Boullion Cubes! [Gag!]

Rachel has given me permission to tell this story...

So Rachel was going to make beef stroganoff (think Hamburger Helper) in the crock pot for our meal last Tuesday. We were having some friends over (read the last post), and Rachel was kind of nervous about how the food would turn out.

After sitting all day, Rachel and I came home to the apartment and checked on the beef stroganoff. That sucker was HOT! Even with a timer, the crock pot had been on too long. The real problem wasn't the steamy beef stroganoff but rather the one cup of boullion cubes Rachel had added (the recipe called for it). I decided I was game and tried a fork full of it...

"Rachel, can I spit it out?" It wasn't even worth swallowing. It was extremely salty and distasteful (not to mention it looked gross). Rachel had to make a mad dash to Schnuck's that is nearby to make a quick beef stroganoff on the stove. The crock pot sat to the side and soaked in water. It looked so disgusting--definitely not like food, if you catch my drift.

My mom's expertise cleared things up for us. Boullion cubes are strong and are used to make broth. You can put one cube into a glass of water and get broth. It is implied in the recipe to mix a boullion cube in water and pour one cup of the mixture into the beef stroganoff.

Now any time something is "inferred," we can compare it to the inferred boullion cubes (which will never make their way into our home again--hopefully.)