[Sca-cooks]Outlandish Seige Cooking contest

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Well done Cailte!

Hey, you know what they say, Iron Chef is better when it's the most
outlandish.

Selene Colfox
Iron Chef Altavia Emeritus

 
>> boy, that virtual contest looks a lot easier than the one this past weekend.
>> 
>> we were allowed to bring:  any and any amount of herbs/seasonings
>>                            any and any amount of alcholic beverages
>>                              any and any amount of fats
>>                               up to 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar
>> 
>> we were all given:  about 3 lbs of pork (looked a bit like boned shank)
>>     1 onion, 2 turnips, a metric buttload of carrots, 2 pks of yeast, 2
>>    
>>     cups of oatmeal and 5 eggs
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>> i must have done something right, because i scored 98 out of 100 points
>> (didn't use the dry yeast and used OOP paprika -- guess i was
>> inadvertently doing a more period meal than i intended).   good comments
>> were on texture, taste, abundance, presentation and the unique dessert.
>> 
>> it went so well, the coordinator is looking to do an entire food event
>> (indoors, thank goodness), with such competitions, subtlety competitions
>> and all kinds of classes.
>> 
>> cailte
>> (in baron ryan's words.... iron chef outlandish)