6/21/2007: Tood & Allison Have Completed "Iron Chef"

Allison's Post:

For my food I decided to make:

Appetizer: Corn Dip with Corn Chips
Entree 1: Corn and Avacado Salad
Entree 2: Corn and Turkey Casserole
Dessert: Corn Cake

I got three of these recipes from allrecipes.com and another from a coworker. If anyone wants one of the recipes, feel free to leave me a comment.

To see all of my pictures, go here.

Cooking Process:





Plated Food:

Here you can see the casserole, the salad, and the corn dip with corn chips.

More Plated Food:



And The Cake:


For my evaluaters I used my neighbor Carmen, her husband Jon, and their two friends Tommy and Griffin. And also myself. I don't have pictures of them or the evaluation process because at that point I was so hungry I wanted to knaw my fingers off. But here are their evals:

Tommy:
Corn Dip: Thumbs Up.
Casserole: Thumbs up, but next time add some chopped onions or italian seasoning.
Corn Salad: Next time leave out the avacados.
Corn Cake: Awesome.

Griffin:
Corn Dip: Good, but might be better cold.
Casserole: Love it.
Corn Salad: Next time use better or no avacados.
Corn Cake: Delicious.

Carmen:
Corn Dip: Good consistency. Next time add more jalapenos.
Casserole: Add sour cream next time.
Corn Salad: Needed more dressing.
Corn Cake: The best thing so far!

Jon:
Corn Dip: MMmmmm.
Casserole: This is good.
Corn Salad: Pretty Effin Good.
Corn Cake: Corntastic.

On a personal note, I would like to say that I put forth a lot of effort and a lot of money into this task. I had a great time and everything here except the corn chips, was made from scratch, and with love. I feel I deserve to win because everthing here was so good it was corny. Wait, that doesn't make sense. Let's just say it was Corneriffic!

Todd's Post:

This task was a blast! The reactions to my concoctions was the best part!
I started out the morning by cooking everything before work and then brought the food in and set it out around 11:00 for everyone to dig in. The overall consensus was much better than I thought it would be since it's pretty hard to come up with dishes that include corn that are actually palatable.

The biggest surprise to me was the corn cheesecake. I took a box of quick cheesecake mix and added sweet creamed corn and it was actually not too bad.

So, here are the pics of my preparation and below is the video of the "Corn panel discussion". FIESTA!

The ingredients


Cornbread casserole in the making


Mexican Hamburger Corn "Surprise"


Corn Cheesecake


The spread before the vultures gathered


An actual plate of the goodies


After the vultures... They picked it clean!


And last but not least, here is the video of what we dubbed the "Corn Panel Discussion"
Here it is!

6/20/2007: Allison and Todd Accept "Iron Chef"

At least, I think Todd accepts. I know Allison does. Allison feels happy to cook but is not so sure how much like "Iron Chef" it will be. She has never seen the show and is too lazy to watch one. : )

5/11/2007: Stephen Assigns "Canine Cuisine" To Brad

You must carry a book around with you all day. However, I have made a special cover for the book, which you must put on it first.
Requirements: I have prepared a book cover for you. You must click on the image below and download the full size image of the book cover. Then you must print it out and put it on top of a real book. Attach it to the book using tape, glue, putty, whatever, as long as it looks good and stays attached. For the duration of the day, from 9:00am to 7:00pm, you must carry the book with you everywhere you go. The front cover of the book needs to be displayed prominently at all times. When people ask you about the book, you can give them any other reason besides the true one. In your post, please describe the day in full: curious looks you got, questions or comments people made to you, how carrying the book around affected you in anyway. You must also post pictures of the assembled book and you carrying the book in public. If you so desire, you can post video and/or audio as well. Have fun!

Click the image below to download the full size, printable version of the cover: