[MJ24] - Mistral Meals (Closed!) | Quests & Challenges

[b]Sunday[/b] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/7173591][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/71736/7173591_350.png[/img][/url][/center] IT'S TIME! Chess eagerly anticipated the opening of Mistral Meals each Mistral Jamboree. It was his favorite time of year. He was especially pleased to see a (temporary) return to the original format of the contest, so he'd have an opportunity to cook as many days as he wanted (as opposed to the elimination rounds from the past few years). He was always a little rusty on Day 1. Even if he did practice in the offseason, the first day of the competition was always about reorienting himself to the tents and temporary kitchen. This year's theme was interesting... wings. Plenty of ingredients fell in that category. He refrained from speculating on what might appear this week, instead concentrating on [i]today's[/i] ingredients. (Although he couldn't help think about the inevitability of making some kind of "chicken wing" dish this week... perhaps smoky and spicy? A bit of sweetness...) [b]Entry: Peacock Pot Pie[/b] [i]Required Ingredients: [/i] [item=Sublime Peacock] [item=Blue Fly] [item=Horn of Plenty] [i]Additional Ingredients:[/i] None?! But he really needed to focus on TODAY. He had made savory pies before, both times involving rabbit, but never to his - or the judges' - satisfaction. Since then, Chess had thought about making some type of shepherd's pie for the past few years, and these ingredients worked out well for a version of chicken pot pie, just with peacock. The Horn of Plenty would provide all of the vegetables he needed, so he didn't have to spend a lot of time looking for other ingredients. The Imperial jumped straight into prep work... the peacock needed to be cut... the vegetables needed to be peeled and chopped... the roux needed to be made as the first step in the filling... and then there was the crust to make. It wasn't [i]difficult[/i], but it was a lot of tasks to track. Time [i]flies[/i] when you are cooking and in no time, Chess had the pie made and in the oven. For the first time ever, Chess didn't need any additional ingredients, outside the pantry items (flour, seasonings, and such). He did, however, have to deal with the Blue Fly. He dipped them in a batter and deep fried them to a golden crunchy goodness and sprinkled them over the pot pie when it came out of the oven. Yum! A good dish for the early spring nights that still had a bit of chill to them.

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Sunday

IT'S TIME!

Chess eagerly anticipated the opening of Mistral Meals each Mistral Jamboree. It was his favorite time of year. He was especially pleased to see a (temporary) return to the original format of the contest, so he'd have an opportunity to cook as many days as he wanted (as opposed to the elimination rounds from the past few years).

He was always a little rusty on Day 1. Even if he did practice in the offseason, the first day of the competition was always about reorienting himself to the tents and temporary kitchen. This year's theme was interesting... wings. Plenty of ingredients fell in that category. He refrained from speculating on what might appear this week, instead concentrating on today's ingredients. (Although he couldn't help think about the inevitability of making some kind of "chicken wing" dish this week... perhaps smoky and spicy? A bit of sweetness...)

Entry: Peacock Pot Pie

Required Ingredients:

Additional Ingredients:
None?!

But he really needed to focus on TODAY. He had made savory pies before, both times involving rabbit, but never to his - or the judges' - satisfaction. Since then, Chess had thought about making some type of shepherd's pie for the past few years, and these ingredients worked out well for a version of chicken pot pie, just with peacock. The Horn of Plenty would provide all of the vegetables he needed, so he didn't have to spend a lot of time looking for other ingredients.

The Imperial jumped straight into prep work... the peacock needed to be cut... the vegetables needed to be peeled and chopped... the roux needed to be made as the first step in the filling... and then there was the crust to make. It wasn't difficult, but it was a lot of tasks to track.

Time flies when you are cooking and in no time, Chess had the pie made and in the oven. For the first time ever, Chess didn't need any additional ingredients, outside the pantry items (flour, seasonings, and such).

He did, however, have to deal with the Blue Fly. He dipped them in a batter and deep fried them to a golden crunchy goodness and sprinkled them over the pot pie when it came out of the oven. Yum! A good dish for the early spring nights that still had a bit of chill to them.

