"it had gone slack in his grasp, but as it grew taut again he eased it back & his nostrils quivered"

[suzie_shooter]

So my main achievement this evening has been to make a pasta sauce so unutterably vile I was forced to throw it away

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[dorsetgirl]

a pasta sauce so unutterably vile

I've definitely made stuff that other people were having difficulty being tactful about, but I can't honestly say I've ever cooked anything I wouldn't even eat! I'm intrigued to know what was in it, and why you think the garlic, specifically, was burnt?

[suzie_shooter]

because burnt garlic is rank, and there was something really acrid tasting in it. it had chorizo, onion, garlic, tinned tomatoes, a squirt of tomato puree, dried oregano, salt & pepper, a splash of wine as far as I can remember. it was nothing I haven't made before, but it even smelled awful. (I guess the tinned tomatoes could have been off? I dunno. but I had to have tuna and sweetcorn pasta instead!)