There was that post a while back that called bouillabaisse "Javert Soup" or something... So I wanted to make some just for kicks and laughs, found a recipe that sounded nice, bought the stuff, set to cooking - with my mam. Bad mistake. She never sticks to recipes and it annoys me but most of all if it's something she's never cooked before. A true pet peeve of mine. So now we've ended up with a sort of fish soup thing that has - compared to the recipe - twice as much fish, twice as many mussles, and a bunch of random frozen frutti di mare in it. Don't ask where the veg is, I lost sight of it because that wasn't doubled.
It tastes good, but it's more a Javert Stew with an entire Javert in it. And it's just as much of a mess as he is.
To save any cooks and French people from a stroke, I won't post a pic of it.