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Challenj #63: PIE! Piepiepiepiepiepiepie. When come back bring pie.

Since history began, man has asked the eternal question... what the best pie? This week, you answer that question, on the ~~Weekly Food Challenj~~ Which Pie Is The Best Show.

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Which
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That's right folks! This week's challenj is PIE. Is it... beef pie? Only you can answer that question. Post your pastry-encrusted goodness and submit to the judgement of your peers. It'll be fun!

In case you've got no clue what I'm on about, google Weebl and Bob and get back to me when you've watched them all. Apologies in advance for the fact that you'll never be able to pronounce the word pie properly again.

Oh, and: this really ought to go without saying, but with my mod hat on, a casserole with a pastry lid on it is not a pie, although I'll be entertained by your attempts to justify otherwise to me. Do your worst.

Pie!

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Challenj #62: Let's go crazy, let's get nuts

Once again, this week's challenj was suggested by the sempiternal donutsweeper, who accepts all responsibility in perpetuity.

Nuts! and/or nut butters. Or both! Show me what you can do.

For the avoidance of doubt, and with my mod hat on, Wikipedia tells me that

A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit in which the ovary wall becomes increasingly hard as it matures, and where the seed remains unattached or free within the ovary wall.

but this is boring, and it's worth noting that the same article already says that

The general and original usage of the term is less restrictive, and many nuts (in the culinary sense), such as almonds, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, and Brazil nuts, are not nuts in a botanical sense. Common usage of the term often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut.

Then there's a little blue number in brackets, so you know it must be true.

This is a weekly food challenj and legumes are welcomed here, as long as you can make a reasonable justification that it's a nut in the culinary sense. No gatekeeping please.

I'mma get you all started with an old one of mine: On optimal combinations.

Nuts. Go.

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Challenj #60: Honey

Hello folks!

This week's challenj suggested by the lovely donutsweeper. Honey! Give me all your recipes for that delicious bee spit.

Blue is allergic to bee products (and it is weird what you can find them in sometimes), so there'll be extra points for anything that I can substitute with maple, or agave, or any other suggestions you might have.

Buzz-t out your best recipes and submit them here. Hive nothing but confidence in you all.

Current Mood: busy

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Challenge #56 - Low Carb

(this challenge suggested by

moetushie and

kore)

Your challenge this week is to cook something low carb. How you choose to interpret "low" is up to you; I'm sure you will do me proud :)

Current Mood: busy

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Challenge #55 - Kitchen Surprise

Your challenge this week is to make something using only the things you already have in your kitchen. No going out and buying special ingredients. No sneaking off to the woods to pick berries. No behind the scenes slaughter of a convenient beastie for roasting. Just what you already have.

Current Mood: busy

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Challenge #54 - Peppers

This week's challenge is to cook something with peppers. Whether chilli or bell or romano, I leave to your judgment. I'll even take pink peppercorns if you like ;)

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Challenj #52: Beans

Hello folks! Happy Wednesday. And what a marvellous Wednesday it is, following on directly from Tuesday, with no gaps, in its customary fashion. Yes, truly we are privileged to currently be living in one of the best possible Wednesdays, right now at this very moment.

Ahem. Yes, I'm late. Sorry about that. I've had a mad week and for all I know it's still Octeday. Plus I figured that last week's challlenj deserved a bit of extra time, you know, what with the obvious handicap and all.

Moving on from the bean curd to its component ingredients. This week's challenj is BEANS. They are, I'm told, good for the heart, and a proportional relationship exists between their consumption and certain bodily processes relating to the healthy metabolization of short-chain fatty acids. Not only are they good for you, but they're a staple of British comedy! Feed your body AND your intellect with BEANS.

Bean me up, babies. Show me your beans.

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Challenj #51: Tofu

Hello folks! Calling folks. This week's challenj is the responsibility of missdiane (and several others). Will the responsibility be credit or blame? Only you can determine that.

This week it's TOFU. Show me some interesting things you can do with that bean curd. There must be some interesting things, right?... right?

...right?

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Challenj #50: Something home grown

This week's challenj submitted by the lovely el_staplador.

Grow something! Then make a food out of it. Surprise me.

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Challenj #49: Berries

*taps mod mic* Hello, hello, is this thing on?

Excellent. FEAR ME, PITIFUL HUMANS... no wait, this is the mod channel for what again?... so, little chance of the pitiful humans chat working then. No matter. Start as you mean to go on. Expansion to global domination later. Work with what you've got. This, apparently, is what I've got.

