Your Weird Family Recipes

Coming your way: a new series!

I've been recreating some of the strangest recipes out there from real politicians -- ham mousse, frozen pear mayonnaise ice cubes, beef tongue in gelatin, crackerass. It's where Cookin' with Congress started and I never get tired of what fresh hell awaits me in a weird community cookbook from the 1970s or Mitt Romney's Twitter feed.

But I'm willing to bet these politicians aren't alone...in fact, I bet YOU have some weird family recipes to share.

And I want to try them.

Just like with my Eating Like America series, this will be open to submissions for subscribers only. This will eventually be a Tier 2 perk (Tier 2 doesn't exist yet, you didn't miss anything), but I'm going to offer it up to ALL existing subscribers between now and June 9, 2025.

Here's the link: https://forms.gle/xpxeKuVHDimvL7HH8

Submit your recipe at the link above by June 9th as a paid subscriber on Patreon, TikTok, Instagram or Substack (god that's so many places), and your weird family recipe will be on the docket automatically! Emphasis on the weird, the strange -- it doesn't have to be a gross recipe, but it should be 1) honest (please don't make up something insane just for this) and 2) unusual in some way, whether it's a wild ingredient combination you love or a truly disgusting dish you remember eating as a kid.

Examples from my own childhood:

• BBQ'd pulled raccoon

• Peanut butter on baloney slices

Examples from friends of mine:

• Hot dog soup

• Butter on a stick

• Nutted ambrosia salad

Episodes will be public for everyone on all the usual spots, it's just the submissions that'll be paid subscriber-only.

Disclaimer: these recipes belong to YOU. I will never use them for a future cookbook. I'm grateful to be recreating them here for fun, but they're yours and will always be yours. Also if they're horrific enough, why would I!

Can't wait to see what food scarred you in childhood and let it scar(e) me too.

-Bennett