I just created a bluesky account called Cooking Challenge If you want to go over there and play.

I can’t find that on Bluesky?

You know, actually.

I’m fucking blind. (also it was at the very bottom)

The picture is your starter. Assume a basic pantry for your other ingredients. What are you cooking?

These two ingredients were less than $4 total when I bought them.

For me, an obvious choice here is quesadillas. A little bit of salt, baking powder, oil and water and you have tortillas. You could add a little sour cream or hot sauce or peppers and onions or any number of other things to make this into a meal.

What are you going to make? How much is it going to cost per a person? Bonus points if you know how long it’s going to take? You kind of have to rest tortilla dough for 30 minutes. So for two people this meal is going to take me about an hour.

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Not included in the price is the cutting board. I made it years ago as an experiment to see if I could frame an edge face cutting board without it cracking breaking itself apart. It’s made of poplar and it refuses to die. Materials caused on it was probably about $10. Labor time was probably about 2 hours.

Poplar makes a horrible cutting board. It’s too soft even though it’s a hardwood. However, for end grain butcher blocks it’s a champion. I usually only use this for cutting and serving pizza because every knife mark shows on it.

Cheesy biscuits

The picture is your starter. Assume a basic pantry for your other ingredients. What are you cooking?

These two ingredients were less than $4 total when I bought them.

For me, an obvious choice here is quesadillas. A little bit of salt, baking powder, oil and water and you have tortillas. You could add a little sour cream or hot sauce or peppers and onions or any number of other things to make this into a meal.

What are you going to make? How much is it going to cost per a person? Bonus points if you know how long it’s going to take? You kind of have to rest tortilla dough for 30 minutes. So for two people this meal is going to take me about an hour.

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Not included in the price is the cutting board. I made it years ago as an experiment to see if I could frame an edge face cutting board without it cracking breaking itself apart. It’s made of poplar and it refuses to die. Materials caused on it was probably about $10. Labor time was probably about 2 hours.

Poplar makes a horrible cutting board. It’s too soft even though it’s a hardwood. However, for end grain butcher blocks it’s a champion. I usually only use this for cutting and serving pizza because every knife mark shows on it.

That does seem to be the dominant choice.

I have never made pasta before and while I want to give it a go, I don’t think I’d start just for mac and cheese.

More is the plan. That’s why I did 001 instead of 1.

Yes, a basic pantry would include those items. Picture yourself somewhere between 1850 and 1870 living on the prairie what’s in your kitchen. What can you get access to? You definitely have sugar and yeast. You probably have cinnamon. You don’t have saffron or caviar. But you have all the starches like rice, bean, potatoes and flour to make pasta. You definitely have milk and butter, but you definitely don’t have 9-month aged parmesan.

The picture is your starter. Assume a basic pantry for your other ingredients. What are you cooking?

These two ingredients were less than $4 total when I bought them.

For me, an obvious choice here is quesadillas. A little bit of salt, baking powder, oil and water and you have tortillas. You could add a little sour cream or hot sauce or peppers and onions or any number of other things to make this into a meal.

What are you going to make? How much is it going to cost per a person? Bonus points if you know how long it’s going to take? You kind of have to rest tortilla dough for 30 minutes. So for two people this meal is going to take me about an hour.

–

Not included in the price is the cutting board. I made it years ago as an experiment to see if I could frame an edge face cutting board without it cracking breaking itself apart. It’s made of poplar and it refuses to die. Materials caused on it was probably about $10. Labor time was probably about 2 hours.

Poplar makes a horrible cutting board. It’s too soft even though it’s a hardwood. However, for end grain butcher blocks it’s a champion. I usually only use this for cutting and serving pizza because every knife mark shows on it.

I do like this idea as a daily or weekly challenge.

Might need to be constrained with a standardized list of pantry items.