[Sca-cooks] Siege Cooking Competition

[Stefan li Rous]

Anahita gave an interesting review of a recent siege cooking contest 
she participated in and said:
> No team got the same food items. There were 3 of each thing - the
> Fearless Leader had expected far fewer entrants and i suspect he'd
> shopped for six teams and ended up with eight, which was why some of
> the foods were a bit skimpy - we were supposed to be able to feed 4
> diners PLUS the three judges.
So, is better for each team to be given the same ingredients? Or 
different things?

I've seen some reviews which had a lot more selection of materials than 
others. Do those who have participated in these prefer to have a wide 
variety of ingredients or have them rather restricted?

What are folks opinions on being able to bring selected ingredients 
from home? Do you want to know the ingredients you will be given ahead 
of time or not? If yes, do you wish to have one or more unknown until 
the contest, ingredients?

Stefan
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