Weird Recipes

[luckyeight]

What are the strangest recipes you've ever come across and have you tried them? I once made baked eggs in tomatoes..- whole hollowed out tomatoes with an egg cracked inside, (a little mustard first )and cream and chives on top. It was at a dinner party I hosted, and I followed this starter with 'oriental hot and sour fish.' This culinary evening has often been remembered by my guests, and not in an entirely fond way.

[Morticiah]

Not quite a recipe, but I love Toast topped with Blue Cheese and Plum Jam.

Sounds weird - but taste's like Heaven.

Mort

[ermintrude35]

...at school our home economics teacher found this in a magazine....it was called ....


...cheesey tuna casserole (really cr@p name because it's more of a pate than anything)

1 tin tuna
1 tub cottage cheese
half an onion chopped
1 egg
2oz fresh white breadcrumbs
salt and pepper

mix everything together, bake in a hot oven for 20-30 mins until firm to touch and golden, you can eat this hot but I prefer it cold

[luckyeight]

yep these both sound pretty weird - morichia NO ! sounds like the worst thing in the world - did you invent this or find this?
ermintrude - I strangely want to make this recipe ... Do you just eat it on it's own?
That's the thing about weird recipes - the odder they are, the more you want to make them!

[Morticiah]

Hi Luckyeight, I guess I kind of invented the Blue Cheese and Jam thing ... I have to eat Nasty Gluten free bread, so I'm always looking for something to make it slightly nicer. On that particular day I'd melted some lovely creamy blue cheese on the bread, then thought it looked a bit dry ... and sat on top of the bread bin was a jar of Plum Jam. I spread a tiny bit on to taste and it was GORGEOUS! I persuaded my Hubbie to try and he agreed, weird but lovely!

(I also make an amazing Chicken in Cheese 'n Chilli sauce, but I'm not sure if that's weird or not cos I've been making it too long now)

I like the sound of Ermintrude's recipe - I think that might be on the Menu next week.

I hope that there are some other strange recipes/mixtures out there ...

Mort

[Morticiah]

p.s. I should also point out that I've just been down my garden and picked a few big tomatoe's - will be trying the Egg in the Tomato idea for brekkie tomorrow! :-)

[luckyeight]

Wow mort - impressed that u gonna try the baked eggs! On the subject of strange toast toppings, when my mother was at university, one of her friends invented:
brown toast, lots of butter, then Marmite, then cottage cheese....
She introduced it to me and it is really good :)
I still don't know if I could brave the blue cheese plum jam thing - but then it's maybe kinda like brie and grapes or cranberries I guess?

[b13thy]

when i was about 9 my dad made my dinner one night and decided it would be an excellent idea to serve pancakes with tomato soup. it was the foulest thing i have ever eaten, and put me off tomato soup for life

btw, are you trying to break the record for consecutive postings ;) x

[luckyeight]

yes! I wish to be banned for spamming the site with moronic opinions. How come yr father's delicious supper didnt' put u off pancakes for life? I think it is bcos tomato soup is inherently rank. Unless it's gazpacho.

[sixpence]

luckyeight, I had the urge to try ermintrude's tuna recipe too, so I dashed off and tried it (only had part of a tub of cottage cheese though!) It was very good. We had it slightly warm with salad. Still some left to try cold tomorrow.

[luckyeight]

so excited now to try it! Glad y'enjoyed sixpence - mort u hav to keep us posted about how u liked the baked eggs!

[Morticiah]

Oh my Goodness! you guys have just reminded me of something my Dad served up when I was a small child! My Mum was poorly and for Dinner we ended up with ..... Wait for it .....

Deep Fried Wheetabix (?sp) ARGHGHGHGHGH

and sometimes, we'd be given Wheetabix spread with Butter & sprinkled with Suger for brekkie.

Have to say to b13thy, I don't think the Soup and Pancakes will be on our Menu, but I am looking forward to trying Tomato's with Eggs! Will let u know how it goes.

I would love to hear about other unusal recipes!

Mort

[ermintrude35]

..hey you guys I am proud of you for trying out my tuna recipe!....we have eaten it for over 20 years now.... lived on it as a student, and it's a great stand by dish, you can add bits and bobs to it to make it more interesting, sweetcorn, diced peppers etc. it's also nice on toast..... I also eat it with salad, it's nice with baked beans too!.....

[crisgal]

my dad once made me a strawberry omelette!
They were tinned strawberries too.
Yes, it was disgusting.

One of the wierdest - yet simplest - a whole calf's head split down the middle and barbecued. Then just pass the head round and use your own teaspoon to scoop out the brains.
I swear this happened to me at a farmer's barbecue in italy!

I'd have gladly eaten the omelette that day!

[mandimoo]

you must try marmite and orange marmalade on the same slice of toast. you sound like the kinda person who might appreciate it, unlike most of my friends who just wrinkle their noses and frown at me. i have tried with other flavour marmalades, but nothing beats orange (for me).

[luckyeight]

So far too frightened to try the sweet & savoury toast!
This is a recipe that I found in a Sunday supplement and I thought it sounded so strange and unlikely that i was obliged to make it. It is one of the most delicious and unusual salads ever & I recommend this recipe to everyone:
When I made it I couldn't get broad beans so just used more peas!

Courgette, broad bean and bacon salad:

200g peas, podded.
200g broad beans, podded.
200g piece streaky bacon, diced.
Half clove garlic, chopped.
1 sprig rosemary.
Olive oil.
10 baby courgettes, cut at an angle into 1cm pieces.
1 handful fresh mint leaves.

Blanch the peas and beans, refresh and set aside (for preference, also remove the papery skins from the beans). Saute the bacon, garlic and rosemary in a little oil, remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, then saute the courgettes. Mix the bacon, courgettes, peas, beans and mint. Season and dress with a simple red-wine vinaigrette.