I think I gave myself food poisoning...

A colleague predicted disaster when I told her my plans, but I think even she would be surprised at the outcome. The idea was to try making a cream sauce with pancetta and peas over linguine (I couldn't find fettucine at the store, but yes, I know linguine is too narrow for cream sauce). I made the dish from scratch, and that went pretty well, following what I learned watching a cooking show or two to make a béchamel sauce.

So what was the disaster? The pancetta was awful. I bought it on Sunday and kept it in the fridge until Friday, when I browned it up in a skillet and added it to my cream sauce. It was so bad, I picked it out. I now realize it must have gone bad, which seems odd to me, given that it's bacon. I mean, bacon! Cured meat! How can five days in the fridge make it go bad?

Well, the peas and the cream sauce were good.