Day 7: James

THE LAST DAY!
Sod it, pasta & can, I don't care anymore it'll be OK, ITS OVER. Pasta & Dolmio stir-in-sauce. Yes I'm a cooking God.
"Looks like that can of Okra you didn't put in Sarah's cans in the end" comments Ben. "Don't be daft you can't tell what it is from the can". Okra. Deep joy. I dislike Okra, it's always slimey and rubbery. I only see it at Indian restaurants, and I don't like it then.


I put it in a colinder and rinse off the goo. Ah well, let's make the best of it, I chop it up and fry it with some olive oil, chili and "Italian herbs" (there now it'll be perfect in with the pasta!).



Against all odds it comes out OK. I'm stunned. I've survived!

I shan't be playing this again any time soon.

James

Day 7: Jacinda

As I have been such a bad contestant, I will have to have 3 cans today... What do I actually have in my fridge? Somehow my food storage is mainly cans with no labels.

So I have a packed of spelt tortellini, that is going to be my main meal today. I open can number 1 it looks like olives hmmm I taste one and it is more like cherries. I open can number 2 it stinks and looks like onion bits. I open can number 3 and it is cherry tomatoes … hmm so ok I could make a tasty sauce with the onion and tomatoes not too bad then. What about the cherries, I think maybe a few cherries then on top. I made my pasta sauce added some tomato puree and pepper. It again I manage to have a nice and tasty meal out of my cans. Hmmm I feel that I have actually been quite lucky in this game.

Well I still have 2 cans un opened under my desk..Do I need to take them home?

All: "Yes you bloody well do!"

Day 7: Laurette

Thank god its day seven!!! This week felt like it has gone on for a month. I arrived home at about 10pm on Tuesday night after an hour and a half of running club so didn’t feel like making an elaborate meal although I was pretty hungry. I went through what I had in the fridge (not much in there again!!!) and decided I would add the entire contents of my fridge, some tomatoes and pesto, to whatever the cans contents maybe. The contents of the can was a cross between mushy peas and pureed chickpeas and actually tasted (although in the pictures its looks quite disgusting) quite delicious!

All I can say is mystery can game 2009…never again!!!

Day 6: James

I want a Pizza. I know lots of things can make a pizza inedible but I want one, I want one now, and I'll just have to have whatever it is as a side-order of weird. I can do that. I pick out a cheese pizza on the bases it'll be alright with something on top of it maybe:


Lychees! Awesome! I love lychees, thank you Claudia! I'd have happily just eaten the entire can there and then, but that's not what mystery can's all about, so I half them, and on the pizza they go!



I don't mind saying they were tasty! A mystery can win, lychee & cheese pizza. Yummy.

James

Day 6: Laurette

On day six I had to work doing an evening cook and eat session with a bunch of pregnant ladies. I would have to incorporate my can into whatever we were making that evening. One of the dishes was a spinach and sweet potato casserole so I decided to add my (what I think were ) marrowfat peas into that casserole and it was actually quite tasty (I think that compared to my other colleagues I have got off quite lightly although so far I have had 3 days of beans!).

Day 6: Jacinda

Monday and actually had such a long day…

I forgot about the cans… I know bad excuse but I totally forgot about the game.

Day 5: James

Chilli & Can

Still got some chili left, and I remember at 2pm that I'm supposed to be out for a meal that evening. Late lunch of chili & can it is. While yesterday calmed my nerves a bit I still hope the chili can help mask anything too nasty.

OK Some sort of spinach relative. I take half the can, strain it and add to the microwaved chili left over bowl. A bit odd, and not a reccomended addition, but surviveable, I hope that I'll have a "popeye" moment and become invinceable. It doesn't happen. Ho hum, I set off for an early evening meal still full-up.. This game requires rather more planning that you realise when you sign up. Unless you're Kye or Jacinda, in which case you just ignore the problem...

James