/ck/ Challenge Round 2 (April 1st) Thread 1

[Anonymous No.12113070]

Welcome to the 2019 /ck/ Challenge!

The theme for each round is announced on the 1st Monday after the previous round's end with 2 weeks for submissions. After that the voting/rating thread goes up for 3 days and everyone is welcome to vote on the submitted dishes.

Submit your dish with a timestamped picture of your creation (ideally with an available step-by-step process via an imgur gallery post or a photoshopped/GIMPed picture) with a unique totem visible in the picture (any type of object be it a dice, glassware, cloth that you'll show with your submissions for the rounds). If you would not like to submit scores then you are free to give feedback/criticism on the challengers dishes as you see fit (just don't fucking clog up the thread with autism please).

The voting will follow modified Iron Chef rules, a 20 point scale where 5 points each will go towards Presentation (how the dish looks on the plate, i.e. the plating), Originality, Appeal (how appetizing the dish looks to you) and fulfilling the Challenge Goals.

You may use this template in order to score the competitors submissions:

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

[Chairman Gaijin !!rjar7pwAL8C No.12113088]

In Round 1 challenger nrrwmndd !!5q13kDmTZEt took the top score with his Koji-Rubbed Steak "Gyudon" with an average score of 16.58. Will he continue his success in the next round, or will a new challenger make it to the top?

And now we go to the THEME for ROUND 2!

For our second round the month changes to April and we continue further into Spring. During this time, many crops come into perfect season, one of which is a plant called humulus lupulus which sprouts flowers called hops. They are a key ingredient in the production of beer and have been used as a preservative for casks of ale for centuries as they traveled across long voyages for months on end. However, what will be at play today is not the idea of beer and hops themselves, but the idea of preservation and the story behind the flavors that came about. The incorporation of the astringent flavor of hops into beer sounded crazy all those centuries ago, but it worked and now hops and beer go together just as well as peanut butter and jelly. I would like to see a chef that can make the best use of such astringent flavors in a creative dish.

So with that being said, the ROUND THEME WILL BE…..

BITTER!

For this round I would like the challengers to prepare a dish that exhibits bitterness in a way that would appeal to the palate! There are no restrictions to the type of dish that will be made other then it must be a dish that contains a bitter element that is worked into the harmony of your dish.

This is an open round so anyone can submit an entry! Rounds 1-3 will all be open for new entries where your best submission will be taken into consideration for who makes it into the 4th Round! Best of luck to all of you and may the best chefs triumph in this battle of /ck/ing!

ALLEZ CUISINE!

[Chairman Gaijin !!rjar7pwAL8C No.12113095]

Past Challenges: http://ckchallenge.blogspot.com/

Thread Archives:

Round 1, Thread 1 >>/ck/thread/S11988786
Round 1, Thread 2 >>/ck/thread/S12049363
Round 1 Voting Thread >>/ck/thread/S12073266

[Anonymous No.12113186]

>>12113088
>So with that being said, the ROUND THEME WILL BE….. BITTER!

This is an April fools joke right?

[Anonymous No.12113308]

>>12113186
Yes it is. The real theme will be announced tomorrow. Especially since the board is basically unusable right now.

[Anonymous No.12115066]

bamph

[Anonymous No.12115074]

>>12113186
>>12113308
/thread

[Anonymous No.12116911]

>>12115074
idk i kind of like the theme. its a bit challenging imo

[Anonymous No.12117095]

>>12116911
All you would get is coffee everything

[Anonymous No.12118699]

>>12117095
There are tons and tons of bitter foods, stop being stupid.

[Anonymous No.12119870]

>>12117095
im expecting a lot of coffee but i expected more fried rice last round so maybe more people will do something less obvious

[Anonymous No.12119882]

>>12113308
>>12113070
Are you going to announce a new theme or did you kill yourself yet?

[Chairman Gaijan !!rjar7pwAL8C No.12119968]

>>12119882
Oh no I thought this thread was going to die off cause of April Fool’s shitposting but I guess it didn’t. Also I was finishing term papers so I was a busy boy.

The ACTUAL round theme is...

SANDWICH

Anything that can be considered a sandwich, ie ingredients between two pieces of some kind of bread is fine may it be burgers, subs, paninis, etc. However your goal should be to make a sandwich that is both presentable but unique. Best of luck challengers!

ALLEZ CUISINE!

[Anonymous No.12120058]

>>12119968
>The ACTUAL round theme is... SANDWICH

Now this i can get behind.

[Anonymous No.12120088]

>>12119968
>tfw I was prepping for the bitter meal already

It was gonna be a BLACKED angel cake with a heavy 90% Dark Chocolate sauce.

[Chairman Gaijin !!rjar7pwAL8C No.12120107]

>>12120088
I would’ve legit liked to see that now. I fucking love 90% chocolate.
Maybe a chocolate cakewich?

[Anonymous No.12120111]

>>12117095
My first thought was that half the entries would be a basic bitch bitter melon dish.

[Anonymous No.12120186]

>>12120111
I wouldn't have. I'll never make something for a contest i wouldn't make for myself on any given day. Maybe that won't win but i don't care.

[Anonymous No.12120207]

>>12120186
>i'll never make something for a contest i wouldn't make for myself on any given day
Well that's a pretty shitty way to approach the challenge. In any case, in past challenges when there were more than 3 contestants most of them would have at least claimed that they eat shit like bitter melon regularly.

[Anonymous No.12120278]

>>12120207
>that's a pretty shitty way to approach the challenge.
Eh whatever. I mean shit, last months winner was steak on top of white rice. Looks tastey but i never thought it would win. Obviously i misjudged what people are looking for and i should make a meal that simply looks the most appatizing even if the theme takes a third row seat if i want to win. The real issue right now as i see it is that the theme aspect is only worth five points. You can basically ignore the theme as long as it's involved in a minor way and you max out the other categories. If we make the theme aspect worth more points the contest would be better IMO.

[Anonymous No.12120312]

>>12120088
same; was going to prep a chicory and burnt brussel sprout noodle salad
>>12120207
not >>12120186 but i agree, i still have to eat the dish after; not going to make bitter melon if i hate it. i also figured id lose points for doing a steak dish; hoped the koji would win me points on originality

[Anonymous No.12120317]

>>12120312
And bro please don't think I'm shitting on you or anything, i'm not.

[Anonymous No.12120318]

>>12120278
>i mean shit, last months winner was steak on top of white rice
>the real issue right now as i see it is that the theme aspect is only worth five points
You can't possibly be serious. nrrwmndd was the only contestant who used rice in multiple, unique ways. If those aren't your criteria for challenge goals then... I don't even know.

[Anonymous No.12120340]

>>12119968
So how much of this needs to be homemade? Can i just buy some bread from the store or what?

[Anonymous No.12120361]

>>12120318
I'll give you that the crispy rice was a good use but the rest was just plain white rice completely covered by steak. If you took the steak away does white rice and miso soup with a crispy white rice wafer win? I personally don't think so. I'm not saying he didn't deserve to win. I'm saying the contest can easily be manipulated the way the current point structure is setup.

[Anonymous No.12120363]

>>12120317
>>12120318
oh no i don't think that; i completely understood some people would interpret it as a steak-dish instead of a rice-one. i banked on the fact that other people would see the multiple uses of rice and it seemed to have paid off
>plus it gave me an excuse to eat steak

[Anonymous No.12120364]

>>12120340
The interpretation of the scoring system is entirely up to the people voting, for better or worse. In my experience with past challenges people who went over and above and put more effort into their entries tended to score the same or lower than people who just made a weeknight standby meal that was vaguely related to the challenge goals. Even just reading this short thread you can see that there's a difference in opinion on what the challenge is meant to be. Some people think it's /ck/ home cooks trying to do Iron Chef and pull out all their tricks and go over the top, while others think it's just about making a boring everyday solid dish with pretty pictures and a fancy vertical, and just a means to create more OC for people who literally never cook, and just want to copy what the soccer moms here regularly eat.

[Anonymous No.12120367]

>>12120361
Who do you think did a better job with the challenge goals?

