Friday, October 19, 2007

The Friday Five: Homage to the Top Chef!

This Fall my family has been energetically watching Top Chef on the Bravo channel. My teenage daughter watches with the dream of some day being a chef. My husband watches because he loves reality shows and I mean, really loves them. Plus the whole competition thing really works for him. Me, I love cooking and good food. Every so often I get an idea from this group of talented young chefs who are competing for big money and honors galore.

The winner for this season was Hung. Not the fan favorite, but he won fair and square. In his bio, he says if he were a food "I would be spicy chili - it takes a while to get used to, but once you eat it you always come back for more!" With that in mind, here is this week’s Friday Five.


  1. If you were a food, what would you be?

  2. What is one of the most memorable meals you ever had? And where?

  3. What is your favorite comfort food from childhood?

  4. When going to a church potluck, what one recipe from your kitchen is sure to be a hit?

  5. What’s the strangest thing you ever willingly ate?
Bonus question: What’s your favorite drink to order when looking forward to a great meal?

Let us know in comments if you play. Post a direct link to your blog entry in your comment using the following formulation:
<a href="the url of your blog post goes here">what you want the link to say goes here</a>

For a complete how-to, click here.

Have fun and bon appetite!

73 comments:

Cathy said...

I would like to know who might have eaten the same strange thing I have eaten.

I played here .

Wyldth1ng said...

I look faorward to these now, here is my play.

After some sleep I may have to rethink it, but I think I did all right.

RevHRod said...

Cathy, your strange thing is truly interesting!

I deleted because I always mess up the linkage. Let's see if this works!

mompriest said...

I played pasta, sushi, wine, and tea???

Diane said...

what, already? I'm not ready! I'll be back.

RevHRod said...

No pressure, Diane. Take your time. ;-)

Mother Laura said...

My feast, posted from Toronto, is here.

RevHRod said...

So far Cathy has consumed the most exotic thing! More when the morning really comes....

leah sophia said...

Thanks so very much for being early, Heidi; here's mine:
guacamole, calamari

Deb said...

I am definitely some kind of Ben and Jerry's flavor, but no way am I any kinda casserole with cream of mushroom soup!

Bon Appetit!

Deb

jill said...

After a night of baking vanilla-glazed pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with my daughter, I was in just the mood for this play!

Jan said...

Here we go again.

Hot Cup Lutheran said...

hungry?

i am now after doing this...

Amy Stewart said...

I'm pigging out on ice cream over here

"PS" (a.k.a. purple) said...

Are recipes forthcoming????

My five course meal with a bonus.

Jennifer said...

I played! with an extra bonus, and some tasty wedding cake goodness.

SpiritMists said...

I played the game. Now I am hungry!

Presbyterian Gal said...

Thanks for playing early!! I have gone high carb on this:

Now I really cannot wait till Thanksgiving.

1-4 Grace said...

Lots of early birds for Friday or Thursday Nite Owls!!!!
This is my fit to eat version right
Here

Shalom said...

Cathy's is probably even more strange than mine, but the piece of the animal kingdom I consumed is pretty weird too. You'll find it here. Bon appetit!

Sista Cala said...

It is only 2:30am on Friday and I am preceded by 21 commets.I'm corn-fused. Guess I should have checked for the Friday 5 a day sooner. Anyway, I played here.

Sally said...

I PLAYED here .... and now I am hungry.....

Counselor in Process said...

Yay, I'm there. I love food!

Althea N. Agape said...

I played here

Widening Circles said...

Mine is here.

Diane said...

wow! at 7:00 in the morning, and I'm already late! I played mmmm mmm good

Tandaina said...

Wow you all played early! Here's mine.

Songbird said...

Wow, talk about time shifting!
Here is my play.

revhipchick said...

thanks for the fun play revhrod!

i'm hungry now!

JSanchez said...

I played!

mompriest said...

Wow, this game is in full swing. I'll be back this afternoon to read everyone who has played (or as many as I can!!) In the meantime I have a lot of work to do...sigh...

DogBlogger said...

We played! Yum, yum, yum!

pastornines said...

