety of hummus recipes for a
friend (Steve), dubbed HummusCon '85. The party
was especially appealing because Steve has hated
hummus from the first time I fed it to him; it
looks icky. Steve still hates hummus ("his
favourite gross Middle Eastern food"), but a
good time was had by all.
Now it has been proposed that we make this funfest
an annual occasion. Each year we feature another
taste-test of recipes for some gross-looking food
(that actually tastes good to someone). We're set
for '86, because Steve also hates my guacamole.
What else can we use as themes for future meetings?
It must be a good food (to me), and look gross
(to Steve). Some controversy about ingredients
and proportions would be nice. Nothing outrageously
expensive for the first few years, please.
Possible taste-test subjects and recipes are
welcome. Mail to me and if I'm flooded with fascinating
suggestions, I'll tell all on the net.
Do not use the Joy of Cooking hummus recipe.
(Final conclusion of taste-test @ HummusCon)
Linda Carson
c/o jagardnerreza@ihuxb.UUCP (Reza Taheri) (06/14/85)
> ................... Each year we feature another > taste-test of recipes for some gross-looking food > (that actually tastes good to someone). We're set > for '86, because Steve also hates my guacamole. > What else can we use as themes for future meetings? > > It must be a good food (to me), and look gross > (to Steve). ... > Linda Carson > c/o jagardner There is an Iranian (Persian) dish that might fit your requirements. It is made by pulverizing walnuts, frying it slightly, and simmering it for about an hour with boiled chicken pieces (and other stuff such as onions, spices, etc.). The result, called Fesendjan Stew, is a dark brown, rather runny, gooey stew that simply looks like, uh , well, sh*t! It is absolutely delicious, does not taste anything like walnuts, has pleasantly surprised anybody who has tried it, and is my wife's favorite dish. Enough? *********** The question is "ARE YOU right for Grape Nuts?" *********** H. Reza Taheri ...!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza (312)-979-7473
mmb@lzwi.UUCP (M.BURNS) (06/16/85)
> *********** > The question is "ARE YOU right for Grape Nuts?" > *********** > H. Reza Taheri appologies if this is not a question for net.cooks, but whatever happened to Eull Gibbons(sp?). Maurice M. Burns, The Lonely Squire of Gothos
apt@inmet.UUCP (06/19/85)
Eull Gibbons is dead. (Probably ate a bad pine tree.)
figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold) (06/21/85)
> > *********** > > The question is "ARE YOU right for Grape Nuts?" > > *********** > > H. Reza Taheri > > appologies if this is not a question for net.cooks, > but whatever happened to Eull Gibbons(sp?). > > Maurice M. Burns, > The Lonely Squire of Gothos Euell Gibbons died sometime in the mid-seventies at age 64 (it was either 64 or 66). Rumor has it he used to teach shop in my high school... --Lynn ...tymix!figmo