This is kind of a followup to my quick Peanut butter, banana, and Nutella sandwich post. Those who know me well would know that I like to experiment with food. Not in a creepy smother-spagetti-over-my-body-like-that-guy-on-Jerry-Springer sort of way though; I like trying to come up with new recipes. It can be pretty hit or miss… with a lot of misses.
Here’s a quick recap of a few prior experiments. I’m sure there are more, but I can’t think of them at the moment.
Deep-fried jok balls
Day-old jok (Thai congee, savoury rice porridge) that has been kept in the fridge is incredibly gelatinous. So much so that I figured I could roll it into balls, coat these balls with flour, and deep fry them… and that’s what I did. It turned out very well (taste-wise, probably not health-wise).
When eating jok I usually add soy sauce, deep-fried red onion, and vinegar chilli. This makes a great dipping sauce for jok balls! Conclusion: Victory!
Frozen spider
Probably more often called a float, a spider consists of a soft-drink (normally Coke) and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. When mixed together, the result is a sweet, bubbly, opaque, milky masterpiece of dessert beverageness. Like many other things, I wondered if it could be improved by freezing. Apparantly not.
The ice-cream seems to suck all the flavour out of the soft-drink and leaves a layer of water which then becomes ice. So you end up with: ice-cream, ice, super-sweet pockets of syrup. Mixing the drink furiously before freezing helps a bit, but I don’t really like the well-mixed spider. Conclusion: Failure…
Spaghetti pie
Everyone know that spaghetti jaffles (toasted sandwiches) are the bomb. Jaffles are really like little pies with bread as pastry. So, what about a spaghetti pie? Short answer: it’s great! Conclusion: Victory!
Update: Clearly the use of the word “cuisine” in the post title is tenuous at best!
Doesn’t it do that when you freeze coke without ice-cream? Frozen Coke is stirred while it freezes to stop it seperating (ditto ice cream!), coke that’s frozen is … Blech! Surely?
Do you mean just spaghetti, or a bolognese, or tinned spaghetti in tomato sauce?
I used to freeze soft drinks a lot when I was little (it was cheaper than buying icy poles). They do separate to some degree (it’s great to hit that syrupy spot when chiselling through), but not nearly as much as a frozen spider.
Ah yeah, I meant spaghetti bolognese… usually left-overs. 🙂
don’t forget the nuked apples
Oh yeah, the baked apples in the microwave! That’s not something I really came up with though…
Coke is already crap as it is. just give it up for a few months and you’ll wonder why you ever enjoyed it.