Hot and Sour Soup and Kidney Bean Relish/Salad/Dip

 Okay, so I learned two things today.  First, even though I'm mostly Chinese, I can't cook Chinese food for my life.  Second, the number of servings listed on a recipe is relative, and by no means should you assume that they are normal, human-sized portions.  I poached the recipe from here, and stuck to it for the most part (a first for me).  Since the recipe was supposed to yield two servings, I doubled it, seeing as I have to feed four people.  That was big mistake #1.  I ended up with a HUGE pot of mediocre-weirdly-flavored-fake-tasting-Cantonese soup.  Big mistake #2: so maybe I altered the recipe a little bit.  As in, I might have omitted most of the soy sauce, substituted chicken broth, passed over the mushrooms, and added some Sriracha because it wasn't spicy enough.  At the end of the day, I'm still not sure whether or not the weird flavor can be attributed to a bad recipe, or just me.  Either way, I'm not going to make this again.  Ever.

Recipe taken from here.  I'm still not sure what bean relish is, even after making it.  All I know is that it tastes pretty damn good.  The recipe said it yielded a mere 10 portions, but with 7 cans of beans and 2 cups of mayo, I'm pretty sure these portions are massive.  I opted to use one lonely can of beans, because that's all I had on hand, and added the rest of the ingredients to taste.  It was delicious.  So delicious that I'm running out to the store tomorrow and buying more beans.  Not delicious enough to make "10 servings" of it, though.