Thanks for the comments, everyone. Hogleg, you know next time you're up here what's on the menu!
Aight! I gotta quit vacillating!!!!
It's between Hot Stuff and Student of Spice.
It's interesting that there were several mushroom dishes in this TD. And I'm still waffling....
Student of Spice made 2 different dishes, but both the same basic pasta shape. Different fillings, different pastas, and dang! all those perfectly formed tortellinis!!!
Hot Stuff did the gnocchi with that crawfish cream sauce. I'm a total sucker for creamy tomato sauce! And BREAD with evoo, s&p.....aw... just sign me up for cardiac clinic!
HOT STUFF! That's it, vote cast!
OldSalty looks like he's the frontrunner in this TD and Well Deserved!
Student, I'm looking forward to seeing what you Throwdown in future competitions. Loved SnF's meatballs but wanted more sauce. And on the flip side, I'd totally have mashed up on the noodles and butter. I think Esse did something similar.
True Story- when I was a kid, I cooked up some elbow macaroni, tossed it with some butter, took the bowl out into the yard and ate it all while reading a book. I remember it being a wonderfully warm summer day, green grass, summer break.... AAaahhhh Pasta!!!