Fish brownies

Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!

To celebrate Valentines day, I decided to make brownies out of the box in the cupboard.  I thought it would be a nice gesture for my parents, since my mom and dad left me roses and a card, with fervent wishes that my “Mr. Valentine” will come someday, lol.

While I was getting the ingredients, my best friend called me up and wished me a happy Valentine’s day, and we were chatting and catching up on how things were going.  I was stirring the brownie mix at the same time and poured the mixture into the  pan, and realized that the brownies smelled…a little funny.  I took a quick sample to see what was wrong, and sure enough, it tasted very, very off.  And then I remembered something crucial, something that I should have remembered before: My mom likes to save her vegetable oil.  To be specific, when she fries fish or eggrolls, she likes to strain the oil, clean out the gunk, and pour the stuff right back into the bottle.  I took the vegetable oil bottle and sniffed.  It smelled overwhelmingly like FISH.  I balked.  And then laughed, really hard.  I cut my friend off in the middle of her story and told her about what had just happened, and she couldn’t believe it either.  Fish Oil Brownies.  GROSS.

Needless to say, I didn’t bake the brownies.