Forum Games

[center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/recipe-contest-banner_zps6rndxkcj.gif[/img][/center] [b]In what must now be considered a tradition, messengers have once again scattered across Sorneith, delivering scrolls sealed with the symbol of the Earthshaker to clan leaders, and posting bulletins in each Flight’s public gathering areas. The scrolls, all written identically, read thusly:[/b] [indent][i]Dragons of Sorneith - As is tradition, the last of the year’s festivals, Rockbreaker’s Ceremony, approaches. We, the Earth Flight, invite all flights to return to Dragonhome this holiday for the annual feast in honor of the Earthshaker. This special feast will be supplied in part by the Earth Flight, but we are also encouraging all flights and clans to bring with them their favorite recipes! In years past we have been truly amazed by the wonderful cuisine of clans from across the lands, and we look forward to enjoying them again soon. In thanks of your attendance and gift of food, we will in turn offer gifts and prizes to those clans that amaze us with their culinary skills. This is a contest of good will, for the ultimate goal is to provide cheer and foster friendship between the clans. Please, come home and celebrate with us this Rockbreaker’s Ceremony. The Earth Flight[/i] [/indent] [b]Clans far and wide are soon abuzz with news of the feast and recollections of past delicacies. The greatest chefs in all Sorneith begin to gather their supplies for the long journey to Dragonhome. Closer to home, the Snapper clans of the hidden city have set to work, with hopes of creating a sweet surprise for the visitors... [/b] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5168503/2015_FR_cooking_contest_transp.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/recipe-contest-banner_zps6rndxkcj.gif[/img][/center] [center]This is a real culinary competition, themed around comfort and holiday food. We want to see your best recipes, and we have prizes for those that can make us wish we were at your table this holiday! [i]Note: We’re talking real food here, not Flight Rising creations - though there’s a place for that, too![/i][/center] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/rules2_zpsv62eblha.gif[/img][/center] [list] [*][s]This contest is open to all flights![/s] [*][s]The contest will run until 23:59:59 FR-time, Saturday November 28th.[/s] [*][b]Judging and People's Choice voting has begun![/b] [*][s]Each person may enter one dish in the contest, choose wisely![/s] [*][s]Recipes must be your own creation or adaptation.[/s] [*][s]All entries must be submitted using the format below, and should include a photo of the finished dish along with a card that includes your username/ID number (in the photo that you took).[/s] [*][s]Each participant will receive 70 tickets in the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1640809]Rockbreaker's Raffle[/url]. [/list][/s] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center]Finished with your entry? Make sure to check out all the other great stuff we've got planned by clicking the link below:[/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1634342][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/main-hub2_zpsyvke4r0y.gif[/img][/url][/center]

[center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/how-to-enter2_zpsqaszbwew.gif[/img][/center] [list] [*][s]All entries must be submitted directly to the contest thread, using the form below.[/s] [*][s]Entries CAN be edited up until the deadline, but make sure you ping one of the judges if you do.[/s] [*][s]Remember, you may only enter once.[/s] [*][s]Please ping me, @SullenEarth with your entry.[/s] [*][s]All entries will receive [b]70 tickets[/b] in the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/1640809]Rockbreaker's Raffle[/url]! [/list] [/s] [code] [b]Entrant Name:[/b] [b]Name of Entry:[/b] [b]Recipe and Description:[/b] [b]Picture of Finished Product (with name/ID included):[/b] [/code] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/judges2_zpsh4luqzvt.gif[/img][/center] [center][b]Your judges are:[/b] SullenEarth, snarkasaurus, and asterope [b]The People’s Choice Coordinator is:[/b] azzurri [/center] [LIST] [*][b]Judging and People's Choice voting has begun![/b] [*]To vote for the people's choice winners, please PM your choice to @azzurri. [*]Each person may vote once. [*]A complete list of recipe submissions can be found [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XMbeHLJZzE_Mmi_OV7nalN4JDUTlSzfrwZMey_lic4s/edit?usp=sharing][b]here[/b][/url]. [*]Winners will be announced December 2, with prize distribution to follow. [/LIST] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/special-thanks2_zps8lxwscpq.gif[/img][/center] [center]abx532, BlindBard, BloodhoundOmega , Dreadnoughtus, eeriansadow Kuikka, MiaMIa, mlsclassics, Ninive, Pilotslover, Renessa47, SerpentineSage, Snowcat, Strelok, TikindiDragon, Valemora, Xythus, and all the 'smol pot' donors[/center]

