"What if?" Wednesday

So last night as I'm getting ready to go to bed one of my longtime friends messages me on AIM. Apparently, someone gave her husband two pounds of deer sausage and she had no clue what to do with it.

"What about chili?" I ask. "Or hamburger. You can grill it if you want." To be honest, I'm a bit hesitant to suggest foods to her because she she not only has a limited diet due to a gluten allergy but she's also very picky about foods (especially texture wise) as a result of having aspergers.

Her reply was doubtful. "With already seasoned sausage?"

"Sure... Why not? Deer meat can be used like beef if you adjust for the gamey-ness and just pay attention to how the sausage is already seasoned when using it in chili's and sauces."

I then google a couple of quick recipes and send them to her. Explain how they can be adjusted to account for the seasoning and then toddle off to bed.

This morning, I wake up with an idea. To be frank, I enjoy it when friends ask me "What should I do with this?" "Do you have any recipes for that?"

The answer a lot of the time is "No. I don't have a recipe sitting around for anything like that... But I'll make something up!"

So now, I'm declaring Wednesday's "What if?" Wednesday here on the Kitchen Diaries. The idea being that you, the reader, email me with random ingredients and I attempt to compose a recipe based on said items. Then, if you like, you can try it and let me know if you think I succeeded or failed. Don't worry. I know every one won't be a winner.

The benefit of this (at least for me) is two-fold. 1. It makes me post regularly (at least once a week). 2. It exercises my culinary imagination some.

The benefit for you? Well.. Hopefully it's informative and fun. And hopefully you'll get some decent recipes out of it to try.

I know... This seems kind of Chopped-esque. So please... Don't watch Chopped and then throw those ingredient mixtures my way. I watch it too, so that would be cheating.

Otherwise, feel free to either email me your ingredients at quint.d.lyn@gmail.com or just post them here. You can start looking for the first recipe(s) next "What if?" Wednesday.

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