Another month, another cooking challenge completed. This was the second round and we had some great dishes, but you, the voter has spoken and the hat’s go off to Casey’s Date and Ginger Couscous Pudding.
Last month we got to know a bit about what got her cooking, so this month I was curious about what’s in the future for her and her blog. Here’s what she’s cooking up:
“The next three months should be quite exciting as Spring is right around the corner. I hope to have some great posts coming up about getting my garden going, plus I am hoping to learn some traditional Bulgarian cheese-making techniques, which I hope to share with my readers.In honor of St. Patrick’s day, I will be curing my own beef for corned beef and cabbage, plus Irish soda bread and maybe some Irish whiskey cupcakes. The international women’s club that I am a member of will be hosting some French cooking demo’s so I am excited to write about learning some new things.In April, I will be in be back in the United States, so I hope to be able to sample some great food and find new and interesting stuff to smuggle back in my suitcases!”
That certainly sounds exciting. And to keep our little challenge interesting, I asked Casey to choose the next three ingredients:
Meat (beef, pork or lamb)
Edible Flowers (whatever is available locally)
Shallots
I’ve never eaten my flowers…, this should be interesting. Who’s ready for a new challenge? Here’s a little reminder of how things work:
Chef It Yourself 
Yes this will be interesting to see. I used to get salad mix with some edible flowers at the health food stroe. It was so pretty. I grow marigolds and put those petals in my salad.
My sister loves violets. Once for her birthday I got candied violets and put them on her cake.
Have fun.
You’re right, JB. I’ve seen flowers used for desserts and maybe a salad. Either way, I have NO clue what to do. I guess some research comes first.
Hey Anamaris,
I’m wondering if you know anything about this hot sauce from Panama that my family’s been obsessed with since we visited there. It’s called D’Elidas. It’s a habanero sauce. We’re on our last bottle and can’t seem to find it anywhere. I’m just wondering if you know the sauce, if it’s popular in Panama? If you can get it in the States?
Also, if I don’t make the challenge deadline this month I give you full permission to humiliate me on your site….or mine. You choose. Deal?
Indeed. D’Elidas is awesome stuff. The hubbs and a friend from work fancy themselves hot sauce connoiseurs and they swear that’s the best sauce they’ve had. Just the right amount of heat, while still being incredibly flavorful. We looked into ordering some, but never did. This is the only place I’ve found online that would ship to US. Let me know if you get some! http://panamarts.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4
I’ll have to skip this one–we’ve gone completely meatless for Lent!
For meat… can I use something else other than the red meats? My of my relative just got diagnosed with colon cancer and my family is cutting out red meat.
Christine, since Casey picked the ingredients, I’ll differ to her for that call. Casey?
I’m in. 🙂 This would be ‘due’ on the 20th, right?
Yes, F. Due on the 20th. This month we will select a ‘winner’ with random.org. I want to make sure all participants get a fair shot at being highlighted. It’s been a pretty mixed bag of foodies participating, some have been blogging for a while and have a steady following. That makes it tough for the ‘new guys’ to get a break. So…, no voting this time. We’ll shall see how it works.
Oh, by the way guys, go check out Foodbuzz’ Top 9 today. Our Masochist has a fantabulous dish on. Congrats, girlie!
http://www.foodbuzz.com/top9?number=5#s
Thanks.:) To be honest, I didn’t expect that Top 9. I wasn’t too happy with that photo. I’m still confused as to how Foodbuzz chooses which posts get to be Top 9. Either way, it was a pleasant surprise.
If there’s no voting, how does random.org work? Sorry if that sounds like a stupid question.
Christine – I feel that if I alter the challenge, the results will be to varied, for example chicken, tofu, or fish have different properties from red meat, although I don’t think pork is actually a red meat? I originally was going to choose only beef, but felt that some people might have religious objections.