# Bad Recipe Ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768 "2017-10-24T22:50:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/1 "2017-10-24T22:50:23Z")
We all know about the Turducken (turkey stuffed with a duck, that is stuffed with a chicken). But let’s play this out… We’ll start with the Turducken, but stuff the chicken with hard-boiled eggs. Shove the whole thing in a goat carcass. Then stuff that into a pig. Shove it all into a whole cow and commence to cooking! Get one of them overhead cranes like they use to pull engines at the junk yard and deep fry that mess! Serve with cornbread baked with Jelly Belly’s and garlic. Lutefisk with marsh-mellow topping. Uncooked potatoes with pink cupcake frosting. Caramelized onions with candy corn. Lots and lots of candy corn. Wash it down with warm Cream Soda! Or Coors. I _clearly_ have too much time on my hands… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/2 "2017-10-24T23:02:38Z")
What!? No pudding? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/3 "2017-10-24T23:07:35Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > What!? No pudding? Boring! Strawberry shortcake topped with cooked spinach, whipped cream and diced beets for garnish. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/4 "2017-10-24T23:08:19Z")
How can you get your pudding if you don’t eat your meat? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/5 "2017-10-24T23:09:40Z")
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezuz!!! Why did I open this thread?? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/6 "2017-10-24T23:49:23Z")
[A recipe for stuffed camel.](http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/whole-stuffed-camel-67495) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/7 "2017-10-25T01:06:13Z")
my sister **Brynda** and I did this as kids. The worst thing we came up with was sauerkraut with peppermint sauce! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/8 "2017-10-25T01:16:20Z")
Anything involving Cheez Whiz. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/9 "2017-10-25T04:14:25Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > We all know about the Turducken (turkey stuffed with a duck, that is stuffed with a chicken). But let’s play this out… How about Seabarfen? It’s the seafood version of Turducken. It’s a piece of [Surströmming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming), stuffed inside a piece of [Lutefisk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk), stuffed inside a piece of [Hákarl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/10 "2017-10-25T04:18:12Z")
Just look up any old Weight Watchers recipes for examples of this! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/11 "2017-10-25T04:32:59Z")
[www.midcenturymenu.com](http://www.midcenturymenu.com) pick “the worst” heading… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/12 "2017-10-25T04:37:38Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Anything involving Cheez Whiz. hey! I like me some cheez whiz, yum! ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/13 "2017-10-25T09:02:42Z")
Made me think of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258985). “That’s going to be one tasty hummingbird.” ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/14 "2017-10-26T22:08:13Z")
My great uncle Torrence was an avid hunter and a notorious tightwad. At one family gathering, he insisted that he would go hunting in the morning and bring back dinner for everyone. He brought back one dead meadowlark. My grandmother served it up chicken-fried, along with the chicken she’d had the foresight to prepare. Most likely it was all served with sides of mashed potatoes, gravy, and green beans. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/15 "2017-10-26T22:30:04Z")
I once followed a recipe for “blackened chicken breast”. The dude said “Get your cast iron pan as HOT as you can. The hotter, the better!” Uh yeah, don’t do that. Very bad idea! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/16 "2017-10-26T23:16:58Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I once followed a recipe for “blackened chicken breast”. The dude said “Get your cast iron pan as HOT as you can. The hotter, the better!” > Uh yeah, don’t do that. Very bad idea! But that’s pretty much the technique. You didn’t do it indoors without a good vent, did you? It produces a lot of smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/17 "2017-10-26T23:32:13Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I once followed a recipe for “blackened chicken breast”. Kroger sells some kind of horrid pre-marinated “Blackened Chicken Breast” product. I had the misfortune to buy one. Couldn’t even give it to the dogs. It was that bad. Made 'em give me my money back! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/18 "2017-10-26T23:51:33Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > But that’s pretty much the technique. You didn’t do it indoors without a good vent, did you? It produces a lot of smoke. I did do it indoors. The recipe called for a cast iron skillet, so I assumed in doors. The problem I had was with the spices on the chicken catching on fire. Plus to the inside was still raw while the outside was burned. I’ve done the same recipe at lower temps (still high but lower) with much better results. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/19 "2017-10-26T23:55:05Z")
I mentioned in another thread my idea for a pizza bagel with lox. I love pizza bagels. I love lox. People put anchovies on pizzas all the time. It made sense to me. Ugh! Never again. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768/20 "2017-10-27T00:18:50Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I did do it indoors. The recipe called for a cast iron skillet, so I assumed in doors. > > The problem I had was with the spices on the chicken catching on fire. Plus to the inside was still raw while the outside was burned. > > I’ve done the same recipe at lower temps (still high but lower) with much better results. Yeah, spices catching fire shouldn’t happen. The way I’ve always done it is to preheat the pan for about 7-10 minutes (until it starts smoking), make sure the kitchen vents are on high, dip the protein in melted butter, then blackening spices, then throw in pan for about two minutes a side. With chicken, especially, you do have to be careful for it not to be too thick (I usually mallet it down to about 1/2 inch thickness). Otherwise, just finish it in a slow-to-medium oven after blackening. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-recipe-ideas/799768.md?page=2)