Well, Iron Chef Birthday Cookoff ’07 is upon us, and chefs are pacing impatiently in their stables, keen to kick off. It’s Friday night, and prep begins when work ends tomorrow.
The list of dishes just keeps on getting longer, to the extent that I’ve had to retype the thing three times, and it doesn’t look like letting up any time soon. Every time I think I’m done adding to it, I look at my ingredients list and realise that, with the addition of just one more thing, I can have a whole other dish.
I mean, waste not, want not, right?
The list at this stage is as follows:
Starters:
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls
Three Cheese Risotto Balls
Spinach and Chorizo
Spanish Omelette
Gingery Chicken Wontons
Hot and Sour Soup
Salsa
Mains:
Overnight Lamb
Salt-Crusted Whole Fish
Roasted King Chicken
Hot and Sour Cambodian Beef Salad
Spicy Meatballs Buff Loves
Gnocchi
Nonna Chicken
Pesto Pasta
Sides:
Damper Loaf with pilaf
Assorted salads
Dippy carrots and bread and doritos
Desserts:
Chocolate Mousse
As you can plainly see, it’s getting out of control already. The guest list includes Lou and perhaps Scott now, so that’s what, Kim, Adam, Aims, Ben, Buff, Des, Wen, Mum, Lou and Scott, and if Ev turns up, that makes eleven. Which is good, because we’re not planning to make tasting sizes of any of this stuff. (more…)
