/ck/ - Food & Cooking

The Round Three Challenge is:

Soup! Show us your best soup, using any ingredients you like. Word to the wise, use a shallower bowl for serving, so it's easier for people to see your soup. Round Three goes from June 24th to July 1st. Let's have a good challenge and don't forget your timestamps!

***While submissions for Round 2 are now now longer being accepted, we'll leave the thread (http://boards.4chan.org/ck/res/3681266)) up for another 24 hours, in case you haven't had a chance to vote for some of the later entries. When you vote, please sage your post, so we don't have more than one Challenge thread on the front page. We're trying out this new extended voting style for the first time so we'll see how it goes. Thanks everyone!

I love it. awesome.

i was wondering, when it comes to elimination, are you guys going to add up all the scores out of 20 and take the highest one, or are you going to take the highest average?

Damn... Soups... welp I guess I saw this one coming.

Also I know that I didn't participate in round 1 ;_; still this is a fun idea, so I'll keep submitting dishes.

>>3695730
>>3696190
We're going to pick the final 15 based on a combination of total points as well as a weighted average. This means that even if you didn't participate in the first few challenges, (theoretically) one stellar dish could be enough to secure your position in Round Six.

Also, I don't think you guys realize how many people we've lost between just Week One and Two, lol. Submit your best dish and keep submitting in the following weeks! It's still very much an open game at this point.

>>3696219
You've lost people because they're realizing you dooped them into tripfaggotry. You should be ashamed.

Are we just talking starter soups or a meal in itself - like in round 2?

>>3696219
It's because salad in itself in uninteresting to make into a meal.

>>3696241
No mention of portion sizing.

>>3696219
>Also, I don't think you guys realize how many people we've lost between just Week One and Two, lol.

Well, a salad challenge on /ck/. What did you expect? I think there's a pretty big risk the challenge will collapse when we reach eliminations.

>>3696228
Adopting a temporary, Challenge-specific tripname is not a mandatory requirement. As we've explained before, we don't care what "signature" you use as long as there is a way to identify you from the other contestants.

>>3696241
Any kind of soup is fine, starter, entree or even a dessert soup.

And, yeah, I know guys. You don't win friends with salad. ._.

>>3696228
Oh shut the fuck up.

So here's the thing. I'm not going to be home, and therefore will not have access to my kitchen, until the middle of next week. Which is after July 1st.

Any way I can still participate in this round?

>>3696899
You're at home right now.

So make a soup.

bump

Who made this?
recipe please?
And do you deliver food at home or own a restaurant
cause i want to eat that dish
that gravy on that mash ... man you got me craving so bad right now

>>3698432
forgot pic

>>3698432

not sure if serious, but my fiance made that and she basically winged it more or less. As for the other question, we're both poor biology grad students who cook as a hobby (no professional training)

Off the top of my head from I remember it was

>6-8 oz chicken broth
>rounded tablespoon flour
>garlic
>roasted shallots (used from earlier in the dish)
>dash or two of heavy cream
>rolling boil and constantly stirring until you got the desired consistency
>strain out flour chunks/garlic/shallots

I'd have to ask to get the exact recipe.

>>3696899
Not in this round, but you can compete in Round 4. I would say that you still have a strong chance of making it to the final fifteen even if you begin then.

This is a gumbo I made. I make some variation of it every week or so. This week I put fried chicken and deer sausage in it. It is inexpensive to make and tastes amazing. Try it out for yourself!

A vertical follows this post. Enjoy.

And here is the vertical. Thanks!

>>3698675

Thanks for sharing. Looks delicious

>>3698673
presentation 3/5
originality 3/5
appeal 5/5
challenge goals 2/5
total 13/20

gumbos too stewy and not soupy imo

>>3698726

Gumbo is thickened, it isn't supposed to look "soupy"

>>3698673
That looks tasty as fuck.

>>3698738
which is why you lost points on challenge goals

>>3698764

I wasn't that dude. I thought you were trying to say gumbo is supposed to look soupy.

>>3698764
hey, thanks for the vote! Gumbo by definition is usually considered a soup. It is where I come from anyway. It really is a subjective thing though, hey- I am just glad you liked it otherwise, maybe you will try it out.

