I feel a moral obligation to give honest feedback since the TD was inspired by some breakfast monstrosity of mine by that deviant , Mongo.
So a quick summary of my highly subjective impression of each entry
1) Watertowerbbq
I can't relate to it because it is food I have never experienced.
Looks tasty though but I have no idea, I'll be trying it if I ever get over there.
2)SmokinAussie
Glorious bacon and eggs, I want to eat it, oh yes I do.
Negative is, it is simple and I have made it thousands of times, except for the apricot wood, and doesn't that sound good?
Marvelous cooking and a contender!
3)Ron.L
C'mon, who doesn't want to fork a piece of that charred delicious fatty and some of that light fluffy egg into their gob!
Pancakes with melting butteriness and syrup, hard to find a negative here, it is a great balance of heavy sausage and light egg and sweet carby yumminess.
Contender!
4)AL Czervik
This was tricky.
It lost me with the different flavours and textures all on the one dish, but if I were to separate then each component was marvelous. Eggs+bell pepper+ fruits+ crumbed meat+gravy= confusion and lost appeal.
Eggs +meat=Yum.
The bell pepper at breakfast, it is a very powerful aromatic and is the odd thing out on this plate...IMO.
As always, beautiful cooking, presentation is flawless and super pic!
Sorry Al.
5) Kathy's Smokin
What a great concept!
Bacon pie of PP and eggs and cheese!
I loved everything about it...the one factor that made me hesitate was the doneness of those thick potato slices?
I felt that if they were thin then they weould seem juicier or more tempting.
Everything else had me panting, crunchy bacon and the glorious moist cheesey layer and smokey soft pork
Contender!
6) CD's
Simple great food.
The fatty looks a fraction dry but still great, the dry toast doesn't help the entry any it must be said, the egg section is the star here and looks bloody sensational IMO.
Look at the gorgeous browning and the moist yellow, it was cooked just right!
The hash brown spuds look spot on.
In all I think it looks a bit dry overall and could have used something moister, a sauce or dressing maybe?
A very honest photo, and we all know he could win by doing what he does if he wanted.
7)Chkagokp's
Another difficult one for me.
Each component looks fabulous.
That bacon...oh lawdy that looks perfect. I reached for it expecting a knife slap.
The egg, delicately cooked to a perfect runniness.
The roll looks soft and great for mopping up, but the negative is it is all kinda swimming in a white and unappealing gravy that ..never having tasted...makes it difficult to assess.
People who know and love this gravy will be drooling over it, but I have no idea what that is like?
It is for this reason only that my culturally ignorant brain says I cannot make an honest commitment to it being a contender.
That is my failing and not the entrants, same as entrant number one.
ray:
7) TheBear
Presentation= perfect!
Picture= perfect!
Great balance of complimentary flavours, the caramelized pineapple , rich sweet and soft frensh toast and uber fruitiness of the strawberry presented in that sliced manner, what a stunning entry!
I love banana and while it isn't clashing, it is the least matching item on the dish IMO.
It is a simple one, just french toast and sliced fruit, and that weighs against it maybe, but it IS a marvelous breakfast and a top job!
Contender!
8)
Texaque.
You KNOW what's coming by now.
I can just hear you"These farkin redneck Aussies haven't even discovered white gravy yet and they got their own country?"
I'm sorry.
The red meat is a winner, cooked perfectly and has my mouth watering!
The photo is fantastic and I love the seasonings evident in the gravy.
I wish to hell I knew what it tasted like!
I'd knock you over getting to it if you offered me a bite!
I just can't throw my weight behind something I don't know is all.
I only say this to be forthright, and I know it won't influence all the other voters who know what and how good it is.
The coin toss.
It came down to Ron L for me.
Tomorrow I would vote differently I am certain, but right now that fatty and fluffy omelette and sweet pancake are a siren to my desires!
I apologize for being unable to judge some entries but all were stellar!
Seriously.
