/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Entry 1
By Ya Dingus
Pane & Cheese Sandwich with a Blueberry

Entry 2
By Anonymous
Rosemary Lamb Basil and Strawberry Sandwich

>>9087777
Czech'd

Entry 3
By Toothpick
Parmesan Blueberry Risotto with Blackberry Duck

Entry 4
By Corkscrew
Raspberry and Yogurt Tortellini in Tomato Sauce

Entry 5
By Spice Jar
Savory Berry Sandwich with Very Berry Sides

Entry 6
By Clothespin
Cherrywood Smoked Ribs with Blueberry Sauce and Blueberry Wine

Entry 7
By Anonymous
Elderberry Sour Ale

Entry 8
By Mamushka Doll
Salmon au Poivre with Blueberry Basil Balsamic Reduction

Entry 9
By Racer X
Blackberry Duck Dumplings

Entry 10
By shake-kun
Gooseberry Chicken Curry

Entry 11
By Eyepatch
Blueberry Steak Pizza

Entry 12
By Anonymous
Clam Chowder with Avocado

And there you go!
Twelve entries, ranging from one week in to about five hours ago.
Vote, you wonderful wanks.
And also suggest themes and bicker over those.
I'm taking a nap, possibly.

>>9087777
Fuck I knew I forgot something:

>***

>Copypasta Scoring Format for Lazymodo

>Presentation: /5
>Originality: /5
>Appeal: /5
>Challenge Goals: /5
>Total: /20

>****

>>9087820
Nap away, you glorious bastard.
Although you should have recognized that >>9087812 was just me playin'.

And I meant
Every word I said
When I said that I loved you
I meant that I loved you forever

And I'm gonna keep on lovin' you
'Cause it's the only thing I want to do
I don't want to sleep,
I just want to keep on lovin' you

I don't know what else to do. Plz respond.

>>9087889
Oh shit, don't watch this video, stick with the cigarettes after sex one. WOW.
That hair. That schnoz. Oy vey!
The hard "r's". Tsk tsk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJzNZ1c5C9c

>>9087783
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 2.5/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5.5/20

>>9087785
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 3.5/5
>Appeal: 2.5/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 12/20

>>9087793
>Presentation: 4/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 17/20

>>9087794
>Presentation: 2.5/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 2/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 13.5/20

>>9087796
Are the berry elements supposed to be tomato in the sandwich and cucumber in what appears to be tzatziki? You're thinking too botanically and not culinarily
>Presentation: 2.5/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 1.5/5
>Total: 9/20

>>9087799
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 3.5/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 15.5/20

>>9087800
This is a curveball. Not quite sure how to rate
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 2.5/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 2.5/5
>Total: 10/20

>>9087804
>Presentation: 4/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 17/20

>>9087805
>Presentation: 3.5/5
>Originality: 5/5
>Appeal: 2.5/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 16/20

>>9087808
>Presentation: 2.5/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 2.5/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 12/20

>>9087810
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 2.5/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 8.5/20

>>9087812
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 0/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 0/5
>Total: 2/20

>>9087889
Bugger.

>DISREGARD ENTRY 12
>I SUCK COCKS

>>9087812
>PLS SEE
>>9088346

>>9087783
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 0/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087785
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 12/20

>>9087793
Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 15/20

>>9087794
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 14/20

>>9087796
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 13/20

>>9087799
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 5/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 16/20

>>9087800
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 8/20

>>9087804
>Presentation: 4/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 18/20

>>9087805
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 3/5
>Total: 14/20

>>9087808
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 11/20

>>9087810
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 2/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 10/20

>>9087812
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 7/20

>>9087804
Thanks Numbaz for making the collage.
Just wanted to expand on this a little and point out that there's cranberry in the thyme butternut squash risotto and blackberries in the chili mustard brussels sprouts

>>9088160
>>9088372
Holy shit, thanks guise

My wholly unbiased voting is:

>>9087783 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087785 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087793 #
Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087794 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087796 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087799 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087800 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087804 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087805 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

>>9087808 #
>Presentation: 5/5
>Originality: 5/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 20/20

>>9087810 #
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 5/20

Two votes so far, thanks folks!

>>9088160
>>9088372
Hey autists! A little explanation of your votes would be nice. Like why you felt some entries only got 4/5 on challenge goals when others got a 5/5.

>>9088625
I base a perfect 5 for challenge goals on how transformed the ingredients were and if the challenge goal was approached in more than one way. If it's just one element simply included in an otherwise ordinary dish it shouldn't get a full 5 IMO

>>9088894
So, you were autistically attached to the word berries in the plural and took points off for people that only used one type of berry. Got it.

