Top Chef Recipes for Courageous Palates

Have you ever watched Top Chef? I enjoy the show simply because I like to watch people who are experts at a craft compete. Since I am a person with extremely simple tastebuds, and eat everything plain, I am regularly amused at what “foodies” consider to be “haute cuisine”. Here’s a sampling of recipes from the episode I watched most recently, in which they had to work with “exotic proteins”:

• Hair of Medusa Eyes with Fries, Sriracha and Lime Aioli, Sea Eel with Electric Venom Broth
• Mustard Seared Alligator Tail and Monkfish Liver Braised with Apple Hash
• Slow Cooked Black Chicken and Raw Geoduck* (pronounced ‘gooey-duck’) with Fennel
• Seared Kangaroo on Sweet Potato Pudding, Poached Egg Topped with Monkfish Liver, Ostrich Carpaccio with Monkfish Liver

As the Valley Girls would say, “gag me with a spoon!” You can get the recipes for these concoctions through the link above, but I think I’ll stick with AllRecipes.com.

*For those interested, Geoduck, is a species of large saltwater clam, and is actually one of the longest lived organisms in the animal kingdom. Just think – the recipe above calls for it to be served RAW. I’m feeling sick…I think I’ll go nuke some hamburger helper to help calm my stomach.