California Rice

Cooking with Diplomacy, p. 60

3 cups cooked rice

1-1/2 cups milk

3 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

½ teaspoon salt

1 small grated onion

½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/8 teaspoon paprika

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

24 sliced stuffed olives

Grating an onion was a horrible experience. Not gonna sugarcoat that.

I looked at all the flavors of stuffed olives and decided that garlic-stuffed was the way to go. I'm unsure if other options might have salvaged the flavor of the dish or not.

Make a white sauce with the butter, flour and milk. Add the cheese, onion, spices and olives. 

That's way more cheese sauce than I was expecting.

Put rice in greased casserole. Pour melted cheese sauce over rice. Bake 30 minutes until slightly brown.

Well that's... unappetizing.

My Rating: 2/5 "I choked down a serving of this and threw the rest away. It's not like it was a complete fail, because the recipe turned out as it was intended to. But it honestly tasted like vomit. It kind of looked like vomit, too. No thank you."