A little blue-and-yellow aether waddles into the kitchen, seemingly oblivious to everything except the food on the center table. Does he intend to compete? Where is his name tag? [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91934414][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/919345/91934414_350.png[/img][/url] He examines each ingredient - how fresh! how tasty! - and brings them all to his station. The other contestants scurry and shout to each other around the unassuming dragon, who merely whistles a tune as he plucks the wings from a bowlful of flies. Then he places the cornucopia's shallots and garlic on the cutting board, slicing them finely and placing them into a large mixing bowl. Next he minces the peacock meat, followed by the lobster; they join the vegetables in the bowl. Two whisked eggs and a pawful of herbs & spices round out the combination. He mixes them all thoroughly and shapes the mass into rows of little spheres, keeping an eye on the sauté pan heating on the stove. Once it's hot enough for his liking, he adds the first batch of meatballs into the pan. The fragrance of meat, herbs, & oil fills the air as he works, frying up each batch and plating them as they leave the pan. It doesn't take him long to turn the leftover oil into gravy once they're done. He ladles it generously over the cooked meatballs, scoops a spoonful of puckerberry jam on the opposite side of each plate, then arranges a few blue fly wings on the rim as a garnish. Wonderful!

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A little blue-and-yellow aether waddles into the kitchen, seemingly oblivious to everything except the food on the center table. Does he intend to compete? Where is his name tag?

He examines each ingredient - how fresh! how tasty! - and brings them all to his station. The other contestants scurry and shout to each other around the unassuming dragon, who merely whistles a tune as he plucks the wings from a bowlful of flies. Then he places the cornucopia's shallots and garlic on the cutting board, slicing them finely and placing them into a large mixing bowl. Next he minces the peacock meat, followed by the lobster; they join the vegetables in the bowl. Two whisked eggs and a pawful of herbs & spices round out the combination. He mixes them all thoroughly and shapes the mass into rows of little spheres, keeping an eye on the sauté pan heating on the stove.

Once it's hot enough for his liking, he adds the first batch of meatballs into the pan. The fragrance of meat, herbs, & oil fills the air as he works, frying up each batch and plating them as they leave the pan. It doesn't take him long to turn the leftover oil into gravy once they're done. He ladles it generously over the cooked meatballs, scoops a spoonful of puckerberry jam on the opposite side of each plate, then arranges a few blue fly wings on the rim as a garnish. Wonderful!

[center][b]Day 1[/b] [b]Dish:[/b] Peacock & Lobster Chowder [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/498870/49886956.png[/img][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/456979/45697842.png[/img] [item=sublime peacock][item=deep sea lobster][item=horn of plenty][/center] Delta walks into the Mistral Meals tent, accompanied once again by her longtime friend, Anaconda. She was excited to learn that they are returning to the original format this year; although she hasn't been coming for ten years, of course, the first competition she participated in was exactly like this. She enjoys the more relaxing nature and is ready to bring home seven new dishes to try for the rest of her Clan! Anaconda looks over the ingredients first. She clocks the large pumpkins that emerge from the cornucopia and point them out to Delta. "What if..." Delta immediately picks up on her idea and claps her talons together. "A pumpkin bowl! Of course!" She grabs the meat strips and starts cutting them into cubes and Anaconda takes the biggest pumpkin with a grin. For a little under an hour, the two of them chop, sear, and glaze the meats until they all have a beautiful slight-char. Anaconda brings over the hollowed-out pumpkin, fills it with the chowder base, and Delta adds some roasted pumpkin seeds to the top. Finally, they grab the meat from the stove and drop the pieces in. Then, they stand back to admire their creation. "It looks so good," Delta remarks, almost surprised by the result they managed. She grabs a spoon and dips it in. "It [i]tastes[/i] so good, too!"

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March 24, 2024 22:12:50

Day 1

Dish: Peacock & Lobster Chowder

Delta walks into the Mistral Meals tent, accompanied once again by her longtime friend, Anaconda. She was excited to learn that they are returning to the original format this year; although she hasn't been coming for ten years, of course, the first competition she participated in was exactly like this. She enjoys the more relaxing nature and is ready to bring home seven new dishes to try for the rest of her Clan!

Anaconda looks over the ingredients first. She clocks the large pumpkins that emerge from the cornucopia and point them out to Delta. "What if..."

Delta immediately picks up on her idea and claps her talons together. "A pumpkin bowl! Of course!" She grabs the meat strips and starts cutting them into cubes and Anaconda takes the biggest pumpkin with a grin.

For a little under an hour, the two of them chop, sear, and glaze the meats until they all have a beautiful slight-char. Anaconda brings over the hollowed-out pumpkin, fills it with the chowder base, and Delta adds some roasted pumpkin seeds to the top. Finally, they grab the meat from the stove and drop the pieces in. Then, they stand back to admire their creation.

