STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE #24 - WINNERS & Exciting NEW THEME Announcement - All Welcome for SBD Prizes!
A hearty thank you once again to our guest judge for last week @boxcarblue, who put so much thought and effort into choosing the theme and judging the entries. He was thrilled to see his theme was well received, and really did appreciate every participant and every entry. Since one of our regular sponsors appears to have vanished off the face of the earth (!) I thought there would be no 4th prize this week - but to my absolute delight @boxcarblue surprised me with his generosity and transferred the 4th prize of 50 Steem to me, to pass onto that participant! And his generosity didn't stop there! He also very kindly awarded special bonus prizes of 3 SBD each to two participants he felt particularly deserved a reward. What a lovely guy!
I'm not sure if it's temporary or not, but until further notice we have just one sponsor @smooth, who continues to support this wonderful challenge by providing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes. So folks, that means the competition is even tighter for the next round!
"закуска с теста фарфале" (Appetizer with Dough) by @kostiayatsuk Special Bonus Reward 3 SBD from @boxcarblue
"Baskets of Eggplant!" by @patelincho Special Bonus Reward 3 SBD from @boxcarblue
4th Prize "Yakitori Medley" by @kotturinn 50 STEEM - Kindly Sponsored by @boxcarblue
3rd Prize "Crispy Oat Chicken" by @liliana.duarte 10 SBD Sponsored by @smooth
2nd Prize "Otsumami - The ideal companion through the evening" by @homeartpictures 15 SBD Sponsored by @smooth
1st Prize "Otsumami: A Hot Date With Jalapeno, Goat Cheese and Cranberries" by @rebeccaryan 25 SBD Sponsored by @smooth
Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors.
I'd also like to share my sincere THANKS to @smooth for his continuous sponsorship of this challenge, the Steemians who submitted entries, and to everyone who upvoted and supported the entries. I'm well aware there would be no challenge without you all!!!
For those of you who have never entered this challenge before - it's very easy, just see below for this week's theme and criteria for entries. Every week we have a different guest judge and different theme, so if you fancy some culinary excitement then look no further! You don't have to be a great cook - all we ask is you try to be creative with your recipes and take beautiful photos of the finished dish as unfortunately we can't taste the entries so you must help us do this with our imaginations! Original recipes are encouraged, but you may use someone else's recipe as long as you credit the original source.
This week's guest judge for the Steemit Culinary Challenge #24 is one I am very excited about - @gardenofeden! If you've never come across this wonderful community before, I urge you to check out their introductory post here, which will surely fill you with joy and inspiration that such a life is possible! They are an urban eco-village in Arlington, Texas... a 'living example of a thriving Sustainable Community'. I'd love to tell you all about it right now, but I must remind myself this is the SCC post, so you can read up for yourselves later! Anyway, the @gardenofeden community has presented us with a rather thrilling theme for this week... and if this doesn't get your head spinning with ideas and the creative juices flowing, bubbling, sizzling, dribbling, then I don't know what will!!!
As the creation of 'Mouthgasms' is a unique and personal experience, there are no real rules for this one. Let your imaginations run wild as you consider what kind of tastes, textures and flavours could be intermingled to give life to the most sensational and sumptuous food you've ever tasted! @gardenofeden have kindly prepared for us an accompanying post which will tell you everything you need to know about mouthgasms (I will re-steem this as soon as they post so watch for it!), and they have also shared with us two of their own mouthgasm formulas below to give you an idea of some crazy (yet no doubt delicious) combinations:
Mouthgasmic Steemy Food Love: FRESH HERBED PIZZA ON CRISPY CORNY CRUST
1. Title your entry this way: “STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE # 24: Title of your Dish”
2. Tag your “Mouthgasm” post with ALL FOUR of the following:
# food
# food-trail
# steemitculinarychallenge
# recipes
3. TAKE PHOTOS OF THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS in preparing your dish.
4. POST A LINK OF YOUR ENTRY below on the comment thread. If you have signed up to Steemit.chat please also post it on the steemitculinarychallenge channel. To sign up you can click here.
5. The DEADLINE for submission is NO LATER than Wednesday at 12:00 Noon UTC.
6. You may submit TWO ENTRIES if you wish.
7. So we can verify your entry is indeed yours and not plagiarised or copy-pasted from the internet, you MUST do ONE of the FOLLOWING:
Here is an example of one of my own step-by-step recipes. Any questions, please ask.
WINNERS together with the NEW THEME will be announced every Friday.
Prizes will be transferred directly to your wallets by the respective sponsors – please allow them time to do this!
Don't forget to THANK and FOLLOW our sponsors for supporting the Steemit Culinary Challenge. Please also consider including @smooth.witness in your voted witness list.
Here you can find the PREVIOUS WINNERS of the Steemit Culinary Challenge:
#22 - Mediterranean Night
#21 – Coffee a la Barista's
#20 – Pancake Paradise
# 19 – Sweet and Savory Crepes
# 18 – Tasty, Wholesome Meals for Weight Loss
# 17 – Shepherd's Pie
# 16 – Tacos for a Tech Savvy
# 15 – Roast It
# 14 – DIVINE LEMONed DESSERT
# 13 – The Finest Fish Dish
# 12 – Purely Paleo
# 11 – Cheeseless Burger
# 10 – Anglo–Sino Chicken
# 9 – New Year on a Platter
# 8 – La Pasta Perfetta
# 7 – Battle of Noodles
# 6 – HOT Off the Grill
# 5 – Unorthodox Chillied Dish
# 4 – Super Salads
# 3 – Smoothie Showdown
# 2 – Out of the Box Sandwiches
# 1 – Sniffle Remedy Soup
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me, either by posting your queries on the comment thread below, or you can find me on Steemit.chat under the same name. I will respond as soon as I can.
