What would be your competition food for Throwdown on FN?
I was taking a break from all of the primary coverage last night by watching Throwdown on the FN, and it got me interested in thinking about what I would make, if ever he were to challenge me...
What are you known for? What is your best dish that you would happily pit against his?
I think for me, I would like to think that it would be my chocolate chip cookies, or potentially my chicken dinner bars (nope, no chicken in them, still don't know where that name came from)...but, I am not really sure.
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19 Comments:
I'd do a Tuscan bean soup or a marinara sauce. Both get rave reviews from all my friends and family, but...then again...I'm no Bobby Flay. He'd probably mop the floor with me. :) :) :)
But I can always take photos of the food and make it look professional, even if I'm not a professional chef: Wilted Spinach Salad with Pork, Apples and Blue Cheese. ;)
sheeats at 11:45AM on 02/06/08
If memory serves (and these days it doesn't most of the time) the name Chicken Dinner Bars came from a candy bar that was manufactured in the midwest somewhere during the depression. I think the name refers to Herbert Hoover's "chicken in every pot" speech. It was something like a nut roll, I believe.
RichardCrystal at 12:17PM on 02/06/08
Meatloafs, (NOT meatloaves) at ten paces!
srhcb at 12:41PM on 02/06/08
I pour a mean bowl of cereal every now and again.
jasonbrink at 12:52PM on 02/06/08
You know....I was thinking about this when I was watching Throwdown last night....what would I cook if challenged. I think a German Potato Salad throwdown would be in my cards.....I've spent years perfecting just the right balance of sweet/sour, bacon/onions to potatoes.....it's become a signature dish for me.
mepolo at 12:57PM on 02/06/08
OK - I just had to google "Chicken Dinner Bars". It is, as @RichardCrsystal recalls, a candy bar. From AmericanHeritage.com:
10. Chicken Dinner
One of the early nut rolls, the Chicken Dinner bar was introduced by the Sperry Candy Company in the early 1920s, and its first wrappers carried the drawing of a roasted chicken. The unusual name was meant to echo the feeling of well-being and prosperity associated with “a chicken in every pot”—a slogan that went back to Henry IV of France and which would be revived for the 1928 Republican campaign. Fleets of Model A trucks disguised as giant, sheet-metal chickens were used by the Sperry people to deliver their creation. The makers took an amazingly long time to discover that a roast chicken didn’t convey the image of candy to most people, but at last, several years after the bar’s debut, the picture of the chicken was dropped from the wrapper. Sperry stuck with the name, however, and it is a tribute to the bar’s quality that it surmounted that obstacle for some forty years before finally disappearing in the 1960s.
Here is a picture of said truck and here is a recipe.
The internet is such a wondrous thing!
kjgibson at 12:58PM on 02/06/08
Beautifully decorated cakes that utilize unique flavor combinations. (I've noticed that Bobby isn't so good at a refined presentation...all the better for me!)
charm city cupcake at 1:05PM on 02/06/08
I'm gonna challenge Mr. Flay to a matzo ball soup throwdown. I've been told mine is better than bubbe's. Don't tell her I said that.
Kerosena at 1:09PM on 02/06/08
I'll challenge him to my pot roast (made with, among other things, anchovies and coffee. Nothing but raves.
bessfour at 1:12PM on 02/06/08
Beef tenderloin steaks butterflied and stuffed with brie cheese, pan-roasted, and served with a buttered balsamic/dried cranberry reduction.
Tom Steele at 2:54PM on 02/06/08
Would love to get the recipes for that pot roast and that matzo ball soup!
pretty please share!
Kbear919 at 4:34PM on 02/06/08
Chicken gumbo. I think he'd make one way better than mine, but I don't think I can cook anything better than my chicken gumbo. It's the best weapon in my arsenal, but I'd still find myself outgunned, I'm sure.
minstrel at 6:47PM on 02/06/08
Ham and bean soup.
Maureen at 7:47PM on 02/06/08
Fish tacos
eatmyfood at 8:08PM on 02/06/08
RE: bess4: "pot roast (made with, among other things, anchovies and coffee....
Shhhhhhhhh!
(I use coffee as the liquid in almost anything)
srhcb at 8:43PM on 02/06/08
thanks for the sharing love....
Kbear919 at 6:49AM on 02/07/08
Pulled Pork,Beef Briskit, Baby backs, Texas Chili, Cream of Crab soup
drsmoke at 12:12PM on 02/07/08
Kalbi. It's all about how i massage the meat baby!! oh yeah...
billyjoe at 10:30PM on 02/07/08
This is a good one!
I would challenge Bobby Flay to creme brulee! It's the only thing I've perfected....though I'm still perfecting :)
Hillary
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Chew on That at 5:44PM on 02/08/08