Food Feud

Richard Dawson says, "Show me that creme brulee!" XXXXXXXX Eeeeeeeeeeeh. So I stick mr. creme brulee in the fridge to set and guess what, he never sets. He thinks he wants to, but doesn't. Hmm. I stare at the recipe I used again. I did everything to the book (which I am known not too), so I cook mr. brulee again, thinking maybe it needs more time on the stove. I'm annoyed but also thankful I prepared the ice-cream as a back-up. The second time I put him in the fridge he doesn't firm up any more. Unfortunately I just don't have the extra time to triangulate the recipe with other books to see what I can do to salvage it. Oh well. The creme brulee has turned into a nice lime and ginger cream sauce for my ice-cream. (wink)

What else. Carrot soup... s'okay. Ravioli actually ended up being my favorite (and maybe the guests who seemed to dig that). It's a big pain in my butt to make it. I kind of made up the ravioli stuffing and paired it with a tomato vinagrette. So that panned out. Consomme, which is my personal favorite and probably shouldn't have been on the menu, but "W", I wanted it. One of the guests sucked down 2 cups of it. so that's cool. Endive salad, B for boring, but hey, I didn't want to be spending my entire day in the kitchen. Yeah, okay so the veal sushi with mirin glaze thing. I decided to do it with a truffle-cheese risotto, right? Well I know the consistency of risotto and frankly I don't know what I was thinking to be able to form the little bugger into little balls. It's too, you know, risotto-like. It doesn't ball up. Duh. So I ended up placing the little veal what-nots on a bed of the risotto. Eh. ... it panned out, but wasn't what I was going for. But then again, what did I expect? Dish panned out.....I agree with Brook that it didn't pop out and smack anyone in the face of being absolutely amazing, but it held its own. Not sure I'll do that one again. And there you go. All in all I give the whole affair a solid 6. Panned out okay but nothing really to write home about. Of course I'm writing here, which could imply that it was good enough to write about, although that's not really the case. I just like dissecting it with what worked and what didn't. unfortunately you are coming along for the ride. Speaking of which....