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by Day account of Paul's Residency at the Centre for Suburban Research |
Day 4: Thursday 25th April
2007 Again another really busy day. I was up against it trying to get this chapter Polished off, as well as get some stuff prepared for the Artist led archive. I need a night out to let off some steam. After I cleared up my paper work I had to start rushing for the cook off. I already knew what I was going to make. I had decided pretty quickly after the whole thing was mentioned. It was a bit like dealing with an artwork, you have the idea and leave it to slowly refine in your mind over the course of the day while your doing other things. So come lunchtime I put some suitable food related music on my ipod and headed for Sainsbury’s. My plan was simple. Make something fun and interesting that would spark Luke’s imagination. Also, make sure I give him something I know he’ll really like but he’s never tried before. So on the first round of things Paul went first, Meabh went second and I went last. Paul Made Pizza surprise. Meabh Made Cauliflower Love and Tomato Poppers and I made Carrot Jenga with ‘eye of the tiger soundtrack’ and Camembert Fondue. I thought I was onto a winner, but I lost out on the fact it didn’t float (see one of Luke’s score cards). Next up Paul served homemade Pumpkin Pie. Now I know why American's rattle on about pumpkin pie all the time. It rocked! Meabh made Hippy Crispy Nonsense with Pineapple Fluff! It was brilliant looking and really creative. I made Sweetie Sushi on a bed of sweetie seaweed and sea urchins. I took a bit of a gamble with this. Luke isn’t really big into sweeties, but I knew he’d like the theme and the colours. Last up were the drinks round. Paul made Honey and fresh mint iced tea. Meabh made Non-alcoholic bloody Mary, and I gave Luke a glass of ginger beer, which might seem like a bit of a cop out but I knew he’d love it and he’d never drank it before. Thank you those nice people at the ginger beer factory for winning me the competition. In all fairness though, Meabh and Paul had worked so hard on their dishes and I’d won by knowing Luke really well and a bit of luck, rather than anything else. I felt quite bad because Meabh and Paul had made so much effort, and in the adult world they both would have kicked my arse if it were a dinner party. But winning is not the point, we had a fantastic evening playing the 'Cook off' game.  Image: Sweetie Sushi, served ona bed of sweetie seaweed, with sweetie sea urchins by Justin  Image: The fabled Pumpkin Pie by Paul |
