Well, I am one colossal nimrod who can't follow her own advice.
I have never had Shrimp Toast and I love shrimp and I have read how great they are and I have had a hankering to make them for some time now. But I really don't like making a recipe that I've never had nor seen nor tasted.
So I look up various recipes - choose the simplest one that is pretty similar... takes me several days of dithering to gather it all together, then another day or two to prep as much as I can ahead, then another day to convince myself to actually get to it... or throw all the food stuff prepped out.
So today I actually set up my kitchen area and start. Goes great. Until I finish making the shrimp paste and think "Holy Catfish! That's for 4 pieces of bread? Looks like it could do 8 pieces!"
These recipes are from sites I trust and have made many of their recipes. I also usually look at video's if I possibly can... and here is the clinker - I did not even look for one....
So I plastered the 4 pieces of bread with the concoction (actually added another piece of bread) and proceeded. Burnt them trying to get thickness to cook thru.
So I have thrown 3 of the pieces of bread with the spread on into a container and into the fridge. Ate most of the burnt and possibly still slightly uncooked, although seemed fine and very tasty - (so if I rise in the middle of the night to chuck it all up - well, I will be thankful that's all that happens.)
Now that I have looked at various video's - I shall try to redeem my sorry dragn's a$$ and rectify the leftovers - if not... Maybe I'll just scrape off the paste and make little patty's to fry up. They are extremely tasty.
My one problem with the video's is that most all seem to deep fry, whereas the recipe I was following was only doing them in shallow oil.
I have never had Shrimp Toast and I love shrimp and I have read how great they are and I have had a hankering to make them for some time now. But I really don't like making a recipe that I've never had nor seen nor tasted.
So I look up various recipes - choose the simplest one that is pretty similar... takes me several days of dithering to gather it all together, then another day or two to prep as much as I can ahead, then another day to convince myself to actually get to it... or throw all the food stuff prepped out.
So today I actually set up my kitchen area and start. Goes great. Until I finish making the shrimp paste and think "Holy Catfish! That's for 4 pieces of bread? Looks like it could do 8 pieces!"
These recipes are from sites I trust and have made many of their recipes. I also usually look at video's if I possibly can... and here is the clinker - I did not even look for one....
So I plastered the 4 pieces of bread with the concoction (actually added another piece of bread) and proceeded. Burnt them trying to get thickness to cook thru.
So I have thrown 3 of the pieces of bread with the spread on into a container and into the fridge. Ate most of the burnt and possibly still slightly uncooked, although seemed fine and very tasty - (so if I rise in the middle of the night to chuck it all up - well, I will be thankful that's all that happens.)
Now that I have looked at various video's - I shall try to redeem my sorry dragn's a$$ and rectify the leftovers - if not... Maybe I'll just scrape off the paste and make little patty's to fry up. They are extremely tasty.
My one problem with the video's is that most all seem to deep fry, whereas the recipe I was following was only doing them in shallow oil.