>>9089066
>i cant believe you didnt vote for me. i have parkinsons
Get over yourself. You're really not very creative and your plating sucks. You're actually worse than eggplant parm guy

>>9089323
I have to agree with you. I entered this and the last competition and would not even think to question a judge for the simple reason it's their subjective interpretation. It's a benefit if they include their reasoning, certainly not necessary though, and if they do it would be silly to question it.

>>9089323
Howdy. I'm shake-kun IE parkinson's guy. I didn't post >>9089066
I did jokingly post >>9088435 though, obviously. Please don't take it as anything other than a bit of shits and giggles.

I'm surprised I got beyond the 50% mark and I'm happy that I did. My photo is blurry, I didn't show the process at all, I have no eye for design and therefore my plating is shit, the dish is an already pre-existing thing and not something I invented, the food itself looks altogether horrible and there's no way to judge what I cooked by its taste. I wasn't expecting to get anything higher than 5-8, 2bqhwy, homie, mostly from people who like curries like the guy in the first thread who said he liked rasam. I certainly wouldn't give myself anything beyond that 5-8 range.

I was pleasantly surprised to break above 10.
:3

I think >>9089066 actually /is/ eggplant parm argument guy from the first thread and I don't think he even posted any entry. He's just being a tool. Please don't think I'd behave that way.

>>9087777
duh, venison with pears and berries

>>9088625
I'm the first scorer. I gave less than 5 if the berries seemed more like an afterthought in the dish rather than proper incorporation

>>9087783
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 1/5
>Appeal: 2.5/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 6.5/20
>>9087785
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 3.5/5
>Total: 10.5/20
>>9087793
>Presentation: 4/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 16/20
>>9087794
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 5/5
>Appeal: 3.5/5
>Challenge Goals: 4.5/5
>Total: 16/20
>>9087796
>Presentation: 3.5/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 2.5/5
>Total: 12/20
>>9087799
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 16/20
>>9087800
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 7/20
>>9087804
>Presentation: 3.5/5
>Originality: 3.5/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 15/20
>>9087805
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 3.5/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 3/5
>Total: 13.5/20
>>9087808
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 14/20
>>9087810
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 2/5
>Challenge Goals: 3.5/5
>Total: 10.5/20
>>9087812
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 2/5
>Challenge Goals: 2/5
>Total: 9/20

>>9088625
I won't go back and write something about each entry but I will give little explanation for my criteria which may not be consistent with the scoring here>>9089622.
Presentation is based on how well I can understand the dish just by looking at it. Artistry matters but more than that the plating should be able to communicate what the dish is. Originality is almost wholly based on whether I would've been able to think of the dish. Appeal is self-explanatory.
Challenge goals is how well the ingredient is incorporated into the dish and also how much of a star it is. So for example a berry reduction may be very well incorporated but it loses some points for being a sidekick in the dish.

A q4u, thread:

In the years the challenge has been a thing, has chili ever been the theme? I'm sure it must have been, right? If not, can we make it the next theme? I love seeing variants of chili. I have three of my own I churn out from time to time.

I'm not sure how the challenge works with numbaz in charge, if winner picks the theme or what, so if this is out of line, please accept my apologies.

>>9089707
Nah brah, no apologies needed.
Anyone and everyone can suggest a theme and/or second/third/so-on a suggested theme.
The choice has been given back to you, the people.
>crappy Bane voice

>>9089758
I suggest penguins as the theme. Everyone loves penguins, those charming little tuxedo-wearing motherfuckers.

>>9089758
Then! In the case that chili has been done before or is regarded as too simplistic and unchallenging of a theme, I've anothe: pasta sauce not made from tomato nor dairy.

>>9089758
LEMON THREAD YES

>>9089790
I'm going to interpret this as "black/brown and white foods/tuxedo foods", as that's the closest you're likely to get.

>>9089889
Unless you meant something completely different, in which case: please tell me and the lovely voting public!
>canned applause and laughter

>>9089444
Soooo sorry shake-kun. I totally thought that was you based on the joking score post. You actually seem like a really cool guy and I take back everything from my previous comment. It was only said in response to thinking that was you. I'm an asshole I hang my head in shame..

>>9089444
Ohhh, shake-kun and Parkinson's, I just got that.
That's pretty good.
Good on ya.

>>9090333
Bloody hell, repeating
>numbaz
again.
Am I on a delicious blueberry roll?
>probably not

>>9087785
>-Presentation: L O N D O N
>-Originality: L O N D O N
>-Appeal: L O N D O N
>-Challenge Goals: L O N D O N
>Total: 0/20

>>9087810
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 9/20

>>9087794
>Presentation: 4/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 1/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 13/20

>>9087793
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 14/20


>>9087804
>Presentation: 4/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 14/20

>>9087805
>Presentation: 4/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 15/20

>>9087796
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 3/5
>Total: 11/20

july theme suggestions:

AMERIKKKA - American "cuisine" using ONLY white meat, no dark meat or red meat allowed

Vegetarian Summer - feature grilled items other than meat. some sort of homemade summer beverage on the side also encouraged

Peace in the Middle East - combine the cuisine of israel with the cuisine of a predominately muslim country

>>9090939
1. dumb and completely inaccurate
2. boring
3. dumb, "moors and christians" sounds better. still lame, oil themed foods.