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Although the new topic is extremely vague all it makes me think about is borscht made out of strawberries, not that I'd make it or risk to try haha.
Ah yes, vague is good because it challenges you to consider the theme in a personal way... what tastes and textures turn you on, what colours are delightful to your eyes?!!! Very exciting! I do hope you join in for this one @kotturinn!
Yeah, I can see that, I'm not sure if I'm gonna participate in this one because Easter is coming up and I'm going to make some Russian Easter cakes/breads things, they are unfortunately not mouthgasmic haha, still good though, it is a tradition that I wanna follow.
Congratulations to everyone! I thought all the entries were well done and although every contestant makes their entries look like they are effortless, I know the amount of time and attention to detail that goes into to capturing each step with decent photos.
Thank you and good job everybody!
Congrats to all :-)
Congratulations winners and participants!
Mouthgasms... oooh, fun! I can't wait to see what people come up with!
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Congrats to the winners and what an awesome new challenge! I'm kind of sad to have to miss this one! I'm excited to see the results next week :D
Yes, me too @playfulfoodie! Hope you can enter the next round if you get chance :-)
Kuddos to all who entered this challenge. It's really fun to share our passions here together. Perhaps there will be a recipe book of all the winners!!
I'm excited for this theme from the @gardenofeden. We live our lives everyday immersed in mouthgasmic food, so experiencing what others bring to the table is going to be grand!!! Go for the punch! Make your tastebuds dance wildly!!
A recipe book, wouldn't that be wonderful! I just hope easter doesn't take too many people away from entering this week, as I adore this theme and hope for many exciting entries!
I hope Easter doesn't interfere with it either. It is only one day of the year, and everyone eats on that day too!! Thanks for your dedicated interest in making this a valuable initiative @woman-onthe-wing.
Thank you for your kind words @everlove! :-)
Well, I say: "Let's get this party started..."
Here's my mouthgasm entry:
https://steemit.com/food/@rebeccaryan/steemit-culinary-challenge-24-mouthgasms-a-heavy-cream-8-layer-sweet-potato-galette
(I really hope no one chokes...LOL). ;)
congrats all the winner and many thanks!! There were lots of great recipes!
So I combed over the entries today and truly took an unbiased look at them. All entries were absolutely killer, to say the least. And honestly, hands down, I believe that @kotturinn should've won this with ease. She nailed all requirements and even went above and beyond with multiple variations. Her photo quality was insane as was her attention to detail.
@rebeccaryan, @homeartpictures, @liliana.duarte, @patelincho, and @kostiayatsuk all completely deserved to be in the top tier for certain as they all, also nailed it! But on the other hand, I feel as though it would be wrong to not voice my opinion since I saw the amount of time, dedication, and effort that @kotturinn put into this. From coming up with the ideas to locating special ingredients and particular sakes and going through with finding the stores and buying them, let alone the preparation and presentation. Like I said earlier, I truly took a step back and looked at this with an unbiased perspective, placing all side-taking where it belongs, to the side.
Amazing job, everyone, that is for sure! But @kotturinn, to me, I think you really went above and beyond on this one, and if I thought someone else out-shined you in this event, you know I'd say so haha.
Splashing over 500 Steem to you so that you can power it up, you deserve it.
Best of luck to all in future competitions! Seeing such effort is amazing. People rule!
Thanks for your thoughts @matt-a, and what a lovely gesture sending your talented wife some well-deserved steem :-) I do hope she continues putting up her recipes for this challenge, as I have no doubt the quality of her cooking & presentation, and her efforts, will win her more trophies in the weeks to come!
The judging is 100% down to the guest judges, and they award prizes not only based on quality and effort, but upon personal tastes too. It's not surprising really, as we all tend to go for the things we like eating, even if another dish would be considered tastier by someone else. It was a very tough decision, as it always is for the judges, because they are honest and kind people who'd love to award 1st place prizes to each participant if it were possible. Most of the participants put in just as much thought, time and effort as your wife. But remember, @kotturinn did win a prize, and others didn't, and it was extrememly generous of @boxcarblue to step in with the 4th place prize for this week since the regular sponsor is nowhere to be found!
Please also remember this isn't a professional competition with 1000s of supporters and cash flowing... its existence is to spark energy, creativity and community on Steemit, started and run by regular people to give Steemians a chance to get their recipes and blogs noticed, and shouldn't be viewed as anything other than fun with the occasional bonus of a few SBD or steem.
I hope you both understand and can feel proud of @kotturinn's well-deserved trophy! I for one was super impressed when I saw her entry, and excited too, as I felt instantly the quality of her cooking equalled the quality provided by other regular participants :-)
Thank you very much for the support and positive feedback and that 💶💷💸 too, what a lovely surprise!
I guess I'm just gonna have to try harder next time haha
Aw @kotturinn, it's not just a case of effort... no-one could ask for more effort than you put in! Please don't be disappointed, you should be delighted instead! I always put in 100% when I was a participant, but out of 12 entries I won 1st place 5 times, so not even half. But entering this competition not only got my blog noticed by a lot of people, but I've met some truly wonderful people through this challenge and it's given me something special to connect to in the Steemit community. Hopefully in time you'll feel you're getting much more out of participating in the SCC than just winning prizes :-)
@woman-onthe-wing, thank you very much for the kind words and support. I am still going to take part in this challenge even if I never win haha, it's fun and I do enjoy cooking!
I'm really happy to hear that @kotturinn :-) And I hope you have fun cooking your Easter treats this weekend! Have a good one :-)
Thank you!
HAPPY EASTER!