/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18562493
>microwave oatmeal

>childhood
>family was good friends with neighbors
>would often invite them over when we were grilling stuff
>one day get invited to their house for the first time
>inside was an absolute mess
>narrow pathways surrounded by junk and clothes
>strong musty smell like nothing has ever been cleaned
>they made spaghetti
>can't be that bad since they seem like the kind of people who would just buy premade sauce
>was correct, the missus was tossing in some other things into the pot
>sweet, so this should be edible then
>take a bite
>nearly gag
>apparently they added 2 cups of fucking sugar to the sauce
>wonder if they made a mistake or something, wait for them to start eating
>they finish theirs and start going back for seconds
>do my best to shovel it down my throat as fast as I could since I was raise to always clean my plate, especially when I'm a guest
>ask if I want more
>say "no thanks, I had a late snack when I was doing my homework" or something like that
>go home, tell my dad about it
>he lets make myself a burger to get a proper dinner

>go to farmers market
>get corn
>shuck it, toss it in a pot to boil
>return later to a thick film of boiled maggots covering the entire surface of the water
>dump it all outside near back of property
>couple days later, working on the fence
>maggotcorn has been completely untouched the entire time
If even animals don't want it, it really makes me wonder what the fuck those retards did to it.
Thankfully, that was the only bad experience from that particular market. There was this one guy who made some of the best smoked salmon I've ever tasted, and another person that made lavender mustard, shit was great.

>>16041923
>seems kinda nice
>then cheese
>then more "cheese"
Impressive. I don't remember the last time I managed to go from kindasorta interested to outright repulsed in under 5 seconds.