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re: January Chopped Challenge: DEADLINE Extended Wednesday 3pm

Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:25 pm to
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35114 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:25 pm to
quote:

Livers, Goat cheese and chipotle are too overpowering


Hence it being called a "challenge"
Posted by krugerrand gladiator
Member since Dec 2013
23 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:27 pm to
true, but... there are ways to manipulate each ingredient as to reduce their assertive flavors and accentuate the subtle nuances of each so the dish is balanced.
Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39156 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:29 pm to
Some challenge
Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39156 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:29 pm to
Good luck!
Posted by krugerrand gladiator
Member since Dec 2013
23 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:31 pm to
Cheers!
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37883 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:32 pm to
I like the ingredients for the challenge part. Should be interesting to see what folks come up with. I agree on the hate to taste the entrees though. Chicken liver, goat cheese and Tequila remind me of drunken catfishing trips of my youth.
Posted by LSUvegasbombed
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2013
15464 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:32 pm to
I'm making an appetizer I think
Posted by htownjeep
Republic of Texas
Member since Jun 2005
7616 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:35 pm to
quote:

I agree on the hate to taste the entrees though.

Yeah, I can see a lot of tastings in households getting spit out. It seems the fear from earlier thread about 4 curveballs has been come to fruition. (I don't think chipotles are a curveball fwiw)
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14264 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:45 pm to
Can I substitute buzzard gizzards for chicken livers. Seems I have a mess of them in the freezer.

Don't ask why and no one will get grossed out.
Posted by LSUJuice
Back in Houston
Member since Apr 2004
17687 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:48 pm to
I think the toughest part for me (and maybe others) is that I don't like livers. But that's the challenge - and real motivation to tone them down into something I will eat. Tequila is easy, I don't consider it a curve ball. Same for goat cheese. I'm actually having the most trouble with the chipotles....

Should there be some encouragement to be honest with our own opinions of the final product? Give our own self-assessment of how it tastes? "A and B tasted good, but I probably cooked a minute or two too long. And honestly I didn't like the combination of C and D, but the concept sounded like it would work."
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 1/15/14 at 4:53 pm to
My entry




Tequila saturated fries. Goat cheese biscuit. Very few know that Dr. Pepper has a touch of Chipotle in the syrup.

Too early?

Drat!
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47512 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

I think I'll probably make it a rule that one of the pictures must be of you incorporating tequila into the dish in some way.




I suggest not buying into the cheating thing. It's hard to pour tequila with one hand and snap a pic with the other without screwing up the amount if there's no one around to take the photo for you. Someone could just as easily use water in a vodka bottle if vodka was an ingredient. I suggest that you continue to assume folks who take the time, money and trouble to participate will include all of the ingredients.

I probably don't have a dog in this one, but I sure have enjoyed the photos and descriptions of finished results and I think everyone has played fair. Wouldn't be fun for a participant not to.
Posted by LSUJuice
Back in Houston
Member since Apr 2004
17687 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 5:50 pm to
quote:

It's hard to pour tequila with one hand and snap a pic with the other without screwing up the amount

Not to mention lighting the kitchen on fire
Posted by LSUvegasbombed
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2013
15464 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 5:51 pm to
What I am afraid of. This will be my first attempt. I'll practice outside first
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47512 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 5:53 pm to
quote:

Not to mention lighting the kitchen on fire




That too!
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47512 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 5:57 pm to
Can folks have teams of two if they wish, one being the idea person and the other the chef? Don't think I can do this one, but I have ideas (none of which were mentioned by Cap ). I'll take responsibility if I suggest something that everyone thinks is crap!
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29217 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:25 pm to
You guys complaining about the ingredients sound like puscatores.
Posted by B&TCoonhound
Fighting in the Kumite
Member since Feb 2013
2004 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:29 pm to
What ideas did he come up with? I dont want to make something that was said
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27183 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:36 pm to
quote:

I think the toughest part for me (and maybe others) is that I don't like livers. But that's the challenge


Yup. I have to find a way to make livers that I will eat. I know when I sauté them up for the cat it makes me gag from the smell, but my cats go crazy for them.
This post was edited on 1/15/14 at 6:37 pm
Posted by Prosecuted Collins
The Farm
Member since Sep 2003
6641 posts
Posted on 1/15/14 at 6:38 pm to
Liver is prominent in Bowden, take from there

Also a nice flavor profile in GUMBO
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