"It looks so good," Delta remarks, almost surprised by the result they managed. She grabs a spoon and dips it in. "It tastes so good, too!"

Last edited on Mar 25, 2024 20:53:35 by Ajgreelyfan3

[center][b]Day 1: Sunday[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76645321][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/766454/76645321_350.png[/img][/url][/center] The Meatman stands in somber contemplation, surveying the provided ingredients. Bird, bug, bug? and basket. Hm. He's brought some bespoke coal brickets and his favourite flipper, but this is a bit of a rough start. Can you grill these things? Eventually he gets out his cleaver and has a go at the poultry option, stripping the meat from the bones and cubing it up as best he can. The vegetables get the same treatment, and he tosses it all in a big bowl before giving the lobster a hard stare. Finally he slams the side of the cleaver onto the widest part, cracking it like a garlic clove. Aha! more meat for the cubing. The flies he discards, assuming them to be pests drawn by the aromas. He squeezes some spicy leaf sheep over the bowl until their juices start a cerviche style chemical cooking action, pulls the wings off some flying butter, melts it and dumps in a generous handful of his favourite spice blend to make a baste, and starts assembling skewers. Bird! Beet. Bug! Broccoli? He's not sure what all these plant parts are but it will add some crunch between the meat. Can't go wrong with a kebab!

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Day 1: Sunday

The Meatman stands in somber contemplation, surveying the provided ingredients. Bird, bug, bug? and basket. Hm. He's brought some bespoke coal brickets and his favourite flipper, but this is a bit of a rough start. Can you grill these things?

Eventually he gets out his cleaver and has a go at the poultry option, stripping the meat from the bones and cubing it up as best he can. The vegetables get the same treatment, and he tosses it all in a big bowl before giving the lobster a hard stare. Finally he slams the side of the cleaver onto the widest part, cracking it like a garlic clove. Aha! more meat for the cubing. The flies he discards, assuming them to be pests drawn by the aromas.

He squeezes some spicy leaf sheep over the bowl until their juices start a cerviche style chemical cooking action, pulls the wings off some flying butter, melts it and dumps in a generous handful of his favourite spice blend to make a baste, and starts assembling skewers. Bird! Beet. Bug! Broccoli? He's not sure what all these plant parts are but it will add some crunch between the meat. Can't go wrong with a kebab!

Last edited on Mar 24, 2024 22:14:56 by Doozie

[center][font=georgia][size=6][b]-Day 1-[/b][/size] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91713710][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=16&bodygene=247&breed=24&element=2&eyetype=12&gender=1&tert=64&tertgene=244&winggene=279&wings=47&auth=bbab59fd03d8e473c5c3978f708d54789dc77e92&dummyext=prev.png[/img][/url][/center][rule][font=georgia] A quiet Auraboa came forward to gather her items from the table, a name tag the only thing identifying her, "Sherburst". Sherburst made her way to her kitchen spot and went to work with- a pen and paper? She scribbled down sketches, notes, looking up at her items from time to time as she continued to write. [center][item=Sublime Peacock][item=Deep Sea Lobster][item=Horn of Plenty][font=georgia] Sublime Peacock / Deep Sea Lobster / Horn of Plenty[/center][font=georgia] After a long pause she nodded. Now set on an idea the dragon turned on a sink and set her lobster and peacock to sit in hot water, put on some gloves, and then peeled off the tough outer shell of the lobster. She then tore and placed the chunks of meat on a skillet, letting them cook at a low temperature with light spices. Sherburst then defeathered the peacock, removed all unnecessary innards, cut that as well, and once again put chunks of meat on the same skillet with the fish. As the meat mess cooked, she skinned and cut the different vegetables within the Horn of Plenty, pulling some aside and dumping them into a bowl with sauces and spices while the others were dumped in a pot half-full with water. When the meat was cooked almost enough, the auraboa dumped the contents of the skillet into the pot with the vegetables, stoking the fire and watching everything cook. She tasted from time to time, adding more spices as needed. It wasn't the best thing in the world but considering she had little experience in cooking, it wasn't half bad. Once Sherburst felt satisfied with the results, she scooped out the stew into a large, wooden bowl, garnished the top with some decorative leaf, and placed it on the tray next to her salad with a name-tag: [b]"Peacock-Lobster Stew & Nature Salad"[/b]

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-Day 1-

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A quiet Auraboa came forward to gather her items from the table, a name tag the only thing identifying her, "Sherburst". Sherburst made her way to her kitchen spot and went to work with- a pen and paper? She scribbled down sketches, notes, looking up at her items from time to time as she continued to write.

