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.
For the announcement of winners and new themes, follow me :-)
