Chopped Canada - MLL Edition
Feb 5, 2015, 3:51 am
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Chopped Canada - MLL Edition
Was in the MLL the other day and was thinking about ways of hacking the food offerings to make something even more delicious. It made me think of the show Chopped where you only have 20-30 minutes and mystery basket ingredients to come up with a gourmet meal.
So in this edition, you have 20-30 minutes in the MLL and the mystery basket ingredients are what's supplied in the different MLLs.
What are your MLL food hacks?
Will start...
Lime Chili Eggs
- 2-3 hard boiled eggs, cut in half
- Squeeze of 3 lime wedges
- Tabasco sauce
Prep time: < 2 minutes
Made in: YYZ Domestic MLL, YYZ transborder MLL
So in this edition, you have 20-30 minutes in the MLL and the mystery basket ingredients are what's supplied in the different MLLs.
What are your MLL food hacks?
Will start...
Lime Chili Eggs
- 2-3 hard boiled eggs, cut in half
- Squeeze of 3 lime wedges
- Tabasco sauce
Prep time: < 2 minutes
Made in: YYZ Domestic MLL, YYZ transborder MLL
Feb 5, 2015, 7:40 am
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Healthy Pizza
Prep Time: 2-5 minutes
Ingredients
- flatbread (or melba toast or French bread slices)
- hummus
- either assorted fresh sliced veggies or sliced olives/pickled veggies
- baby salads if available
- olive oil
- salt & pepper
- optional: Tobasco sauce
How To
- spread layer of hummus on chosen bread
- place chosen veggies randomly over hummus
- finish with a small selection of baby lettuce over the assembly
- salt & pepper to taste with optional hot sauce
Prep Time: 2-5 minutes
Ingredients
- flatbread (or melba toast or French bread slices)
- hummus
- either assorted fresh sliced veggies or sliced olives/pickled veggies
- baby salads if available
- olive oil
- salt & pepper
- optional: Tobasco sauce
How To
- spread layer of hummus on chosen bread
- place chosen veggies randomly over hummus
- finish with a small selection of baby lettuce over the assembly
- salt & pepper to taste with optional hot sauce
Feb 5, 2015, 7:43 am
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Celery Boats
Prep Time: <1 minute
Ingredients:
- celery
- hummus
- salt, pepper & hot sauce to taste
How To:
- place cut celery sticks on plate
- fill celery trough with hummus
- salt, pepper & hot sauce to taste
Prep Time: <1 minute
Ingredients:
- celery
- hummus
- salt, pepper & hot sauce to taste
How To:
- place cut celery sticks on plate
- fill celery trough with hummus
- salt, pepper & hot sauce to taste
Feb 5, 2015, 8:05 am
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Happy Flight
Ingredients:
- 5 Lemons/Limes
- 5 Shots of Vodka
How To:
- Hold 1 shot in hand
- Drink said 1 shot
- Chew/suck on Lime/Lemon for pleasant aftertaste and to prevent scurvy and to promote a pleasant flight.
- Repeat until no more shots
- 5 Lemons/Limes
- 5 Shots of Vodka
How To:
- Hold 1 shot in hand
- Drink said 1 shot
- Chew/suck on Lime/Lemon for pleasant aftertaste and to prevent scurvy and to promote a pleasant flight.
- Repeat until no more shots
Last edited by yyz-kin; Feb 5, 2015 at 8:19 am Reason: Whoops....
Feb 5, 2015, 8:44 am
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Buy more? In all seriousness, this doesn't appear to be as serious of a thread as others, so i'll chime in since you started posting about food/drink hacks on board.
4 appears to be the limit that most FA's will give you when it comes to gins (at the start of BoB). Ask for two cans of tonic, and three "glasses" of ice. Pour half a shot into the first glass, and fill it up equally with tonic. Rinse and repeat. It's how I "pace" myself.
As the flight continues, the glasses of ice will start to melt, simply drink the "water", and rinse and repeat. 
Usually by the 3rd hour, you can buy two more shots.
When it comes to the MLL's, my hack there is to head to the PP. Rather than hacking for food, I choose to go to a place with warm, decent, (in most cases) Asian food for free-ish (with my AMEX Plat hack that i've posted previously about)
4 appears to be the limit that most FA's will give you when it comes to gins (at the start of BoB). Ask for two cans of tonic, and three "glasses" of ice. Pour half a shot into the first glass, and fill it up equally with tonic. Rinse and repeat. It's how I "pace" myself.
