Crimes against food

[Amyw Profile]

Have just seen on Rate My Plate on FB, tuna curry m using tinned cheap tuna mixed into a jar of sauce with some peas . Has to be one of the worst things I've seen or imagine eating .

Another thing that really grinds on me, is when people cook a dish describing it as a classic dish , when really it's massively removed from the original. I saw a chicken "carbonara" advertised once with sun dried tomatoes, spinach and pine nuts stirred through.if that's a carbonara, then I'm Kate moss

[wargarden Profile]

i can beat that:
grill squid tentacles and peanut butter
Sardine and raspberry jam
the UK version chicken Maryland and fried banana

[Lusciouslush Profile]

Sardine and raspberry jam

That is so seriously …………………………….

You have to have made that up right....?


Or..................….Which ward are you in....?

[cherrytree Profile]

Sources please, Wargarden.

[wargarden Profile]

shokugeki no soma
opps got it wrong it's
Dried Sardines Garnished with Strawberry Jam
https://shokugekinosoma.fandom.com/wiki/Dried_Sardines_Garnished_with_Strawberry_Jam

[Amyw Profile]

From what I understood reading the link, that’s a fictional Japanese magazine series ?? Surely slightly different as in fiction you can make up any random combination . I meant real world examples

[Amyw Profile]

Oh and I saw advertised in Cafe Nero espresso mixed with tonic water !!!

[Stokey Sue Profile]

My dad was slightly surprised to see some Japanese guests in a hotel putting scrambled eggs and canned grapefruit segments on the same plate, he wasn’t sure if they were doing it fully intentionally or not

One person’s crime is another person’s quirk though - I still haven’t worked out how coleslaw became a routine jacket potato topping, it’s weird to me.

But going back to the tuna, it gets put with all sorts of things it doesn’t go with, poor abused fish, trying to think of some of the bizarre variants I’ve seen on tuna pasta bake.

[Amyw Profile]

Yeah I don’t really like tinned tuna but have seen it in an American style pasta bake with condensed mushroom soup and grated cheese and crushed crisps on top

[wargarden Profile]

ketchup and scrambled eggs
amyw i think you mean tuna casserole

[Renee Profile]

I don't understand the use of canned condensed Campbells soups in America when preparing a meal. Surely fresh ingredients are better?

[cherrytree Profile]

No, whether you like it or not, Tuna Pasta Bake is a recognised recipe (unfortunately in my opinion)

[Amyw Profile]

ketchup and scrambled eggs
amyw i think you mean tuna casserole

No Wargarden pasta bake is how we refer to it in this country , a casserole is American . I would never use eggplant in a moussaka but I’d use aubergine

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Ketchup on scrambled eggs is divine - especially when mixed with red hot chili peppers and anchovies.
There IS a limit, however.
My favourite beefs are:
" Caesar Salad" - with chicken and roasted peppers
" Sushi Pizza" - ye Gods!
" Corned Beef Tacos with dill pickles". AARRGGHH!
" Pasta Alfredo" - with chicken, mushrooms, garlic and heaven knows what else.
" Chicken Curry" - no such thing.

And the final straw was a "Tagliatelle a l´Arrabiata" I ordered one day. A simple dish of tagliatelle, with a spicy tomato sauce ( ie. tomato sauce with peperoncini), which came with ham, bacon and cream on top).
I sent it back.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

amyw i think you mean tuna casserole

In British English a casserole is a stew cooked slowly in a covered pot in the oven

An open dish of food browned in the oven, such as Tuna Pasta Bake, is a bake or a gratin here

If we understand both you might try to do the same rather than “correcting” to US English
P

[Pampy Profile]

I have recently seen a chip pizza - yep, a margherita with chips on
My sister loves Tagliatelle a l´Arrabiata and gets really annoyed when it comes with all sorts of ingredients - chorizo, bacon and mushrooms was the latest one.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

Karadekoolaid has reminded me of a seafood risotto my friend ordered in South Africa
When it arrived it was spaghetti in cheese sauce made with dehydrated cheese powder which seems a popular crime against food in the Free State, there were bits of minced shellfish in it.

[scullion Profile]

in a restaurant in salamanca we ordered patatas bravas. when they came it was chips with tomato ketchup. i complained.

[karadekoolaid Profile]

chips with tomato ketchup

They might at least have put some hot sauce on it...

[wargarden Profile]

Stokey Sue » used the term casserole correctly since that is how i been served it cooked in cover dish. tuna casserole
now for the real monsters i tasted
1. roasted beef tongue with brown gravy.
2. chocolate brownie( cooked by my brother he made them but had no eggs to put in them hockey pucks taste better and are softer).
3.american lasagna: a dish served my freshman year in college in dinning hall there are no words to described the taste and texture.
4. dill pickle crisps
5. crab crisps made with old bay crab seasoning.
6. tomato ketchup on hot dog (considered a crime in at least 5 USA states.
7. chocolate syrup on pizza
8. sweet corn on pizza (strangely one most popular topping on pizza in japan)
9 ranch dressing or french dressing on pizza
10 ranch dressing on Cantaloupe( my nieces favorite).
11. natto: ferment soy beans (from japan) also common breakfast item ( if you can get past the smell) the taste is even stronger ( on par with some potent cheeses you can not take on Paris subway.