>>9090906
>>9090920
You gotta vote on all the entries nigga.

>>9090939
We don't eat pigs,
You don't eat pigs,
It seems it's been that way forever.
So if we don't eat pigs,
And you don't eat pigs,
Why not, not eat pigs together?

>>9091296
Because I'm an absolute slut for pork.
>pls don't take that out of context

>>9091361
please no porking, this is a blue board.

>>9090049
S'okay. Figured you were just being hard on the other for being a dick and not hurling shit at me directly.

>>9090333
Wish I could take credit for it, but someone gave me that nick in an unofficial challenge thread series two years ago and I liked it.

Here's the thread in which I was given that name:
>>/ck/6177637

>>9091653
Oops.
Should be >>/thread/6177637
Sorry.

>>9091669
Nice.

>>9091168
well shit, here's the rest

>>9087783
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 2/5
>Challenge Goals: 0/5
>Total: 7/20

>>9087799
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 14/20


>>9087800
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 1/5
>Total: 10/20


>>9087808
>Presentation: 3/5 (are we supposed to take photo quality into account)
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 14/20

>>9087812
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 0/5
>Appeal: puke/5
>Challenge Goals: 0/5
>Total: 2/20

How is this thread not a bigger deal? Has this board really gone to such shit?

>>9092150
Since you asked,

I consider the whole idea of having a cooking contest in which the judges cannot taste the food to be pants-on-head retarded.

It just makes no sense at all, and therefore it's very hard to take seriously. Could you imagine an auto race in which people don't actually drive the cars? How about an art museum where all the paintings and sculptures are covered up so you can't see them?

>>9092150
the thread has been up for only a day and /ck/ isn't that fast of a board, i think it's doing just fine

>>9092172
it's just an excuse to cook and show people your food, dummy, not everything has to be serious business, it's not like there's a cash prize

>>9092124
Thanks bby
>>9092150
Clearly this board is largely crap, but there are a few brave contributors of OC that sustain us.
>>9092172
So you don't look at recipes or food shows because you can't taste it right now, right?

>>9092172
I see it more as an excuse to cook than as a challenge. I thought it was odd when hearts gave out prizes when she was running the thing, but whatevs.

>auto race without driving cars
Of course not, but think of this more like a food porn contest than a cooking competition. Did you know most professional photographs of "ice cream" are actually dyed scoops of mashed potatoes? This is because ice cream would melt under the heat of the lighting. Doesn't stop it from looking like the best damned ice cream ever, though. It's kinda like that.

>art museum where you can't see the paintings
Kek. When I first moved to the city I live in now, there used to be an art museum for the visually impaired. I have no idea how that works as I'd never been inside.

>>9092177
There used to be prizes many moons ago.

>>9092177
Hey, anon asked a question and I answered it. Don't get upset if you don't like the answer.

>>9092179
>So you don't look at recipes or food shows because you can't taste it right now, right?

It all depends on what the motivation is.
I like to watch some cooking programs because I can learn technique or get recipe ideas. I don't give a shit about who "wins". I love to watch Iron Chef, but I normally skip the judging entirely. And the silly stuff like chopped is just ridiculous.

Looking at food or getting ideas is all well and good. But the competition part? Pointless. You can share OC and discuss cooking tips without a contest that makes no sense.

>>9092150
Everyone's a lazy fuck. All the entries are towards the end of the cut-off and all the voting as well.

>>9092199
>But the competition part? Pointless.
More OC has been generated through these challenges than would normally be posted here. People like challenges and most are at least somewhat competitive. I'm sure even people who put in very little effort (excluding the joke entries) will be glancing at how their dishes got scored.

>>9092199
I would not have made any of my four entries if this contest was not around.
It is an OC generator, pure and simple.

>>9092268
I agree with this. This round really got me thinking outside my normal box and forced my lazyass to be creative. So although I have a shit phone and know nothing about photography, I enjoy entering these things and hope they keep going. I like to see what people thought about my production and what other people come up with. Although I'd never have to worry about winning a prize, I damn sure wouldn't accept it if I did.

Maybe do a crockpot/slowcooker themed contest next?

>>9092430
That'd be like a smoker cooking challenge. Many people don't have a slow cooker. I certainly don't.

>>9092430
>>9092477
i think a "low and slow" round would be cool. it gives so many options

>>9092477
Then maybe like >>9092687 said: a low and slow challenge. Low and slow lets you cook a wide variety of food (especially inexpensive cuts of meat) that almost always turns out great.

Pic related is tonight's jimdalk in the crockpot.