Sublime Peacock / Deep Sea Lobster / Horn of Plenty

After a long pause she nodded. Now set on an idea the dragon turned on a sink and set her lobster and peacock to sit in hot water, put on some gloves, and then peeled off the tough outer shell of the lobster. She then tore and placed the chunks of meat on a skillet, letting them cook at a low temperature with light spices. Sherburst then defeathered the peacock, removed all unnecessary innards, cut that as well, and once again put chunks of meat on the same skillet with the fish.

As the meat mess cooked, she skinned and cut the different vegetables within the Horn of Plenty, pulling some aside and dumping them into a bowl with sauces and spices while the others were dumped in a pot half-full with water. When the meat was cooked almost enough, the auraboa dumped the contents of the skillet into the pot with the vegetables, stoking the fire and watching everything cook. She tasted from time to time, adding more spices as needed. It wasn't the best thing in the world but considering she had little experience in cooking, it wasn't half bad.

Once Sherburst felt satisfied with the results, she scooped out the stew into a large, wooden bowl, garnished the top with some decorative leaf, and placed it on the tray next to her salad with a name-tag:
"Peacock-Lobster Stew & Nature Salad"

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Sublime Peacock / Blue Fly / Deep Sea Lobster / Horn of Plenty

Quartz glanced over her motley assembly of kitchen staff ((who will get nice formatted links and pics later)). "What do you think?"

"Fancy feast food," Pancetta muttered. "Not our style."

Volare blinked. "That's it! We need to make roast peacock, like they have at a very fancy royal feast."

"Roast peacock..." Quartz muttered. "With lobster dressing." Lobsters had to be easier than shrimp to clean. She hoped.

Charcuterie gave her a sympathetic look. "I'll take care of that."

Petra grinned. "This Horn of plenty has just about any vegetable or fruit you can think of. I'll work on a fruit dessert, and Volare can make a vegetable side dish."

Quartz nodded. "And Pancetta is with me, on the peacock. All right team, let's get on with it."

The peacock was rubbed in butter and herbs, and roasted beautifully. Quartz saved several of the long beautiful tail feathers to decorate it with. A dressing made of lobster and celery was baked separately, and then spread around the platter with the peacock. Volare contributed a dish of butter-and-cumin glazed sweet potatoes, while Petra made fluffy lemon scones with a cranberry-orange glaze. Bitbyte flew in later with a little bowl of electric-popped flies, to which Pancetta added cubed bits of blue cheese and Charcuterie garnished with a cornichon.

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Sublime Peacock / Blue Fly / Deep Sea Lobster / Horn of Plenty

Quartz glanced over her motley assembly of kitchen staff ((who will get nice formatted links and pics later)). "What do you think?"

"Fancy feast food," Pancetta muttered. "Not our style."

Volare blinked. "That's it! We need to make roast peacock, like they have at a very fancy royal feast."

"Roast peacock..." Quartz muttered. "With lobster dressing." Lobsters had to be easier than shrimp to clean. She hoped.

Charcuterie gave her a sympathetic look. "I'll take care of that."

Petra grinned. "This Horn of plenty has just about any vegetable or fruit you can think of. I'll work on a fruit dessert, and Volare can make a vegetable side dish."

Quartz nodded. "And Pancetta is with me, on the peacock. All right team, let's get on with it."

The peacock was rubbed in butter and herbs, and roasted beautifully. Quartz saved several of the long beautiful tail feathers to decorate it with. A dressing made of lobster and celery was baked separately, and then spread around the platter with the peacock. Volare contributed a dish of butter-and-cumin glazed sweet potatoes, while Petra made fluffy lemon scones with a cranberry-orange glaze. Bitbyte flew in later with a little bowl of electric-popped flies, to which Pancetta added cubed bits of blue cheese and Charcuterie garnished with a cornichon.

