Chopped Challenge

[mathnerd]

I'm a little late, but it looks like there were no challenges to the revised list. So it's time to start the challenge!

Final list:

-Polish Sausage
-Honey
-Feta Cheese
-Dates

[Kittish]

Yay! I have my ingredients, and I have some ideas. One or two of them might even make it onto the 'You can make this again' list.

[MoonCat]

I think it was a good idea to drop the edible flowers. Our paper had a review of a restaurant that does stuffed squash blossoms. When asked where they get them at this time of year, the reply was, "Israel."

So, yeah, could be hard to find

Have fun, folks! Can't wait to see the finished dishes!

[ArcticChicken]

Oh, I am so throwing my hat in the ring here. This sounds like fun.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I offer this cartoon to inspire your creativity.

[Kit-Ginevra]

I'm waiting for the cookery challenge that comes up with the things I end up with in the back of the fridge.

OK You have... a bottle of mayonnaise,a funny looking lime,some grated cheese,half a bottle of Worcester sauce, half a bag of M&Ms,two spoonfuls of coleslaw,a tube of tomato puree and a packet of Angel Delight mix....
Away you go :P

[MoonCat]

I'm waiting for the cookery challenge that comes up with the things I end up with in the back of the fridge.

OK You have... a bottle of mayonnaise,a funny looking lime,some grated cheese,half a bottle of Worcester sauce, half a bag of M&Ms,two spoonfuls of coleslaw,a tube of tomato puree and a packet of Angel Delight mix....
Away you go :P

See? "Stump the Cook", extreme version!

I almost hate to look in my fridge. Let's see, 5 bottles of wine, various condiments including 5 or 6 different mustards, a bag of shredded pizza cheese, some hot dogs, peach Greek yogurt, parsnips, baby carrots, milk, half-and-half, and a bag of almond meal. We won't mention a couple of UFOs (unidentified food objects) waaaay in the back...

I think the freezer has some actual food in it.

[Kittish]

Let's see, 5 bottles of wine, various condiments including 5 or 6 different mustards, a bag of shredded pizza cheese, some hot dogs, peach Greek yogurt, parsnips, baby carrots, milk, half-and-half, and a bag of almond meal. We won't mention a couple of UFOs (unidentified food objects) waaaay in the back...

See, now that one is EASY!! Drink the wine. Ignore everything else.

[mathnerd]

I'm tempted to take a picture of the inside of my refrigerator and make that the next challenge. It's the last week of the month, so things are lean. It's a good thing I'm pretty good at creative cooking.

[NecessaryCatharsis]

We have 'whatever is left before I shop' dinner a couple times a month too. I call it kitchen sink casserole, based on the summers I used to spend with my Granparents when she would prep the food for the week, and there in the kitchen sink was potato, turnip and carrot peels, animal carcass with bits of meat still on, the bits of corn, peas and sprouts that fell in the sink from being washed that had fallen in. She would make a veg peel pie with a thick meat broth and anything leftover from the garden. My grandfathers favourite meal each week.

[MoonCat]

Ah, yes, "Miscellaneous Stew."

[dalesys]

Ah, yes, "Miscellaneous Stew."

Stewed Rocket Rears, as we call it.

[Jester]

See, now that one is EASY!! Drink the wine. Ignore everything else.

I disagree. I say you start drinking the wine as you cook the following:

Take some of the wine and let the hot dogs marinate in it for a bit. Drink some wine as you do this.
Cook up the wine-marinated hot dogs in a skillet or on the grill or on a grill pan. Drink some more wine as the dogs get a nice char tot them.
Melt some cheese over the hot dogs in the skillet. Naturally, you're gonna wanna drink some more wine as the cheese melts.
Put the dogs on a plate or a bun, drizzle some mustard on them, and eat. Preferably with some wine.

I'm tempted to take a picture of the inside of my refrigerator and make that the next challenge. It's the last week of the month, so things are lean. It's a good thing I'm pretty good at creative cooking.

And when she says "I'm pretty good at creative cooking," what she means is, "I'm pretty good at creative cooking, but when I get stumped, I call or text Jester and ask him what I do with the crap in my fridge at the end of the month." By her own words, she's a great baker, but only a competent cook. I disagree, as I think she is far better in both departments, but what do I know? I'm merely her culinary advisor.

[mathnerd]

And when she says "I'm pretty good at creative cooking," what she means is, "I'm pretty good at creative cooking, but when I get stumped, I call or text Jester and ask him what I do with the crap in my fridge at the end of the month." By her own words, she's a great baker, but only a competent cook. I disagree, as I think she is far better in both departments, but what do I know? I'm merely her culinary advisor.

To be fair, it's almost never that I'm stumped, it's that I'm bored with my own cooking or want something different than what I'm able to come up with.

[Jester]

You say tomato, I say--oh, never mind, you're allergic to tomatoes.