Now that he threw his hat into the ring with his "vegetable soup with balls and buttery rice" isolation dish, we owe it to Kay and her big strong Aryan son to stand up and demand fair treatment.

If you came here searching for "Kay's Cooking racist," here you go. Kay is raising her big man to be a mighty Anglo Avenger and kick out the fucking towelheads to reclaim rightful British clay. (I am not sure if this is real, but I hope it is)

Here we have Joshua's vegetable soup base. I will give him credit here, he has constructed what looks like a good mirepoix. I'm sure it smells nice. Although we may have to give him an "excessive liquids" penalty, as was pointed out in his YT chat.

Here's where things get a little weird. If not for the sear marks on the pan in the top left, I would say that he's just dumping raw meatballs into his mirepoix to boil. If he did try to sear them, he clearly underdid it. He also either drained the oil he used for this step, or did not use any. I did some googling, and every example I can find uses oil to sear the meatballs. You definitely don't cook them in their own fat like bacon. The oil also allows you to infuse the meatballs with extra flavors, if necessary. Heat up some sliced garlic and parsley with the oil, and then the infused oil with add the flavor to the balls.
Edit: Josh says he intentionally poached them. I admit I didn't know that was a thing. I always sear mine, and then add them to the sauce. I found an article talking about the advantages of each method, and they say that it preserves their tenderness. I dunno if I would want tender meatballs with tender rice and tender vegetables, I would want some textural contrast.

Meat looks to be turning a soggy brown. Rice at least looks good.

I imagine it probably tastes ok, but I have to dock massive points for presentation. That looks like something a goat threw up. I'm not even sure whether it's supposed to be a soup, or if he just scooped out a bunch of stuff from his pot and put it in a bowl. It really lacks any color, it's just pale orange surrounded by shades of brown and beige. Not appetizing!
What do you think, should we nuke Serbia as punishment?

If you came here searching for "Kay's Cooking racist," here you go. Kay is raising her big man to be a mighty Anglo Avenger and kick out the fucking towelheads to reclaim rightful British clay. (I am not sure if this is real, but I hope it is)

Here we have Joshua's vegetable soup base. I will give him credit here, he has constructed what looks like a good mirepoix. I'm sure it smells nice. Although we may have to give him an "excessive liquids" penalty, as was pointed out in his YT chat.

Here's where things get a little weird. If not for the sear marks on the pan in the top left, I would say that he's just dumping raw meatballs into his mirepoix to boil. If he did try to sear them, he clearly underdid it. He also either drained the oil he used for this step, or did not use any. I did some googling, and every example I can find uses oil to sear the meatballs. You definitely don't cook them in their own fat like bacon. The oil also allows you to infuse the meatballs with extra flavors, if necessary. Heat up some sliced garlic and parsley with the oil, and then the infused oil with add the flavor to the balls.
Edit: Josh says he intentionally poached them. I admit I didn't know that was a thing. I always sear mine, and then add them to the sauce. I found an article talking about the advantages of each method, and they say that it preserves their tenderness. I dunno if I would want tender meatballs with tender rice and tender vegetables, I would want some textural contrast.

Meat looks to be turning a soggy brown. Rice at least looks good.

I imagine it probably tastes ok, but I have to dock massive points for presentation. That looks like something a goat threw up. I'm not even sure whether it's supposed to be a soup, or if he just scooped out a bunch of stuff from his pot and put it in a bowl. It really lacks any color, it's just pale orange surrounded by shades of brown and beige. Not appetizing!
What do you think, should we nuke Serbia as punishment?
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