[center][u][b]Day One[/b][/u] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/23111612][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/231117/23111612_350.png[/img][/url] [item=Sublime Peacock][item=Blue Fly][item=Deep Sea Lobster][item=Horn of Plenty] [b][i]Sublime Peacock / Blue Fly / Deep Sea Lobster / Horn of Plenty[/i][/b][/center] Since Mistral Meals was returning to its roots via a throwback to its original outing, Snickerdoodle thought it fitting that she do the same. She diced and cubed all of the four challenge ingredients before throwing them into a frying pan and stir-frying everything with a generous dose of seasonings. After placing her stir fry into dishes, she decided to get fancy by placing the plucked sublime peacock feathers at the edge of each plate as fanciful decorations. A nice reference to her very first meal cooked for Mistral Meals - a stir fry - while also showing her improvement as a chef. ((Didn't have much time today so short post for Day 1. Future days' posts will hopefully be better.))

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Day One

Sublime Peacock / Blue Fly / Deep Sea Lobster / Horn of Plenty

Since Mistral Meals was returning to its roots via a throwback to its original outing, Snickerdoodle thought it fitting that she do the same. She diced and cubed all of the four challenge ingredients before throwing them into a frying pan and stir-frying everything with a generous dose of seasonings. After placing her stir fry into dishes, she decided to get fancy by placing the plucked sublime peacock feathers at the edge of each plate as fanciful decorations. A nice reference to her very first meal cooked for Mistral Meals - a stir fry - while also showing her improvement as a chef.

((Didn't have much time today so short post for Day 1. Future days' posts will hopefully be better.))

[center][b]SUNDAY'S MEAL - DAY 1[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92954058][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/929541/92954058_350.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/93079027][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/930791/93079027_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Mossfeld, the Atmos Inn's fine chef, was excited to participate in his first Mistral Meals event, accompanied by his confectioner friend Truffle. As the host revealed the ingredients, Truffle let out a sigh at the lack of sweet ingredients. Looks like she'd be reduced to a helper for this round! Moss instantly perked up at the cornucopia of veggie delicacies, his preferred meal. But Truffle pointed out the bugs and meat, and Moss nodded. "Right, we're to use as many of the ingredients as possible. How about... [b]a peafowl and veggie roast with some bloodfly garnish[/b]? Truffle, get the oven going!" [center][item=Sublime Peacock] [item=Blue Fly] [item=Horn of Plenty][/center] Truffle nodded and rushed to preheat the oven and prep some dishes for the ingredients while Moss got to work plucking resplendant feathers, cleaning out innards, and dressing the bird. Truffle chopped up carrots, onions, mushrooms, and more, then handed them to Moss to stuff inside. He picked some dried herbs from the bundles along his wings for extra flavor and pinched a dash of salt over the whole thing. "Since we didn't have time to brine this beautiful bird, we'll have to make do with a sauce! Truffle?" Moss didn't even need to finish his sentence before Truffle approached with a bowl of little blue blood-filled bugs. Moss grimaced a bit at the thought of eating them, but he only needed to impress the hosts. Truffle laughed at his expression. "I'll handle these, Moss, don't worry, I at least know my way around sauces. Oh, and don't tell Bloodstone, but I might snag one as a snack, hehe." She got to work with a saucepan, melting down some butter, reducing a splash of wine, and sauteeing the flies. She added some garlic cloves from the horn of plenty along with some cream and a touch of starch and spices, and before long she had a tasty deep red sauce. She poured the liquid over the bird in its pan, and Moss put it inside the oven to cook. Throughout its cook time, Moss poked his head into the oven and spooned the sauce and drippings over the top of the bird for extra flavor. Thankfully, peafowl are much smaller than turkeys, and so the roast was ready in only a couple hours. The veggies inside were steamed tenderly, while the outside was a beautiful golden brown, tinged slightly red by the juices. Success! They sliced off a hearty portion of meat and a spoonful of veggies, served with a drizzle of sauce and a golden feather on the plate for the hosts' presentation.

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March 24, 2024 23:54:02

SUNDAY'S MEAL - DAY 1

Mossfeld, the Atmos Inn's fine chef, was excited to participate in his first Mistral Meals event, accompanied by his confectioner friend Truffle. As the host revealed the ingredients, Truffle let out a sigh at the lack of sweet ingredients. Looks like she'd be reduced to a helper for this round!

Moss instantly perked up at the cornucopia of veggie delicacies, his preferred meal. But Truffle pointed out the bugs and meat, and Moss nodded. "Right, we're to use as many of the ingredients as possible. How about... a peafowl and veggie roast with some bloodfly garnish? Truffle, get the oven going!"