[Anonymous No.12120392]

>>12120340
>how much of this needs to be homemade
Technically none of it “has” to, it just depends on what you think you’ll get points for.
Heck if you could make a sandwich that used wonder bread look gourmet then I think you’ll get some good points there.

[Anonymous No.12120399]

>>12120367
Not him but the rice parcels and the crepes were a better use of the theme.

[Anonymous No.12120400]

>>12120367
I'm not saying he didn't meat the challenge goals. He obviously did because he won fair and square. I'm saying that the current point structure undervalues the challenge theme itself which will inevitably lead to the theme taking a backseat. If we make the theme worth more points. In its current format i could potentially have made the most appatizing, unique and well presented meal and only included a single grain of rice on the plait, taken a zero in theme and still scored 15/20. To me that is a broken point system.

[Anonymous No.12120408]

>>12120399
Agreed>>12120400
>If we make the theme worth more points.
I meant to delete that incomplete sentence sorry.

[Anonymous No.12120425]

>>12120400
>meat the challenge goals
kek. I think we're just interpreting challenge goals differently.
>>12120399
>>12120408
The crepes were good for trying something unique, but it would have been nice if there was just something like a toasted rice garnish to let you know that it's meant to be a rice dish. I also though the rice parcels were great (probably the one I'd like to eat the most), but it's still just a single use of rice, and less original than the crepes (and why is stuff put over a bowl of rice bad but stuff put inside of rice good?).

[Anonymous No.12120443]

so is the challenge bitter or sandwich?

[Anonymous No.12120448]

>>12120443
I'll give extra points to anyone who does both.

[Anonymous No.12120464]

>>12120448
>grapefruit, with radicchio lettuce, and a cranberry coffee reduction sauce, sandwich
wala

[Anonymous No.12120470]

>>12120425
>it's still just a single use of rice
So if a dish had used rice in three ways that would have made it better than the dish using it in two ways?

>why is stuff put over a bowl of rice bad but stuff put inside of rice good?
Because using the rice to hold the rest of the dish's ingredients in a closed package is far more creative.

[Anonymous No.12120477]

>>12120464
Personally, I would use the coffee to coat/marinade some duck breast instead of combining it with the cranberry (yuck). That's also more of a salad than a sandwich; needs work, anon.

[Anonymous No.12120492]

>>12120477
It was a joke since it combined all extremely bitter ingredients.

[Anonymous No.12120828]

>>12120443
Read the thread and find out.

[Anonymous No.12120921]

Quit taking the easy route and making gook food. Incredibly underwhelming.

[Anonymous No.12120953]

>>12120921
Hey, I made American food. Not my fault you see rice and immediately think, "GOOK!"

[Anonymous No.12121027]

>>12120921
Gooks are vietnamese and koreans. No one made viatnamese or korean food. How dumb are you?

[Anonymous No.12121066]

How hard would it be to bake a loaf of bread that came out good for this round if I've never baked made homemade dough ore bread before, but have plenty of other cooking experience, bread was my next thing to experiment with, maybe I should just do it in the spirit of the competition....

[Anonymous No.12121083]

>>12121066
As long as the crumb is aesthetic nobody will know how shitty your bread experiment turned out.

[Anonymous No.12121092]

>>12121066
I e begun dabbling in baking lately and I’m surprised to find how fickle a process it can be. Eggs not being the right temp, flour being mixed in to quickly, butter not being the right temp. I salute those who will do it but I’ve already decided not to waste my time.

[Anonymous No.12121241]

>having a food competition without being able to taste the food
lmao anyone that does this is retarded

[Anonymous No.12121320]

>>12121241
>reposting this exact same thing every year going on almost a decade now
Yikes.

[Anonymous No.12121591]

>>12121241
Should’ve said something 5 years ago m8.

[Anonymous No.12121626]

>>12121320
>>12121591
found the retarded

[Anonymous No.12121659]

Alright about to add cocoa to a creamy coffee cheese cake.

[Bell !!f+EsSZpjS6F No.12121772]

>>12119968
I already know what I am going to do, unlike last time when I decided to submit what I ate the day before. When is the deadline?

