Since cooking is a creative activity, it’s no surprise that both professional and amateur chefs feel the need to try something new from time to time.
But although we want those who cook for us to be creative in the kitchen, not everything they imagine turns out well.
A quick look at these images from around the world, collected in one gallery by bored pandaIt’s enough to prove that the most unusual does not always equal the best when it comes to culinary concoctions.
From a Bloody Mary containing a whole cooked chicken to toast topped with – wait for it – porridge, there are some combinations that will leave you with just one word on your lips: Why?
And that’s not to mention the cooks who seemed to follow a more traditional path before veering off course and enlarging not only the sandwiches but the cereal bowls as well.
A Bloody Mary is meant to be a hangover cure, but this one, containing a whole cooked chicken, will only add to your problems.
While many of the combinations are obviously the product of a vivid imagination, others are confusing for different reasons: the decision to serve carrots alongside perhaps the world’s unhealthiest hot dog, for example.
In other cases, it’s the presentation of the food that will make you laugh or turn your stomach.
Here, FEMAIL has selected the photos that will leave even the most committed food lovers with a bad taste in their mouths.
A hot dog filled with macaroni and cheese is enough to give anyone a heart attack; carrot accompaniment is unlikely to help
What were they thinking? Porridge and toast: two breakfast foods that should never coincide
It started out as a pastrami sandwich, until the chef got too excited and decided to make it bigger.
Most people would agree that the cereal is delicious, but bowls this size are strange.
A curious combination if ever there was one, as this meal appears to be an octopus dessert.
These clam-flavored candy canes are perhaps a perfect example of culinary ambition gone too far.
However, these cute spoon-shaped fries will help diners enjoy their favorite dip.
One person thought they’d be creative with their chicken nuggets, but are they worth their weight in gold?
This is certainly a way to make the salad more interesting…but it won’t help the diet.
Peanut Butter and Onion Toast is a way to combine sweet and savory…and clean out the fridge
