non-member submission - Re: SC - My First Feast as Head Cook

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

I wrote:
>  > Grain dish, "cheap and filling"  - Last year's barley pottage was
>  > horrible and nobody ate it. I'm thinking Frumenty with cracked wheat.

and Jadwiga exclaimed:
>Oh my goodness, what did they DO to it? It's hard to imagine barley
>pottage that's inedible, though I once came close when I was playing
>around with Kut'ya ideas...

It was just a gluey, gloppy, sticky mound of tasteless flavorless 
glop. It wasn't burnt. It was just unappetizing in every way. And i 
like jook/congee. Essentially, i think it was underseasoned and 
cooked in too much liquid.

Anahita al-shazhiyya