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Sunday, February 1, 2015
What's In The Box
Congratulations to the winner of Waffle Bowl Se7en: Obvious Deadly Sin Metaphor: Nancy Linden. This is Nancy's sixth Waffle Bowl and her first victory. As the winner of this year's competition, Nancy will join me (Gordie) as the judge of next year's competition.
As excited as I am to see the ridiculously high standards to which she holds next year's competitors, I believe that she is likely more excited to have finally earned the right to say surprisingly mean things to her friends as they endeavor only to do her the solid of feeding her. I'm stupid excited.
Her winning waffle is pictured above in all it's blurry glory. Nancy called it her "reaction to all the snooty waffles." The waffle itself was composed of destroyed tater tots, onions, and spices. She topped it with a few more tater tots, some green beans, and a simple (but elegant) canned cream soup. It's a waffle take on the Minnesota classic tater tot hot dish (which I've never actually eaten). I was also a big fan of the slight amount of spite that went in to it's conception (see the quote above).
Additional, and slightly lesser, congratulations to Scott and Rosie, the winners of this years Waffle Bowl MVP award. Scott has been involved in either five or six Waffle bowls and has now won nearly 50 MVP awards. (Okay, so I may be exaggerating, but people tend to like his waffles a lot.) This is Rosie's first incredibly successful waffle, and (I suspect) her competitive waffling experience.
Their garlic-chive mashed potato waffle with grilled halloumi cheese, charred shallot gravy and a poached egg with chives, was, in a word, baller. I think it's something about the most deliciousest waffles that cause them to appear blurry in photos.
Thanks, congratulations, etc to all of our participants. I wouldn't be this full without you. An extra special thanks to last year's winners, Adam and Erica, for lending us all their taste buds and judgments. But their time has past. The king and queen are dead. Long live the queen. (The queen in this instance is Nancy. Y'all prolly picked up on that though.)
As excited as I am to see the ridiculously high standards to which she holds next year's competitors, I believe that she is likely more excited to have finally earned the right to say surprisingly mean things to her friends as they endeavor only to do her the solid of feeding her. I'm stupid excited.
Her winning waffle is pictured above in all it's blurry glory. Nancy called it her "reaction to all the snooty waffles." The waffle itself was composed of destroyed tater tots, onions, and spices. She topped it with a few more tater tots, some green beans, and a simple (but elegant) canned cream soup. It's a waffle take on the Minnesota classic tater tot hot dish (which I've never actually eaten). I was also a big fan of the slight amount of spite that went in to it's conception (see the quote above).
Additional, and slightly lesser, congratulations to Scott and Rosie, the winners of this years Waffle Bowl MVP award. Scott has been involved in either five or six Waffle bowls and has now won nearly 50 MVP awards. (Okay, so I may be exaggerating, but people tend to like his waffles a lot.) This is Rosie's first incredibly successful waffle, and (I suspect) her competitive waffling experience.
Their garlic-chive mashed potato waffle with grilled halloumi cheese, charred shallot gravy and a poached egg with chives, was, in a word, baller. I think it's something about the most deliciousest waffles that cause them to appear blurry in photos.
Thanks, congratulations, etc to all of our participants. I wouldn't be this full without you. An extra special thanks to last year's winners, Adam and Erica, for lending us all their taste buds and judgments. But their time has past. The king and queen are dead. Long live the queen. (The queen in this instance is Nancy. Y'all prolly picked up on that though.)
Waffle Bowl Se7en Entries
Andrew Wegleitner delivers this solid dessert course waffle for the last competitor. Wegs says "I had al ot of help from my culinary apprentice Dan Homstad on this one. Slightly melted caramel gelatto, hot fudge, crushed almonds, and berries. I know how you'z kidz likez em sloppy!"
Nancy's tater tot hot dish waffle. Paired with a beer. Nancy says "This is my reaction to all the snooty waffles."
Mandi's Orange Dreamcicle Waffle. Mandi says "It was made in the spirit of the 1950s: summer, polka dots, etcetera."
Becky's s'mores waffle. Becky says "Pumpkin Spice Cookie Waffle S'more. Gooey and awesome."
Dan Juola offers this Bellini (sp?) waffle. Also this bottle of booze. Dan says "For Whom the Bell-ini Waff-tolls." Spanish Cava sparkling wine with peach puree batter topped with peach preserve and homemade whipped cream. Served with Black Label Scotch."
Crazy poutine waffle thanks to Scott and Rosie. Scott says "Garlic-chive mashed potato waffle batter, grilled halloumi cheese, charred shallot gravy and a poached egg with chives. Eat me. Everyone wins."
Churro Waffle. Thanks for not burning my house down James. James says: "We worked really hard to come up with a vegan recipe that was a good balance between the waffle and the toppings. We ended up with a churro waffle - partially cooked in a waffle maker, finished in a deep frier, a cayenne pepper chocolate ganache, rummed mangos, and a coconut sorbet. We were satisfied."
