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Alvindy · 07-07-2012, 05:48 AM

I used to work with a woman - I will not tell you where she was from to protect the innocent! Her Mom used to wrap thick cut bologna around instant stuffing from a box (poking the 'rolls' with toothpicks to keep them rolled). She then put them in a shallow pan, covered them with canned tomato soup and baked them....no word of a lie, I saw my coworker have them for lunch but I could never bring myself to give them a 'taste test'...although she said that they were delicious!

sugarmamma · 07-07-2012, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Alvindy

I used to work with a woman - I will not tell you where she was from to protect the innocent! Her Mom used to wrap thick cut bologna around instant stuffing from a box (poking the 'rolls' with toothpicks to keep them rolled). She then put them in a shallow pan, covered them with canned tomato soup and baked them....no word of a lie, I saw my coworker have them for lunch but I could never bring myself to give them a 'taste test'...although she said that they were delicious!

If this was done with a chicken, turkey or pork cutlet, it might actually be good (spiced up right)!! I happen to hate bologna though

sugarmamma · 07-07-2012, 06:03 AM

My brother used to eat bacon, egg and waffle sandwiches ( the waffle being the "bread") smothered in catsup

He also (as a bachelor) made Mac and cheese with BEER because he ran out of milk

chachi · 07-07-2012, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sugarmamma

My brother used to eat bacon, egg and waffle sandwiches ( the waffle being the "bread") smothered in catsup

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He also (as a bachelor) made Mac and cheese with BEER because he ran out of milk

Yucky!!!!!

Harrysmum · 07-07-2012, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeepmom

I did the same the first time I cleaned my grandmother-in-laws house. I got a butt chewing that day. I also cleaned her cast iron skillet! She had to re-season it. After that she kept an eye on me while I cleaned.

Not a skillet - but I started a job once and thought "that teapot looks gross" so I gave it a good scrubbing inside....pre tea-bags apparently, no-one used to wash out their teapots - ever?!!?

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If this was done with a chicken, turkey or pork cutlet, it might actually be good (spiced up right)!! I happen to hate bologna though

I actually LOVE pork chops roasted in the oven with stuffing pressed in all over them and cooked in olive oil....

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sugarmamma · 07-07-2012, 11:29 AM

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Not a skillet - but I started a job once and thought "that teapot looks gross" so I gave it a good scrubbing inside....pre tea-bags apparently, no-one used to wash out their teapots - ever?!!?

I actually LOVE pork chops roasted in the oven with stuffing pressed in all over them and cooked in olive oil.... x

That was my thought too!! And even the store bought stuffing isn't THAT awful if you fix it up a bit

msyorktown · 07-07-2012, 01:15 PM

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What???? That doesn't look appetizing???

NO!!! Thats disgusting!!!

Nancy1999 · 07-07-2012, 01:42 PM

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What???? That doesn't look appetizing???

I actually make something like this to take to my son's Halloween party. It's crab and cream cheese on a bed of seafood sauce with olives as the pupil, but I never can make the iris look right. I wonder how they did the iris on this eye, it looks so real.

sugarmamma · 07-07-2012, 02:06 PM

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I actually make something like this to take to my son's Halloween party. It's crab and cream cheese on a bed of seafood sauce with olives as the pupil, but I never can make the iris look right. I wonder how they did the iris on this eye, it looks so real.

I believe it's a real......"oyster"

Nancy1999 · 07-07-2012, 08:21 PM

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I believe it's a real......"oyster"

Oh, those would look good next my decorative bully sticks!

capt_noonie · 07-07-2012, 08:23 PM

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Bread and butter pickles got their name because bread and butter together are sweet.
According to egullet.com, bread and butter pickles are named such because during the Depression, they were as regular a part of a diet as bread and butter. The difference between bread and butter pickles and sweet pickles is just a few ingredients. Sweet pickles use cinnamon, cloves, and allspice in a vinegar-sugar brine. Bread and butter pickles are made with turmeric. mustard, and onion in a vinegar-sugar brine. I looked for a definitive answer from some kind of pickle-expert, but wasn't able to find one. It seems as though the history of the name of Bread and Butter pickles is carried on through

With those ingredients you would think we'd love bread and butter pickles huh? But I hate them too. I can't tell the difference between sweet pickles and bread and butter, I think they are one in the same. GROSS!

capt_noonie · 07-07-2012, 08:26 PM

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Every once in a while my Dad would get a hankering for pork brains and scrambled eggs. The mere mention of pork brains grossed me out so badly I would get the heck outta dodge before he opened the can.

