Bad food
On 5/30/2013 4:49 PM, Gary wrote:
> I've mentioned several times that I feel blessed that I'm not a picky food
> eater. I like everything from canned things, frozen things, fast food
> restaurants, chain restaurants. It *IS* convenient to be so easy to please.
>
> That said, I finally met my match last night. I cooked the 2 can combo of La
> Choy Beef Chow Mein that I bought a couple of weeks ago. Rather than put it
> on rice, I also bought a can of their crunchy noodles. this is the "Chinese
> food" that I grew up with and I thought it would be a nice "comfort food"
> meal after about 45 years or so.
>
> Oh so NOT SO! It was the most disgusting thing I ever remember eating.
> Very tinny and bitter tasting. I suspect that might have come from the
> vegetable can which was mostly bean sprouts.
>
> I tried 3 bites, then took it back into the kitchen to see if I could doctor
> it up a bit. I added some soy sauce, a nip of sesame oil, and a load of
> crushed red peppers (the things you might add ot a pizza). It helped and I
> ate it but I was not happy.
>
> I still have the other half left and I might just toss it. It's that bad.
> I've eaten "not so good food" in the past, and won't make it again, but I've
> never ever been tempted to toss the leftovers of anything.
>
> La Choy bi-paks - don't try this at home, boys and girls. ;-|
>
> G.
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