I have a question for the great void out there...when developing a new dish, when does the previously- thought-of-as ridiculous idea become okay to try? I've often wondered this, and it came to the forefront again last night while watching Top Chef All-Stars. Most of their recipes were good.....but then one of the chefs decided- on a whim- to put white chocolate on his dish...AND IT WORKED!! For the normal culinary joe, this would be out of the realms of consideration...so when do we cross that line of bravery (or stupidity) and try the ridiculous/ Who would eat it? Just wondering...as I've done this myself (guess that ingredient- that game is most often used when making chili), with results ranging from excellent to "they let you in the kitchen? REALLY?
Anyway, I had another "fun" addition to yesterday's blog when I remembered a day this summer when we were going to make pankakes, but alas, my ginormous griddle wouldn't light. So Dana, one of my volunteers, being as resourceful as myself, took a full sheet pan, set it on top of 2 of the burners on our stove, sprayed it with cooking spray, and voila! 45 min. later, we had pancakes! They weren't the prettiest to look at, but they fiiled the breakfast void...to which one of the corps members observed, "wow, those are some jacked- up pancakes." Thanks Elise! :)
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