Who could ever eat Pork BRAINS all mixed up with scrambled eggs? I suppose buttered toast finished off this delicacy.

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Wait ~ the brains are sold CANNED??? Where is the vomit icon

Just when I was read pork brains come in cans, Lisa said it. LOL

capt_noonie · 07-07-2012, 08:31 PM

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Oh, those would look good next my decorative bully sticks!

capt_noonie · 07-07-2012, 08:38 PM

I think some may have heard this one before. My mom got a fish from the Asian market. You pick a live one from the tank and they club it over the head and scale it and gut it for you for free. We went home and she went to season it and get it ready to cook. Well apparently one of the muscles on the fish twitched (bc it was so fresh still) but it freaked out my mom and she screamed while her hand was inside it and it flung under the kitchen table.

Now if you can imagine, that kitchen was small with a small counter workspace. We had a diner style banquette right up to the wall of the workspace. And of course the table top kind of overlaps the seating area a bit. The fish got flung over the counter and under the table top, landing on the carpet! She was so freaked out that she wouldn' go retrieve it. My grandpa had to get it. I don't remember if she ended up cooking it or did my GP. I still tease her to this day.

Another memory was Thanksgiving. We are Chinese, so usually we don't cook and go out to a Chinese restaurant. For some reason this one year the adults decided to cook at one of my aunt's house. Their idea of homecooking was mashed potatoes out of a box, but the worst was, instead of ordering a Honeybaked ham, they bought a canned ham from the store, and put canned pineapple rings on it and baked it, thinking it would be the same. Funny thing was around that time the aunts tried to teach all kids how to cook.

Oh once my cousin and I tried to make Rice Krispy treats. We didn't have marshmallows, so we used what we thought was the next best thing, synthetic maple flavored syrup.

Harrysmum · 07-08-2012, 01:36 AM

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Oh, those would look good next my decorative bully sticks!

If you have a look on amazon.co.uk at odor free bully sticks - they're actually displayed on a plate with a leaf of lettuce!!!???!!!

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07-07-2012, 06:03 AM	#48
sugarmamma Donating YT 18K Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkie Zoo Posts: 34,152	My brother used to eat bacon, egg and waffle sandwiches ( the waffle being the "bread") smothered in catsup He also (as a bachelor) made Mac and cheese with BEER because he ran out of milk __________________ Lisa, Mom to Curri Bee Vindi Loo Tikka Masala Sugar Baby

07-07-2012, 08:38 PM	#59
capt_noonie www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County Posts: 17,408	I think some may have heard this one before. My mom got a fish from the Asian market. You pick a live one from the tank and they club it over the head and scale it and gut it for you for free. We went home and she went to season it and get it ready to cook. Well apparently one of the muscles on the fish twitched (bc it was so fresh still) but it freaked out my mom and she screamed while her hand was inside it and it flung under the kitchen table. Now if you can imagine, that kitchen was small with a small counter workspace. We had a diner style banquette right up to the wall of the workspace. And of course the table top kind of overlaps the seating area a bit. The fish got flung over the counter and under the table top, landing on the carpet! She was so freaked out that she wouldn' go retrieve it. My grandpa had to get it. I don't remember if she ended up cooking it or did my GP. I still tease her to this day. Another memory was Thanksgiving. We are Chinese, so usually we don't cook and go out to a Chinese restaurant. For some reason this one year the adults decided to cook at one of my aunt's house. Their idea of homecooking was mashed potatoes out of a box, but the worst was, instead of ordering a Honeybaked ham, they bought a canned ham from the store, and put canned pineapple rings on it and baked it, thinking it would be the same. Funny thing was around that time the aunts tried to teach all kids how to cook. Oh once my cousin and I tried to make Rice Krispy treats. We didn't have marshmallows, so we used what we thought was the next best thing, synthetic maple flavored syrup. __________________ The T.U.B. Pack! Toto, Uni, & Bindi RIP Lord Scrappington Montgomery McLimpybottom aka El Lenguo the Handicapped Ninja 10-12-12

07-07-2012, 05:48 AM	#46
Alvindy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oakville Posts: 216	I used to work with a woman - I will not tell you where she was from to protect the innocent! Her Mom used to wrap thick cut bologna around instant stuffing from a box (poking the 'rolls' with toothpicks to keep them rolled). She then put them in a shallow pan, covered them with canned tomato soup and baked them....no word of a lie, I saw my coworker have them for lunch but I could never bring myself to give them a 'taste test'...although she said that they were delicious!