>>9092734
I didn't know jjimdak was an Australian dish.

>>9092734
i thought this was a dog in a space suit helmet from the thumbnail

>>9092150
The contest used to be bigger, but it has gone to shit recently. There used to be a lot more participants with the majority making verticals. Judges used to have explanations for their votes. It started to take a dive last year when newfags kept feeding the trolls and the contest runners caved to the trolling as well. This year, things got switched up with it becoming a monthly thing instead of a weekly competition with an eventual end and prizes. Then, we had a round where the mods fucked things up because
>muh rules
Now, hardly anyone is participating, and it's pretty obvious that only the contestants are voting and no one else gives a shit anymore. Maybe it can be revived next year if one of the e-celeb tripfags takes over again and turns it back into what it used to be.

>>9093494
Yeah, it used to be way bigger, but that's just how things go in these new and horrific days of McChicken threads and Jackposting.
>implying I'm not an e-celeb

>>9092199
>But the competition part? Pointless.
I agree. And I'm a contributor.
Or more to the point: THIS part of the competition (the scoring).
I'm just here to force myself to make OC, and to probably make something I wouldn't make normally.
I don't give about the scores, I'm just in this thread to read butthurt and laugh.

>>9093494
>e-celeb tripfags
BBQKing?
Sceak?

>>9093193
What are you even talking about? Are you in the NT because why else are you talking like someone fresh from the bottleshop?

>>9093193
No they're pretty cool. See the pic

>>9093779
Your picture was posted upside-down, Auz.

>>9087783
Tbh the description of my delicacy was absolutely critical to its success during this month's voting. Otherwise it's just a grilled cheese with a blueberry

>>9093779
You puppers are very adorable and also Australian, because as
>>9093887
said, your pictures are upside down and I have a very juvenile sense of humour.

Aaaand back on
>bump
duty.
Story of my life.
Not literally, obviously.

>>9094408
Yeah sorry about that mate. Just noticed my phone arsed out and saved the images upside down.

Thanks, the puppers are pretty chill. The white one is a 15 yo Jack Russel and the black one is a yo minpin.

>>9094709
>duty
military?

>>9094892
88th Shitposting Division.

>>9095026
>>9095026
More like Butt-Bumping Division.

Numbaz, will there be a suggestion thread for next months challenge?

>>9095245
This is the voting/suggestion thread.
If you have a suggestion for the July theme, please put it in so anonymous toolbags can rip it to shreds in the time honoured tradition of this venerable board.
>how many times is Captcha going to ask me to type "calle"?

>>9095257
Fuck it. Why not?

1. Taste of the Old Country - cook something traditional to your country/state/whateverthefuckyoucallyourself.
2. Summer Style Soup - perhaps some refreshing/soup that is being served cold/cool. Might be interesting to see the variety in other cultures.
3. Supreme Salad Sale - pretty much as the one above, but instead of soup, make a salad that would be refreshing. Can be as simple or as complex as you wish.

>anonymous toolbags can rip it to shreds in the time honored tradition of this venerable board.
Come at me!

>>9095257

How about "food you make at/for your job"? The best you can realistically do when you only have 20 minutes to get ready in the morning and are hungover from staying up drinking all night and posting on /ck/. If you have a means to reheat/cook food at your work you're allowed to incorporate that.

>>9095279
Hey, that's a good one. Just needs a:
Your country:
Your occupation:

>>9095279
That's just odd.
You're assuming that ppl are like you and don't plan their meals in advance.
Also you're assuming that ppl don't work at a place with a serviceable kitchen.
I get it. You 're here for ideas, but that's kinda out there in the ether.

BBQ
Picnic
Starch as a main course
Melon
Legume

It kind of needs to be reachable and ubiquitous for the contestants.
The idea sounds like fun, but you're going to be rating my last night's dinner. Because I wake up and finish it. So http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/03/sichuan-wonton-chili-oil-suanla-chaoshou-recipe.html might not be fair compared to someones' eggs and spam.

>>9095364

If you plan your meals in advance, give us your best pre-planned lunch. If you have a serviceable kitchen at your work, and you actually use it, show us the best thing you've ever made yourself for lunch there.

I think it's interesting to know the best things that people have at their jobs; regardless of the job and how much they're making, food is one of the great equalizers.

>>9095380
>I think it's interesting to know...
I agree. I'm interested to know as well, vaguely.

But it's not /ck/ challenge material.

For many reasons, maybe because not everyone has a job, or maybe they don't have a job where the can cook, or maybe they actually work in the industry and have access to any tool that they may need.

The challenge needs to be ingredients, not equipment.
However, the "slow cooker" idea could work. It's do-able with an oven or range, slow cooker, immersion circulator, rice cooker, et al.

Bump

Get out the vote bump.

>>9092430
It's too hot to slow cook all day. ):

>>9096082
They actually are a lot cooler than using the oven/stove.

