Guess?
I bet you can't...
Alright.
ALRIGHT!!
I was just trying to create some tension there.
I realise I failed and bored you silly.
Anyway, contestant number one. You are correct. Tis moi.
The exec producer of RSC is a mate of our artistic director and she suggested it might be a good way to plug our fledgling little theatre company. And, on the upside for them, they get contestants who can speak (reasonably) articulately whilst chopping. Well, not chopping finely, but coarse chopping and talking at the same time is achieveable for me.
Anyway.
I've been giving much thought to the questionnaire they get you to fill in and there are three questions which have stumped me. So those of you who know me and have
1. What is your most embarrassing/most disastrous cooking/eating experience?
2. Tell us about your most memorable meal - good or bad?
3. Tell us one thing about you no one else knows?
Question 1 is a bit of a problem... I don't have any funny "Bridget Jones Blue-String-Soup" stories to tell because I've never cooked a really hideously inedible meal or blown up a kitchen or anything like that. I managed to get through the cooking side of Home Ec quite well, it was the sewing side that I was kicked out of.
Just as well I'm not auditioning for Ready, Steady, Sew.
But anyone out there who has memories of a terrible meal I've cooked for them, please refresh my memory with the details.
For Question 2... and its is probably best for you to make a call on this one Ems... I was thinking of the time I was taken out to a posh London restaurant on Valentine's Day by one of my co-workers* because (a) his girlfriend at the time decided she was having too much fun in New York and extended her holiday; (b) he'd already organised the eight course, £250 per head dinner and was majorly pissed at her cancelling on him at the last minute; and (c) he knew the boy I was in love with at the time had cruelly flown to Boston for Valentine's weekend to visit his brother.
Is that too odd (and involved) to be potentially aired on national television?
As for Question 3, I know asking y'all to offer suggestions for that is a bit dumb, but there are a few of you out there who know some of my secrets that I may have pushed to the back of my subconscious and temporarily forgotten, so work with me here. My dodgy taste in music doesn't really cut it as an answer because everyone knows that I listen to stuff even a deaf person knows is daggy.
And everyone knows about my GR3 so they're not an option either.
SO! Any suggestions you may have will be most welcome. Even made up stuff that sounds good will do.
Answers on a postcard please.
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* I can see your brain ticking over at that cryptic clue there Ems. YOU remember. The blonde, bespectacled German one who sat on the other side of the dour Dutch one and would only eat Ritter Sport chocolate!
4 comments:
i can't help with any of the answers, but GOOD LUCK for the audition.
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Well, I once put in 2 tablespoons instead of 2 teaspoons of chilli. Yeah, yeah, it's obvious now but when you're caught up in following a recipe, little things like that dont register. And I was cooking for a new friend for the first time.
Most memorable meal was some sort of a middle eastern/israeli dish with cevapci'ish sort of meat, that melts and had dates in it. It was fantastic.
Hmmm... #3,... If I told you, then it's no longer a secret. Let's see, what secret can I spare, one which will not be too damaging.
OK.. I once hit my brother and his nose bled. I was 6 and he was 4.
When can we expect the 'ding dong, the Ricky's dead' post?
Oh wow!
Tell us when you're on if you get through!
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