Late Day

Posting late today. Almost forgot altogether. I have an amusing dinner tale for everyone though.

I can not really cook. I mean, I can follow a recipe great, but my "experiments" do not often end well. This evenings "experiment" was no different.

I attempted to make a small pork roast. Now, I have made more than one of these in the past and they always turned out great, but this time I thought I'd be creative. Not my strong suite in the kitchen, let me tell you!

I placed the pork in the crock pot and then decided "Hmmmm... pork... lets do something maple or sugary like a ham for the meat spice, then make the rest like normal." So I layered some cinnamon sugar on the meat and rubbed it into the shallow slices I had made. Then I chopped celery and carrots and layered them, then covered it with cream of celery soup and some water. Yeah I know, typing it out I realize JUST where I went wrong and how disgusting it sounds, but the concept was solid in my head. Needless to say the poor thing, four hours later, smelled like 3 day old fish remains and looked about as appetizing. My poor crock pot likely hates me now and that entire dish was just un-salvageable. I tried pulling out the roast and washing it off, thinking I could "rescue" it and maybe re-do it in the oven. Yeah no. Because I had rubbed everything into the slices it was done for.

The dog really liked it though....

I did manage to scrape together a Mexican rice and chile chicken dish for the rest of us. *laugh* I do not think I will try anything new without a recipe for quite awhile. I can't say never, because I know I will once I've forgotten about this latest fiasco. I always do. *shakes head sadly* Ah, well. *grin*