>>3698673

Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals: 4/5
Total: 19/20

Perks for using deer sausage. Looks tasty as all hell, might have to pay you a visit to have some.

Took off one point for challenge goal since it is a thicker almost stewy soup. Gave an extra point on presentation since it is cheap to make, I like a cheap but tasty recipe.

I have been informed that stews count in the soups category, so I shall commence with that.

>>3698675
>>3698673
Presentation:5 /5
Originality:3 /5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals:5 /5
Total:18 /20
Alright! GUMBO! I saved this and I am gonna make this on Saturday with kielbasa instead of venison sausage and I will probably add some old bay instead of creole seasoning.

completly missed this since it wasn't posted on the blog. ok soup... I'll figure something out.

I might eat it raw this time, usually I throw it in the oven for 34 minutes at 425F

bumpan

>>3701550

that's barely enough time for it to stop screaming and urinating

I started with a broth of chicken carcass, onion, carrot, ginger, galangal, coriander stems and toasted cinnamon, star anise, and black peppercorn in a pressure cooker. Made a paste of toasted and reconstituted new mexico and arbol chilis, shallot, lemongrass, garlic, shrimp paste, ground coriander, cumin, and turmeric. Fried the paste in oil and deglazed with coconut milk, reduced and then added the above stock and let simmer for some time. Eventually I cooked the pancit noodles, snow peas, and shrimp in the soup. Soup is topped with bean sprout and rau ram which is an herb that tastes like black pepper; it goes by a number of misnomers--in my opinion--(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persicaria_odorata))

>>3702562
That looks incredibly good.

"Only the pure of heart can make a good soup."

- Beethoven

I'm not going to lie... I hate soups... I really do... Anyway here is my dish: Nettle soup with shrimps.

It's an easy recipe:

2x onions.
400g. of nettle.
40cl. applecider.
200g. of shrimps.
80cl. of chicken stock
Apple vinegar.
Salt and pepper.

This is NOT an original recipe (as I said: I hate soups), but you slice the onions, cook them, add the neddle. When it has "sunked" (kinda like with spinach), add the stock and applecider and let it boil for 8 min.. Blend the whole thing and add salt, pepper and apple vinegar.

Place the shrimps - only lightly seasoned, add the soup around it and serve with some grilled bread with cheese. I used spelled bread (dunno if that's the right translation though).

Even though the challenge sucked and I hate soups, it was fun to do: catching some shrimps, foraging nettle and baking bread. I hope that you can get pass by the "cold" look of the soup - it wasn't bad for a soup.

I like knowing I can cook circles around most folk. Unfortunately, I've been sick for the past week and eating very little. Maybe i'll be able to do something next time...

>>3702786

The word you're looking for with the nettle is "wilted". And I think you might meant "spelt bread". "Spelt" is a type of wheat.

>>3702809
Ah yes thank you! I hope that I didn't confuse anyone

>>3702798
I also enjoy talking a big game then telling people I'll prove it ....later.

enjoy your condensed soup

>>3702626
what a lovely sentiment.

I meant to do week two! I really did! But I got super sick and then called in for two extra days of work. I'm still in this, dammit!

Well... we'll see. I'll give this a shot, hopefully I can do it. If not, oh well.

>>3702559
>>3702562
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 3/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:17 /20
very comforting.

>>3702786
Presentation: 3/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal:3 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:16 /20
Impressive amount of work went into making something you don't like. Bravo for stepping out of your comfort zone

Here you go.

Kohlrabi is in the same family as cabbage, btw.

>>3703635
Presentation:4 /5
Originality:4 /5
Appeal:4 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 17/20
I never see people use scapes, very clever.

>>3698675
I hate to ask what might come across as a stupid question, but in your instructions you leave out at the beginning to add the fat to the roux. I'm assuming that you brown the chicken in the 1/4 cup of oil/butter, remove, and then add the 1/4 cup of flour?

>>3703665
kinda looks like a typo. prolly should say, "drop in flour and start to stir,add OIL and continuously mix" maybe the chicken was cooked in it's fat, looks like it was cooked in another skillet.

>>3703635
That looks tasty. Nice job!

