The three of us walked into this huge room with three mini kitchens. Myself, my Long Lost Cousin, and a mystery contestant, neither my cousin nor I knew this mystery man! He had disheveled hair, deep frown lines and crows feet, a sort of facial nightmare!
We all had our own mini kitchen with high dividers so we couldn’t see each other cooking.
The panel of judges were seated at a long table in front of us. They could see what all of us were doing and we could hear their comments!
We all had our own special meatloaf recipes that had a few ingredients that made them special!
At the start we all had to tell a cooking or food joke.
I was number one and my joke was:
“The two things I cook best are meatloaf and cherry pie.”
My wife said: “Which is this?”
Giggles all around!
My LLC was number two, he said:
“I was picking through the turkeys at the supermart.
I couldn’t find a large one.”
I asked an assistant, “Do these turkeys get any bigger?”
She answered: “No, they don’t, they’re dead!”
Loud laughter from the judges!
The mystery man was number three, he said:
“What’s this on my plate? In case I have to describe it to the doctor!”
Silence!
We had a half hour to prepare our meatloaf mixtures and one hour to cook it.
One of the judges said:
“Look at number one, he’s mixing his mixture with a large wooden spoon.”
Another said: “Look at number two, he’s mixing with his hands in rubber gloves!”
The third judge said:
“Number three is using a heavy-duty mixer!”
“Well, at least, they’re all different.”
My LLC said: “I use rubber gloves because I have a phobia about feeling squishy things.”
Laughter from everybody!
The judge said: “Son, you need a therapist!”
When the time was up, we served our dishes for the judges to taste.
The judge asked me: “What ingredients make your meatloaf different?”
“Lots of garlic and Worcestershire sauce!”
Number two said: “I use turkey and sliced mushrooms and jalapeno chopped.”
Number three said: “Lots of black pepper and sour cream.”
All dishes tasted, the judges award went to my LLC, who was beaming from ear to ear!
“Your prize is a pair of monogramed rubber gloves!”
I gave my cousin a big hug.
The mystery contestant walked off in a huff!
Someone said he was a chef of some notoriety!
I’m glad you like my meatloaf, and i’ll wear the gloves with pride.
I love meatloaf! With baked potatoes! This post made me hungry, when’s dinner?
I loved the description of the mystery contestant with his lined face and crow’s feet. I could imagine him with a face like a smacked backside, his greying hair tied back in a ponytail as he scowled at you and your long lost cousin. I also liked the twist at the end.
‘facial nightmare’ Great description!
My wife used to make meatloaf surprise. THe surprise was a hard boiled egg in the middle of the loaf. I never liked it. Just me regular meatloaf with catsup and a baked potato with lots of butter and sour cream……now, I’m getting hungry.
Made me laugh. I love it when the ‘experts’ get a lesson in humility. Love your sens of humour too. Thanks for pointing me your way. I shall be back.
The celeb chef sounds like a few we have here in Oz performing as the experts on the many cooking shows on TV lately. So many cooking shows, so many recipes and so little time to try them all out…..not to mention so many calories and pounds of fat to adhere to my hips and thighs, lol. xx