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Welcome to Winter, goon chefs. For the first ICSA of 2022, we will celebrate this coldest of seasons with pomegranate. While the most recognized mythological reference is probably that of Persephone, whose consumption of the seeds condemned her to sit by Hades in the Underworld, it is a fruit recognized across the globe as a symbol of ambition, fertility, prosperity, and suffering. Your challenge this January is to prepare at minimum a 3-course meal utilizing pomegranate in all 3 courses. At least one course must be savory, and another sweet. Additional courses may be included at your discretion. As pomegranates are used in numerous cuisines around the world, innovation is highly encouraged. Chairman’s note: Pomegranate should be in season and available within the Northern Hemisphere right now, however supply chain difficulties may make it challenging or impossible to acquire them fresh for some folks. Use of alternatives such as packaged arils, pomegranate juice, pomegranate molasses, etc. is allowed and encouraged. If too many people have trouble finding pomegranate (or think they will), I can change the challenge, just post here or PM me. Submission Rules: 1. Post a separate thread for your entry, then post here with a link. 2. Take pictures! We love to see your steps as well as your final product. 3. If possible, please include your recipe so that other Goons can try and recreate your dishes for their own consumption. 4. Questions? Ask in the thread or send a PM. 5. The deadline for entries is Midnight Central time, 09 February 2022 with judging to follow. To be decided by popular vote, the prizes are as follows: First place - $50 Amazon or Penzey's gift certificate Second place - $25 Amazon or Penzey's gift certificate Chairman’s choice – TBD, but points are awarded here for innovation and humor. We could all use a few laughs these days.  Edit: Deadline has been pushed back to 02/09/22 Shooting Blanks fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Jan 8, 2022 |
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Wow, this will be a proper challenge Edit: could you put the deadline back a week so I can have people round without breaking dry January? Scientastic fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Jan 8, 2022 |
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Jan 8, 2022 17:11
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Done. As soon as I get to a real keyboard Edit: If pomegranate is intimidating, it's worth noting that this fruit is used worldwide in sweet and savory dishes. A couple examples: Chiles en Nogada Muhumarra Shooting Blanks fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Jan 8, 2022 |
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Jan 8, 2022 18:09
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Nooo... that is what I thought about making when I was reading the post, however after going through the link, I think I will still make it because  was that
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Jan 8, 2022 21:21
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I'm too broke to go buy all the stuff for an ICSA but man this has me thinking about some kind of lamb dish. Maybe little lamb kibbehs.
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Jan 8, 2022 22:49
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Amazing how things turn out. 13 years of marriage and it’s never come up, but now I find out that my wife hates pomegranate, and that my dinner party will have to include non-pomegranate alternatives. I guess I’m committed now, though.
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Jan 8, 2022 23:50
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I'm in, though my wife doesn't know it yet 
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Jan 9, 2022 00:38
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I'm making something. It can't possibly turn out worse than my attempt at the breakfast ICSA.
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Jan 9, 2022 03:08
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I'm making something! Now I just need to figure out what to make, last time I used pomegranates was just showing them into a jar to make the worlds fruitiest pickled fish...
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Jan 9, 2022 03:49
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Scientastic posted:Amazing how things turn out. 13 years of marriage and it’s never come up, but now I find out that my wife hates pomegranate, and that my dinner party will have to include non-pomegranate alternatives. Its all a ploy not to get trapped with you 6 mo of the year. Waci posted:I'm making something! Now I just need to figure out what to make, last time I used pomegranates was just showing them into a jar to make the worlds fruitiest pickled fish... How'd that turn out, I want to try it with pickled eggs or maybe cauliflower now.
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Jan 9, 2022 16:40
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This might be too challenging for me, let's see if I can come up with something
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Jan 9, 2022 18:35
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Guildenstern Mother posted:How'd that turn out, I want to try it with pickled eggs or maybe cauliflower now. Better than I'd dared hope actually, the pomegranate flavour held out much better than I'd assumed it would. I just added a fair amount of the arils and a sliced orange to the usual jar of vinegar/fish/onions and a bit of fresh juice into the brine, and the fish actually came out with a very recognisable lightly sweet pomegranate taste on top of the usual sour fish flavour.
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Jan 9, 2022 18:53
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Happiness Commando posted:This might be too challenging for me, let's see if I can come up with something Try it! Pomegranates are not that hard to deal with, just watch a couple youtube videos about the best way to take them apart. My entry will have a gimmick, but it should turn out really good either way. I'm looking forward to my entry!
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Jan 9, 2022 19:10
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Wroughtirony posted:Try it! Pomegranates are not that hard to deal with, just watch a couple youtube videos about the best way to take them apart. Oh yeah, I know how to break them down, more like it's an ingredient I've never used except for some disappointing experiments with chana masala
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Jan 9, 2022 19:15
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I'm in. My local grocery stores don't have fresh pomegranate right now, but they do have the frozen arils in stock and I expect to see the fresh fruit again soon - further away stores have them, just not in this town. This is Australia and they say on the websites that, at least right now, pomegranates are Product of USA. Apparently, we could grow them here, but I doubt they'd produce fruit in less than a month. Whatever, I'm excited to throw some Underworld Tears into my kitchen. Oh hey, googling "underworld tears" takes me to this terrible Livejournal page with a lovely music video! https://nan-darkness.livejournal.com/54035.html#cutid1
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Jan 10, 2022 02:58
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Haters going to say "the ingredient isn't playing a key role" and "you're supposed to do 3 courses" and "you just sprinkled pomegranate arils on your dinner so you could post it as a joke" but they're just jealous  
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Jan 10, 2022 05:14
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My greengrocer is playing hardball: apparently, it doesn't matter if I want 20 pomegranates, the price is the price
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Jan 10, 2022 16:25
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Scientastic posted:My greengrocer is playing hardball: apparently, it doesn't matter if I want 20 pomegranates, the price is the price It's free if you stuff them in your pants!
