Re. [Sca-cooks] worst period dish...

[Linda M. Kalb]

Thank you for that story!  The imagery was wonderfully vivid, and it's
heartening to know that those more expert than me have food mishaps
too.  Now I don't feel quite so bad about my half-and-half forest onion
soup experiment.

Inga/Linda

At 12:23 AM 9/26/01, you wrote:
>""(So, what was the worst SCA dish y'all have ever come across at a
>feast?)
>
>The worst dish I ever redacted (at a cooks guild night) was Tangut
>Lungs (ASFTQ).  Cubes of Boiled sheeps lung smothered in a very bitter
>green sauce composed of Leek juice, Ginger Juice, Pepper, Butter,
>Flour.
>
>I boiled the lung too long and use too much leek juice.  It reminded
>of chunks of liver flavoured marshmallow in a diesel-based sauce as
>bright as green M&M's.
>
>A poor redaction that was so bad that the nicest comment on the Guild
>Comment Sheet was simple - "Vile.".  I've been threatened with
>physical harm if I ever try the recipe again...
>
>Luckily it never made it to a feast.....
>
>Drakey,
>
>ps.  Those in Lochac..... I still have another 2 sheep lungs in the
>freezer..... run, run for your lives.....