>>9096384
You can stand to be exposed to 90c/200f water vapour wafting through your kitchen (then the rest of the house soon thereafter) for 3+ hours on an already hot and humid day? Cuz I sure as motherfucking fuck can't.

>>9096671
>wafting through your kitchen
I think I found your problem. Do you have electrical outlets on the outside of your house? Or an extension cord?
I do the majority of my summer cooking on my deck, where my grill is. Slow cooker, rice maker, sous vide... It's a game changer.

>>9096721
Not that anon but I wouldn't buy a slow cooker -just- for a cooking challenge on a Mongolian woodcarving forum. The only alternative is slow cooking on a stove or something similar. That theme ultimately alienates a lot of people.

>>9096731
I don't know who you think I am, but that's my first post in this thread, so Idgaf about your aliens. Also, you can slow cook in an oven. Duh.

>>9096721
I have a smoker/barbecue grill out in the backgarden I can use but what about those who don't?
I'd go with a cold dessert challenge. I'm imagining entries of ice creams for those of us with ice cream makers, gelatins/mousses/puddings for those of us who lack them. Or whatever else is a nice, cold dessert. Waddaya think?

Basically, I agree with >>9096731 that slow-cooking would exclude a lot of us from participating.

>>9096754
>slow cook in the oven
>have 150c/300f heat radiating through your house for 3+ hours
That's not a solution! Most of us don't live in Bizarroworld IE the southern hemisphere, where water spirals the wrong way down the sink and Christmas happens in the middle of summer. No. It's hot as fuck up here and slow cooking in July is just not a good idea for most of us.

>>9097014
>I have a smoker/barbecue grill out in the backgarden I can use but what about those who don't?
Whu... How... Look, I don't know how else to say it. I didn't say anything ANYTHING about grilling besides that I have a grill. Period. The point, the plot, was, -"hey, you can use electrical kitchen appliances outside"-. That is all.

>cold dessert. Waddaya think?
I think most desserts are cold and you just feel like making ice cream. Not much of a challenge.
Cold entree would be more of a challenge, though.

>>9097075
>just wanna make ice cream!
Nuh-uh! I specifically omitted what I was thinking of doing if cold dessert is chosen because oar itchy nail eye D uh donut steele.

>most desserts are cold
I think that depends on your country/culture. Most desserts I can think of, for example, are either served warm/hot or need the oven on for an hour to cook.
The only cold desserts that don't require oven use I can think of are the ones I already mentioned and the one I won't. Where are you from where most are cold and don't require an hour of oven time at 175c?

>why would you mention your smoker/barbecue grill???
Because barbecue is slow-cooked. You know. Cuz smoking.

Bump

>>9097131
>cuz BBQ is slow cooking

Yep. Going to have to include slow smoked meat if you're doing slow cooking. It ain't just braising in a pot. I'm biased though, since my last 2 entries were smoked meats, lol.

>>9097075
I could go for a cold entree, it's too hot here for me.

>>9097131

>Because barbecue is slow-cooked. You know. Cuz smoking.

Jesus Horatio Christmas.
You are thick.
Can you wrap your brain around the idea that I wasn't saying slow cooking was either good or bad, or should or shouldn't be a competition goal, but simply pointing out for the good of people reading that
>-"hey, you can use electrical kitchen appliances outside"-. That is all.
THAT is all? Get it?

I don't even give a shit, but, fuck... ESL?

>>9097131
>>9098626
Girls girls girls! Stop the bickering.
You're both pretty.

Bump

Anyone out there?

>>9100902
me.

>>9100981
Hooray, now my life has meaning.
Enough for this
>bump
at least.

>>9101311
Still alive for another
>bump.
Stop memeing about the fucking McChicken you fucking faggots.

>>9094201
Same with my blueberry steak pizza.

The stuffed round was fun last year.

bump, gonna post later

crock pot := electric slow cooker

>>9096671
for a crockpot, then what you're describing is nonexistent. the vapor is contained in the pot hence the juicy meats.

>>9096721
no this guy is just stirring shit up. a crock pot is much cooler in summer months than an oven or stove top over an extended time. no one says "holy shit it's snowing let's bake a roast in the crock pot" instead they would bake it in the oven to save a few bucks on the utility bill.

>>9096731
>I wouldn't buy a slow cooker -just- for a cooking challenge
fair enough. save a few bucks a month and learn about crock pot cooking if you can. you save money on energy costs--several ways--and on ingredients necessary because you can use """"garbage"""" cuts of meat that are juicy and flavourful. if money is an issue look for second hand: don't knock it until you try it!

>>9096754
true. oven roasting can also be low and slow, as can stovetop cooking.

>>9097670
>Going to have to include slow smoked meat if you're doing slow cooking
maybe say must cook for more than 4+ hours? no one will taste anyways. it will likely depend on originality and presentation.

