A mixed bag of emotions this week – on the one hand I'm sorry that @engishtchrivy has decided to relinquish her role as host of the Steemit Culinary Challenge, and on the other hand I'm delighted to be taking over as the new host! Hello, and also - welcome !!!
I have to emphasise my gratitude to @englishtchrivy – firstly for inviting me to join the challenge all those months ago when I was a newbie, then continuing to cheer me on all the way, and now for giving me the honour of hosting. I'm not always the most confident of people, and so to have encouragement and the hand of friendship like this makes a massive difference to my life, really. It feels strange in a way knowing I'll no longer be deliberating over recipes to enter, but all things change and as the very wise Rumi said “Those who don't want to change, let them sleep”. So I embrace this change wide awake!!!
Those of you who regularly participate in this weekly challenge will surely know how much I've enjoyed partaking myself, and doing my best to come up with unique recipes! As I've mentioned before I live in remote rural Ireland, and it has come to mean a great deal to me being part of this little SCC-community. I've looked forward to finding out the new themes and getting creative, and then chatting with other participants or supporters about food, each-other's diets, and un-related things too. It's inspired me to try all sorts of new ingredients and combinations, and inevitably deepened my knowledge of nutritional qualities and how people's bodies respond to the food they eat. I have made several friends along the way and that wouldn't have happened without the Steemit Culinary Challenge.
But perhaps the universe is now giving me a new challenge, as I've entered 12 times and won 12 prizes, and so it seems the time has come for something different. I'll definitely miss being a participant – not for the prizes, but for the fun of creating things I wouldn't otherwise have created (or eaten), and seeing the assortment of recipes from everyone else. Everyone who enters seems to do so in good spirits, and it actually feels more like a dinner party than a competition! So cheers to all of you – a thousand thanks for your support, enthusiasm, comments, and for being so bloomin' lovely!!! Slainte!!!
My intention as the new host is to continue this challenge much the same as @englishtchrivy – the sponsors and prizes remain as they were, and of course there will be a guest judge every week as usual. There is a slight difference in the submission deadline (please see below) but other than that we carry on as we have. Our mission? To create the most extraordinary recipes this planet has ever seen!!! (Now there's an idea - a dish for an alien visitor...)
Now, down to business. I'd like to firstly congratulate all the "Pancake Paradise" winners of last week, which were announced by @englishtchrivy in her final post here. They were great entries and we hope to see all of you return each week to submit more of your wonderful recipes! Everyone is welcome - you don't have to be a master chef to enter, all we ask is that you try to be as creative as you can.
I'd also like to share my sincere THANKS to all the sponsors, 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!!!
This week's guest judge for the Steemit Culinary Challenge #21 is non other than @knozaki2015, former sponsor of the SCC, full-time Steemit blogger, world-traveler, and a real food enthusiast. He must see all kinds of exciting recipes on his travels, so the pressure's on to impress him guys!!! The theme he has chosen for this week is:
(Yep, just to mix things up we've got a bit of English, a bit of French and a bit of Italian there. Craaaazy). Obviously we're not looking for any of those coffee variations we know and love, such as latte macchiato, cappuccinos, mochaccino, etc, but instead we want you to be creative with your coffees... to surprise us with weird combinations... to be inventive and present to us the most beautiful coffees we've ever seen. Just click on all these blued words for examples of unusual coffees if you're stuck for ideas.
Presentation is very important - remember that unfortunately @knozaki2015 can't really taste your coffee so you must help him taste it with his imagination!
1. Title your entry this way: “STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE # 21: Title of your Dish”
2. Tag your “Coffee a la Barista's” post with ALL FOUR of the following:
# food
# food-trail
# steemitculinarychallenge
# recipes
3. TAKE PHOTOS OF THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS you took because, unlike other recipe blog sites, on Steemit we over deliver.
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. If you currently don't use Stemit.chat, we suggest that you do. 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:
a)
b)
c)
Remember - @steamcleaner and @cheetah would go after you if the content is not your own! The photo above is @meesterboom enjoying one of his delicious dishes! Here is an example of one of my own step-by-step recipes. Any questions, please ask.
If anyone needs recipes translating from Spanish to English, @dresden, @juanmiguelsalas and @nelyp have kindly offered their help.
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:
#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.