>>3703665
No, not stupid. You caught my screw up. Thanks. It's should read as >>3703682
states. I usually add a few drops of oil, or bacon fat, to the chicken pan before I fry it, but it really renders out enough fat to brown on it's own when using a well seasoned iron skillet.

Okay, so soup/stew.

First, take a couple pounds of beef, cube it roughly 3/4 - 1 inch. Dredge in flour and black pepper and salt.

Cut 4 each of medium oinions, potatoes, medium carots, and celery stalks, into pieces similarly-sized to the beef. finely-cut 8 large garlic cloves.

Toss 4 tbsp olive oil into a pan, get it near-smoking, quickly sear your beef on all sides. (sorry for this not being in the vertical. It totally slipped my mind.) Remove beef to your stew/soup pot, deglaze pan with a little wine, pour the mixture into the beef. re-heat the pan, whip out another couple tablespoons of olive oil, heat it up to near-smoking, toss in your onions and garlic. Cook for roughly 2-3 minutes, until fragrant, add your other vegetables. cook for roughly 5-7 minutes, until all scents have mixed nicely and are not too strong (onions should be translucent at this point) and put into the soup/stew pot. At this point, dump the entire bottle of red wine into the pot (That's a 1.5L bottle, mind you) and get it up to boiling, add a 1.5"x" strip of orange peel, 3-4 fresh small sprigs of thyme (I used lemon thyme, here,) one or two anchovy filets (to enhance the beef flavor) and 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger root. Boil for 2-3 minutes, add 2/3 cup of barley. Mix well, reduce to simmer, cover. Let cook covered at least 90 minutes, stirring roughly every 10 minutes.

Serve with a little chopped cilantro for garnish and a zesty enhancement to flavor. Of course, salt as needed. (I omit salt most times as I'm on a heavily sodium-restricted diet.)

Also, timestamp in next pic. Totally forgot it, remembered after eating and starting to make this vertical.

>>3703814

Bah, that was me.

>>3703605
>Originality: 5/5
>>3702786
>This is NOT an original recipe

Made some chicken rice soup with some eggs mixed in (sounds gross but has a egg drop soup effect).
Came out a little thicker than usual since I added a little bit more rice, great for cold days (like today) or sick people.

Topped with some bean sprouts and some homegrown thai basil, spring onions, cilantro and some fried up garlic I made from last week.

>>3703814
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals:5 /5
Total:17 /20
intoxicating aroma I am sure. I plan to try this out.
>>3704384
>>3704382
Presentation: 5/5
Originality:4/5
Appeal:3/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:17 /20

>>3704382
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 19/20

>>3703814
Presentation: 1/5 (you tried)
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 0/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 11/20

That is not a 'little' cilantro. I tried my best making myself that it was probably tasty but I just can't. Sorry, this is your worst looking meal.

>>3702559
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 19/20

>>3702786
Presentation: 0/5
Originality: 2/5
Appeal: 0/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 7/20

Reminds me of my art work using moss. I had to blend up moss with yogurt and water, your soup looks like it. But cheers for challenging yourself.

>>3698673
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 2/5
Challenge Goals: 2/5
Total: 14/20

>>3704601

>That is not a 'little' cilantro

Under 2 grams in a full-quart bowl is "Not a little?"

That's the exact recipe for Provencial style beef stew.

>>3704382
recipe please?

>>3704382
Holy moly, I love congee.

This is my fiance's submission for the challenge, a Chicken and Potato soup with a Cream of Broccoli base.

She puree'd on the assumption that it had to be a more liquid soup rather than stew. This can also double as a stew.

Heres the vertical

here's my submission for the challenge: Lentil Soup w/ Kielbasa. No verticals as I forgot to take pictures as I was cooking

Ingredients:
>2 tbsp olive oil
>1 cup diced onion
>1/2 cup of carrots and celery each
>1 tsp salt
>1 lb lentils
>~1 lb kielbasa
>1 can of chopped tomatoes (mostly drained)
>1 and 1/2 quart chicken broth
>1/2 tsp ground coriander
>1/2 tsp ground allspice

Directions:
>In a large (i used 8 qt) pot, heat olive oil over medium heat
>Once hot, add onion, carrots and celery and sweat for about 5-7 minutes.
>Add broth, tomatoes, spices, kielbasa and lentils together
>Increase heat to hi and bring to a boil and then let simmer for 40 minutes.
>Remove from heat and puree the soup (sans kielbasa) until desired consistency (l left mine more thick).
>Cut up kielbasa (with whatever method you'd like) and place back into soup. Stir to mix

Enjoy!

