For Christmas, he passed the basket back to us with four mystery ingredients to test our own culinary prowess:
BvP Challenge: Round Two consisted of... animal crackers, Vienna sausages, hearts of palm and bacon and cheddar flavored cheese spread in an aerosol can.
A couple immediate observations:
1) Does the city of Vienna know that their good name is being sullied with this can of meat flavored food byproduct?
2) How can Libby's do something so awesome like canned pumpkin (which directly leads to awesome pumpkin pie) and at the same time do something so foul
Mary was up to bat first with a cheese souffle, utilizing the canned bacon-cheese, and toast points topped with a mousse made from a pureed blend of Vienna sausage, hearts of palm and animal crackers.
The souffle turned out real nice, but the Vienna sausage mousse was a little off-pudding.
For my attempt, I tried to mask the flavor of the Vienna sausage as much as possible by adding in a bunch of dried herbs and forming them into meatballs. I cooked the hearts of palm with some garlic and lemon juice, and turned the canned baconcheese into a spicy fondue/dipping sauce.
After tasting both courses, Mary and I agreed that she put the canned cheese to better use, while my hearts of palm tasted actually pretty good. While no one wins with Vienna sausage, I claimed the slight edge there by drowning them in tastier herbs and giving them a light pan fry.
For the next round, it looks like some addendums are in order:
1) No canned "meats"
2) At least two of the four ingredients must by non-processed items.
Otherwise, we are going to need to include a bottle of Tums Extra-Super Strength with every basket. The bulk-buy size bottle.
Bring on the next round!
--Isaac.
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