OcUK "Meals of the World"?

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Was thinking earlier, we all love experimenting with new recipes from around the world, so how about starting a total shameless copy of DirtyJester's competition format for a "Meals of the World" competition - working in exactly the same system?

Each letter again would be for the starting letter of a country, and then you'd have to COOK OR PREPARE (not just eat a mango for Kenya) a dish that is a traditional one in that country over the week at some point. For example, on Hungary, goulash could be made, or on Greece, tzatziki.

Thoughts?
 
i tried getting DJ to do this but he's doing the beers again :(

count me in, not sure the scoring will be as easy to sort out as the beers comp though because for some countrys you might have 2-3 dishes on your plate, IE: china/chinese.. id normally have 3-4 different things on my plate.. maybe nominate 1 thing on the plate to enter the comp if situations like that happen?
 
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MisChief said:
Wouldn't this be difficult to judge? :D will need pics of ingredients, during cooking, final dish and recipe! :p
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Yeah, we'll have a poll system rather than points system, with a 1st 2nd & 3rd results that receive points. I'll start making the thread then!

FrenchTart said:
Pretty awesome idea. I'm not sure I'd have the time to do something weekly though.
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I did think that, perhaps we could make it bi-weekly as it's not just a case of popping the shop with this one?

cainer said:
can we have America for the first week? Mmm McDonalds :D
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You have to do the cooking. ;)
 
if its done every 2 weeks it would take a year to finish, maybe we could vote A B or C or the first week, D E or F 2 weeks later etc?
 
cainer said:
if its done every 2 weeks it would take a year to finish, maybe we could vote A B or C or the first week, D E or F 2 weeks later etc?
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This is also true. I think having it weekly is the best option, but change the timing so that it covers a weekend+? IE, you will know of the country beforehand, will have a weekend to shop, and week + weekend to cook it.
 
If I'm allowed to just drop in and out (so basically no chance of winning but can join in the meal cooking) then weekly is fine by me.

Tbh I think a shorter competition would be more fun anyhow. Whether or not it's weekly, 6 or 12 months is quite a long time and a lot of time commitment for cooking meals like this.
 
DcD said:
You have to do the cooking. ;)
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whats your stance on ready meals? :)
tbh if we're to cook from scratch then cost could become an issue for me.. id only be making 1 dinner (2 if me flat mate's about) and i dont want to be buying far more ingredients than i need.. you cant buy 'a pinch of this' or 'a table spoon of that' in the shops :/
 
cainer said:
whats your stance on ready meals? :)
tbh if we're to cook from scratch then cost could become an issue for me.. id only be making 1 dinner (2 if me flat mate's about) and i dont want to be buying far more ingredients than i need.. you cant buy 'a pinch of this' or 'a table spoon of that' in the shops :/
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To be honest it would be quite interesting if one of the criteria for awarding points was the money spent - i.e. less money to achieve something interesting would be worth more than someone that can just afford to go crazy.
 
DirtyJester said:
Surely if points are awarded then the voting public can have their say on originality or effort?
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How do you mean? People that aren't cooking as part of the competition but are reading the boards? That sounds reasonable to me but I guess it could make managing/collating stuff harder for whoever organises things.
 
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