As a chef (yep—I used to be a chef. . .now I’m just a burnt out husk of a cook), I’ve encountered a wide variety of bizarre cooking methods. Like this one: poaching salmon in the dishwasher.
This concept has been around for a long time. Horror master and brilliant gourmand Vincent Price apparently cooked fish in a dishwasher on the Tonite Show back in the late 1970s. I have one of his cookbooks – but couldn’t find any info on that little event.
This guy, Tom Scott, tackles the project with quite a bit of zeal:
WITH the dirty dishes????!?!?!?!? That can’t be good for you. And it kind of grosses me out. I mean, I’m all for multi-tasking and such, but that’s sort of akin to eating a Twinkie that’s buried in the garbage and covered in coffee grounds. Isn’t it?
I admire the enthusiasm of Mr. Scott in the video above – particularly the gusto with which he scarfs down his meal.
Here’s another version; this recipe has bit more skepticism and scrunched up foil.
Yum! Delicious soapy water and gritty detergent flavoring anyone?
I’m not saying that the method doesn’t work.
But I am saying that I’m not gonna try it. My oven works fine, thank you very much.
by John Barker