>>9102424
and done

>>9102775
I have a crockpot. Got it as a wedding gift. Just wouldn't buy one is all.

>>9102807
>Just wouldn't buy one is all.
Yeah that's understandable. When I lived in East Asia they were pretty expensive relative to the USA. That's why the "low and slow" idea is one that I am behind, as you can do that on a stove, or in a smoker/oven.

>>9090939
Israeli cuisine already shares alot of food from middle eastern/muslim countries. Hummus, Falafel, Shwarma, Burekas, Ma'moul, malawach, halva, and that's just off the top of my head.

Anything using fire would be suitable for the time of year where I am.
Do with that what you will.

Bump

>>9102775
>one litre of water can simmer at near boiling for four hours and not evaporate into the atmosphere, remaining the same volume
Do you live in the 17th Dimension or something because the plane of existence I live in, we have these things called 'laws of physics' that prevent us from simmering liquids for four hours without yielding vapor, even if using electric, slow cooking apparati.
Also, how much are flats in the 17th Dimension? Things are getting rather pricey here!

Any more suggestions lurking out there?

>>9104427
>the plane of existence I live in, we have these things called 'laws of physics' that prevent us from simmering liquids for four hours without yielding vapor

Apparently your dimension has not yet discovered the miraculous technology known as "the lid".

>>9105135
Yeah "low and slow" xD

>>9104427
WEW LAD the lid contains most of it, but if you're still concerned about 1L of water in the home/apt/shoebox that you live in, then you have problems that none of us can solve. BTW it aint the 17th dimension; it's the 18th, but I live in reality, so much on that while you take a durry.

I still support the crockpot/"low and slow" challenge (just make it so people that use smokers can compete) but worst case, maybe a grilled/toastie/butter fried sammich challenge.

>>9105196
>>9105349
>lids prevent evaporation
Try it. Simmer a litre of water for four hours, with a lid, then measure how much is left. And tell me your house isn't sweltering during that time.

>>9105349
>18th dimension
I forget, is that after L-space but before the Dungeon Dimensions or before L-space but after the Dungeon Dimensions?

>>9105540
The Dungeon Dimensions cannot be expressed by mere numbers you 4-dimensional nerd.
Also, vote on the entries damn you.

4 votes.
Only 4 bloody votes.
What the fuck is going on here?

>>9106219
people care more about mcchickens and shitty american fast food

On that note, I suggest "meme food" for the next theme

>>9105135
Ch-chicken tendies or n-nuggets?

>>9106312
>>9106374
I will be damned by any gods/goddesses you care to name and a shitload that you can't before "meme foods" is a challenge goal under my watch.
Then again, that could make a good one if tinkered with...
God, I'm such a fucking sellout.
At least I'm not spouting /pol/ shit (because I restrain myself).

>>9105349
>derive it like it's hot
why did I watch this??

>>9107047
Because you are a non voting monster.
Shame on you.

Bump for the pump.
Get swole cunts.

Pic of the last remaining bit of the gooseberry curry from >9087808

>>9087783
>Presentation: 2,5/5
>Originality: 0/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 0/5
>Total: 6,5/20

>>9087785
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 2.5/5
>Appeal: 4/5
>Challenge Goals: 2.5/5
>Total: 12,5/20

>>9087793
Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 3/5
>Challenge Goals: 4/5
>Total: 13/20

>>9087794
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 2,5/5
>Appeal: 2,5/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 12/20

>>9087796
>Presentation: 3/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 3/5
>Total: 14/20

>>9087799
>Presentation: 1/5
>Originality: 2/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 2/5
>Total: 10/20

>>9087800
>Presentation: 0/5
>Originality: 5/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 15/20
Assuming this is an honest entry, how did you make beer so quickly? I've always assumed beer takes a very long time to make. Clearly, I've never done it myself.

>>9087804
>Presentation: 5/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 5/5
>Total: 19/20

>>9087805
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 4/5
>Appeal: 5/5
>Challenge Goals: 2,5/5
>Total: 13,5/20

>>9087808
>Presentation: can't vote lol
>Originality: can't vote lol
>Appeal: can't vote lol
>Challenge Goals: can't vote lol
>Total: can't vote lol

>>9087810
>Presentation: 2/5
>Originality: 3/5
>Appeal: 2/5
>Challenge Goals: 3/5
>Total: 10/20

>>9105540
I did not say anything about "prevent[ing] evaporation," nor was that implied.
>Simmer a litre of water for four hours, with a lid, then measure how much is left.
Typically crockpots don't simmer until their last hour.

>>9108022
>Get swole cunts.
working on it. you jelly of my form? pls no bully

So my slow cooker/crockpot idea seems to be going down the shitter, even with the amendment of that the food should take 4+ hours to cook (thereby allowing the BBQ/smoker bois to compete).