Truffle nodded and rushed to preheat the oven and prep some dishes for the ingredients while Moss got to work plucking resplendant feathers, cleaning out innards, and dressing the bird. Truffle chopped up carrots, onions, mushrooms, and more, then handed them to Moss to stuff inside. He picked some dried herbs from the bundles along his wings for extra flavor and pinched a dash of salt over the whole thing.

"Since we didn't have time to brine this beautiful bird, we'll have to make do with a sauce! Truffle?" Moss didn't even need to finish his sentence before Truffle approached with a bowl of little blue blood-filled bugs. Moss grimaced a bit at the thought of eating them, but he only needed to impress the hosts.

Truffle laughed at his expression. "I'll handle these, Moss, don't worry, I at least know my way around sauces. Oh, and don't tell Bloodstone, but I might snag one as a snack, hehe." She got to work with a saucepan, melting down some butter, reducing a splash of wine, and sauteeing the flies. She added some garlic cloves from the horn of plenty along with some cream and a touch of starch and spices, and before long she had a tasty deep red sauce. She poured the liquid over the bird in its pan, and Moss put it inside the oven to cook.

Throughout its cook time, Moss poked his head into the oven and spooned the sauce and drippings over the top of the bird for extra flavor. Thankfully, peafowl are much smaller than turkeys, and so the roast was ready in only a couple hours. The veggies inside were steamed tenderly, while the outside was a beautiful golden brown, tinged slightly red by the juices. Success! They sliced off a hearty portion of meat and a spoonful of veggies, served with a drizzle of sauce and a golden feather on the plate for the hosts' presentation.

Last edited on Mar 24, 2024 23:57:50 by Pangonaut

Day 1 Ilar and Lacewing are here! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/60545468][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/605455/60545468_350.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75720379][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/757204/75720379_350.png[/img][/url] Sublime Peacock, Horn of Plenty, Blue Fly The two banescales arrived a little late and so get to work quickly, grabbing ingredients from the pantry almost as soon as they see the challenge. Some decisions could be put off until AFTER leaving the pantry! And they could always go back. They pluck a peacock, chopping off the head and feet and gutting the bird. Lacewing gets to using a food processor and Arcane magic to quickly blend mushrooms, bread, seasonings, the flies, some fowl livers including the peacock's, and chopped bacon together into a stuffing. Meanwhile Ilar picked out good roasting produce from the Horn of Plenty and mixed up a seasoning blend, with olive oil, spices, lemon, blue fly, salt, and herbs. She cut lines into the vegetables while Lacewing stuffed the bird and found the roasting tray and an oven. They also blended a lot of dried flies, some grain, and some water into a kind of insect-flour flatbread dough. The bird was put in the middle of the roasting tray breast-up skin-on, vegetables around it, and they both got a coating of the seasoning blend. Ilar was in charge of maintaining the heat for the roast, using her fire magic to help it cook evenly faster while still crisping up on the outside a bit. While she was doing that, Lacewing sorted through the discarded Horn produce. Oooh, a large pineapple! He chopped it quickly into cubes and wrapped the cubes in peafowl bacon he'd taken to his station before deciding to use a more traditional mammal bacon for the stuffing. The pineapple-bacon cubes were put on a grill with the flatbreads. Ilar got that up to heat quickly too. The pineapple cubes and insect flatbreads finished slightly before the main roast, and had toothpicks stuck in them to use as handles while eating for diners who weren't telekinetic. They'd never used peafowl bacon for grilled bacon pineapple before, but peafowl roast was common when people had gone to the Crystal Fields for game. The pineapple-bacon cubes and flatbreads were plated on one large plate, and when the peafowl roast was done a few minutes later it was all arranged on a very large plate that was decorated with the bird's feathers and some edible flowers. More reasonably-sized plates were placed around it, and Lacewing stood beside it with a knife so the 'judges' could pick which bits they wanted on their individual plates. "Roast Peafowl with stuffing! Peafowl-Bacon Pineapple! And fly-flour flatbreads!" this was hopefully good! EDITED: slight tweaks to serving

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Day 1

Ilar and Lacewing are here!

Sublime Peacock, Horn of Plenty, Blue Fly

The two banescales arrived a little late and so get to work quickly, grabbing ingredients from the pantry almost as soon as they see the challenge. Some decisions could be put off until AFTER leaving the pantry! And they could always go back.

