Posted: 11/21/2005 6:49:35 AM EDT
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No, it's not about a cheating spouse. Ever have one of those foods you have been eating your whole life, and no one else has ever seemed to have heard of it? No one I have ever met outside of my family had ever eaten this, and it is one of my favorites. Trust me, it is easy and worth it. By the way, if you HAVE heard of it, let me know, I am interested in seeing if anyone else out there enjoys it too. Maybe I just live in a tiny world. Two ingredients, mashed together in a bowl, served cold.  |
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thats a new one on me, fish the world's worst holiday food when i was a kid was tomato aspic (just the name sounds nasty to me  ) which was basically tomato jello with all kinds of nasty crap (think shredded carrots and green olives) in it  thank GOD my mother doesnt make that anymore for TRADITION's sake--now its just brussel sprouts
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Oh yah, you were thinking of the french fried onions that go on the top of it maybe... |
What ya got there is a bastardized version of how I make cranberry rellish for Thanksgiving.  I take a package of fresh cranberries, rinse them and put them in a saucepan on the stove with the can of crushed pineapple and cook it 'till the cranberries are done. Can't remember if I add sugar or anything else... it's one of those "use the force" side dishes. You know, cook it a bit...take a taste, add something - maybe, cook a bit more... It's fun to cook, because the little cranberries pop as they cook. I'm easily amused.  Oh, and for my entry into the worst holiday dish when I was growing up -- the whole damn table. My mom could burn water. Then there were the arguements between my parents. And now you know why I use to hate holdays when I was a kid.
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it was--i looked up a recipe, just for the fun of it 
yeehaw 
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Tomato aspic was popular in the 20s -50s as a luncheon salad...not to my taste....although I've seen it in many recipe books. Only tried it once, and I will eat anything but brains, entrails and insects. Nuff said. The Pineapple Cranberry relish sounds WONDERFUL. I like both of those fruits and never thought of combining them. Thanks! btw...my mother used to make a horrible dish, creamed onions. Well, she ruined it with canned cream sauce and canned soggy baby onions. It was truely revolting. I've had onions in cream sauce, prepared wth freshly cooked 'pearl' or boiling onions, made from scratch cream sauce (or use half milk, half chicken broth for the liquid) and a touch of nutmeg and white pepper, they are good. Two servings good! But just the words CREAMED ONIONS makes me queasy. argh! BTW, sweet potato pie at this house! Gwen... Thankful to be in the USA |