Post #27321 by martiki on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 4:23 PM

On 2003-03-19 14:41, mrtikibar wrote:

Perhaps the So Cal or No Cal TC could have a "bake-off" type of contest. Set up a panel of judges and let recipes be submitted for consideration. If nothing else it would be an excuse for another get together.

I love this idea. We set up some basic rules (i.e. must have rum!) and have all the recipes submitted with the exact intructions for name, proportions, ingredients, assembly, and presentation. We make each one for a tasting panel- without the name of the drink or it's creator so it's anonymous. Each panel member rates it based on certain criteria- does it achieve the balance of sweet/tart/alcoholic content in a pleasing way, aroma, appearance, etc. Jab can moderate. Then we could have a southern california panel try them, and a northern california panel try them, and then send the two champs head to head.

Didn't mean to sound California-centric, but we can get big groups together in a hurry. Maybe NYC? Don't want to get too many cooks in the kitchen.

I know it sounds a little anal, but I think it would be fun.

Thoughts?

-martin