Ahem. FEAR ME, PITIFUL HUMANS. This week's challenj is BERRIES. It was proposed by the marvellous donutsweeper, to whom all complaints must be directed. It's the perfect time for such a challenj. Summer is ending and autumn is just barely beginning, and the fruits lie heavy and ripening deliciously on the vine. I'm told that they are also available in our many supermarkets. Berries! They're what's good for you.

Submit to me your recipes for something to do with BERRIES or suffer the consequences, fools.

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Challenge #48 - Hot Weather Comfort Food

This challenge suggested by

moetushie

I don't know about the rest of you, but here in the UK we have been ROASTING for MONTHS. So please give me your recipes for things which make you feel better when everything is sweat and tiredness.

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!modpost

Apologies for the unplanned hiatus...

... things have been a bit hectic the last few weeks and my brain weasels have not been helpful.

We've missed 9 weeks, some of which are date specific (Indian Independence Day) but most of which are not. Should I just punt the non-date-specific ones on to a later date, rather than dropping them? I think that seems fairest. Also, would anyone else like to take on the role of backup mod? I am aware that lib dem conference is coming up and I may lack spoons for posting then... The planner is on a google spreadsheet so is easy to share.

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Challenge #47 - cook something that costs less than £1

It's totally Wednesday, right?
* guilty expression *
* cough *
This week's challenge is to cook something that costs less than £1. That's US$1.34, AUS$1.77, and other currencies can be found here. I'm going on the honour system, but if you want to post a photo of the receipt you can :)

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Challenge #46: Something from a cookbook you have never used before

(this challenge suggested by

fred_mouse)

Your challenge this week is to cook something from a cookbook you have never used before. It doesn't have to be bought, it could be borrowed, and it doesn't have to be new, it could be one you;ve had lying around for ages and just not used. Also, we're going on the honour system here, so, you know... ;)

Current Mood: cheerful

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Challenge #45: Salad and salad dressings

It's been roasty around here the last few days and I therefore want to eat cold things. Given me your favourite salads and salad dressings, please :)

Current Mood: celebratory

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DON'T PANIC! Here's Challenge #44: Towel Day

(you have NO IDEA how sad I am that this isn't challenge #42)

This Friday is Towel Day. So give me your best recipes that are wholly, vaguely, tangentially, or not at all related to the life and work of Douglas Adams.

Do you have a great Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster recipe*? Or Jinnantonix for that matter?
Is there some snack or protein bar or salad box that you would never forget to pack alongside your towel and your bottle of Ol Janx Spirit in your hitchhiking bag?
Did you invent a new recipe between the ages of 15 and 35 and you're hoping to get a career out of it?
Is there something you like to eat as you listen to the whooshing noise of deadlines passing by?**

Show me, please, what Hoopy Froods you are or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't***! Bonus points for anyone who posts a betowelled picture of themselves or their recipe.

* when I was at uni I used to drink in a bar where they served a version of a Pan Galactic. The recipe was "a shot of every spirit we keep behind the bar, yes including Blue Bols and Baileys, in a pint glass, topped up with cider". They charged £3.50 for it. It's a wonder I'm still alive. There is a semi-official Pan Galactic recipe, but somehow it seems to lack the old magic for me.
** Yes, this post is intentionally late in tribute to that quote.
*** Sadly you can no longer get your own Vogon Poetry here, but you can wonder what it might have been like from the text entry fields.

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Challenge #43: Baked

(this challenge suggested waaaaaay back in the mists of time by

el_staplador)

Show me your breads, your pies, your cakes, your lasagnes and other pasta bakes, your buns and your bikkies. The challenge this week is to make something baked.

* channels Sandi *

On your marks...
Get set...
BAKE!

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Challenge #42 - Iftar

(suggested by

moetushie)

We're into Ramadan, so this week's challenge is to suggest something for iftar. So I suspect we're looking at recipes that are easy to scale up for a communal meal, and relatively high in both carbs for instant hit satifying and protein for making you feel better after a hard day's fast.

Current Mood: argharghargh stupid elections

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Challenge #41: ginger

Your challenge this week is to make something with ginger in. A curry, or parkin, or ginger bikkits? Up to you!

Current Mood: cheerful

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Challenge #40: Gluten Free

(this challenge suggested by

el_staplador)

This week your challenge is to make something gluten free. It can be sweet or savoury, a full meal, a snack, or even a drink. Whatever you like, so long as it is gluten free and preferably tasty :)