Can it be Friday already? Yikes! I played here

RevDrKate said...

I playedbefore breakfast!

revabi said...

Oh boy, food, thanks for this one. I have missed the last couple of them, thinking I would get to them, but no.

So here I am for the food one, can't miss it! Are you Chef enough?

Rev Dr Mom said...

Let's try that again....here's mine.

PK said...

I got hungry posting my answershere.

The Mollinator said...

Good morning. I am getting hungry and it is no wheres even close to lunch. I am drooling over here.

Melissa said...

I played. I have to say, this was hard!

Melissa said...

Wow....after reading through some of these plays, wouldn't it be fun to make a cookbook of all these recipes? Just a thought...

Muthah+ said...

I played. www.foraseason.blogspot.com Now I am hungry!

Rev Dave said...

I played over at my place!

Friday Five Top Chef Edition

RevAnne said...

I'm late, but I played here.

Jane Ellen+ said...

Goodness, there's a long list of us this morning! I played with my food here. (^_^)

LutheranChik said...

How can I not participate this week????!!! Meet me at my place in about a half hour!

Rainbow Pastor said...

This one was a lot of fun, thanks RevHRod!

I cooked mine up here.

Amy Stewart said...

A number of commenters asked for the recipe for my husband's roast chicken. I've just posted it on my blog:
Yummy food here.

Enjoy!

Prairie Pastor said...

I played here

Mary Beth said...

Okay, I'm officially hungry now! You can read about it
here.

Backwoods Rev said...

Mmmm...Friday-five-a-licious!

Rev Kim said...

I played here

Elane said...

Oh, I could have gone on and on. God gave me a palate and no talent. Lost the longest part (the memorable meals), but the rest is
here

Shawna Renee said...

Yeah, I finally got in on Friday Five again! I've been gone for awhile. I played here.

Barbara B. said...

Wowser, I actually got to play today! Check it out here

Kievas said...

Playing late...I'm probably destined for obscurity but I played anyway!

Cathy said...

I would say kievas is might peculiar!

It has been a long week and everyone who has visited and left a comment has made my afternoon.

Thank you!

KristaBeth said...

Thanks RevHRod. I played here.

Carey said...

Hi H (aka revhrod) -- and everyone else, but especially H!

I just cannot get the linkage thing right.

You can, however, read my post at altergrrrl.blogspot.com!

Carey

Susie/Nueva Cantora said...

I played and now its time for some dinner...

St. Inuksuk said...

I'm back from South Africa and played today at signs-along-the-way.
Still haven't got the link thing down yet. But come over and visit!

CoG said...

I'm late, but I played here.

mandyc said...

It's been a while since I've remembered to get on ON Friday and do this. YAY! I played here.

cpclergymama said...

I am sooo late in palying today! We had a funeral and babygirl has come down with the croup, while hubbie takes the youth on a weekend retreat! I finally played here

Tribal Church said...

I'm in! This is my first Friday Five!

zorra said...

I finally had a few minutes to play, here.

redheadrev said...

I finally got mine done! Friday 5

Rev. Sharon said...

I played!

Fried Clams With Bellies, YUM!

RevHRod said...

Well, I think I've read them all! We've eaten bugs, food best known as road kill, innards, raw fish, weird fish and some things that just can't be described.

Some of the strangest things we like to eat are actually our comfort foods. And we tend to really groove on boxed macaroni and cheese!

The memorable meals were as much about the company we keep as they were about the menu.

Blessings to all and thanks for playing!

mompriest said...

Good job RevH. A delicious game!

The Vicar of Hogsmeade said...

I LOVE Top Chef! I really wanted Casey to win and I hated seeing Tre go. Blogger was giving me fits but I finally got to play

Rev. Sharon said...

I love melissa's idea about a RevGalPals Cookbook... (I also adore her icon but that's another thing entirely. *grins*)

jill said...

I second (or thired, or fourth) the emotiona around a revgals cookbook! Just think...

Per request, I posted the pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe over at my place.

Sista Cala said...

I played this like most everything else I do these days; a day late and a dollar short.

sista cala for C.H.Green