Pic related, a riddle for 2/3 of the recipe

>>12120340
Up to you, I suppose that making your own bread will give you extra points, as the bread is half the sandwich

>>12120088
Cake is still a kind of bread, you can make a sandwich out of that. I am too making a dessert, so you will not be alone
And I want to up my Angel/Chiffon game, so I am very interested in your recipe

[Anonymous No.12122924]

>>12121772
>When is the deadline?
April 15th at Midnight CEST.

[Anonymous No.12123038]

>>12120361
Did you miss the koji rice "aging"?

>>12120111
I was thinking something chicory based. Bitter melon is fucking inedible as far as I'm concerned.

[Anonymous No.12123824]

If I make a chip butty with from scratch bread, ketchup and home fried potatoes do I get 20/20?

[Anonymous No.12123887]

>>12123824
As long as you slather it with butter.

[Anonymous No.12123892]

>>12113070
*than

[Anonymous No.12123895]

>>12123887
Can't get a 20/20 because of no originality.

[Anonymous No.12123995]

>>12122924
Real question, why are you going by CEST on an american website? It's confusing and nobody but a hand full of bongs even know what it is.

[Anonymous No.12124223]

>>12123895
personally finding it hard to think of a unique idea for sandwiches. looking forward to the submissions
>im not >>12123824 if not obvious

[Anonymous No.12124304]

>>12124223
I got one i fucking LOVE that i guarentee none of you have ever had. I'm making it right now with some bakery bought bread but I'll probably remake it again if i can get my own homemade bread right.

[Anonymous No.12124524]

>>12124304
i think i have a fun idea but still ironing out details in my head. dont think i can bother with baking my own bread though

[Anonymous No.12124542]

>>12124524
I'm trying to get into baking bread anyway so this is a good opportunity for me. Tired of paying $4/loaf at the grocery store every week.

[Anonymous No.12124622]

>>12119968
>SANDWICH
Even less innovative, less challenging, and more confining than "rice."

[Anonymous No.12124641]

>>12124622
i think thats why its a bit more difficult to come up with something unique or stands out. i hope i see a lot of freshly baked breads tho

[Anonymous No.12124972]

>>12124622
Wrong, don't make a fucking cheesesteak or a rueben. You can put literally anything between two pieces of bread. There's a lot of room to be unique there.

[Anonymous No.12125339]

>>12123995
This. Just use moot time like literally everything else on 4channel.

[Anonymous No.12125391]

Can there even really be true competition in cooking shit? Isn't taste subjective?

[Anonymous No.12125433]

>>12125391
I’m a good cook. If I can see the ingredients and see how they’re put together I can have pretty good idea of what it tastes like. Is taste subjective? Yes but so is art and art still has basic rules and concepts that need to be followed. Cooking is similar. Sweet, sour, bitter, salty and savory need to be managed and combined properly.

[Anonymous No.12126387]

>>12124622
A lot of contestants failed because they made a dish with a side of rice. Sandwich is more of a presentation so there is a lot of room for creativity

>>12125339
>moot
who?

>>12125391
Technique, concept and presentation are not subective, not even appeal since "this appeals to me" is an objective fact. We are not saying if a dish is bad or not.

[Anonymous No.12127611]

>>12124304
Now I'm curious. I can't imagine what you could come up with that wouldn't have at least one anon on here saying they have it daily from the mom and pop place down the road.

[Anonymous No.12127680]

Are hot dogs sandwiches though?

[Anonymous No.12127905]

>>12127680
If you can convince /ck/ they are then yes.

[Anonymous No.12128084]

>>12127611
I don't mean to say that every aspect is entirely unique. Its not like I'm going to use some unheard of animal for the meat or anything but i can guarentee non of you have had it. I made it yesterday for lunch but I'm going to make it again this weekend and actually take my photos. I would definitly recommend trying it for yourself after i post the infographic though.

[Anonymous No.12129330]

Bump

[Anonymous No.12130115]

>>12127905
Is lasagne a sandwich?

[Anonymous No.12130199]

>>12125433
>>12126387
You're delusional if you think you can judge it without actually tasting it. I mean you can, but it's not going to be accurate. If you're judging food without tasting and just assuming you know how good it is, you're a shitty chef. Every chef worth a damn will taste the food before it goes out, no matter how many times he's made it. Kill yourselves.

