Don't knock it till you try it

Okay, so I saw a link on a friend's blog to a recipe for apple dumplings which involved crescent roll dough and a can of Mountain Dew. It sounded weird. So weird I had to try it. So I did, and they were really good. With a little work, they could be truly great. My Grandma LOVED them. They reheated beautifully. They were simple to make and the recipe divided in half perfectly. I never would have believed from the ingredients how good these could be. And once made you never would have guessed what the ingredients were.

At Christmas I made a toffee candy that had only three ingredients, one of which was Ritz crackers. It was amazing and people loved it. But it was strange when I read the recipe. Again, it was so weird I had to try it.

Here is the moral of my story...when you find that strange, unique or weird recipe, try it. Maye it will be gross. Maybe it will be awesome. But you'll never know unless you try it. it's easy to stick with what you know, the safe, the tried, the true. But venture out, branch off. Be a food pioneer, blaze a new trail, you may just find that new territory is a great place to be.