"Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in
>> message ...
>> > In article >, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have seen a few episodes of this and it would seem that the
>> >> chefs they have on there are not very creative at all. One of the
>> >> basket ingredients was croissants on the episode that is airing
>> >> now. Three made croutons and the other one breaded the chicken
>> >> with them. These to me would be the most obvious choices. There
>> >> were also quail eggs which they merely cooked. Either fried or
>> >> hard boiled.
>> >>
>> >> Does this make a statement about Canadian cuisine? Or are they
>> >> just picking boring chefs?
>> >
>> > what would you have made?
>>
>> I wouldn't have been on the show!
>
> so you have to be on a show to cook?
>
> but just because you tend to be slow, given the ingredients that those
> contestants were given and being in your own kitchen and not disabled in
> any way or required to be out of the house or your electricity/gas was
> shut off and all your pots/pans/utensils were clean and available and
> you had the usual condiments/spices/herbs etc, what would you have
> cooked?

Those ingredients are not likely to ever be in my kitchen. The last time I
bought a Croissant it was in some restaurant and likely back in the 1980's.
We don't eat the things. I also do not try to be a creative cook. I try to
make what we like. And what we like isn't necessarily creative.