On September 22, 2012, at the home of Jason and Megan (and occupier baby Finn), the Battle was on for who could make the most amazing and edible Greek Yogurt thing. It was a battle of perfect proportions, and the night's dishes complimented each other like it had been planned (but, of course, knowing this group, that didn't actually happen).
At the front of the line was the GazpacHulk! from Will and Carmin, an appropriately green Greek yogurt based soup:
The next thing loaded onto the plates was the brilliantly named "Persephone's Hearts" - a deconstructed Greek salad amuse-bouche featuring a deep-fried tzatziki ball drizzled in Romesco from Guille (and Sam):
Steve followed with his filling Indian Spiced Pork, Tofu, and Yogurt Sauce:
and was followed in turn by Jon and Caitlin's spicy, earthy, and red yogurt soup:
The competition was rounded out by Elizabeth and Max's French Yogurt Cake.
As is so often the case, the Hearts won the night. Guille reports that he was inspired by some Southern lady on some cooking show that "when in doubt, deep fry it" (because, you know, Megan's Southern and stuff, so there was an attempt to appeal to the judges). Sam claims credit for the idea to put some red sauce on it, and arranged the Hearts' little olive nubs, but otherwise, of course, had no hand in the cooking. The dish itself was a leaf of butter lettuce, atop which was nestled two halves of a kalamata olive, two halves of a cherry tomato, a strand or two of red onion, chopped cucumber, feta cheese, greek vinegrette, a deep fried tzatziki nugget (tzatziki, of course, made of Greek Yogurt, garlic, cucumber, and other stuff maybe), and romesco sauce setting the whole thing off.
After much enjoyment of food, the table was cleared and the assembled cast sat down to play Cards Against Humanity. And Sam is still mad because someone stole her phone and posted "I beat kids with ass cancer" on her Facebook while she was getting another drink. Also Steve notes, YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS. That's all until next month!