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Jan 11, 2022 09:16
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BrianBoitano posted:Haters going to say "the ingredient isn't playing a key role" and "you're supposed to do 3 courses" and "you just sprinkled pomegranate arils on your dinner so you could post it as a joke" but they're just jealous Remember this entry from Battle Chili Pepper? 
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Jan 12, 2022 16:14
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toplitzin posted:Remember this entry from Battle Chili Pepper? That was a good entry. 
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Jan 13, 2022 14:24
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I skimmed a bit fast and didn't notice the bit about processed stuff like juice and molasses being allowed before I went shopping. So I guess I'll soon be finding out just how much juice a pomegranate yields; I got a whole bunch of them. Also, is "pomegranate molasses" just really concentrated/reduced grenadine syrup?
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Jan 19, 2022 04:55
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Meaty Ore posted:I skimmed a bit fast and didn't notice the bit about processed stuff like juice and molasses being allowed before I went shopping. So I guess I'll soon be finding out just how much juice a pomegranate yields; I got a whole bunch of them. Also, is "pomegranate molasses" just really concentrated/reduced grenadine syrup? I reckon you get between 100 and 150ml of juice out of a good ripe pomegranate. Source: I juiced a load of pomegranates last week
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Jan 19, 2022 08:23
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Meaty Ore posted:I skimmed a bit fast and didn't notice the bit about processed stuff like juice and molasses being allowed before I went shopping. So I guess I'll soon be finding out just how much juice a pomegranate yields; I got a whole bunch of them. Also, is "pomegranate molasses" just really concentrated/reduced grenadine syrup? Pomegranate molasses is just cooked down pomegranate juice with a little sugar and lemon. 4c pomegranate juice + 1/2c sugar + 1T fresh lemon juice, heat up and whisk until all sugar dissolves, then reduce to medium-low heat and cook for about an hour, until reduced to 1c.
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Jan 20, 2022 08:04
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I have friends invited for the 5th of February, and one of my very forgiving friends is bringing his new boyfriend… He’s in for a pomegranatey baptism of fire!
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Jan 22, 2022 10:57
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Scientastic posted:I reckon you get between 100 and 150ml of juice out of a good ripe pomegranate. This ended up being what I got, just under 700ml from five pomegranates.
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Jan 22, 2022 18:10
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Something is stirring 
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Jan 31, 2022 06:34
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I have been to three supermarkets and pomegranates are nowhere to be found, I only have half a bottle of granadine somewhere in the bar.
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Feb 2, 2022 17:43
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ogarza posted:I have been to three supermarkets and pomegranates are nowhere to be found, I only have half a bottle of granadine somewhere in the bar. They are just out of season, I had to grab the last of mine last week. I am concerned for their freshness on Saturday when I am pulling everything together.
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Feb 2, 2022 20:06
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Sandicap posted:They are just out of season, I had to grab the last of mine last week. I am concerned for their freshness on Saturday when I am pulling everything together. This was my concern when I posted this initially - end of Dec/beginning of Jan is the tail end of the season, but I had asked around at the time and every response I got was that they were still widely available  Next time I'll have to pick something at the beginning of the season, but there's just isn't that much in January that hasn't already been done.There's always the option of buying arils or just juice, however, there are only a few days left so it might be hard to plan something.
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Feb 2, 2022 20:12
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I grabbed a bunch of frozen arils too as a backup plan. So I am excited to see how everything turns out.
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Feb 2, 2022 20:19
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My phone is covered with pomegranate juice smears, and I’m moderately drunk. NGL this was a fun entry.
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Feb 5, 2022 22:52
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Shooting Blanks posted:There's always the option of buying arils or just juice, however, there are only a few days left so it might be hard to plan something. Careful with this - both times I've gone to whole foods the arils were well past "slightly fermented". Package date the day before but huge alcohol whiff. Since my son loves to eat them too I went with frozen... after I got home, tasted, drove back, and sniffed half the stock.
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Feb 5, 2022 23:01
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The arils I got were fermented too, it worked really well in a bbq sauce application though.
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Feb 5, 2022 23:32
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the_chavi posted:My phone is covered with pomegranate juice smears, and I’m poo poo facesmd. NGL this was a fun entry. Edit/ I just fell down the stairs
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Feb 6, 2022 01:14
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BrianBoitano posted:Something is stirring Entry completed! Tagging for Gore: an ICSA 71 entry
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Feb 7, 2022 08:13
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My entry is up. Too Many Arils, a ICSA 71: Pomegranate Entry!
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Feb 7, 2022 17:07
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If you've never been to Turkey, you're missing out. Bring your fat pants on over here for a spin through southern Anatolia's finest foods. Güney Anadolu'ya hoş geldiniz - Nar İCSAsı the_chavi fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Feb 7, 2022 |
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Feb 7, 2022 23:16
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I am out of my league, but having a blast. A Canadian in Australia misses home, clumsily
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Feb 8, 2022 11:07
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I got very drunk with some great friends, and I inflicted a meal composed of fruit they don't like on them. They are still my friends.
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Feb 8, 2022 13:39
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Scientastic posted:I got very drunk with some great friends, and I inflicted a meal composed of fruit they don't like on them. They are still my friends. Welp, so much for my entry. I had three dishes and they were basically worse versions of three of yours--racks of lamb, couscous, and ice cream. Didn't get a write up done because I was busy and all my pictures were terrible due to the poo poo lighting in my kitchen.
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