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January 2022 - Chopped Challenge
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How to play:
Participants will be split into teams evenly. Each team will be given the same basket full of 4 random ingredients. You will also be told what dish these are going towards: Appetizer, Entrée, or Dessert.
For example, you get a basket full of these items:
Durian, Lime Gelatin, Imitation Crab Meat, & Cheetos.
Each ingredient will also have two tasks attached to it.
For example, the following tasks would look like:
1. Durian: Read a book tagged 'Exotic' OR author initials in DURIAN.
2. Lime Gelatin: Green cover (75%) OR MC is a baker.
3. Imitation Crab Meat: Read a book from a spin-off series OR Title ends with a letter in CRAB.
4. Cheetos: Published in the 90's OR Cat on cover.
You only have to complete one of them in order to use that ingredient. After you have completed a task for each item, you will then move to the next step in creating your dish.
Just like in the show, you will also have access to a stocked refrigerator and pantry. In order to use the ingredient you want, you will need to find it with a book. Whether in text or on the cover. For example, if your team wants to use apples in your dish. You will need to either find “apple” in text or read a book with an apple on the cover.
If you can’t find the item you want to use, you may read a book from any of the Food Book Lists. When reading a book from this, please add the link to the list it is on and what item you are using. It doesn’t have to be found in text or on the cover either.
Please remember all these ingredients are going towards ONE dish.
Once your dish is complete, you will get a new basket and start the process all over again. If you want, you can name it and get some bonus points based on creativity. You will also get 10 bonus points for each completed dish.
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If you start a book before January, you will only be able to count the pages that you read in January for this challenge. If the page amount is over 100 pages, you can still count it towards a category.
When signing up, please mention the number of books you plan on reading for the month of January. Please remember all the wonderful holidays and possible vacations you might be celebrating/taking as well. These numbers will be easier for me to make teams match up a bit more evenly.
For example,
Alaina - 50 books
Felicia - 10 books
Andy - 15 books
Aly - 50 books
Jennifer - 20 books
**You will not be penalized if you go over or under your number.**
The general challenge rules can be found here.
Page Points
1 - 50 pages → 0.25 pts (will only count for page points)
51 - 99 pages → 0.5 pts (will only count for page points)
100 - 149 pages → 1 pt
150 - 249 pages → 2 pts
250 - 349 pages → 3 pts
350 - 449 pages → 4 pts
450 - 549 pages → 5 pts
550 - 649 pages → 6 pts
650 - 749 pages → 7 pts
750 - 849 pages → 8 pts
850 - 949 pages → 9 pts
950+ pages → 10 pts
Buddy Reads will DOUBLE your points.
BOTM will TRIPLE your points.
If you have any questions about this challenge, please click the link here: Q&A
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Caroline - 4 books
Melanie V - 15 books
Ta || bookishbluehead - 10 books
Aneta - 5 books
Aly - 40 books
Katie - 15 books
Tayane - 5 books
Mia - 6 books
Ruthie - 5 books
Kim - 5 books
Reed - 20 books
Cindee - 20 books
Connie - 10 books
April - 15 books
Ashlyn - 3 books
Andy - 20 books
♛Vanessa♛ ϟ Novel Nerd Faction - 12 books
Saige - 10 books
Celia - 7 books
BookWorm - 5 books
Beth - 3 books
⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ - 10 books
Adrie - 5 books
Tayla - 3 books
Charlotte - 10-15 books
Alaina - 50 books
Hayley - 20-30 books
Ellen-Arwen - 10 books
Avni - 10-15 books
Sharon - 5 books
Kade - 5 books
Diana - 5 books
Isabella - 10 books
Ellie - 5 books
Berra - 5 books
Jammin Jenny
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It's been a long time since I last participated in one of these xD I'm in for 5 books, don't know how it's going to be.
HELLO I heard Chopped and I'm here for it, sign me up please for 6 books! :)
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I'm in! 5 books.I'd love to be on Emma's team if/when Emma signs up.
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I'd love to be on Emma's team if/when Emma signs up."
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Reed you already signed up with 20 books.
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I'm in. Probably about 7 books, maybe more
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Chopped Challenge:
If you don’t know what Chopped is, it's an American reality-based cooking television game show. In it, four chefs are pitted against one another as they compete for a chance to win $10,000.
There are three rounds (Appetizer, Entrée, and Dessert) per show and in each round the chefs get a basket of unique and unusual, but very mysterious, ingredients. After unpacking, they are expected to create a delicious dish using all of them in some way.
These ingredients are chosen at random and are often not commonly prepared together. The chefs are given unlimited access to a pantry and refrigerator stocked with a wide variety of other ingredients. Each chef has their own stations for preparing and cooking food as well. The kitchen also includes a variety of specialized tools and equipment for the chefs’ use.
At the end of each round, a chef is considered “chopped” until there is a winner.