[center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/prize-packs2_zpscfxwwi74.gif[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b]Judges Choice[/b][/size][/center] [center]Our judges will pick their absolute favorite - for a very special prize![/center] [quote=itmustbetheteeth] [center][skin=13919][/center] [center] [img]http://i.imgur.com/4ZB7M1S.png[/img] One-of-a-kind custom baking snapper accent by Renessa47. Modeled here by Bard, dragon not included.[/center] [/quote] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b]Main Dishes[/b][/size][/center] [center]Leaders of the feast! Bring us your best main dishes to be the center of the table. These foods are designed to be the primary dish or ‘entree’ of the meal.[/center] [quote=rajioobake] [center] [item=tertiary gene: smoke] [item=good eater award] [item=ancient fungus] [item=dwarf truffle] A full stack of each of the following: [Item=hooded hen] [item=maple seed] [item=fallout whisper] [item=jumbo shrimp] [/center][/quote] [Quote= gabrielnovak] [center] [item=tertiary gene: crackle] [item=ancient fungus] [item=dwarf truffle] A full stack of each of the following: [item=dusk orpington] [item=dried fish] [/center] [/quote] [quote=Nekomancer77][center] [item=skittering megashrimp] [item=poultrygeist] [item=gaseous megashrimp] A full stack of each of the following: [item=Incorporeal dinner] [item=bluemoon dartling] [/center] [/quote] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b]Desserts[/b][/size][/center] [center]Sweeten the mood! Tantalize our tastebuds with an end-of-meal treat.[/center] [quote=GodricNorthman] [center] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=13958632] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/139587/13958632_350.png[/img] [/url] [skin=6377] Your clan's new personal barista, Venti, comes ready to work with the 'Latte Boy' accent pictured here (dragon included!). [item=good eater award] [item=candycane xolo] [item=chocolate ferret] A full stack of the following: [item=golden milkweed] [/center] [/quote] [Quote=Erayidil] [center] [item=1st anniversary meat cake] [item=1st anniversary leaf cake] [item=1st anniversary stolen cake] [item=1st anniversary fish cake] [item=polarfreeze defender] [item=candycane xolo] [item=perching java sparrow] [/center] [/quote] [quote= Zelan] [center] [item=perching java sparrow] [item=candycane xolo] [/center] [/quote] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b]Picture Perfect[/b][/size][/center] [center]Don’t just tease us with words. Make us drool on our keyboards with your photos![/center] [quote=GodricNorthman] [center] [skin=2193] [item=lesser wisp] [item=juvenile starsweeper] [item=cloudy feathered wings] [item=cloudy tail feathers] [/center] [/quote] [Quote=itmustbetheteeth] [center] [skin=3655] [skin=838] [skin=11648] [/center] [/quote] [quote=LilyBound] [center][skin=8815] [skin=11662][/center] [/quote]

[center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/prize-packs2_zpscfxwwi74.gif[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b]Earthy Delights[/b][/size][/center] [center]Get to the roots, and show us your best ‘earthy’ dishes - something that has an ‘earthy’ flavor![/center] [quote= Zelan] [center] [skin=2190] [item=cragbacked bouldursa] [item=chestnut feathered wings] [item=chestnut tail feathers] [/center] [/quote] [Quote=PoisionedPaper] [center] [skin=7318] [item=cragbacked bouldursa] [/center] [/quote] [quote=KiragamiCube] [center] [skin=7319] [item=grasslands trunker] [item=moordwelling trunker] [/center] [/quote] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b]Inspired by Flight Rising[/b][/size][/center] [center]Let your creativity shine! Show us unique dishes (of any type!) inspired by Flight Rising.[/center] [quote= Eialyne] [center] [item=primary gene: poison] [item=amberwing waveskimmer] [item=great blue waveskimmer] [/center] [/quote] [Quote=Erayidil] [center] [item=secondary gene: toxin] [item=cheerful Residue] [item=shiny Residue] [item=leftover Residue] [item=sentient alloy] [/center] [/quote] [quote=Adamanta] [center] [item=tincture of dissolution] [item=rally] [item=eliminate] [item=ambush] [item=ambush] [item=berserker] [item=berserker] [item=berserker] [/center] [/quote] [center][img]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/abx532/candle-line-break3_zpsv1zrad0v.gif[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b]People's Choice[/b][/size][/center] [center]Let the celebrants decide! Anyone can vote for their favorite dish in this popularity contest.[/center] [quote=Erayidil] [center] [item=breed change: spiral] A stack of 85 of each of the following : [item=soylent yellow] [item=soylent red] [item=soylent blue] [item=soylent green] [/center] [/quote] [quote=rajioobake] [center] [skin=2873] A full stack of each of the following: [item=Greyback Sparrow] [item=Stonewatch Scrub] [item=Dogtooth Wrasse] [item=Vampiric Featherflea]

The thread isn't quite finished yet, but this event is open!!! I have some time set aside later today to finish things up, so the prizes should all be up soon. In the meantime, feel free to post and start working on your amazing recipes!

