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Cucumber Noodles Failed Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Chefmal / All my dishes 1 year, 11 months ago This is why I'm not on Iron Chef. But at least it makes for interesting reading... Prep:20m Cook:5m Servings:2	Chefmal
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What was I thinking?

Keep dumb and focuse

Yummy camel vomit.

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Does this look good? Yeah! / Nope

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Ingredients

Okay, so all I had left in the freezer was a small thing of beef and a box of peas. So I tried to use a side dish I had in my cookbook that I've never tried before, and incorperate the ingredients I had into it somehow. The result was downright disasterous. But I'm going to give you guys the original recipe, and then tell you exactly what I did to screw it up.

3 Seedless Cucumbers (Plastic Wrapped), peeled

2 tbspns unsalted Butter or Margarine

2 tbspns finely chopped fresh Mint

1/2 tspn salt

1/2 tspn black pepper

1/2 tspn finely grated fresh lemon zest

1 tspn fresh lemon juice

Directions

The recipe calls for an adjustable blade slicer with a 1/8 inch Julienne blade, but I'm not rich enough to afford stuff like that so I just used a regular vegetable peeler. I suppose you can too.

Using slicer, cut each cucumber lengthwise into long, 1/8 inch Julienne strips, slicing until you reach the core.

Blanch cucumber "noodles" in boiling salted water for one minute, then drain into a colander.

Immerse the cucumber-filled colander into an ice bath for two minutes to stop it from cooking further.

Drain cucumbers, then transfer to a clean towel and pat dry.

Heat butter in skillet under moderate heat until butter foams.

Toss in cucumbers, mint, salt, pepper, zest and lemon juice.

Toss to coat, just until heated through, another two minutes.

Serve immediately.

How I botched this recipe: First of all, I used beef, which didn't go with the meal. If I'd used fish, chicken or pork, it would've gone a bit better. Second, I added rosemary to compliment the beef, thinking it would sorta go with the lemon and mint. Survey says? EEET! Third, I overcooked the cucumbers; I was trying to compensate for their thickness, but what can I say, I'm retarded. I used regular cucumbers instead because I only had $2. I didn't have any lemons, so I used lemon pepper powder, which made it way too lemony and spicy, especially after all the excessive lemon juice I used. I also used dried mint, which I'm sure didn't help the situation. Though the peas actually made it better, so I might suggest putting some in reguardless.

What this recipe was supposed to be was crisp, delicate, minty and refreshing. What I got was something that looked like camel vomit and tasted like pinesol. I hope you have better luck with this recipe than I did.

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Comments

mrtnzangel8 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Oh my!
Interesting post..with pictures even!

rml 1 year, 11 months ago said:
I give you an "A" for effort and great pictures. Also, that was an entertaining read! Better luck next time

suzalleogram 1 year, 11 months ago said:
I love the admission of error- good man!

shelleybeanz73 1 year, 11 months ago said:
LOL...lovely post...haven't we all been there! Learning by our mistakes makes us good cooks :o).
Great post!!

greekgirrrl 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Very funny.. we all need a good laugh from time to time..thanks for giving me mine! Still LOL>>>

peetabear 1 year, 9 months ago said:
That was a great tale... I chuckled all thru it... we've all been there... but the recipe sounds like it would be good... the orginal that is..LOL

ttaaccoo 7 months, 1 week ago said:
You go girl!! I love the way you are able to analyze and know "the fix" for the boo-boo. Innovation rules!!

brianna 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
The more of your recipe I read, the more I giggled. We've all been there I'm sure, I know I have. I actually created a cake recipe that I called 'Blonde Moment Cake'. It turned out quite good in the end but it sure took some fixing. Thanks for the laugh

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