>>3698726
>Does not understand the concept of roux

>>3705374

Damn that picture looks good.

Here is my rocket soup. (Other translations in vertical.)
Quite simple, but tasty.

>>3705910
>>3705914
good
I like rucola

this series is fucking awesome.

so glad there's more to this board than ramen and taco bell. keep it up guys

>>3705914
>>3705914


imo this is the best looking and also most original thing in this round, i will try makeing this later in the week.

cant wait for next round

>>3705947
Thanks!

Make sure you vote for the entries to keep people in the game :-)

Made some vietnamese based meatballs (the ones you can get from bakeries) with a chunky tomato soup with shredded yam bean to make the soup runny but not watery.
Topped with some herbs and a side of home made garlic bread but obviously I was too derp to take a photo of it and just dug in >_>

>>3704944
I'll be sure to write one up tomorrow in my next post.

>>3706570
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 1/5
Challenge Goals: 4/5
Total: 15/20
I wouldn't order this soup, I'm not sure meatballs and soup match.

>>3705910
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 3/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 18/20
Great presentation, great idea.
Is it cold ?


>>3702786
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 18/20
Prawns are a good idea.

>>3698673
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 2/5
Challenge Goals: 3/5
Total: 15/20
I would not order this. Fried chicken and sausages in a soup...

>>3706625
Pho and Italian Wedding soup very commonly have meatballs as an ingredient. It is also pretty traditional to find chicken and sausage in gumbo. You shouldn't be judging a soup competition if you don't know this.

>>3704382
>>3704384
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 2/5
Appeal: 3/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 15/20

>>3705391
Presentation: 3/5
Originality: 2/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 3/5
Total: 12/20

>>3705910
>>3705914
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 19/20

>>3705391
Presentation: 3/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 1/5
Challenge Goals: 3/5
Total: 11/20
>>3705910
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 2/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 17/20
>>3706570
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals: 4/5
Total: 18/20
>>3705374
Presentation: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Appeal: 2/5
Challenge Goals: 3/5
Total: 15/20

>>3705374
She has beautiful handwriting. Must come from a beautiful person. :3

bump

>>3707322
My guess is that she's fat.

This is my Lobster Bisque I made. Additional pics and words incoming on next vertical, just wanted to throw this in before the deadline comes.

A coconut milk soup (Tom Kha Gai inspired) with deboned chicken thighs, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, red chili, lime, fish sauce, red and green bell peppers and rice. Not my bestest entry so far.

>>3708204
recipe please?

As usual I forgot the timestamp until after eating. I'm not rating other entries but the bar is set pretty high in this round - awesome!

>>3708206
I used 2 cans of coconut milk, 7-8 chicken thighs (I did the deboning myself which was a complete waste of time), 1-2 stalks of lemon grass, a handful of lime leaves, juice from 1 lime, 1 small green bell pepper, 1 small red bell pepper, 1 deseeded chopped red chili. Fish sauce and salt to taste.

I basically just put everything together in a pot minus the chicken and bell peppers and brought it to a simmer. Added the chicken, then the bell peppers and adjusted the seasoning. Served it with some jasmine rice.

>>3708224
thanks!

>>3707905
Vertical for this one is up.

Not sure if I should've spent so much effort on this one though, seems like I'm severely outclassed by everyone this round.

>>3708224

Why was deboning a waste of time?

>>3707905
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 18/20

Excellent.

>>3708303
Wow that came out great, I like how you kept the lobster tail whole.

>>3708359
For the price I paid for the lobster, I wanted to keep it whole for the wow factor. I also opted to make a fresh lobster/seafood stock because I couldn't find anything even close to lobster stock or lobster sauce.