[size=1][s]*reserves this because uh...working on it!* I'm cooking a full Thanksgiving Dinner this year (after sharing cooking duty for "Thanksgiving Lunch" last weekend) and will tentatively be making turkey with gravy (but maybe not stuffing), prime rib, mashed potatoes, corn (haven't decided what kind), with special requests for Beef Wellington and Green Been Casserole...neither of which I really care about, nor, more importantly, my brother cares about, so I'm not sure if I'm going to move into that direction. Wine is something out of the cellar (pretty much all Napa Valleys at this point). I'm also contemplating baking a special cake. I'm the only one in the family who likes sweets though, so I may either do some cookies I could pop right in, ones I could make before hand, something not sweet, or a pudding type deal! [/s][/size] @SullenEarth I realized while making my second batch of this for the night I could just take a pic with my UN. [b]Entrant Name:[/b] LilyBound [b]Name of Entry:[/b] Blackened Garlic Pork Loin Steaks/FR Name: Earthen Boar Rocks [b]Recipe and Description:[/b] Unfortunately I've continued to be an idiot who has picture problems, but in the first batch, you'll get gorgeous pieces of black garlic and pepper flakes around, making the steak look like an actual rock. The visual pairs really well with the earthy taste of the blackened garlic and but brought to life by the memory of red pepper flakes. Black Garlic fairly effort intensive ingredient to make at home--this is not it. This is my rather simple hack for making standard red pepper flakes taste amazing added into a recipe. I just went for a more blackened look to fit with the Earth Flight theme. There is absolutely no burnt taste to this. Also, this can be a very kitchen-newb friendly recipe! [i]Ingredients: [/i] [LIST] [*]2.5 lbs of boneless pork loin (cut into 1/4 inch steaks) [*]3 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce [*]6 oz Chicken Stock (low sodium recommended) [*]3/4 teaspoon Smoked Paprika [*]1/4 teaspoon Chipotle Chile (optional) [*]2 larger cloves of garlic, or 3 regular cloves, diced [*]1 1/2 tablespoon red pepper flakes [*]1 tablespoon of butter [*]a crack of black pepper [*]1/4 teaspoon Mediterranean Sea Salt (OPTIONAL) [/LIST] [i]Instructions: [/i] [LIST=1] [*]Put pan of choice on stove, set stove to high heat and wait for the pan to heat. [*]Add butter to the pan, wait for it to melt completely [*]Toss garlic into the pan, stir around [*]Toss in red pepper flakes, stir [*]When the garlic starts to brown, add in the pork loin steaks [*]Brown pork loin steaks (can brown both sides or just one) and season with smoked paprika and chipotle chile [*]Add in chicken stock (I use enough to bring the liquid level to at least half the steak's height) [*]Lower heat to Medium-Low [*]Cover and return to flip steaks occasionally. [*]Cook until the center is approximately 145 degrees F. ~20 minutes, but be safe! Overcooked is better than undercooked [*]Plate with black pepper. If in a serious rush, add salt to the liquid in the pan and spoon onto the steaks. If not, then do [i]not[/i] add salt, turn heat up to high, and simply reduce the liquid in the pan to desired consistency. [/LIST] Extra tips and tricks: +The liquid makes this recipe forgiving, if you overcook, no sweat! Just have the sauce be a little more liquid-y. +The idea isn't to burn either the garlic or the red pepper flakes--merely blacken them to look nice. If you're unsure about that part of the recipe, you can easily use a small pan on the side to make the garlic and red pepper sauce! Simply put a pan on medium heat, melt a little butter, toss in garlic, stir, add olive oil (you're aiming for enough to dampen the red pepper flakes, but if you don't like anything spicy, add in more olive oil) and red pepper flakes. Just let that simmer on the medium-low heat until the olive oil gains a nice redish-orange tinge. +The first batch will look the nicest. For my first batch, I used up every bit of space in the pan, and by the time I was ready to take a picture, half of it was gone. So, you'll have to see how it looks for yourself when you make it. Sorry. :x [b]Picture of Finished Product (with name/ID included):[/b] What it actually looks like the second time around: [img]http://i.imgur.com/d2IZDTA.jpg[/img] What happens when you have a tablet screen throwing off the photo: [img]http://i.imgur.com/PQZnW5t.jpg[/img]

@SullenEarth I have a question, if you don't mind - would I be allowed to have other people help with the cooking? Like, say, cook something with the help of my mom and my sister.

@SullenEarth

Hey my friend! So how "original" does the recipe need to be? I'm planning on a dessert that's not... I didn't invent it, basically, but I'm going to Earth-theme it up so it's appropriately Rockbreaker-tastic. Should I just go ahead and submit, and if it's not unique enough y'all can disqualify it later on?

@Zelan As long as you are basically in charge of it and they are helping you (rather than the other way around) I think that should be fine.

@Mudcat Your unique take on an existing recipe is fine! Recipes that are passed down through families are also great; I mostly just want to be sure people have put a little thought and effort into it.