A first for everything

[slaton]

I had a pumpkin curry last night at the neighborhood Thai joint, and the pumpkin was corked.

 

[Michael Lewis]

What do you do in that situation? Send it back and order something else, or force yourself to eat it because your server is unlikely to understand?

 

[robert ames]

tca. it's everywhere! it's everywhere!!

the horror. the horror. the heart of darkness.

my hot tap water was corked. a new hot water heater fixed it.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Why are "baby" carrots always corked? I like carrots but it's not easy to overlook TCA.

 

[slaton]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Why are "baby" carrots always corked? I like carrots but it's not easy to overlook TCA.

Just a guess - but perhaps they are treated with water containing some allowed percentage of chlorine bleach?

 

[slaton]

originally posted by Michael Lewis:
What do you do in that situation? Send it back and order something else, or force yourself to eat it because your server is unlikely to understand?

It was a sufficiently spicy, flavorful dish that I just ate most of it.

But I was shocked, and saddened by the implication that the pumpkin cubes came out of a can or the freezer, or something.

 

[Cole Kendall]

I have had corked cantaloupe (no can involved).

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Apples. The saddest time.

 

[Kay Bixler]

originally posted by slaton:
But I was shocked, and saddened by the implication that the pumpkin cubes came out of a can or the freezer, or something.

It is either that or they were shipped from the other side of the planet. Even the best storing squash are going to be in pretty sad shape by spring.