May 2010 : Tried & Tasted Event - Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen & Event Take Over Announcement

Surprised are you with the Title of this post. Yes, it is true. This month it is Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen Blog which going to be tried and tasted by us. Tried & Tasted Event is the brain child of Zlamushka.

So here it is in her own words on, Why she started this event? What was the necessity of starting this event?

"Bookmarks and RSS readers are great. They keep your favourite recipes neatly organised. Yet regardless of which tag they bare, Sweet, Indian, Bread, Curry, Vegetarian,… you name it, I am quite positive that similarly to mine, they all fall into one general category: To-be-tried-SOON!

And I am pretty sure that this crosses your mind each time you hit the update button. Soon, however, never comes and when it does, it is fairly difficult to decide which one we should try.

Yesterday, I caught myself bookmarking more new wanna-tries again (sigh). I accidentally happened to browse all the “Starred items” I already piled up and the list was just unbelievably long. I cannot help it, I am curious to try em all!....

So here is when I thought to myself: All righty, this is not going anywhere. I need to start re-creating all these “ooh-aah” mouth drooling yummies. Slowly and systematically! And that was when I created a new folder “Tried and Tasted”… Cute folder, yet empty.

And so here it starts - Tried and Tasted (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it, make it and say it!

Having your recipes lead somebody else’s kitchen is a divine feeling. Trust me, I know what I am writing about. Couple of weeks after posting my Raisin Stuffed Chili Pepper Pickle, I was extremely excited to read Joey of 80 Breakfasts writing about how she made them…

The aim of T&T is similar – to explore other foodies tastes, appreciate them and confirm that their recipes are worth it!"

Reading her writing itself makes us feel, yes we also like to appreciate our fellow bloggers this way. This is a wonderful way isn't it to show our gratitude towards our fellow bloggers for their lovely and hard work. Isn't it?

So I thought it's high time now that we thank such a nice person for her good thought, a beautiful event and for her nice blog.

So here are the simple rules for it :

1. 
   
   Cook any recipe(s) from Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen and post about it. Stay as true to the original recipe(s) as possible. Therefore, there is no need for re-posting it, simply link to the original post :-)
2. 
   
   There is no time-frame for the original recipe. It can be as old as my grand-mother or as fresh as a mung bean sprout.
3. 
   
   Have you cooked from Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen before? As this event is all about tasting and reflecting on the taste, older posts are also welcome. Simply link to this post and mention T&T event.
4. 
   
   Link your post to HERE (feel free to use the logo which will be up soon) and to the original post i.e. http://www.burntmouth.com/2008/04/tried-and-tasted-event-to-show-how.html.  Please always link to both sites, so both blogs are given credit and you are avoiding copyright fuss. 
5. 
   
   Send me an e-mail (kitchenchronicles1(at)gmail(dot)com) with Subject : T&T May 2010, your name, your post URL as well as the original URL and a picture (300px by height, please).
6. 
   
   Deadline is the June 10th, 2010 and the round up will be posted within a week.
7. 
   
   Non-bloggers are more than welcome to participate (after all, our posts are mainly being written for them). Simply e-mail me with your experience of what you cooked and please include a picture.  

This beautiful logo is designed by Ksenia of Tales Of A Spoon. Thanks a lot Ksenia.

 Here is one more important announcement. Since Zlamushka is busy nowadays she was finding it difficult to keep the T&T event going on. And so she has passed on the event to me. That was very greatful of you dear Zlamushka. Though I am taking over the event from her, she remains to be the mother of the great T&T event.

TELL US HOW WE COOK!

Do any of you bloggers out there want to be cooked from? If so, e-mail me or submit your comments here. The question you need to answer for yourself first is: “Do you dare being tasted?”

SHOWING OUR GRATITUDE : FUTURE HOSTS

Do any of you bloggers out there want to show your gratitude towards your fellow bloggers? If so, please let me know through e-mail or by leaving a comment here.

Tried and Tasted : Sailu's Food

Hi Friends, I am back after a long time with another great event.

There are many thousands of food blogs in this blogosphere. Each and every blog is unique in its own kind. The recipes in the blogs are new, some of them old, some of them are presented in a tongue tickling style, some of the have drooling photographs of food, some traditional, some from the loving mother, many national and international recipes and lastly, many of them are bookmarked recipes.

Many a times it happens that I start somewhere searching for a recipe or maybe going through someones new post. And from there keep continuing jumping from  one blog to another fully immersed in the recipes, beautiful photographs and so on. And after the end of about 1 hour I would have bookmarked 100s of recipes. And not only are these recipes bookmarked but several times also Tried and Tasted.

And many a times it happens that we start liking recipes of some particular blog, for many reasons. Firstly because we Tried a recipe from this blog and for the first time itself we would received a great round of applause from our family members. Sometimes because we like their way of instructions, sometimes because of their tongue tickling photos and so on. So then we start frequenting this blog, try out many recipes from this particular blog.

And so this is the whole idea behind this months event. This event "Tried & Tasted" was started by dear Zlamushka of SpicyKitchen. To appreciate our fellow blogger for their hard work. And how can we honour them for their work? Best way is to try their recipes and letting them know that their recipe had been of great success to us by showcasing their recipe in our blog and by mentioning a gratitude towards their work.

Each month recipes from one particular blog is "Tried and Tasted". So this month's honoured blog is Sailu's Food by Sailu. The blog with its beautiful and mesmerising photograph is a true virtual treat to our eyes. So we will take this opportunity this month to show our gratitude towards her work.

The logo for this event was designed by Ksenia who blogs at Tales of a Spoon.

Here are some simple rules to be followed :

1. 
   
   
   Cook any recipe(s) from Sailu's Food and post about it. Stay as true to the original recipe(s) as possible. Therefore, there is no need for re-posting it, simply link to the original post :-)
2. 
   
   
   There is no time-frame for the original recipe. It can be as old as my grand-mother or as fresh as a mung bean sprout.
3. 
   
   
   Have you cooked from Sailu's Food before? As this event is all about tasting and reflecting on the taste, older posts are also welcome. Simply link to this post and mention T&T event.
4. 
   
   
   Link your post to HERE (feel free to use the logo) and to the original post of Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen. Please always link to both sites.
5. 
   
   
   Send me an e-mail (kitchenchronicles1@gmail.com) with your name, your post URL as well as the original URL and a picture (300px by height, please).
6. 
   Deadline is the April 31st 2010.
   

Non-bloggers are more than welcome to participate. Simply e-mail me (kitchenchronicles1@gmail.com) with your experience of what you cooked and please include a picture. 

Please note : Dear Friends I have yet to post the roundup for the event CFK : Fruits & Veggies  and  RCI - Mumbai. In about a couple of days I will be posting the roundups. Sorry about the delay, for which I will have to give the credit to the Internet service providers in our area. Now since things are ok, the roundups will be up soon. Thanks a lot for long wait.