IAN: PARMESAN EDEMAME, STICKY WINGS, AND TIRAMISU

CULINARY ARTIST: IAN URE

OVERALL STAR RATING: 4.82/5

FOOD EATERS: ERIC, BRIANNE, JESSE

LATECOMER NON-FOOD EATERS: BRAD, SHAUNA, RYAN

It was a freezing cold, stressful but very rewarding  night. It fell into place as soon as I got the wings on the barbecue, and the rest was just magical. Next time we're getting a magnum of wine. We had a roaring fire, that will come into play later in this blog post.

Eric: "How have we not gotten a box of wine?"

FIRST COURSE: Garlic Parmesan Edamame
STAR RATING: 4.8/5

The edamame was a crispy, salty blend. I say blend a lot. With a lil, a lil pop in the center... I think that's it.

Brianne: Star rating:4.5
"It was really salty, yummy. I ate a ton of it. Ya, and, edemame rules, it was so good. The lil parmesan clusters were perfect."

Eric: Star rating: 5
"It was awesome. Once I ate one, I ate, well, more. A lot more. The parmesan was so good. I kept eating bunches of it alone. I didn't know it was parmesan at first though. But thinking back now, I probably should have figured it out. A solid 5 and start to a good night."

Jesse: Star rating:4.9 ("because nobody's perfect. the -1 is for the 1 he gave me last week.")
"I'd like to say that dennis did a really good job on his edamame."

Brianne: "Dennis? What is happening?"

Ian: "Uh, he's been calling me Dennis lately."

Jesse: "Veronica and peter just showed up.

Jesse: "It was a good combination between salty and texture. Edamame was cooked perfectly. Minimal to no effort to get edamame out of the shell. The man made some edamame tonight. Dennis, you've outdone yourself."

It was at this point in the night that a squirrel fell down the chimney and into the lit fireplace, climbing up the hot metal gate, and running all over the room, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. Ian almost immediately closed the door on the room, conveniently trapping five innocent people in the room with the upset squirrel. Shauna was the hero, trapping him in a laundry basket with a blanket, and carrying him outside.

We think he'll be okay but he was definitely in shock and inhaled some smoke. 

*Laternote: We put him outside and half an hour later he was still there.

VIDEO PROOF: (he is under the table)

SECOND COURSE: Slow Cooked Sticky Wings (Jesse calls them angel wings)

STAR RATING: 5/5

It was BBQ indirect heat for 2.5 hours, and at an hour and a half in I started saucing. That's how you get it sticky. With a special guest saucer, Sean Ure. I went upstairs for some second opinions. He was on the phone like, little of this, little of that. and I was like, you got it. It was balsamic, honey, soy sauce, a pinch of HP sauce. Some old bay, cause you can't go wrong.

Brianne: Star rating:5
"These wings were super... tender. I almost said fall aparty but you know that's not a word. I ate way more than everyone else. I tried to stop, but I couldn't. I had to take my rings off because they were getting covered in sauce."

Jesse: Star rating: 5
"The flavour makes me sing,
the finger licking king.
The sauce would nicely cling
to my heart strings.
This food was like a sexual fling,
these were simply angel wings."

Eric: Star rating:5
"Oh the wings were great. The wings were fantastic. I like that he didn't have a side with them. It was just a big plate. It was clean, it was simple. It was delicious. It was perfect."


Ryan: Star rating: 1
"I don't think you cooked the squirrel long enough."

DESSERT: TIRAMISU

STAR RATING: 4.67/5

I wanted a light but strong flavoured dessert, with a hint of dark cocoa. I started with some fresh whipping cream and beat it until light and fluffy like clouds. Then I folded in some mascarpone, and then dipped the lady finger in a strong but elegant cofffee... 
shout outs to the Tassimo. I did 3 layers, and then shaved some dark chocolate on top.

Brianne: Star rating: 4.5
"I don't always like tiramisu, but this was really good. I actually licked some stuff off the beaters before it was done, so I knew it was going to be good. And then it was even MORE good."

Eric: Star rating: 4.5
"The tiramisu was done to perfection. The subtle hint of coffee, it tasted columbian but I don't know, I'm no connoisseur. It was delicious, delightful, it really made me want a cup of coffee to top off the night, and then we had one and it was perfect." 

Jesse: Star rating: 5 + 1
"I'm a man of very little words, and I rarely cuss, but that was some tira-mi-fucking-su. When buying the ingredients I had no idea, I thought we were just having treats and coffee. My mind was blown.

Ian: "None of this would have been possible without Jesse, buying all of the ingredients."

Then we played more of the trivia video game and drank a lot of Dr. Pepper.

Almost normal photobooth photo!