[Sca-cooks] Evil Science Projects: Good News/Bad News

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

some stuff you can tell when its bad... other stuff you cant.
is this chutney stuff something you would be able to tell?

i follow the "if i cant clearly recall making it, its bad!" rule, myself.
Kirsten Houseknecht
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Jones" <drakey at webone.com.au>
To: "'Cooks within the SCA'" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:23 AM
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Evil Science Projects: Good News/Bad News


> > 
> > The good news is that I discovered the last (already opened) jar of
> > Green Almond Compost (a synthesis of the Forme of Cury and Menagier
> > recipes).
> > 
> > The bad news is that I now find, after checking various forms of
> > documentation, since the jar is unlabeled, that this is the last of a
> > batch made in June of 1995.
> > 
> > The good news is that it went quite well on a meatloaf sandwich. The
> > flavors are a little less bright than I remember them, but textures
> > were essentially good, with just a bit too much of the liquid having
> > either evaporated or absorbed by the solids, but it worked out pretty
> > well when I chopped a spoonful of the stuff finely, the way you
> > sometimes have to with the larger-cut Major Grey's Mango Chutney.
> > 
> > I'm posting this now so that, if I post an update in the morning,
> > you'll all know I lived through the night ;-)
> > 
> > Adamantius
> 
> Dude,
> 
> Don't do it!!!  The last time I thought to myself 'I'll risk it - it'll
> be fine' was some pickled lotus root I added to a thai curry.  I threw
> up so hard that I hemorrhaged in my eyes, I coughed up pick foamy sputum
> (from hemorrhages in my throat), had petechiae all over my face and I
> found out later that I cracked a rib...
> 
> It's not worth it...
> 
> Drakey. 
> 
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