[Anonymous No.12130238]

>>12130199
I think you mean "kill you'reselve"

[Anonymous No.12130306]

>>12130115
Not sure pasta counts as bread.

[Anonymous No.12131009]

>>12130306
What do you mean “not sure”? Of course pasta isn’t bread.

[Anonymous No.12131043]

>>12130199
What are you doing in this thread?

[DinoTendies !!2VAOfZYB6Yh No.12131572]

A sandwich you say?

[Anonymous No.12131759]

>>12131009
so according to the sandwich alignment chart are we drawing the line in the middle where burritos, tacos, and poptarts are not sandwiches but everything else is fair game?

[Anonymous No.12131833]

>>12131759
sandwich noun
sand·wich | \ ˈsan(d)-ˌwich , ˈsam-; dialectal ˈsaŋ-\
Definition of sandwich (Entry 1 of 3)
1a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between
b : one slice of bread covered with food
Have an open-faced sandwich, with one slice of bread instead of two, mustard instead of butter, and some vegetable sticks to munch on.
— Your Health & Fitness
2 : something resembling a sandwich
especially : composite structural material consisting of layers often of high-strength facings bonded to a low strength central core

[Anonymous No.12131859]

>>12131043
At the moment I'm replying to a retard trying to have a food competition without tasting the food.

[Anonymous No.12131863]

>>12131572
I guess I’ll respond. Watched your stream the other night. How’s yogurt?

[DinoTendies !!2VAOfZYB6Yh No.12131870]

>>12131863
Good. I gave her some pizza earlier

[Anonymous No.12131893]

>>12131870
That’s good. I enjoy your content. Thanks for making it my dude.

[Anonymous No.12131902]

>>12131893
Don’t feed the mentally ill anon.

[tiki doomer No.12132370]

For your consideration, I present the Bourbon Tri-Tip. It’s thinly sliced, bourbon marinated tri-tip, put on a griddle and topped with a mix of sautéed mushrooms and onions, diced bacon, sharp cheddar, then put on a toasted bun that’s kind of a mix between focaccia and ciabatta that has been spread with a horseradish sauce, and topped with fresh arugula.

Since I somehow got in early this round (I mean, it’s fucking sandwiches, what’s taking you so long?) maybe I’ll actually try to do a proper vertical this time.

[Anonymous No.12132587]

>>12132370
Nice. I have a sandwich every day, I'm just taking a while to decide on something interesting.

[Anonymous No.12132751]

>>12131833
>composite structural material consisting of layers often of high-strength facings bonded to a low strength central core
this is just beautiful

[Anonymous No.12132759]

>>12131009
>>12130306
What about a steamed flatbread, or something batter based like injera?

[Anonymous No.12132978]

>>12131859
Ok, but why do you get off arguing with people who don't care about your opinion?

[Anonymous No.12132984]

>>12132751
Aye, ain't it, brudda...

[Anonymous No.12133477]

>>12132370
please do make a vertical. i have to do a bit more for my kitchen before i submit; will likely be close to deadline for this one

[Anonymous No.12133489]

>>12132978
>is flatbread ok?
Hmmm let me think.

[Anonymous No.12134659]

>>12133489
whats the structural difference between a flatbread sandwich wrap and a tortilla wrap?

[Anonymous No.12134976]

>>12134659
A wrap is by definition not a sandwich.

[Anonymous No.12135013]

>>12134976
does flatbread count as bread? if yes; is there a difference between flatbread and tortillas or bread made from pizza dough?

[Anonymous No.12135022]

>>12132370
NO CROSS SECTION
*REEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
BABISH ALWAYS DO CROSS SECTIONS WAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Anonymous No.12135054]

I will make a Calzone for the sandwich round.

[Anonymous No.12135063]

Chairman better step in and give a clear cut expectation of what he will count as a sandwich.

[Chairman Gaijin !!rjar7pwAL8C No.12135121]

>>12135063
See
>>12119968

You can do whatever you want but you have to prove to /ck/ that it qualifies as a sandwich, so sadly I’m not the judge here I just give the options.

