My husband had a brilliant idea to eat all the food in the cupboard and freezer as an experiment. I thought this was a great idea. I am always gung-ho for a new idea. And it's better when the crazy ones don't come from me.
Sunday afternoon I opened the freezer and found a bag of white beans I had cooked a while ago… just how long ago was that anyway? I defrosted them and examined them. Some seemed a little lighter in colour than the others, but how bad could they be? I put them in the mini food processor, deciding they would make a lovely dip. I thought about the White Bean Red Pepper dip from Loblaws. Maybe this dip would be even better!
The mini food processor was not interested in pureeing my legumes. I added water; I added olive oil but it was to no avail. I would have to mash my beans by hand. I scraped the mess into a bowl, added salt, garlic and siracha sauce-- my new favourite condiment-- and mixed away.
I sampled my first attempt. It was plain with a hint of freezer burn. It needed more garlic! More garlic was added, and while I was at it, I tossed in more salt and squeezed some more siracha sauce in for good measure. I mixed it all together and decided to let it sit overnight for the flavours to work their magic.
When I got home from work on Monday, I was starving. I pulled out my rice crackers and my new dip-vention and headed for the deck. The crackers were a bit stale, but they were not quite to styrofoam stage, and were therefore still edible. I sampled my first bite of the dip. Ew. Tasted freezer burned yet hot. Maybe that was just the first bite?
By the third bite it was tolerable. By the fifth I could hardly taste the freezer burn. After ten crackers of thrifty bliss, I decided I had had enough of the delicacy and put it away. I told Tyson about my dip and he didn't seem overly excited. I should have left out the freezer burned part.
Lemon Juice! I bet that's what it needs! I could cut the taste with lemon juice, which goes well with the garlic and the chill peppers.
Not hungry right now. I will add the lemon juice and report back soon. Either way, I am going to eat all of this gook!
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