As the flight continues, the glasses of ice will start to melt, simply drink the "water", and rinse and repeat. Usually by the 3rd hour, you can buy two more shots.When it comes to the MLL's, my hack there is to head to the PP. Rather than hacking for food, I choose to go to a place with warm, decent, (in most cases) Asian food for free-ish (with my AMEX Plat hack that i've posted previously about)
Feb 5, 2015, 9:04 am
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Buy more? In all seriousness, this doesn't appear to be as serious of a thread as others, so i'll chime in since you started posting about food/drink hacks on board.
4 appears to be the limit that most FA's will give you when it comes to gins (at the start of BoB). ....
4 appears to be the limit that most FA's will give you when it comes to gins (at the start of BoB). ....
Feb 5, 2015, 9:12 am
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The only things I've ever done were using the nacho chips to eat my chili, and mixing some granola with those greek yogurts. Next time I'm in the MLL, I'll think of this thread
Feb 5, 2015, 10:39 am
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Egg Sandwich Sliders...
- melba toas
- mayo
- chopped up hard boiled eggs (but not all MLLs have them, I don't think YYC or YEG do or maybe I'm just not there early enough)
prep time 1 minute
If there's no mayo...maybe Guac would be tasty.
- melba toas
- mayo
- chopped up hard boiled eggs (but not all MLLs have them, I don't think YYC or YEG do or maybe I'm just not there early enough)
prep time 1 minute
If there's no mayo...maybe Guac would be tasty.
Feb 5, 2015, 10:57 am
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I'm in the MLL now so I'll give this one a shot, only to help ward off scurvy.
Feb 5, 2015, 11:48 am
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Banana Flambé
Prep Time: 5-8 minutes
Special Equipment: flame source (matches, lighter, toaster oven)
Ingredients
- banana
- 2 packets butter
- 2 oz rum
- 1/2 oz espresso (optional for Coffee Banana Flambé)
- granola (optional)
How To
- place 2 packets of butter in pants pocket (optionally hold against warm light source, soup pot, toaster oven, etc.)
- peel banana and slice lengthwise down centre, place on plate slice side down
- pour melted/softened butter on bananas
- pour rum over bananas/butter and ignite, wait for flame out
- pour espresso over bananas (optional)
- sprinkle granola over bananas (optional)
Prep Time: 5-8 minutes
Special Equipment: flame source (matches, lighter, toaster oven)
Ingredients
- banana
- 2 packets butter
- 2 oz rum
- 1/2 oz espresso (optional for Coffee Banana Flambé)
- granola (optional)
How To
- place 2 packets of butter in pants pocket (optionally hold against warm light source, soup pot, toaster oven, etc.)
- peel banana and slice lengthwise down centre, place on plate slice side down
- pour melted/softened butter on bananas
- pour rum over bananas/butter and ignite, wait for flame out
- pour espresso over bananas (optional)
- sprinkle granola over bananas (optional)
Feb 5, 2015, 11:51 am
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Banana Flambé
Prep Time: 5-8 minutes
Special Equipment: flame source (matches, lighter, toaster oven)
Ingredients
- banana
- 2 packets butter
- 2 oz rum
- 1/2 oz espresso (optional for Coffee Banana Flambé)
- granola (optional)
How To
- place 2 packets of butter in pants pocket (optionally hold against warm light source, soup pot, toaster oven, etc.)
- peel banana and slice lengthwise down centre, place on plate slice side down
- pour melted/softened butter on bananas
- pour rum over bananas/butter and ignite, wait for flame out
- pour espresso over bananas (optional)
- sprinkle granola over bananas (optional)
Prep Time: 5-8 minutes
Special Equipment: flame source (matches, lighter, toaster oven)
Ingredients
- banana
- 2 packets butter
- 2 oz rum
- 1/2 oz espresso (optional for Coffee Banana Flambé)
- granola (optional)
How To
- place 2 packets of butter in pants pocket (optionally hold against warm light source, soup pot, toaster oven, etc.)
- peel banana and slice lengthwise down centre, place on plate slice side down
- pour melted/softened butter on bananas
- pour rum over bananas/butter and ignite, wait for flame out
- pour espresso over bananas (optional)
- sprinkle granola over bananas (optional)
Outstanding :-:
Maybe it's time to call the Food Network
Feb 5, 2015, 11:52 am
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Peppermint Coffee or Latte
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Special Equipment: 4 napkins
Ingredients
- coffee or latte
- two mints from MLL front counter
How To
- place 2 napkins on hard surface
- place mints on napkin and cover with remaining napkins
- repeatedly hit assembly with hard object until powdered
- dump mint powder in coffee or latte, stir
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Special Equipment: 4 napkins
Ingredients
- coffee or latte
- two mints from MLL front counter
How To
- place 2 napkins on hard surface
- place mints on napkin and cover with remaining napkins
- repeatedly hit assembly with hard object until powdered
- dump mint powder in coffee or latte, stir