Cycle 15 – Item 141

25 (Sat) May 2024

 “World’s Best Lasagna” (Not)

2.5

by me

at home

-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

with W and IZ

For the first time ever, rather than free-styling lasagna (based loosely on my mother’s method, learned decades ago), I tried a recipe.  Specifically, the recipe for the “World’s Best Lasagna,” as featured on allrecipes.com, with 20,500 reviews, averaging 4.8/5.0 – supposedly “the highest ranking and most reviewed lasagna recipe on the entire internet.”

I don’t get it.  The flavors were fine, very Italian-American, but not particularly remarkable, certainly not enough to be so famous.  Too much sauce, making it fall apart coming out of the pan, leaving a wet mess on the plate.  We ended up finishing less than half, leaving enough leftovers for 2 more meals (ugh).

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)