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Phil rolled the highest dice roll, so he went first. On the plate in front of
him was an assortment of modest, tapas-sized selections on a large
serving plate. He picked up one, closed his eyes, and popped it in his
mouth.
"OK, I'm tasting avocado... cashews? No, peanut butter. And that's
smeared
on a small cracker with what tastes like a sprinkling of....
what? Paprika? "
"Well done, you've picked most of the ingredients. But that's not the
game. You need to answer: IS IT A RECIPE, OR A RANDOM
SELECTION OF INGREDIENTS? "
The idea behind this simple 'game ' would be to wake up the taste
buds and challenge yourself to critically taste each small dish. The
surprise of the occasional salted teacake creamcheese oyster would
be enough to make you question the flavour and texture of real
recipes, drawn from a recipe book that must have at least an ISBN --
proof enough that someone thought enough of the recipes to publish
them.
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It would take a team of cooks all day to prepare. I'll ask if
I can borrow one of 8th's. |
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How does the random selection work? |
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x1 = random number between 1 and 10
y1 = same number as x1 |
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x2 = empty list of ingredient names 10 in size |
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y2 = empty list of preparation instructions 10 in size |
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while result is not null or end |
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read ingredient from list |
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set the first empty entry in list x2 to an entry
corresponding to random selection between 1 and i on
the ingredient list. |
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while result is not null or end |
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read instructions from list |
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set the first empty entry in list y2 to an entry |
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corresponding to random selection between 1 and i on
the instruction list. |
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taco shells -- blend at medium speed for 1 minute then |
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add two teaspoons of pepper -- leave in refrigerator
for an hour to firm then |
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put in half a pound of chicken strips -- fold well then |
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add two sticks of margarine -- roll out flat with rolling
pin |
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It would be a challenge to keep things random and still
safe to eat. And all the random recipes would be
horrible. |
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Aren't recipes just a subset of the group “all dishes
that can be prepared by combining a random selection
ingredients prepared in a random fashion”? |
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// all random recipes would be horrible // |
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I think each person would bring enough ingredients for their own
recipes x 2, then halve them. This means the ingredients and ratios
should probably never get too crazy. No sudden random inclusion of
two pounds of salt, for instance. Randomness could be applied to
regular recipies using yet another random element. Think of
Spaghetti Alfredo with just 2 ingredients swapped out, for instance. |
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I suppose I was less concerned about the mechanics of selecting and combining ingredients at random, and more concerned with how one would distinguish the resulting confections into two sets, those that are officially “random” for the purposes of the game, and those that also appear in a published recipe book and so are discounted as “random” in the game. |
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It should be noted that in a study of Chicken Tikka in UK
Curry houses the only consistent ingredient was Chicken. |
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'in UK Curry houses the only consistent ingredient was Chicken'... |
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Are we talking Silkies, Dorkings, Wyandottes, Orpingtons though? |
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Sounds like the perfect excuse to start publishing books full of randomly-generated recipes. See how long until someone hails you as the next Heston Blumenthal. |
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To be truly random, it should be a GPS position somewhere on earth, where you have to go and dig for ingredients. |
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The selecting would be random. But in the combining there could be art. The tasting piece would be the last 10 minutes of the show. The first would be the ingredient selection, recipe selection. The middle would be the chefs preparing the recipes and also puzzling over how to combine the random ingredients. |
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I don't see the *dangerous* part of this idea unless some of the random items are things like ammonia, metal shavings, glass bits, and the like. |
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Ammonia would be ok. Don't the Danes sprinkle that on candy? |
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They make a truly disgusting chocolate bar with it, I was given one. I can't recommend it, it had an entirely appropriate aposematic black and red wrapper. |
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