I'm a big fan of the show "Top Chef" on the food network - a reality show where they challenge professional chefs to top each other in various food related challenges. In this weeks' episode, the chefs were challenged to make a meal for a culinary legend - specifically, what they're pre-chosen legend would want for their last meal. All of the icons (including Jacques Pepin) chose classic dishes, with fairly simple flavours (eg. Pepin chose roast squab with fresh peas). This made me start thinking about two things:
1. What I would choose for my last meal, and
2. It made me think about all the ways people mess food up.
The answer to the first question is eggs benedict. The crunch of toast, the softness of the poached egg, the richness of the hollandaise...plus I'm lactose intolerant, so eating all that butter would definitely be a way to shake my fist one last time at the dairy gods.
As for the second, here is my list of crimes against food that drive me bananas:
1. Too. Much. Garlic.
2. Dishes that don't taste like their key ingredient. Carrot soup should, basically, taste like carrots.
3. Well done red meat. More specifically, beef tenderloin. Why don't you just take off your shoe, and chew away.
4. Kitchen sink pasta. Really good pasta. A little sauce. One or two really good ingredients. That's all you need.
5. Four words: Frozen, microwaveable grilled cheese. I didn't even know such a thing existed until recently, and I was frightened.
On that note, I'm going to go make myself some poached eggs (no hollandaise :P), and think about food crime #6: Eggs cooked over medium. What the hell IS that??
1. What I would choose for my last meal, and
2. It made me think about all the ways people mess food up.
The answer to the first question is eggs benedict. The crunch of toast, the softness of the poached egg, the richness of the hollandaise...plus I'm lactose intolerant, so eating all that butter would definitely be a way to shake my fist one last time at the dairy gods.
As for the second, here is my list of crimes against food that drive me bananas:
1. Too. Much. Garlic.
2. Dishes that don't taste like their key ingredient. Carrot soup should, basically, taste like carrots.
3. Well done red meat. More specifically, beef tenderloin. Why don't you just take off your shoe, and chew away.
4. Kitchen sink pasta. Really good pasta. A little sauce. One or two really good ingredients. That's all you need.
5. Four words: Frozen, microwaveable grilled cheese. I didn't even know such a thing existed until recently, and I was frightened.
On that note, I'm going to go make myself some poached eggs (no hollandaise :P), and think about food crime #6: Eggs cooked over medium. What the hell IS that??
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