On a unrelated note: I finished my dish, cleaned up the kitchen...turned around and realized I still had half a kilo of mussels I bought but forgot about. They went into a pan with some garlic, parsley, chives and white wine, steamed it until they opened and had a bit of a snack.

>>3702786
>I hate soups... I really do

What a retarded thing to say, considering the vast variety in the world of soups.

>>3708378
What can I say? I just don't really like their consistencies - and yes I do realize that there are multiple variations, but so far I haven't come across a soup where I just said: "wow!".

It's not like I said soups suck, I just don't like them and haven't had much experience with them.

Bump for eternal justice.

This thread should stay within the first 3 pages, especially today.

I also request that the thread be left open for voting for at least 24 hours after the deadline of tonight.

>>3709064

Yes, we'll leave this thread up for an additional 24 hours for last minute voting, but submissions will close about 3 hours from now when we post the thread for Round Four.

Vote while you can, everyone!

>>3709085

When are you going to update the blog for round two?

>>3709150

I'll be posting pictures to the blog from Round Two tomorrow, and I should be putting scores from Round One up as well. This will get a bit more streamlined as we go, sorry about the delays.

Gazpacho! Perfect for summer. Served chilled.
I wanted to make bread and grilled shrimp to go with this, but my area has been experience some major stormage, so I didn't make it to the store. Also, this was a great experiment in what-the-fuck-do-I-make-away-from-home. Along with tabouleh, things like that.

This soup consists of chickpeas, onion, carrots, corn, sweet potato, celery, yellow squash, garlic, cilantro, tomato sauce, lime, avocado and chipotle. In general, it is called tlalpeño. I like to include crisped tortilla strips. I forgot green onion in the ingredients pic.

>>3709200
Did you get my reposted round 1 image that was missing from the blog?

If not, want me to send it to you (repost here or email maybe) ?

>>3709367

I'm pretty sure I got it, I know I posted one to the blog that was reposted after the fact. Check the blog and if it's not there post it here for me and I'll get it up there ASAP. Thanks!

Best round yet. I'm impressed with what I've seen. /ck/ doesn't fuck around with soup.

>>3709376
I don't see it on the blog, so here you go.

Round1 repost.

>>3698675
>>3698673
SHUTUP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

bumbp

pump.

lump.

>>3709688
ok, just make sure you vote!

>>3709336
Presentation:3 /5
Originality:5 /5
Appeal:4 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:17 /20
>>3709284
Presentation: 3/5
Originality: 3/5
Appeal:3 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
14/20 total
>>3708303
Presentation: 4/5
Originality:3 /5
Appeal:5 /5
Challenge Goals:5 /5
Total: 17/20
>>3708224
>>3708204
>>3708207
Presentation: 5/5
Originality:5 /5
Appeal:4 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 19/20
>>3707797
that girl isn't fat, you can see part of her in one of the pictures. don't be so neckbeard.

>>3706570
>>3706578
Presentation:3 /5
Originality:4/5
Appeal: 4/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:16/20
>>3705914
>>3705910
Presentation:5 /5
Originality:5 /5
Appeal:5 /5
Challenge Goals5: /5
Total:20 /20
>>3705391
Presentation: 3/5
Originality:4 /5
Appeal:3 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:15 /20
>>3705374
>>3705376
Presentation:4 /5
Originality:3 /5
Appeal:4 /5
Challenge Goals:5 /5
Total:16 /20
>>3704382
>>3704384
Presentation: 3/5
Originality:4 /5
Appeal:3 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:15 /20
>>3703814
>>3703824
Presentation: 3/5
Originality:3 /5
Appeal:3 /5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total: 14/20
>>3703635
Presentation:3 /5
Originality:4 /5
Appeal: 3/5
Challenge Goals: 5/5
Total:15 /20
>>3702786
Presentation: 3/5
Originality:3 /5
Appeal:3 /5
Challenge Goals:5 /5
Total:14 /20
>>3702559
>>3702562
Presentation: 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Appeal:4 /5
Challenge Goals:5 /5
Total:17 /20
>>3698673
>>3698675
Presentation:5 /5
Originality: 3/5
Appeal: 5/5
Challenge Goals:5 /5
Total:18 /20

Bizzump.

Last few hours to get some votes in, guys.