I think that most of my friends here know that I love spending time in the kitchen and playing with my food (sorry, Mom, I still do it)! I was hungry about an hour ago but it was one of the times that I had no idea of what I wanted to eat. I did not feel like going to the market but I did find a chunk of pumpkin, a potato and a red onion. So after a little prep work, into the steamer they went. About twenty minutes later, I mushed them all together, added some Cayenne pepper, yellow mustard and a bit of apple cider vinegar and here it is. No, it is not baby food; it is Richard food! It is hot, sweet and sour all at the same time. Now that I am not hungry any longer, I will probably add some flour and make patties in the morning for breakfast.
I also like to experiment in the kitchen. Sometimes with new recipes but many times I'll use an old recipe with different ingredients. Some of my experiments have become standard fare at our house, some I won't try again.
I'm a vegetarian and I'm always trying out something in the kitchen. I think that being a veggie is conducive to experimentation. For one thing, you're hardly likely to poison yourself (unless you pick some deadly mushrooms, maybe). All of which reminds me of when a work colleague discovered that I was a veggie and asked me, "What do you eat?" in rather incredulous tones. "I try to stick to food," I replied.
At times my creations are really sad but the local dogs usually will eat anything and if they refuse then I just toss them over the balcony and the chickens will make short work of any mistakes. Chickens seem to be able to eat anything!
I don't know about that pumpkin/onion stuff, but I would try it. I mean heck, my favorite food is Haggis. I was thinking that your pumpkin stuff might benefit from some flour and a good frying. I'll enjoy just about anything if it's deep fried!
You'd be okay in Scotland, then...they deep fry everything here. There was one infamous takeaway in Glasgow that specialised in deep-fried Mars bars (chocolate bars).
I WISH I was in Scotland! I have actually heard of fried Mars Bars. Did you ever try them? Why was it infamous? Did they get run out of town for frying Mars Bars?
I ne I never tried or heard of Haggis but when I googled it the pics did not exactly thrill me, but I am sure I would try it. I am one of the few Americans I know who likes English Blood Pudding.
I'm not sure you'd want to be in Scotland right at the moment - we had hailstones yesterday and it's really cold! As for the deep-fried Mars Bars, I'm pretty sure that was just a gimmick to get themselves a bit of publicity. I've certainly never had one, but then again, I don't much like Mars Bars. One thing that is quite commonplace here is deep-fried pizzas. I can't begin to imagine what that does for the cholesterol levels...
I deep fry a lot of things but have never fried candy bars or Twinkies. I think some restaurants deep fry strange things as a gimmick to attract customers. In addition to candy bars and twinkies I've seen on menus deep fried pickles, corn on the cob, and various other foods that you wouldn't normally think of as deep fried.
No! Never look at pictures of it! LOL I don't think I would want to try blood pudding! Haggis is just a yummy combination of organ meats and oatmeal, cooked in a sheep's stomach. It is really tasty. I'm sure we Americans only get to enjoy the "watered down" version, but I'll take what I can get when it comes to Haggis.
Reminds me of some of the food served in Issan (Thailand farm community) and the jungle. I usually try everything, but sometimes my belly is sad later on!