My demo offering: Green Tea and Mango Waffle w/ Sweet miso and ponzu slaw.
Adam and Erica's prejudging Rootbeer Float Waffle
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Waffle Bowl Se7en!: Obvious Deadly Sin Metaphor Edition
It's been a year and it's time for a waffle cook-off of biblical proportions
Waffle Bowl Se7en!: Obvious Deadly Sin Metaphor Edition
Waffle Bowl Se7en!: Obvious Deadly Sin Metaphor Edition
The Details:
What: Waffle Bowl Se7en
Rules, pictures, other context, etc in the sidebar on the right.
When: Sunday February 1, 3:00 PM
Where: Gordie and Becky's House
Who:
Kind of up to you but at least I will be here to judge you as well as
some combination of last year's winners Adam Kirsch and Erica Kirsch (?)
(Paschke?) (Zeus?) (How cool would it be if she got married and changed
her last name to Zeus?).
Gluttony: You may call it Super Bowl Sunday; I call it the one day a year that I eat more waffles than you ate for the whole of last year.
Sloth: Ah sloth, leaning in to it is the answer to many of life's problems. I could make those waffles for myself, but why not get you to do it for me. All I have to do is take advantage of your...
Pride: Waffle Bowl isn't some aimless waffle jamboree. It's a waffle making competition. Are you really gonna let Mike Linden be better at cooking something than you? Mike Linden? The pride of being adjudged to be better than Mike not enough for you? How about...
Envy: Have you been coming for years and always fall just short of winning? Are you terribly jealous that you never just get to come and judge other people's waffles instead of having to make them yourself like Nancy? Have you not actually read far enough in any of these previous emails to see the part where I tell you that you don't actually have to make waffles to come? Then envy is the motivator that you need to make me waffles. If you win, you get to judge everybody else next year.
Greed: Look, there are people starving in the world, but they're not invited. Come get all of the excess you deserve before I am forced to give the remainder (and any non-perishable items you bring or small amount of dollars you put in a hat) to the Finnegans Reverse Food Truck.
Wrath: I wasn't joking before about the reverse food truck. I fear the wrath of God or Vulcan or really any deity that notices how profligate this event is year after year. As such, I'm gonna try and at least do a little good with it. Please attempt to bring non-perishable food items or a small (I'm seriously talking like $2-small) donation for the Finnegans Reverse Food Truck.
And finally...
Lust: Look, I know better than most just how sexy men and women alike find a svelt, well-groomed vegetarian like myself. So imagine how the rest of society feels about vegans. Adam and Erica are those uncomfortably attractive vegans that you lust after. They are also our guest judges this year. It is my understanding that while they are willing to eat a more traditional waffle batter recipe that is vegetarian but not vegan, they will not consume actual meat products. So keep that in mind while fine-tuning your recipes. As always, I'll suck it up and eat the meat that at least one of you will insist on piling several feet high on top of a waffle. Consider more vegetarian-friendly recipes if you can. And like last year, we'll have some vegan substitute ingredients here if you want to try to make a vegan version of your carefully crafted creation.
Okay, since this belabored
list of sins involved in the day probably didn't include much actual
information, the usual text is below. It should answer a majority of
your questions. Well except maybe "What's in the box?!?!?"
As always, your waffles will be judged by a panel of waffle experts. And, as always, that panel is headed by renowned Waffle Zeus Gordie Loewen. Joining him this year will be special guests, 2014 Waffle Bowl Grand Champions Adam and Erica.
No you do not need to make waffles to come. Yes you should make waffles. Why? Because they're delicious that's why.
While the main event is really the waffles (sorry football, it's hard to compete with waffles.) We understand that some people (like Gordie) want to watch the Super Bowl. That's why we have this thing, to watch the Super Bowl. That and to trick 60 of our closest friends in to feeding us waffles while we do it.
Super Bowl kickoff is 5:30 but festivities really kickoff around 3 p.m. when waffle preparation begins. We'll be cooking and eating all day, so come when you can. If you have somewhere else to be and still want to enter a waffle or just know that your batter needs to proof for exactly 38 minutes, we can find an exact time for you to prepare your waffles, just let us know ahead of time. Otherwise, we'll have several waffle-making stations set up and we'll take turns like the grown-ups that we are.
PLANNING NOTE: We will provide the BASICS for waffles so you don't have to lug them around the city. Basics include: flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla, milk (plain), waffle irons, mixing bowls, and other miscellany. Also note that the Super Bowl is on a Sunday so remember to buy beer the day before. We'll have some for folks, but quite possibly not enough.
Peep the side bar to peep the rules and some galleries of previous years.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Waffle Bowl V! Entries
Waffle Bowl Episode V! Offerings
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Green Tea Waffle with peach, candy ginger, and strawberry compote courtesy of Laura Cederberg.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
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