mdisher
formerly Renegade, get used to it.
OK, so I need some suggestions...
Here's the back story:
IT Food Challenge, Got Lunch?
Just what will you eat for money, and how much money?
It started with potted meat. Brought in by Tim and a challenge was set forth. $0.75 to eat the potted meat? There were no takers in IT, so the potted meat sat waiting to be enjoyed in David Smith's cube.
The bounty quickly rose to $2.00 where it hovered for a few weeks. Which was OK, cause apparently potted meat, like SPAM, never goes bad.
Then out of now where came a bearded man with a spoon. Hasso, the intern, stepped up to the challenge. We're not sure if he was simply broke, or hungry. Maybe both. But he took the challenge and the potted meat was gone.
This month, we've upped the ante…
Our special challenge is "The Century Egg"
Premier Preserved Duck Egg. You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg
From Wiki-Pedia:
Century egg
, also known as
preserved egg
,
hundred-year egg
,
thousand-year egg
, and
thousand-year-old egg
, is a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cuisineChinese cuisine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cuisineingredient made by preserving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckduck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenchicken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quailquail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)eggs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)in mixture of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayclay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay, ash,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltsalt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxidelime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxide, and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricerice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricestraw for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing. After the process is completed, the yolk becomes a dark green, cream-like substance with a strong odor of sulphur and ammonia, while the white becomes a dark brown, transparent jelly with little flavour or taste.
Fresh from the Asian section of Jungle Jims. It has no known expiration date, but apparently needs to be refrigerated, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me since it's already technically 'rotten'. We have been assured that these eggs have been in the ground "at least 100 days".
There are (6) of these bad boys in the fridge on the 3rd floor.
The starting bounty to eat one whole is $3.00 each.
(yeah, if you can keep all 6 down, that would net you: $18.00)
If you don't want to eat an egg (or 6) but wish to add to the bounty, post in the comments section. Your pledge is considered binding, and will be due directly to the person or persons who complete this challenge when he or she completes it.
Disclaimer: This is not a Company Sponsored Event. Consider this the same as the treats brought in for various anniversaries and birthdays. Often these are of unknown origin and dare I say, some may not be as delectable as this month's challenge. Except with the challenge you can get paid to participate.
By participating, you agree to hold Company, and the IT department harmless. If you get ill, you'll do so in a tasteful fashion and on your own time.
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As of right now, we have (2) takers, @ $5 an egg. Much quicker and much cheaper than I had imagined.
Now for the best part, I'm looking for suggestions for next month's challenge... Post away.
Oh items need to be fairly safe, and fairly easy to obtain (and cheap too).
Thanks,
-MD
Here's the back story:
IT Food Challenge, Got Lunch?
Just what will you eat for money, and how much money?
It started with potted meat. Brought in by Tim and a challenge was set forth. $0.75 to eat the potted meat? There were no takers in IT, so the potted meat sat waiting to be enjoyed in David Smith's cube.
The bounty quickly rose to $2.00 where it hovered for a few weeks. Which was OK, cause apparently potted meat, like SPAM, never goes bad.
Then out of now where came a bearded man with a spoon. Hasso, the intern, stepped up to the challenge. We're not sure if he was simply broke, or hungry. Maybe both. But he took the challenge and the potted meat was gone.
This month, we've upped the ante…
Our special challenge is "The Century Egg"
Premier Preserved Duck Egg. You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg
From Wiki-Pedia:
Century egg
, also known as
preserved egg
,
hundred-year egg
,
thousand-year egg
, and
thousand-year-old egg
, is a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cuisineChinese cuisine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cuisineingredient made by preserving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckduck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenchicken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quailquail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)eggs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)in mixture of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayclay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay, ash,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltsalt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxidelime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxide, and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricerice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricestraw for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing. After the process is completed, the yolk becomes a dark green, cream-like substance with a strong odor of sulphur and ammonia, while the white becomes a dark brown, transparent jelly with little flavour or taste.
Fresh from the Asian section of Jungle Jims. It has no known expiration date, but apparently needs to be refrigerated, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me since it's already technically 'rotten'. We have been assured that these eggs have been in the ground "at least 100 days".
There are (6) of these bad boys in the fridge on the 3rd floor.
The starting bounty to eat one whole is $3.00 each.
(yeah, if you can keep all 6 down, that would net you: $18.00)
If you don't want to eat an egg (or 6) but wish to add to the bounty, post in the comments section. Your pledge is considered binding, and will be due directly to the person or persons who complete this challenge when he or she completes it.
Disclaimer: This is not a Company Sponsored Event. Consider this the same as the treats brought in for various anniversaries and birthdays. Often these are of unknown origin and dare I say, some may not be as delectable as this month's challenge. Except with the challenge you can get paid to participate.
By participating, you agree to hold Company, and the IT department harmless. If you get ill, you'll do so in a tasteful fashion and on your own time.
---------------
As of right now, we have (2) takers, @ $5 an egg. Much quicker and much cheaper than I had imagined.
Now for the best part, I'm looking for suggestions for next month's challenge... Post away.
Oh items need to be fairly safe, and fairly easy to obtain (and cheap too).
Thanks,
-MD
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Heck I even ate dog-food on a bet as a kid 
