No..I didn't stop eating healthy foods and gorge myself on ICK for days on end...no, I made a goof while cooking and the result was an unexpected, rather tasty, surprise.....
Last week I was cooking baby carrots in a SMALL amount of water (too small actually) and I went back to my office...I got distracted and FORGOT I left the carrots cooking on the stove....I smelled them 'cooking', but totally forgot about them.. (Old age does that!)
When I finally remembered I was cooking carrots...I ran to the kitchen to find them fully cooked dry and the bottom ones were burnt where they were touching the pot! I pulled one off the top to see how 'smoky' they tasted...not too bad (I eat most of my mistakes..don't like to waste food) I dumped the non-burnt ones in a dish and surveyed the rest...about 1/3 of the pot had a burn strip on them..so I pulled one out to see how bad they tasted...
I was totally SHOCKED when the burnt baby carrot tasted like a hot dog I used to 'fry' in a pan on the stove..except for being orange..the carrots even LOOKED like hot dogs! I ate another one to see if I was crazy....NOPE..same taste...and actually pretty good!! LOL So I dumped the 'hot dog carrots' in a different container...they were edible!! My best friend told me to just dip them in some ketchup!! LOL I almost did!!!
The pot was a mess, but I left it soak for a while and it cleaned up rather easily...
I ate all the smoky carrots and the hot dog carrots!! A nice change, but probably a one time deal..
But..I might try 'frying' some in a non-stick pan and see if they taste the same!!
