This might be the ugliest meal I've ever made

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My original plan, such as it was, was to doctor up the turkey chili recipe in this month's Muscle & Fitness to have something vaguely in keeping with the holiday. That was torpedoed by getting stuck working late last night and seeing what a madhouse the supermarket was. All right, improvisation with what's on hand it is.

Into the slow cooker went:
- short rack of beef ribs
- 2# browned ground beef
- 3 onions
- 1T of my buddy Rob's "chipotle dry rub" blend; I'll have to ask him what's in it
- scant tablespoon each of chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, and black pepper
- 12oz barbecue sauce (because I don't have any canned tomatoes of whatever sort that goes into chili)
- 2 12oz cans of cut green beans, with liquid (no red beans, kidney beans, or any other kind of beans on hand)

6 hours on medium, 6 hours on "keep warm," and 1 hour on high to re-heat.

It's not bad, but is certainly not guest-worthy grub. As fuel on a nice day when a serious squat workout is planned, it suits.

Magellan was all up in my grill to get at it when I brought him in to meow at my parents when they called. However, it totally looks like nothing so much a bowl full of dog barf.

Comments

[i-renovated.livejournal.com]

"What are you going to do, eat it? Or look at it". And with that comment, I think I've spent entirely too much time with my old man. I'll post you some pretty-but-shitty food while you fill up on decent fuel. Best of both worlds. Unfortunately, scratch-n-sniff tech just hasn't advanced fast enough (I can only imagine the trollerific possibilities if it had). Happy day...

[y2kdragon.livejournal.com]

This.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I'm no presentation snob, but this stuff is about as unappetizing-looking as I'm willing to go before the food ceases to make it to my mouth.

[cassandrasimplx.livejournal.com]

It really did induce a surprising amount of defiance in your little fuzzy shadow. It made me wish I'd found a convenient way to grab video from Skype as easily as I can grab screenshots. I'm pretty sure a mandatory 30 seconds of "Magellan and the quest for a bowl of hideous tasty-smelling toxic onion death" before all diplomatic negotiations could go a long way toward world peace.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think the green beans are probably what killed it, presentation-wise.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Not really, it's lumpy, brown, and shiny... they're just greenish bits in the rest of that, which... doesn't help.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Lumpy, brown, and shiny describes most of the menu at Indian or Ethiopian restaurants. If that helps.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

True. I am re-heating it while I lift, so I may take a picture just to share, because... internet reasons?

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Heh. I can totally picture that dish being unappetizing to look at but taste-wise...sounds like it ought to work out great! There was a pumpkin soup with shrimp dish that I waited a long time to post just because it looked like pureed baby food -- after it had been regurgitated. But it tasted great! So the next time I made it, I worked on the presentation to get it to at least look presentable for a photo :)