Maybe a "rice as a main dish" challenge then?

>>9108271
Holy cow, thanks Shake-kun

>>9087783
>Pane & Cheese Sandwich with a Blueberry
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 0/5
Appeal: 3/5
Challenge Goals: 0/5

Not great for a joke entry but the presentation was good and it looks like a solid grilled cheese, so points for that I guess.

>>9087785
>Rosemary Lamb Basil and Strawberry Sandwich
Presentation: 0/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5

Appeal could have possibly gone up if I could have actually seen wtf it was. Sounds really good though, but I'd need to have a better look. Going with a conservative 4/5 on appeal.

>>9087793
>Parmesan Blueberry Risotto with Blackberry Duck
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 4/5
Appeal: 3/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5

I don't really feel like a Parmesan blueberry risotto does it for me, if you left the blueberries out it'd be more appealing. Otherwise not bad.

>>9087794
>Raspberry and Yogurt Tortellini in Tomato Sauce
Presentation: 0/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 0/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5

It's original, I'll grant you that. And it has berries in it. It looks dreadful in every other way though.

>>9087796
>Savory Berry Sandwich with Very Berry Sides
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 2/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals: 4/5

Looks delicious, but you just put berries in a sandwich and on top of some sides. It doesn't really incorporate berries as much as it's subjected to the presence of berries. Looks delicious though.

>>9087799
>Cherrywood Smoked Ribs with Blueberry Sauce and Blueberry Wine
Presentation: 3/5
Originality: 3/5
Appeal: 3/5
Challenge Goals: 3/5

Cherrywood isn't a berry but it's a nice touch. Blueberry wine is vile in most cases and I have no reason to doubt that in this case, so points deducted there. Just having a berry based sauce doesn't really stack up compared to other entries so can't give full points there. Not even counting the blueberry wine. Mediocre across the board.

>>9108445
>That webm
Jesus, what a girly looking fag.

>>9108510 cont.

>>9087800
>Elderberry Sour Ale
Presentation: 0/5
Originality: 4/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals: 3/5

Did you brew this yourself? Would have been nice to see any part of the process. I'd give you negative points for presentation if I could because of the mustache glass. Sounds delicious. Not really a dish though.

>>9087804
>Salmon au Poivre with Blueberry Basil Balsamic Reduction
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 4/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5

Looks delicious. Points off on originality for just using a berry sauce but it counts.

>>9087805
>Blackberry Duck Dumplings
Presentation: 3/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5

Not bad. Could have done without all the sperg text splashes covering up the food though.

>>9087808
>Gooseberry Chicken Curry
Presentation: 3/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5

Bad picture but doesn't look like a bad dish. A little watery though. Sounds delicious, nice use of gooseberries. Wish there was a picture taken with a post-2005 cell phone.

>>9087810
>Blueberry Steak Pizza
Presentation: 0/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 0/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5

Looks and sounds disgusting but I bet nobody else is going to ever do anything like that ever again so points for originality.

>>9087812
>Clam Chowder with Avocado
Presentation: 0/5
Originality: 0/5
Appeal: 1/5
Challenge Goals: 0/5

I like clam chowder so you get one point for appeal for your otherwise vile bowl of canned clam chowder and whole avocado sitting in front of a disgusting keyboard at your masturbation station.

>>9092172
yes you're right it is hard to take seriously. so maybe stop trying to, and enjoy yourself.

>>9092687
I'll add my vote to the "low and slow" category, but I think it should be narrowed down to something a little bit more specific. Otherwise you'll just have people cooking food on the floor to serve to people with Down's Syndrome and it will get 3/5 goals.

>>9108532
Thank's so much for the vote, anon- I did use different berries in the other components too but that part wasn't included in the repost. Cranberries in the butternut squash risotto and blackberries with the sprouts. Next time I'll try to make the ingredients more prevalent

>>9108532
>post 2005 cell phone
Kek. I bought that phone in 2011. The problem isn't the camera, it's that I'm unsteady with it. I should get a tripod attachment or something.

>>9108499
Guessing you're the saumon au poivre poster?

>>9108555
Another for low&slow, eh? Guess I and the two unpleasant posters are the only ones against, huh?
Shame. It's so hot lately, that I just wanted to make and post a banana icebox pie, but I guess I can do something in the smoker. I'd prefer not to use the slow cooker as it will absolutely turn an already bad situation into an unbearable inferno as it did when I cooked cochinita pibil for Cinco de Mayo.

Also, shake-kun is changing his trip code since I searched for it online to find the archive of the old thread and saw some ponyfag using the same one. I don't wanna be mistaken for a ponyfag.

>>9108706
i'd also be down for a cold main dish theme

Yes, your votes sustain me.

>>9109417
What if winners pick the theme? maybe make some general guidelines they must follow or choice out of 5 or something?

