Fiber Brownies
Substitute Metamucil for the pot you usually add to the brownie mix. Enjoy!
Nutriloaf, what it tastes like to have your soul wither and die inside of you.Served in some prisons as punishment for inmates' bad behavior (namely, throwing, spitting, or wasting their regular, non-loafed foodstuffs), Nutriloaf is essentially a day's worth of meals ground into a wet, bland brick. There have been a handful of lawsuits protesting the use of "meal loaf" in correctional facilities; however, most courts have found that, as long as the loaf in question meets certain daily nutritional requirements, it does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Therefore, we had no legal recourse when faced with this reader suggestion. The only question is, who among us would be willing to inflict such a thing upon his or her esteemed co-workers?
2 oz Cooked Ground Beef
4 oz Canned, Chopped Spinach
4 oz Canned Carrots, Diced
4 oz Vegetarian Beans
4 oz Applesauce
1 oz Tomato Paste
1/2 cup Potato Flakes
1 cup Bread Crumbs
2 oz Dry Milk Powder
1 tsp Garlic Powder or Flakes
Preparation: mash the heck outta everything and slap it into a loaf pan. Cook until non-toxic.Basically, it's not that different from making a meatloaf, save for one major thing: There is hardly ANY meat in it whatsoever. I doubled the recipe, and there was still hardly enough beef in it to constitute a decent-sized meatball.
"Tastes like applesauce… really moldy applesauce."
"I don't want a bean, the beans look gross."
"I have that 'it doesn't want to go down' sensation."
"It tastes like a big mushy granola bar."
"It's a little sweet."
"It sticks to your teeth."
"It has this really loathsome grainy, mooshy quality."
"It tastes like punishment, all right."
"If you like applesauce and beans, I can see it not being too bad."
"It's the way it looks that's the problem. You eat with your eyes first, and my eyes say 'no.'"
"Like most taste tests, it is gag-inducing, but I swallowed it."
"It tastes like it's been formulated to remove all taste."
"It isn't appetizing, but it is edible. It's an unusual punishment, but not necessarily cruel."
"I didn't think I was going to be able to swallow it, but I did."
"It mostly tastes like applesauce and grain. It's mostly that flavor mixed with the texture of meatloaf that's disturbing. That, and the idea of having to eat that whole loaf instead of this one bite."
"If I was in the desert for three days and I hadn't eaten, I would be thrilled to eat Nutriloaf; any other situation, no."
"Even though it doesn't have a taste, it feels like something is lingering in my mouth. It's like a Nutri-ghost."
