Ratatouille Disaster

Ever since I saw the movie Ratatouille, I wanted to make this. Sounds exotic, sophysticated, challenging. It just looked so good made by that rat in the movie. And ratatouille is vegan! what more reason do you need? So I finally made it, and it looks kinda nice is it? but it was not very good. So I am not even going to put the recipe out here. But I learned important lessons and I thought I would share my mistakes. It was very bitter, plain…just…. icky.

Mistake number 1. Do not use large, over grown vegetables. That was my first mistake. I was gifted with this HUGE over grown baseball bat size zucchini and summer squashes. I usually don’t use stuff like this, but I thought, what the hey. Yep, no good. Don’t do do it, I know it seems like such a waste. Baseball bat size waste. I have hard time wasting food, but say no to large zucchinis. Especially if you are going slaving away in a kitchen for long time to make master piece. Use the best ingredients.

Mistake number 2. Do use very sharp knife. I try to sharpen my knife as my time permits, but my knife was not sharp enough to cut the ripe tomatoes nicely. Maybe use little less ripe one for this…It just doesn’t look pretty with mingles tomatoes.

Mistake number 3. I kind of not follow recipes most of the time… I am just that kind of rebel I am. I love the spontanious feel of not perfectly following the recipes… Well, I realize now, sometimes that is not the best way to go. Especially if you are spending so much energy, time and ingredients into making it.

Do you have any food disaster stories? Share them with me if have it.

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