Three Courses
This is another lazy reproduction of something I originally posted to Facebook, inspired by an eccentric British game show. I noticed it's been a while since I blogged about food, during lockdowns, so here's something short...
Been enjoying lots of TV shows, including Taskmaster. In one segment, contestants had to devise and serve a meal using a list of twenty six ingredients, each starting with a different letter of the Latin alphabet. In more time than it took for them to do the entire task, I only managed to prepare lists of what I feel would make a palatable three course meal, rather than the crazy things they made on-the-fly...
Vegetable Soup - water, celery, dutch carrot, mushrooms, onion, kernels of corn, stock, punctured jalapeƱo to soak in the soup and finally, a bit of xanthan gum.
Pasta Primavera with Pine Nuts - pinch of salt, fettuccine, pine nuts, bell peppers, zucchini, garlic-infused olive oil, tomato puree, Italian herbs, topped with some shredded Edam cheese.
Yoghurt Delight - plain yoghurt, honey with pinch of nutmeg, raspberries, quince jam, apple slices dipped in lemon juice, decorated with cocktail umbrella.
All served with choice of water or white wine.
I did all these over a week, since cooking a three course meal for just yourself is a bit much. They all were fine, although in some cases I would switch a few ingredients around in future. Seems I have a thing for green and orange in my food. It resulted in me having some ingredients that it will take ages for me to use. I guess I could always take the bag of cocktail umbrellas to a party or two next month...
Been enjoying lots of TV shows, including Taskmaster. In one segment, contestants had to devise and serve a meal using a list of twenty six ingredients, each starting with a different letter of the Latin alphabet. In more time than it took for them to do the entire task, I only managed to prepare lists of what I feel would make a palatable three course meal, rather than the crazy things they made on-the-fly...
Vegetable Soup - water, celery, dutch carrot, mushrooms, onion, kernels of corn, stock, punctured jalapeƱo to soak in the soup and finally, a bit of xanthan gum.
Pasta Primavera with Pine Nuts - pinch of salt, fettuccine, pine nuts, bell peppers, zucchini, garlic-infused olive oil, tomato puree, Italian herbs, topped with some shredded Edam cheese.
Yoghurt Delight - plain yoghurt, honey with pinch of nutmeg, raspberries, quince jam, apple slices dipped in lemon juice, decorated with cocktail umbrella.
All served with choice of water or white wine.
I did all these over a week, since cooking a three course meal for just yourself is a bit much. They all were fine, although in some cases I would switch a few ingredients around in future. Seems I have a thing for green and orange in my food. It resulted in me having some ingredients that it will take ages for me to use. I guess I could always take the bag of cocktail umbrellas to a party or two next month...
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