February 2015 Throw Down Regulations

jcaspary

I agree with @Ozzie_Isaac and @grege345 thought I brought it anyways!!!  Oh well, it was a blast to do. I have a bad feeling I'm going to get smoked like a lot of surf and turf did this weekend. Great job to everyone that participated.  

Jeremiah

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I always feel my cooks are good, then I see other posts and I feel like I served cafateria food!

btw, @tarheelmatt your cellphone pics are off the chart!  Better than my DSLR.  I have some serious practicing to do on my documentation.

I think he found a loophole. He figures if he talks to his dslr it counts as a cell phone. 

tarheelmatt

Jeremiah said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I always feel my cooks are good, then I see other posts and I feel like I served cafateria food!

btw, @tarheelmatt your cellphone pics are off the chart!  Better than my DSLR.  I have some serious practicing to do on my documentation.

I think he found a loophole. He figures if he talks to his dslr it counts as a cell phone. 

Haha... I wasnt real pleased with my post really. Was a little rushed yesterday, but appreciate the kudos. 

saluki2007

Lots of great cooks you guys.  Wish I would have been able to participate.  Thanks for a bunch of new ideas to use at a later date.

Ozzie_Isaac

Man, scrolling through those cooks I don't know who to vote for.  I would love to try all of them.

tarheelmatt

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Man, scrolling through those cooks I don't know who to vote for.  I would love to try all of them.

Many great cooks on there for sure!  

grege345

So that's it? All entries are in? 

GalanteNate_OneEa

Everyone has until 11:59pm EST 

grege345

GalanteNate_OneEa said:

Everyone has until 11:59pm EST 

Roger that. 

grege345

 Competition just got tougher. Nice job @shucker at first I was like meh then the plated pic came and I was hot dam

Legume

yep ^^^ what grege345 says, outstanding

GalanteNate_OneEa

Just to remind everyone, only vote once please.

@McStew and @tshelburn the two of you voted more than once, please go in and deselect the entries you do not wish to vote for.  McStew you voted at least 3 times tshelburn at least two times.

grege345

Dammit. It was my only chance of not getting blanked lol. If I beat @Ozzie_Isaac ill be happy

DMW

Jeremiah said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I always feel my cooks are good, then I see other posts and I feel like I served cafateria food!

btw, @tarheelmatt your cellphone pics are off the chart!  Better than my DSLR.  I have some serious practicing to do on my documentation.

I think he found a loophole. He figures if he talks to his dslr it counts as a cell phone. 

@tarheelmatt's cell phone...

GalanteNate_OneEa

grege345 said:

Dammit. It was my only chance of not getting blanked lol. If I beat @Ozzie_Isaac ill be happy

on the up side, you are the only one that somebody disagreed with lol

tarheelmatt

@DMW , now that if funny right there!  

theyolksonyou

grege345 said:

Dammit. It was my only chance of not getting blanked lol. If I beat @Ozzie_Isaac ill be happy

I got my ass whupped by a damn fork on a plate on the Ballantine chicken. I wish I'd beat anyone!  You guys are killin it. Wish I could've gotten in. 

Ozzie_Isaac

grege345 said:

Dammit. It was my only chance of not getting blanked lol. If I beat @Ozzie_Isaac ill be happy

Way to set your bar high!  

Ozzie_Isaac

theyolksonyou said:

grege345 said:

Dammit. It was my only chance of not getting blanked lol. If I beat @Ozzie_Isaac ill be happy

I got my ass whupped by a damn fork on a plate on the Ballantine chicken. I wish I'd beat anyone!  You guys are killin it. Wish I could've gotten in. 

That empty plate was disheartening.  I fought a chicken dang it!  And an empty plate gets votes.

Ozzie_Isaac

Finally voted.  I was torn between @tarheelmatt  and @grege345 .

Ultimately I went with grege345 because I love burgers, never seen a hoop bacon thing, and I thought the combo was outstanding with the lobster mac'n cheese.

Honestly I could have happily voted for any of the cooks.  They all looked awesome, but I had to choose.

Doesn't hurt that grege345 looks like he has a 345 excavator as his avatar.

UrbanForestTurnings

my Computer is slow as hell couldn't pull up **** or vote. Guess I should upgrade from windows 98

GalanteNate_OneEa

Entries are in! Voting is open! Please vote for the winner of the February Surf and Turf Throw Down! One vote please, simply by clicking the corresponding "Like" button to the entry you like the best!

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1690563#Comment_1690563

HendersonTRKing

On the downside, my entry didn't get a single Like and my separate throw down post was viewed significantly less than 100 times. On the upside, I'm the only entry in the Appetizer Division, so I win.  

This was big fun. Thanks @GalanteNate_OneEa for organizing and all the entrants for bringing their A games!

GalanteNate_OneEa

I think a lot of people were waiting to see all of the entries before voting.  Voting is open until 11:59 a.m. EST Saturday 7 March 2015.  At approximately 12 noon EST I will count the votes! Plenty to time to get voting in!!

grege345

I need to start a campaign. Lol. Thanks @Ozzie_Isaac

GalanteNate_OneEa

Yeah, I assuned that the expanded detail posts would come out after the winner was decided but no rule against it lol. 

Big_Green_Craig

I forgot to post the directions to mine.

Ingredients:

Burger
1lb shrimp
1 egg white
1 slice of wheat bread
onion
salt 
pepper
old bay
parsley
bacon

I chopped half of the shrimp into 1/2" pieces. The other portion was added to a food processor. The shrimp, bread, parsley onion and seasonings were pulsed several times to create a binder. Add the binder and shrimp chunks to a mixing bowl and combine. Separate into equal size ball shapes and refrigerate. (the helped the mixture firm up)

Preheat a cast iron skillet of direct flame at approx 325F dome temp. Fry the bacon. Add a tablespoon of butter to the bacon grease and set the shrimp balls into the skillet. Flatten the balls into patties using a spatula. Cook for approx 4 minutes on each side or until done. There should be a nice crust on each side. 

Siracha cocktail sauce
ketchup
prepared horseradish 
lemon juice
siracha
salt pepper

Combine all ingredients. 

***used cell phone pics only***

tarheelmatt

grege345 said:

I need to start a campaign. Lol. Thanks @Ozzie_Isaac

Me too!  Want to team up and get some buttons and stuff?

tarheelmatt

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Finally voted.  I was torn between @tarheelmatt  and @grege345 .

Ultimately I went with grege345 because I love burgers, never seen a hoop bacon thing, and I thought the combo was outstanding with the lobster mac'n cheese.

Honestly I could have happily voted for any of the cooks.  They all looked awesome, but I had to choose.

Doesn't hurt that grege345 looks like he has a 345 excavator as his avatar.

Couldn't have gone to a better guy and cook than Greg!