After the euphoria of the last few golden days of the Olympic Games, we have been brought down to earth with a bump. No gold medals! This must be what it feels like to be Australian*. The truth is this years Olympic Games has been outstanding. I certainly didn't expect Team GB to do this well and it isn't over yet.
The Olympic Food Challenge isn't over yet either. We still countries to cook from and stories to tell. Tonight we have seen food from Albania, Bahamas, Ethiopia, Namibia, Uganda and Uzbekistan. I'm getting hungry again just reading the links.
*Hello to all of our Australian chums, I'm sure you'll be beating us again very soon.
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Day 14
After today's medal haul this year's group of Team GB Olympians is the best we have ever seen! We have surpassed the medal total that was achieved in Beijing and there are still 5 days to go. My personal highlight of the day was Nick Dempsey, presenting his son with the silver medal that he had promised him.
Back on the food front, we had some catching up to do to achieve our goal. Today food from Aruba, Bangladesh, Belize, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Netherlands, Samoa, Sudan and Turkmenistan has been cooked and blogged about. There are some tasty looking deserts in there too including chocolate custard. If chocolate after a triathlon is ok for Alistair Brownlee, it has to be ok for the rest of us.
Back on the food front, we had some catching up to do to achieve our goal. Today food from Aruba, Bangladesh, Belize, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Netherlands, Samoa, Sudan and Turkmenistan has been cooked and blogged about. There are some tasty looking deserts in there too including chocolate custard. If chocolate after a triathlon is ok for Alistair Brownlee, it has to be ok for the rest of us.
Monday, 6 August 2012
Day 13
It has been another cracking day of Olympic action. Team GB have won an other gold medal in the velodrome and their first showjumping Gold medal for 60, cementing our position as the best nation at sitting down.
Luckily, no horses were eaten as part of tonight's Olympic food Challenge. We did have dishes from; Germany, Ireland, Morocco, Philippines, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand and Tonga.
So far I have received nothing but words of support and encouragement for what we are doing. People are now dusting off their pots and pans and deciding to be more adventurous in the kitchen because of our exploits. If you have been moved to cook let us know.
Thank you for your support and for reading!
Luckily, no horses were eaten as part of tonight's Olympic food Challenge. We did have dishes from; Germany, Ireland, Morocco, Philippines, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand and Tonga.
So far I have received nothing but words of support and encouragement for what we are doing. People are now dusting off their pots and pans and deciding to be more adventurous in the kitchen because of our exploits. If you have been moved to cook let us know.
Thank you for your support and for reading!
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Day 12
It has been an other fantastic day in the world of the 2012 Olympic Games. Andy Murray finally beat Roger Federer in a final to win gold for Team GB and then managed to win Silver with Laura Robson. Ben Ainsley became the Greatest Olympic sailor ever and Usain Bolt tore the field apart with a lightening fast 100m sprint.
We also had a new Olympic Challenge record of 10 countries being eaten from in the same night! British Virgin Islands, Chile, Cook Islands, Ecuador, Guatamala, Guinea Bissau, Iran, Lithuania, Nicaragua and Syria have now all been added to the list of new and interesting world foods. We now only have 7 days to eat the rest of the participating nations. Will we do it? Keep checking back to find out.
We also had a new Olympic Challenge record of 10 countries being eaten from in the same night! British Virgin Islands, Chile, Cook Islands, Ecuador, Guatamala, Guinea Bissau, Iran, Lithuania, Nicaragua and Syria have now all been added to the list of new and interesting world foods. We now only have 7 days to eat the rest of the participating nations. Will we do it? Keep checking back to find out.
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Day 11
I don't know about you but I'm exhausted. Just watching the Team GB Olympians as they run, cycle, row, skull, shoot, throw and paddle their way to gold medals has worn me out. I know that they can't hear me as I yell my support in to the television but it's the thought that counts.
To show our support to the boys and girls of Team GB, we are still forging our way towards the finish line of the Olympic Food Challenge. Today recipes from; Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), France, Honduras, India, Puerto Rico, and United Arab Emirates have been cooked and consumed as we head into the final week.
To show our support to the boys and girls of Team GB, we are still forging our way towards the finish line of the Olympic Food Challenge. Today recipes from; Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), France, Honduras, India, Puerto Rico, and United Arab Emirates have been cooked and consumed as we head into the final week.
Friday, 3 August 2012
Day 10
We are now over the hump of the Olympic Food Challenge, there are less days ahead of us than have passed. To celebrate Team GB have decided to take up third place in the medal table. Sadly some of the football has come to an end but we can now look forward to a replay of this years Wimbledon final. Let's just hope that the result is different.
Tonight we have been blessed with dishes from Benin, Chad, Portugal and Slovenia. Hopefully the medal rush will continue into the weekend and spur on a cooking rush too.
Tonight we have been blessed with dishes from Benin, Chad, Portugal and Slovenia. Hopefully the medal rush will continue into the weekend and spur on a cooking rush too.
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Day 9
There has been so much Olympic action today that I really don't know where to start. A flurry of gold and silver medals and a hand full of world records thrown in for good measure. Team GB even managed to crash, shoot defenceless clay pigeons and get disqualified for being too fast.
None of these feats managed to stop us from cooking and eating from the following countries: Congo, Cyprus, Grenada, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Zambia. Tomorrow the nuts and bolts of the Olympics, the athletics, start. Lets hope for more continued success in our kitchens.
None of these feats managed to stop us from cooking and eating from the following countries: Congo, Cyprus, Grenada, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Zambia. Tomorrow the nuts and bolts of the Olympics, the athletics, start. Lets hope for more continued success in our kitchens.
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