[Sca-cooks] "Cooking Under Fire"

[Elaine Koogler]

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

>--- Daniel Myers <eduard at medievalcookery.com> wrote:
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>>On May 7, 2005, at 1:32 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:
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>>>One of the first contests was to cook an egg they were given. They  
>>>could use other ingredients they found in the kitchen. I probably  
>>>would have hard-boiled the egg and then cut it decoratively and  
>>>used bits of vegetation and such to make a pretty presentation. I'm  
>>>rather surprised that none of the contestants did this. Perhaps a  
>>>hard-boiled egg is too "simple". Other entries were eggs scrambled  
>>>with various items and omelets.
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>>Did they specify what kind of dish was to be made with the egg?  One  
>>of the first ideas that came to my mind was an little custard topped  
>>with snowe.  Of course, that assumes that sugar, cream and milk would  
>>be available, and if a citrus fruit was around the zest could be used  
>>as flavoring.
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>>- Doc
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>No they didn't specify what kind of dish to be made, just that the main ingredient was
>to be an egg.  But there was a 10 minute time limit and definitely a limit of stove
>and oven space.  I am not sure that you could have made a decent custard in 10 minutes.
>The extras seem to be various.  They never showed what extras the contestants had available
>for their use.
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>And I had a problem with the "mis en place" challenge, because they didn't even give the
>contestants a hint as to what they were going to use it for, which was unfair.  Almost all
>had problems in the next show when they had to use the "mis en place" with the ingredients
>they were subsequently given.  
>
>Huette
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I have to admit that I found it a little too much like Survivor or The 
Apprentice to be enjoyable.  I think that the thing I liked the least 
was the fact that the contestants seemed to whine a lot...especially the 
one who was eliminated from the second show.  It seemed to me that they 
were purposefully set up for failure.  As were others on this list, I 
was also a little taken aback by the lack of skill shown when they were 
trying out for the show. 

Kiri