A Bio of the Chefs:
Laura- She has travelled the world and experienced many culinary delights. She also has had a thorough experience of washing dishes everyday for 150 people in Sweden. She's fast!
Dana- She has experienced many culinary delights in West County, South County, Mid County, Downtown, and her very own neighborhood South St. Louis City. Oh, the places she has been! Dana, on the otherhand, only does dishes when Laura is in town.
A Bio of the Food Critics:
There is Ryan...who has two basic needs in life, the first being food. The second being left up to your imagination. He has a great talent for identifying various flavors in food.
There is Joe...who grew up with three brothers. Hence, his household has consumed large amounts of food. Some might say he is biased because he doesn't like vegetables.
The Recipes:
Ratatouille- from Ratatouille (French)
Turkish Delight - from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (British...or maybe Turkish!)
Aushuk - from Garlic and Sapphires (Afghan)
Matzo Brei- from Garlic and Sapphires (Jewish)
The Results:
Ratatatouille- ingredients included mushrooms, chicken broth, onions, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, garlic, basil, and more
Well, our second food critic didn't even sample this dish. You be the judge as to his bias. The other three of us had mixed reviews. It was not like the ratatouille pictured in the movie. We made real French ratatouille. It was basically like stewed vegetables with spices. Ryan and I thought it definitely needed parmesan cheese. Ryan thought meat should be mixed in as well, but he thinks everything should be mixed with meat.
Turkish Delight- I can't remember what was in it other than gelatin, sugar, powdered sugar, an extract of your choice (we chose maple), and fuschia food coloring.
Just think jello plus maple syrup. Absolutely horrid! See photo below. It looks horrid. It tastes horrid. Well, with one exception, the critic who doesn't like vegetables took a liking to these. What a surprise! ha ha
Aushuk- boiled wonton wrappers filled with loads and loads of garlic and green onions (also known as scallions which we discovered on our shopping expedition) and red pepper flakes. With a yogurt sauce with yet again, more garlic. A meat sauce on top with spices and more garlic.
I think this was the best of the dishes. We all liked it. Being a person who has tasted many authentic homemade Afghan dishes, this came up short in comparison to any of them. But for a bunch of Americans, I guess we didn't do too badly.
Matzo Brei- lots of butter, eggs, matzo crackers, and salt
Very easy. In the book, it was a dish that a small boy and his mother ate as comfort food. That fits. Comfort food or kid food. It was good, just a little bland. The smell of the butter melting and frying in the pan was noted in the book and was brought to life in our kitchen. Surprisingly, butter and titanium combine to make a really good smell. :)
The Rating:
2 Stars
the experience was much more fun than the final product
love the paint color of the kitchen- That alone gives it another star! (just painted it for my bday)
The Photos:
starting with the purple blob and then clockwise: Turkish Delight, Matzo Brei, Ratatouille, fork, and Aushuk.
this is an accurate representation of everyone's face after (or even before) trying Turkish Delight
1 comment:
cool paint
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