I am entering in a cooking show!!


Are cooking shows running out of ideas?

Do cooking shows really need to use armed forces recipes for technical challenges?

The Great British Bakeoff technical challenge in Series 11 Episode 8 was 'Sussex Pond Pudding'. According to Pru Leith it's a suet pastry filled with butter and sugar, encasing a whole lemon. It reminded my Husband of a savoury Navy delicacy lovingly called, 'Babies Heads' which is in fact Steak and Kidney Pudding. A tasty comfort food delight for many of our armed forces.


I guess if you have a warped vivid imagination it does look a little like a babies head perhaps??

 We thought it wouldn't be long before another Navy favourite would appear on a cooking show. But we were rather surprised to see Monica Galetti on Master Chef : The Professionals - Episode 13 Series 8 - cooking the much loved Navy breakfast 'Sh!t on a raft'. And no I cannot seem to type the correct spelling of this wonder food. Monica called it Devilled Kidneys, but if you look at the picture below I think the Navy description looks about right. It's certainly not something I fancy cooking now I have seen it.

           

So I started to think.... Hey , I could do this. I could enter the 2021 Master Chef competition and I could cook a much loved Navy dish 'Cheesy Hammy Eggy'.

It's one I have cooked for my Husband many times. He was a Radar artificer in the Navy working on the 909s, (which I am told sent the radar operators slightly mad as they were so complicated, which explains a lot.) But this is one of his favourite breakfasts and I think Greg, Monica and Marcus would love it. 



If all else fails I can always make 'Crostini Variopinti' in the invention test, Yes you guessed it.... Baked beans on toast using tweezers to place each bean perfectly!

And of course I will have to be in episode 8, as that seems to be the one for armed forces technical recipes. 

I guess now I have mentioned this Cheese, ham and egg on toast delight to my Husband I will have to make it for him for breakfast this weekend. Not that I mind, I love it too, but like a dash of worcestershire sauce on it. (Sacrilege!! I hear Navy personnel say) Well at least I didn't suggest Ketchup!

Do you know any strange or funny names for food.
Toad in the hole perhaps? Any more?
Comment below and lets make a list to send to GBBO and MC!

Until next time
Love and Light Peeps
Stay safe
dbee x




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