[Anonymous No.12135335]

>>12130199
Too bad there is nothing about the scoring criteria that requires to taste the food

[Sakeanon No.12136380]

>>12132370
Damn, that looks tasty. Did you make the bread?

[Anonymous No.12137274]

>>12130199
It's almost as if it's just a casual contest held for fun on this Timorese ukiyo-e enthusiast bbs.

[Anonymous No.12137308]

>>12134976
Wraps are sandwiches

[Anonymous No.12137319]

>>12137308
if wraps are sandwiches then so are tacos, burritos, hot dogs, poptarts, etc.

[Anonymous No.12137347]

>>12137319
The sandwich spectrum is a mystery, for example
>hot dogs
A sub is clearly a sandwich, where on the way to turning it upright and changing the filling does it become not a sandwich?

[Anonymous No.12137357]

>>12137347
Im not opposed to including all these things as sandwiches, but there needs to be some opened minded judging, it would make this round interesting

[Anonymous No.12137381]

>>12137347
I honestly don't see why anyone would consider hot dogs or hamburgers as anything but a type of sandwich. It's a meat-filled sandwich, nothing more and nothing less.

[Anonymous No.12137475]

>>12137308
>>12137347
It has been ruled in a court of law that a sandwich is any food item where the food is between two or more slices of bread. A wrap is not a fucking sandwich.

https://casetext.com/case/white-city-v-pr-restaurants
>The New Webster Third International Dictionary describes a "sandwich" as "two thin pieces of bread, usually buttered, with a thin layer (as of meat, cheese, or savory mixture) spread between them." Merriam-Webster, 2002. Under this definition and as dictated by common sense, this court finds that the term "sandwich" is not commonly understood to include burritos, tacos, and quesadillas, which are typically made with a single tortilla and stuffed with a choice filling of meat, rice, and beans.

[Anonymous No.12137510]

>>12137475
That's fucking hilarious.

[Anonymous No.12137626]

>>12137319
Yes, you're correct

>>12137475
Whoever did that is a pedantic tryhard, why try and suck the fun out of something as versatile as "stuff between or in the middle of other stuff you hold with your hands and eat". I blame lawyers.

[Anonymous No.12137795]

>>12137381
In my mind a sandwich must have two at least two separate pieces of bread.

[Anonymous No.12137985]

>>12137795
Swedecuck here. Sandwiches in Sweden are usually open-faced, I disagree with your opinion regarding two pieces of bread.

[Anonymous No.12137988]

>>12137985
Why don't you recognize your country as an outlier or exception rather than the standard?

[Anonymous No.12138020]

>>12137988
Absolutely, I can agree on that. But to restrict the definition of "sandwich" to the meaning that it has to have two slices of bread is silly to me.

[Anonymous No.12138032]

If somebody puts two pizzas upside down on top of each other, calls it a sandwich and wins i’m leaving this shit forever is all I’m saying.

[Anonymous No.12138045]

>>12138020
Ok so I can I make spaghetti then put it on top of a piece of garlic bread and call it a spaghetti sandwich? This is ridiculous

[Anonymous No.12138052]

>>12138045
Absolutely. If I made a jerusalem artichoke ice cream, would that not make it ice cream just because of the ingredients?
That's a bit of the beauty of cooking. You have a shitload of ingredients at your disposal. Use your fucking brain, come up with new stuff and maybe you'll uncover something amazing. Spaghetti garlic sandwich, maybe topped with basil, sounds like it would be delicious.

[Anonymous No.12138395]

>>12138020
not every human has two arms and two legs but that's sure as fuck how it's taught in the anatomy textbook.

[Anonymous No.12138425]

>>12138395
I agree. I'm just trying to say that open sandwiches should fall under the classification of "sandwich". I'd guess it's like saying a novella should be classified as a literary work even if it's usually shorter than a novel.

