PH Cooking competition, which meat?
Poll: PH Cooking competition, which meat?
Total Members Polled: 76
Discussion
I realise that the PH Cooking competition kind of died a death but would anyone be interested in doing a one off? I have set up a poll so people can vote on what they would like to cook/eat. If there are enough people interested we can pick the most voted meat, post some pictures and have a vote.
JKRolling said:
Sorry, i meant when will the poll close and the winning meated be selected.
What is the general consensus, call it a day on voting for the meat on Thursday 27th Oct 1pm? As we have not done this for a while why not give everyone a couple of weekends to present their food and post the voting poll on Monday 7th November?
Kermit power said:
I quite like it myself, but for this sort of competition, I'd find it slightly disappointing if it won, as I've never had anything that beats a simple char-grilled nice and pink in the middle lamb chop.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Wow was that really 5 years ago
Oops forgot to check at lunchtime but it does not appear that the voting has changed. So lamb it is get your thinking caps on.
I just copied some rules over from one of the previous completion
THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS
I just copied some rules over from one of the previous completion
THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS
- One entry per person, must be cooked within competition time frame ( now to 12pm 6th November).
- No more than 3 photos to be entered unless stated by the theme setter.
- Food must be prepare by yourself as much as possible IE not putting a pre packed goat curry in the microwave.
- new theme has to be set by the winner (depends on take up).
- The poll will commence 7th November voting will last for a week.
Kermit power said:
Indeed not, but given that 22 people have rather perplexingly voted for lamb, you should be assured of at least that many!
Like I say I don't think that just because someone voted for lamb they will submit an entry. They might like lamb and are interested to see what people make as it may give them some ideas when they want to cook lamb.I think I am settled on a dish, had to mail order some ingredients that I could not buy locally. Going to cook something for the first time, which is what I have done for all the PH competitions.
TeeRev said:
Didn't bother with a shot of the ingredients or of the plated dish as I needed to get on and eat them but they were served with sweet potato wedges and butter fried courgettes and I chewed every last bit of meat and fat from the bones.
A plated dish is usually what most people would post, your entry may suffer for that. The plated dish is usually the photo that would be transferred to the voting thread. Is your last photo what you would like included in the voting thread?TeeRev said:
I don't see that this can be a winner as it's way too simple
You would be surprised how a simple dish can sway the voters. I don't think I have ever entered anything overly complex, but I think the presentation helps. Feel like crap, picked up some bug from someone at work before I left, nose running, light headed, slightly dizzy, got a chesty cough etc. Booked this week of work to do some stuff round the house and get the car fixed. Also do some cooking, have all the ingredients for a huge jambalaya (not for the competition) but don't feel well enough to cook it. The lamb I had delivered the other day has a use buy date of 6th November so hopefully I will be well enough before then to cook something. I would hate it if I have created this and was not able to provide an entry. 
Edited by Cotty on Tuesday 1st November 14:59
Ok im out sorry, tried something new didn't work. I took it to the point where I thought I would start layering over some peppers, aubergines and courgettes. Checked the seasoning and its just wrong, it hasn't worked, im not happy the dish is ruined. I could add the veg and carry on cooking and have something presentable but in all good faith I can't enter something that im not happy eating.
Just to show I entered in good faith:
Just to show I entered in good faith:
JKRolling said:
I'm still not sure what to cook. I'm thinking of doing something totally unusual for me and not what i ever expected lamb to be usedfor. In researching this it has opened my eyes to new ideas so in that way this is a great thread/idea to develop cooking knowledge and ideas.
Hopefully if I don't poison myself trying it that is.
I think partly that is what people viewing the cooking comp threads like. People who enter tend to get a little inventive and viewers like seeing what is created, I suppose its a bit like some of the cooking shows you see on TV. They would never enter one but would like to see what gets made as it gives them ideas. Hopefully if I don't poison myself trying it that is.
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