>>9109640
I'm a bit leery on that.
The winner could then choose something they are particularly strong in with a recipe already chosen and practiced, leading to them having an edge in the next month.
Don't worry, the theme for July will be chosen by a person with no "skin in the game", as they say.
I'm also an alcoholic, so you know you can trust me.

>>9109770
>I'm also an alcoholic

I thought you quit because your shop within short walking distance closed down, lel. Maybe you're getting more exercise now ;^)

>>9109879
It's bloody hot where I am.
Thank the gods for Uber and cheap shit vodka.
Come winter I'll be walking the two hours to and from the bottle shop easy-peasy.
>speaking of pease, I can't wait for winter so I can make some delicious soups

>>9110083
Fucking hell I'm a fucking fag.
>bump for the pump while you pump for Trump

>>9109640
Lol, let me just vote my shit up from different IPs real quick here. Or, wait, do I even need different IPs?

Boss nigger decides the challenge. Period.
Takes suggestions, but decides on xis own what the challenge is.


>>9110083
>>9110659
I farted.

>>9110773
As if it won't be entirely obvious who's doing that based on their dish. Besides ppeople could be doing that already. It might generate a little more interest since things appear to be dwindling and there is no real end game besides points. At least in the annual challenge there was something for your efforts. There are ways to do it where it won't compromise the integrity of the challenges, but it was only a suggestion.

>>9110885
>things appear to be dwindling
but they aren't.

>>9110932

Things began dwindling after Hearts left.

Then the challenge was overtaken by trolls, causing Yellowmug not to win.

Then Bubble pulled out, leaving Borneo, who only has grandmother cred here.

Then Borneo pulled out, the challenge became a monthly OC thread with nothing at stake, and some nobody al/ck/ took over without any kind of plan to make it seem official.

Are any of the top contestants from even 4-5 years ago still here?

Boop for the last day.

>>9110977
You left out the part where the shit-for-brains mod nuked a huge thread and the few remaining participants realized this cesspool is not worth putting any effort into anymore

>>9110977
Even if I am some nobody drunken cunt, at least the contest is still alive in some form.
Besides, you know you love it.

>>9111444
Yeah, that was bullshit.

>>9110977
I like the monthly format, it give people time to really work on their recipe and presentation, and it's spaced out enough to make it feel special.

>>9108706
>I just wanted to make and post a banana icebox pie
So make one and post it then snowflake.

Low and slow another vote

>>9110977
>overtaken by trolls
said the troll

>>9111444
>>9112314
Wait, what happened?

Have there been any pedantic entries with true berries that aren't culinary berries?

>>9113174
The April challenge thread was repeatedly removed by some mod because it was technically a roll thread.
Never mind the fact that the challenge pulls OC from people who might have otherwise never posted any actual dishes or recipes.
>Captcha: california Marx
>I think it's trying to tell me something...

>>9113446
>The April challenge thread was repeatedly removed by some mod because it was technically a roll thread.
>roll thread
Which waifu will cook your Hamburger Helper tonight?

>>9113455
Check my dubs and see you all in 72 hours...low and slow master race checking in

>>9113455
Bottom right is making me question the source for these otherwise delightful bodypillows.
>It's freaking me out, and thus distracting me from my restful contemplation of #4, and upper #0.
>ooh la la

>>9112314
People need to remember that everything gets copied over onto Warosu.org. Even if Dickless nukes the thread here, you can go to warosu.org/ck/thread/NNNNNNN and see everything that was posted in it, including interim posts that were deleted. Dickless has no power there.

test

>>9113799
chest

>>9113796
Good point.

I'd like to join the monthly challenge, can really only pour my heart into cooking on sundays when i have time so will do. Would like to go along with a cold dish(give me a reason to make tiramisu or something, ice cream i make too much of) if it's not to late to enter i might make an entry.
For next month,
-Cold dish/dessert
-Something cooked slowly
-Vegetarian dish with in season fruits/veggies
-Non chicken/beef/pork meat dish
-maybe go with dif nations ie polish meals
-ingredients limit one
-homemade bread dish
-baking
That's all i got, will make an entry if i can

>>9114732
Also sandwich theme and alcohol during cooking process theme

>>9114765
>alcohol during cooking process
You mean getting hammered while cooking? This is something I can get behind!

>>9114796
As long as it's used in the dish yes

>>9114936
>>9114796
Alternatively make a dish with a 0.1-0.15 bac

>>9114936
Good. You have yourself a deal.

The new monthly challenge thread of glory and love and lusty orgies of weird kinky shit
>praise Slaanesh
will be up later today.

>>9115177
What exactly will be the challenge?

>>9115184
You'll just have to wait a bit and see!
And I'm not even stalling for time, I actually do know what it is!

>>9115206

>>9115206
Hoping for cold theme

so much non use of berries in this thread it's disturbing =/