Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Come Dine With Me

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Friday, 20 February 2009

Come Dine With Me - The Finale

Last night was the final instalment with our 8 year old daughter as Head Chef. As you would expect she had some help, although this was mainly limited to advice about timings and all things heat related. She did most of the knife work herself and it was almost a surprise NOT to find a finger in our dinner! She prepared prawn cocktail starter, gammon and pineapple for main course with seasonal veg, proper chips, with a fried egg. Dessert was a cheesecake style dish with a layer of toffee and fresh fruit on top. All in all, a very good effort.

At the end of the last meal the results were announced. It was no real surprise to find myself in last place, with our daughter 3rd, 13 year old son in 2nd and 15 year old son in 1st place. All in all the standard was very good and I was certainly surprised how capable the kids were in the kitchen, vastly superior to me I must say.

I managed another gentle run this morning - a little over 30 minutes. Slowly, slowly catchee monkey.

2 comments:

Lonsy said...: Do any of them need a teaching job? I've lived by myself for nearly 9 years and can still barely microwave a pizza...; 20 February 2009 at 08:44
Iron Girl said...: Don't they do take out in Lincolnshire? I really envy your kids for being encouraged to cook. Well done to them! And you...; 20 February 2009 at 13:41