On our four hour drive home from our Distinctive Inns of New England meeting at the Rabbit Hill Inn in Vermont, James and I somehow decided to have a salad creation contest for dinner. Given that the drive was long and we had nothing better to do, we got a little carried away and came up with some parameters:
Contest Rules:
1. No more than 10 ingredients per salad.
2. Ingredients must be procured from the grocery store in 15 minutes or less.
3. Salads must be prepared in 20 minutes or less.
4. Each contestant can choose one ingredient his/her opponent must use. Items selected were honey and fresh fig.
5. No cookbooks or recipes permitted.
6. Judging will be done by Facebook and Blog fans and the loser will have to take a polar plunge dunk in Chatham’s Oyster Pond which will be videotaped and shared on the Captains House Inn Facebook page.
The contest was intense and came right down to the wire when plating. The results are below. Please comment or email us to cast your vote by April 1st at noon.
Salad A: Baby arugula salad topped with prosciutto wrapped grilled shrimp, crispy chickpeas, pear,fresh fig, and crumbled Stilton. Finished with a port balsamic reduction.
Salad B: Spinach salad dressed in cinnamon pear balsamic and topped with honey rubbed salmon, mango, avocado, sweet roasted red pepper, and black bean medley, and crumbled Wensleydale ginger mango cheese.
yummm… uh I think prefer salad a! less is more, and I love warm salads! I am guessing this is James' salad.. although it could be Jills… cant wait to see who wins! just to confirm.. I vote Salad A!
Salad A gets my vote. I'm a big fan of all the ingredients. Imagining the taste of the finished product makes my mouth water.
Salad B is probably wonderful to certain people. But salmon has much to strong of a fish taste for me.
A
Prosciutto wrapped grilled shrimp? You got my vote right there.
Both look great but Salad B gets my vote 🙂
Salad B, the Wensleydale ginger mango cheese won me over!
Looks like Innkeeper B (Jill) is the loser of the salad competition and officially the April Fool. What was I thinking facing off against my own personal chef? I will be taking my polar plunge in the next few days…stay tuned for video footage.
Jill – just so you know, Bob's vote was 50/50. He really wanted to take elements from both and make his own. Love you guys …