Monday, May 29, 2006

Paper Chef #18

Paper Chef #18

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It's time to start nominating ingredients for Paper Chef #18. Paper Chef is a monthly online event inspired by Iron Chef that challenges cooks to create a dish over the weekend using four arbitrary ingredients. Participants suggest possible ingredients and three are randomly chosen from the current nominations and previous, unselected items. The host (moi) specifies a fourth ingredient.

The event is judged by the winner of the previous month's Paper Chef, in this case Haalo of Cook Almost Anything with her Miso Marinated Kangaroo. Last month the ingredients were lavender, chickpeas, miso, and anything raised locally. Eliminating last month's ingredients, we are left with:

Something derived from a goat (meat, milk, cheese, yoghurt, butter, etc)
Rocket (arugula)
Macadamia nuts
Pomegranate molasses
Hot bean paste
Chestnuts
Grits
Ham
Simple syrup
Veal scallopine
Chocolate
Lemon
Pomegranates
Flowers
Cinnamon
Broccoli raab
Lemongrass
Coffee
Ground coriander
A spikey plant like cactus (nopales!) or nettles

Post your ingredient nominations below, check back here Friday afternoon (06/03), and spread the word.

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22 Comments:

Blogger Gabriella True said...

ooh so many yummy ingredients.

Pomegranate Molasses
Ground Coriander
Goat something

5/30/2006 02:16:00 AM  
Blogger Kevin said...

Gabriella,
Those are already on the list. You need to suggest one new ingredient and the final ingredients are chosen at random.

5/30/2006 08:57:00 AM  
Blogger s'kat said...

You are correct, I've never played. I'm usually too intimidated by ingredients I can't get (like pomegranate molasses). But I'll take a gander this time, and suggest: watermelons (or melons).

5/30/2006 09:42:00 AM  
Blogger Kevin said...

S'kat,
Substitutions are always allowed.

And melons are now on the list.

5/30/2006 09:54:00 AM  
Blogger Gabriella True said...

okay. Duh. That is what I get for staying up way too late.

guava

5/30/2006 04:30:00 PM  
Blogger Kevin said...

Gabriella,
Done!

5/30/2006 04:52:00 PM  
Blogger Angel said...

dragonfruit

5/30/2006 07:31:00 PM  
Blogger Gabriella True said...

what is dragonfruit? Off to do a search.

5/31/2006 04:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Danielle said...

Turmeric!

5/31/2006 08:14:00 AM  
Blogger Erika said...

Andouille Sausage

5/31/2006 08:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Jennifer said...

How about berries?

5/31/2006 10:27:00 AM  
Blogger 2-minute Noodle Cook said...

Egg

5/31/2006 10:30:00 AM  
Blogger Owen said...

Hi Kevin - thanks for holding down the fort, keeping the ship afloat, minding the store, etc etc.

I'm still really swamped but I made time to stop by and nominate and maybe with my sister in town for a week the two of us can cook something up (ha!)

I nominate cherries - it is that time out here in California and one of the potential trips with sister is out to Brentwood to the pick-your-own cherry places - last time we got about eight pounds of morellos and four of rainier and ate about that much again while picking! And I discovered that if you are going to cook the cherries anyway if you freeze and then thaw them, the pits just pop out with a push of the fingers!

5/31/2006 01:03:00 PM  
Blogger anni said...

I humbly nominate:

Daikon Radish
Bittermelon
Eggplant
Anchovies
Octopus
Saba
Kaboch Squash
Garlic Scapes or Rat Tail Chives (See Post @ www.obsessionwithfood.com)

I like the diversity...Can't wait for challenge...

Tootles,
Anni

6/01/2006 02:19:00 AM  
Blogger anni said...

Dragonfruit is the fruit off the cactus plant. A native of Southeast Asia. It is closely related to the Prickly Pear Cactus fruit, which is well known to Southwest, USA. Now commercially grown in California and Arizona deserts, the fruit can be found in many products such as, purees, jams, marmalades, marinades, margaritas at Chevy's! It has a fig-melon flavor profile and holds either a beautiful fuschia or sunny yellow color. It also has many seeds that will need to be stained and removed. The prickly pear cactus fruit is a native of Southern Italy (Sicily) and is a popular dessert on any Souther Italian tavola. Many plants are now cultivated in the African desert for commercial food usage.

Hope this helps....

Anni :-)

6/01/2006 02:28:00 AM  
Blogger Gabriella True said...

ooh Anni. Your description is perfect. I did a little hunting late last night. Too late for me to concentrate.

6/01/2006 03:08:00 AM  
Blogger The Old Foodie said...

How about vinegar? any variety (I particularly love raspberry vinegar).

6/01/2006 04:09:00 AM  
Blogger Kevin said...

Dragon Fruit, tumeric, andouille, berries, eggs, cherries, and vinegar all added.

Anni,
Would mind picking just one of your suggestions? Thanks.

Owen,
I hope you can participate -- hell, I hope I can participate, but my weekend is really packed at the moment. It isn't cooking time that's hard to find, it's thinking time.

6/01/2006 09:13:00 AM  
Blogger Sarah said...

Oooh! OOooh! I have a nomination! Sundried tomatoes.

S

6/01/2006 10:57:00 AM  
Blogger Kevin said...

Sarah,

Done!

6/01/2006 03:01:00 PM  
Blogger Lady Amalthea said...

I'd like to nominate...giblets!

6/01/2006 04:11:00 PM  
Blogger The Barista Worker said...

I'd like to nominate, Peanut Butter!

6/01/2006 10:01:00 PM  

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