Ice Cream for Breakfast - An over easy “egg” made of French custard ice cream whites and lemon curd yolks. Cocoa meringue “bacon” and strawberry coulis “ketchup”.
We’ve all done it while cooking… reaching into the cabinet with fingers crossed and an eye closed – to randomly add spices to a meal. And just like in the cartoons, more times than not, it results in a big puff of black smoke. In defeat, you resign yourself to searching the freezer for a microwave dinner. In that same tread of courage, creativity and inspired by the popular food show, Parature’s own Professional Services and Product Management team hosted the “The Iron Chef Challenge!!”
Armed with the task of creating meals with the elusive and ultra-rare ingredient of eggs, each team member sought the crown of Parature’s Iron Chef. The conference room table was filled with secret recipes passed down from generation to generation and from far distant lands. I personally brought a dish from the foreign land known to some as “Whole Foods”. The aroma of quiches, cookies, pies, cookies, cakes, cookies, deviled eggs, and COOKIES permeated throughout the office, interrupting both client support issue resolution and foosball matches alike. The unanimous winner was Scott Atkinson’s visual food-play “Ice Cream for Breakfast” dessert that resembled a hearty Sunday breakfast of eggs and bacon.
What lies in store for our next “Iron Chef Challenge?” What will be the next special ingredient? Cow tongue? Ketchup? Water?? Who knows? But what is certain is that we look forward to the creative creations of Parature’s team members and the defense of Scott’s crown as Iron Chef for it will be a sight to see and, more importantly, eat! “Allez! Cuisine!”