[Anonymous No.12138452]

>>12126387
>Sandwich is more of a presentation so there is a lot of room for creativity
>whatever you make HAS to be a sandwich
>so somehow this gives MORE room for creativity ???
You don't know much about how to lead to effective ends. Your theme ideas are not inspiring, they're not forcing people to think of a way to fill the gap and meet the requirements, no one is creatively cooking; you're just coaxing old recipes out of people and having them compare, by giving boring and easy topics like "rice" and "sandwich."
With rice you could take the ingredient and make anything, but what dish am I going to reinvent or dream up that fits "sandwich" and isn't just a fucking sandwich?
Your contestants are failing because you're appealing to the lowest common denominator of try-hards and alienating the old audience who used to do these by being a colossal faggot. Step your game up nigga.

[Anonymous No.12138471]

>>12138452
I have no interest in seeing people creatively interpret what a sandwich is. I just want to see well thought out and unique sandwiches that I won’t find at my local restaurants. No need to deconstruct the very concept of what makes a sandwich a sandwich.

[Anonymous No.12138623]

>>12137795
What about bread like this that isn't fully sliced through, but could become two separate pieces with a quick cut?

[Anonymous No.12138636]

>>12138623
I think we all have the ability to look at something an recognize it as a sandwich. If I put spaghetti on top of garlic bread literally no one is going to go, “oh hey, nice sandwich!”.

[Anonymous No.12138723]

>>12138636
The world is a darker place than you think.

[Anonymous No.12138769]

>>12138723
We should have glassed japan when we had the chance.

[Anonymous No.12138774]

My submission to the contest: a classic french baguette (home baked), with homemade mayonnaise, sliced roast chicken breast, crispy bacon, cherry tomatoes, arugula, and a tapenade made from olives, artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes (among other things). I wasn't really aiming for originality since I initially had no intention of entering this into the contest. It was only after I posted a version of this sandwich here yesterday that someone told me about the challenge.
Instead, my aim was to make a fairly simple sandwich from scratch, something that has a good balance between filling and the bread, since as far as I'm concerned the baguette is the main "player" here. Picture with timestamp and totem in the next post (although you can see them in the background here).

[Anonymous No.12138779]

>>12138774
Pic with timestamp and totem, pre-assembly. I've also got a few phone pics of the baguettes themselves on the cooling rack, if anyone's interested.

[Anonymous No.12138898]

>>12138779
Damn, that's a good looking baguette. I was hoping to bake something similar

[Anonymous No.12138948]

>>12138779
God damn, I want this sandwich. Well done, especially on the flattened baguette

[Anonymous No.12138970]

>>12138898
>>12138948
Thanks. By the way, I forgot to mention that the baguettes are sourdough, from a "wild" starter I made myself. They hardly have any hint of sourness, though, and they taste absolutely amazing. That's why I wanted to make a sandwich that can really show off the bread.

[Anonymous No.12139051]

>>12138970
Damn nice baguette, really need to work on mine just can't seem to get them to look presentable

[Anonymous No.12139691]

>>12138774
THat looks tasty as fuck.
Wouldeat/10

[Anonymous No.12140872]

Bump

[Anonymous No.12141092]

Made this chicken katsu sandwich 15 mins before closing. Will post ingredients when i get home

[Anonymous No.12141100]

>>12141092

[Anonymous No.12141641]

>>12138970
Do you have a virgin crumb shot of the bread? Looks a little dense, but it's hard to tell when the crumb is soak through to the crust with oil from the tapenade.

[Anonymous No.12141764]

>>12141641
Sure. This is a phone pic from a different baguette, but from the same batch. It wasn't at all too dense.

[Anonymous No.12141849]

>>12141764
I know I'm nitpicking, and at least you baked your own bread, so props for that, but that's not a very good crumb for a French baguette.

[Anonymous No.12141869]

>>12141849
It's fine, I can take criticism and I want to improve. But I'm not sure I see what's wrong. If you're referring to the fact that it doesn't look like pic related, that's pretty much on purpose. From what I've seen, to get that texture you need higher hyhdration and thus also a higher gluten content flour so the bread will hold its shape. That makes for a tasty baguette indeed, but the texture is just too strong and not fluffy enough. A better baguette for slicing and serving with butter, not so much for sandwiches. Going lower protein and hydration was an informed choice.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this and what exactly is wrong.

[Anonymous No.12141873]

>>12141869
Forgot pic.