rodentraiser
Head Chef
I hope Burger King is open late.
I've dumped full pots and pans of food in the trash before, and I'm sure I will again. It's never fun.
CD
I did dump it, the most food I've ever dumped. But I didn't go to Burger King. I still had some BBQ pork from the store and I finished that off.
Have you considered asking here for opinions about your experiments before beginning them? We might be able to help you avoid wasting food. There's a forum called something like "I have these ingredients - help me figure out what to do with them."
Well, I know that what tastes good to some people, I wouldn't like and vice versa. I like to experiment anyway and I've found way more good recipes this way than ones that aren't.
And this is how I learn. By this time I have a pretty good idea of how things will taste by reading the recipe and I think the big mistake on this one was using evaporated milk (it was in the recipe) and the Swiss cheese.
I have to admit, though, I've never thrown out this amount of food before. Usually, even if something isn't up to my palate, it's edible (most of the time) and I'll eat it.
All I can chalk it up to is live and learn. And I don't mind asking people here for suggestions, but if I do and I try them and I don't like the result, I'd feel really bad. I don't see any point in putting people on the spot like that.