Sunshine Contest – Round 2 (Guest post by AJLR)
Well, it was too much to ask of anyone, to see all those wonderful recipe ideas coming in as responses to the previous contest and to then just let them drift out of sight into the ether. Robin was drooling fit to match a ravenous hellhound* and I suspect many readers were too (I certainly was!). So for one more, one final** gorgeous, glittery, golden (and signed) copy of the new edition of SUNSHINE, this competition is asking participants to submit a chosen recipe.
To enter this contest you will need to post one (only ONE) recipe here on the blog Forum, in the thread that has been set up specifically for it in Playing With Your Food.
Please note that if your chosen recipe has been drawn from a published cookbook, you’ll need to have tweaked it in some way to have made it your own for posting in the competition. (Advice on how to avoid a breach of copyright has been that you need to have changed three things about a published recipe for it to belong to you.) Additional ‘Cook’s Tips’ are also good, ‘I now do it this way instead….’ or ‘I find XXX is a better ingredient for this’ or ‘This originally used 2 pints of double/heavy cream but I found that 3 pints made it better***‘ – really, anything that puts your own stamp on the recipe.
You could use the recipe that you listed in the last competition (please do – several of those have been haunting my dreams..) if you entered that, or anyone can post a totally new one. The recipe needs to be in full, with sufficient detail that someone could cook the dish from it. As guidance, Robin has said “this is in the spirit of Charlie’s Coffeehouse, so we’re looking for recipes for the kind of thing you’d want to order from the on-site bakery the next time you’re in a serious that-kind-of café”.
Rules of the contest:
Entrants will need to
i) belong to or join the Forum in the normal way in order to post their recipe (Blogmom is standing by to approve any new members at near light speed);
ii) conform to the Forum’s rules while there, particularly Pollyanna;
iii) bear in mind that if the recipe to be posted is a long-standing one in your family, it would be best to check that no-one’s going to be upset by your sharing the details on the Forum.
All of the recipes will eventually be copied over onto the PWYF blog, using [your forum name]‘s [recipe title] as the name, eg ‘Eadgyth’s Ecstatic Eclairs’, so that we can all go on enjoying them in the future.
The closing date is Saturday, 14 August, at midnight GMT and the winner# will be drawn according to an ancient English ritual, the details of which I couldn’t possibly divulge…although, strangely, the result is always identical to a random drawing.
Good luck!
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* No, much worse. Hellhounds are never ravenous, more’s the pity.
** Unless, of course . . . um . . .
*** I so want this recipe. Whatever it is.
# Anyone who at this point is screaming, BUT I DON’T BAKE! I CAN’T EVEN TURN AN OVEN ON! . . . Please. Everyone knows someone who bakes. Owe them a favour. ‘My best friend Xiuhcoatl’s recipe for Pistachio Meringue Fandangos’ is fine with us so long as it’s fine with Xiuhcoatl and it follows the rules above. Who knows? After they stop laughing (you want what? You want it why?) they might be intrigued enough to sign on here themselves and we can always use forum members. Especially forum members who bake.
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