What do you cook/make that tastes bad to make other things taste good ?

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Stumblinman

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Ha ! yeah wording was a bear to explain this.. This stems from someone asking me to heat a fish stock longer cause it didn't taste bad yet. (plus he was using fatty fish not suited for it) So I tried to think of something I made that tasted bad to make something taste good and came up blank. Then I thought of pre-made stuff and came up with 'fish sauce' and anchovy paste. Yeah they would taste bad 'raw' but a couple drops in something would bring out great flavors. I was hoping to see if anyone had something else like it.
 
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Sauerkraut. Stinks up the place but tastes great.
 
Bitters. They all taste awful by themselves.
 
sourdough starter I forgot about that one. I like the dried porcinis always thought that.
 
This isn't something I make, but XO sauce (smells horrible to some; I happen to love the smell and taste), isn't a great tasting or smelling product to some, but it's wonderful IMHO.
 
i add chicken livers to my meat sauce.

it is gross..i food process it, and dump the "slurry" into the sauce. it adds something, but doesnt taste like liver..phew!
 
it is gross..i food process it, and dump the "slurry" into the sauce. it adds something, but doesnt taste like liver..phew!

it's the bitter flavor that it gives.

i too would food process it if my guests don't like biting into whole chunks of offal.

but then again i'm asian, so you can only imagine the stuff we put in our dishes.

=D


we filipinos have been known to use bile as a bittering agent in our dishes. not that i have done it myself. but people do it here.
 
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