Our chef looked in the fridge, and there was a little of this and that, but no sufficient quantity of anything to make a "proper" meal.
Oh yeah, and it also helped that the rental house at the beach just happened to have a great kitchen with tons of appliances and cooking tools.
He spent part of the afternoon experimenting and letting his creativity run free.
And he had the fellow beachgoers taste test during the food preparation process.
The consensus was unanimous, that the individual food items and the combination of all of them together, though unconventional and unexpected, was also unreal.
No one had ever experienced anything like that before, and they were hungry for more.
And voila, The Twisted Sampler was born.
The combo was a huge hit with the large group of family members on vacation together who were enjoying the "everything but the kitchen sink" type of sampler plate.
The kids, the adults of all ages, everyone fell in the love right away with the interesting plate of sampler items.
It also was fun for outdoor dining and relaxing with some refreshing drinks.
It's a good thing there were plenty of napkins on hand, because this plate was one finger-licking good experience!
The chef quickly jotted down the spontaneously invented recipes, so he could make the unexpectedly popular items again soon.
He packed his ideas along with the beach chairs and sand-filled sandals, and he headed home the next day.