Five Worst Holiday Foods

Five Worst Holiday Foods

It’s truly amazing how it works. The internet knows what you’re thinking and when you’re thinking it. There are all kinds of great Christmas and holiday foods that are special for this time of year and just when you need them, the internet shows you what they are every time you turn it on. It somehow knew not to show me great recipes for Easter which is truly incredible because everything just says “holiday” now and there’s nothing to tell the internet which holiday it is. However, even though there are so many recipes on the internet and some of them are for the unbelievably good dishes available now-a-days, you still have to be careful that you don’t get a hold of a clunker. The internet knows that and also shows you the worst holiday foods to avoid. You won’t find the traditional joke food fruitcake on this list, because I am one of the few people who actually like fruitcake. I’ve been both busy and tired lately and didn’t have time write a regular article so I hope you don’t mind if I just copied some of these off of the internet to share with you.

Turducken- This was the rage this Thanksgiving, but the true version is pretty disgusting and yet considered a delicacy in some foreign lands. You first find some pellets that rabbits leave lying around, to fulfill the first four letters of the dish’s name. Then you hide these inside a chicken put inside a duck, which is then inserted into a turkey. Watch your guests eyes fill with horror when they ask what they have been served and they realize why there is “uck” is the middle syllable of the dish.

Sweet Potato and Peanut Butter Baklava topped with garlic stuffed green olives- The Baklava and olives are definitely Mediterranean foods and the sweet potato and peanut are native to South America. It just shows that if you carry diversity and cross culture synthesis too far you can get indigestion.

Cranberry Licorice Jalapeno Caramel Mint Popcorn- Has more different tastes than calories.

Chocolate and Pumpkin Rhubarb Truffles with Raspberry Jam and Capers- Normally used in a test by doctors to see if you have a cast iron stomach.

Lightweight Ginger Bread House with Gumdrops made out of Rice Krispies with Marshmallow Glue and Sauerkraut added for strength- In the fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel broke a piece to eat off of the full-sized Ginger Bread house that used sauerkraut instead of rebar for strength and gagged on the Rice Krispies.

©2010 Eric Stamets