Food that you like best when it's done "wrong"

[CommanderJameson]

Forgive me PH foodies, for I have sinned.

I like the following things in ways that are, according to the conventional wisdom, ruined:

• Sprouts boiled to death
• Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar
• Bacon only-just-done (i.e. still pinkish)
• Dried pasta cooked well past al dente (in my defence, this is an occasional whim and I like it firm (fnar) most of the time)
• Sausages black all over

What's your sin?

[escargot]

I agree with the earl gray & sausages on your list. The rest..... well..... WEIRDO!

[bint]

I agree with the Earl Grey bit - find it's like Chai and benefits from a weeny bit of sugar to bring out the delicate flavour and milk.
Sausages - only if it's BBQ black :P Proper smokey and charcoal.

I have been known to munch on dry spaghetti also....................

[Noger]

Tomato Ketchup on Paella

[JamesFiesta]

I'll second the Earl Grey and the Pink Bacon comments. Lovely stuff.

[whygee02]

Margerine/Marmite on very burnt toast - love it.

Microwaved fresh veggies - next best thing to steaming but without the hassle.

[bint]

whygee02 said:

Margerine/Marmite on very burnt toast - love it.

I like to make a brown paste mix of thickly spread marmite and masses of marg/butter on dry toast

[coolcatmaz]

earl grey or lady grey with a dash of milk and a small amount of sugar/sweetner.

[smiller]

Haggis must have lots of red sauce over it.

IMVHO.......

[Yugguy]

Friend of mine once tried to make "hot" coronation chicken, but she read hot to mean temperature rather than spice. It was actually quite nice.

[jmorgan]

Pork tartar, top dished out and a raw egg in it. It was, er, interesting. To me, at least the pork should have been burnt a tad but when in Rome and all that.

[beermaddavep]

Another vote for overdone sausages. Cook em in the oven, 180 for 45 mins or so in a tray (only attention needed is to turn them once)- they'll come out dark brown,sticky and lush.

Quite like fried fish overdone a bit too.

Saddest admission is, not only do I quite like pot noodles but I put too much water in them then drink the sauce near the end! Honest, chicken and mushroom mmmmm.

[wasted years]

No no no no no! Earl Grey must not have milk - you loopers










And I too have be known to munch on dry pasta

[mrsxllifts]

Burnt sponge cake with the brown crispy bit round the side

[Firkin Dogbolter]

Many moons back in my dim and distant childhood my mum made some strawberry jam and burnt it ever so slightly - it was heaven on toast! She just has never been able to replicate it

[Yugguy]

Dunno about wrong but my fave is something noone else likes.

It's peanut butter and jam on toast, nothing too unusual in that aye, but then I like to cover it with melted lancashire cheese. YUMYUM.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Marmite melties...

fantastic.

Tiger bread..lots of butter...marmite and then a decent full bodied marmalade on top. Toast until radioactively hot.

[CommanderJameson]

drivin_me_nuts said:

Marmite melties...

fantastic.

Tiger bread..lots of butter...marmite and then a decent full bodied marmalade on top. Toast until radioactively hot.

Hmm. This is an experiment I feel I must conduct.

[littlegreenfairy]

Yugguy said:

Dunno about wrong but my fave is something noone else likes.

It's peanut butter and jam on toast, nothing too unusual in that aye, but then I like to cover it with melted lancashire cheese. YUMYUM.

Have you tried peanut butter, jam and chocolate spread on toast? Tis amazing.

[ATG]

While I'll happily stir a raw egg into steak tartare or a spaghetti carbonara then eat it, I can't stand soft cooked eggs. I boil eggs until the outside of the yoke goes green/grey, scrambled eggs are cooked until dry and rubbery, and I break the egg's yoke intentionally while frying them and flip them over until they look like Arizona road kill. In fact I might try finishing one off in the toaster next time.