They pluck a peacock, chopping off the head and feet and gutting the bird. Lacewing gets to using a food processor and Arcane magic to quickly blend mushrooms, bread, seasonings, the flies, some fowl livers including the peacock's, and chopped bacon together into a stuffing.

Meanwhile Ilar picked out good roasting produce from the Horn of Plenty and mixed up a seasoning blend, with olive oil, spices, lemon, blue fly, salt, and herbs. She cut lines into the vegetables while Lacewing stuffed the bird and found the roasting tray and an oven.

They also blended a lot of dried flies, some grain, and some water into a kind of insect-flour flatbread dough.

The bird was put in the middle of the roasting tray breast-up skin-on, vegetables around it, and they both got a coating of the seasoning blend.

Ilar was in charge of maintaining the heat for the roast, using her fire magic to help it cook evenly faster while still crisping up on the outside a bit.

While she was doing that, Lacewing sorted through the discarded Horn produce. Oooh, a large pineapple! He chopped it quickly into cubes and wrapped the cubes in peafowl bacon he'd taken to his station before deciding to use a more traditional mammal bacon for the stuffing. The pineapple-bacon cubes were put on a grill with the flatbreads. Ilar got that up to heat quickly too.

The pineapple cubes and insect flatbreads finished slightly before the main roast, and had toothpicks stuck in them to use as handles while eating for diners who weren't telekinetic.

They'd never used peafowl bacon for grilled bacon pineapple before, but peafowl roast was common when people had gone to the Crystal Fields for game.

The pineapple-bacon cubes and flatbreads were plated on one large plate, and when the peafowl roast was done a few minutes later it was all arranged on a very large plate that was decorated with the bird's feathers and some edible flowers. More reasonably-sized plates were placed around it, and Lacewing stood beside it with a knife so the 'judges' could pick which bits they wanted on their individual plates.

"Roast Peafowl with stuffing! Peafowl-Bacon Pineapple! And fly-flour flatbreads!"

this was hopefully good!

EDITED: slight tweaks to serving

Last edited on Mar 25, 2024 01:44:57 by Wingheart

Day 1 Sunday [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91814605][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/918147/91814605_350.png[/img][/url][/center] When Lavender heard a cooking challenge would be held during the Mistral Jamboree, he couldn't help but sprint to the place where several dragon already began making dishes. Sure he runs a tea and cake shop with his mate [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92202157]Slide[/url], not a restaurant. But it is always good to expand the skills. Besides, there was no indication that baking isn't allowed. So he quickly grabs some ingredients that were supposed to be used today. He muses about the theme. Things with wings. Well the peacock and the flies have wings, so that got it covered. But what if he could make it even more exciting? He eyes the lobster and the horn of plenty. What kind of fun stuff could he do with that? A story Svaknir told him about lavish parties popped up in his mind. And that gave him an idea. Lavender carefully plucks the peacock and puts aside the pretty tail feathers. Then he cracks open the lobster and takes out the meat. He mixes the lobster meat up with the fruits from the horn of plenty and the fly. He then proceeds to stuff the peacock meat with the mixture and puts it in an oven. After a long time, when the meat looks nice and golden brown, he takes it out and decorates the oven baked stuffed peacock with the pretty feathers he had plucked before. Now this looks like a thing with wings

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Day 1 Sunday

When Lavender heard a cooking challenge would be held during the Mistral Jamboree, he couldn't help but sprint to the place where several dragon already began making dishes. Sure he runs a tea and cake shop with his mate Slide, not a restaurant. But it is always good to expand the skills. Besides, there was no indication that baking isn't allowed. So he quickly grabs some ingredients that were supposed to be used today.

He muses about the theme. Things with wings. Well the peacock and the flies have wings, so that got it covered. But what if he could make it even more exciting? He eyes the lobster and the horn of plenty. What kind of fun stuff could he do with that?

A story Svaknir told him about lavish parties popped up in his mind. And that gave him an idea.

Lavender carefully plucks the peacock and puts aside the pretty tail feathers. Then he cracks open the lobster and takes out the meat. He mixes the lobster meat up with the fruits from the horn of plenty and the fly. He then proceeds to stuff the peacock meat with the mixture and puts it in an oven.

After a long time, when the meat looks nice and golden brown, he takes it out and decorates the oven baked stuffed peacock with the pretty feathers he had plucked before.

Now this looks like a thing with wings