Cooking with Coke

The Thai prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, was recently forced to resign for having a TV cooking show (considered moonlighting). But he could have been canned for cooking his signature dish -- pork leg stewed in Coca-Cola.

It turns out the Thai prime minister's Coke cooking method isn't all that unusual. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has also tried using the soda in unusual ways, and the Coca-Cola website has lots of recipes available including French Onion Soup (with Coke... eew) and Diet Cherry Coke Lentils (double eew).

I can think of plenty of other ingredients that would add better flavor without all the unwanted and artificial ingredients. I think cooking with Coke is clearly a case of just because you can doesn't mean you should.