I did five recipes in the last GHCC Challenge.  Of those, two were complete and horror filled failures. I’m therefore struggling with being on day seven with nothing overly terrible. As a glutton for punishment, I was determined to change that. I leafed through the pages, faster and faster, for a pudding.  I came across the Six …

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This is side recipe is under the title “Minced Meat Hamburgers”.  I present to you the Meat and Potato Loaf. The general vibe is that hamburgers are too common and not a wholesome family meal.  You can therefore shape the minced meat into a “steak”,  Steak is fancy, you see. Sorry for blurry photo. You …

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I Grade A ballsed this one up.  I meant to make four parcels and I didn’t read the instructions.  I cut eight squares of shortcrust pastry when I was supposed to cut four big ones. I made weird, square fish pop tarts when you’re supposed to fold the corners into the middle hence the “envelope” part …

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Last time, I picked a dish from the GHCC called Kromeskies and they were one of the low points.  They were this weird thick roux mixed with cooked mince meat, wrapped in bacon, dipped in batter and deep fried; which I dismissed as the GHCC trying to be exotic and including Polish recipes.  I thought …

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I used to work with someone who microwaved tomato soup.  Well, half a carton of tomato soup.  Then would leave half a carton of hot soup on the windowsill for the next day where it would be microwaved again.  Didn’t put it in the fridge. The smell of tomato soup lingered over the entire first …

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