Meat Bracket - Round 1
The first round of the Green and the White divisions ends by Wednesday - vote now!
The first round of the Red and the Blue divisions has now concluded - see the results below. Click here to see Round 2 in progress.
First Round (White):
Fried Chicken (Anne) vs Roast Chicken ($ophie)
(Voting closed. Winner: ROAST CHICKEN)Chicken Tikka Masala vs Goose
(Voting closed. Winner: GOOSE)Buffalo Wings (The Guilty Carnivore) vs Foie Gras (Lebowski)
(Voting closed. Winner: FOIE GRAS)Duck (Paul) vs Turkey (Claire)
(Voting closed. Winner: DUCK)First Round (Green):
Offal (Picklin' Paul) vs Tofu (The Guilty Carnivore)
(Voting closed. Winner: TOFU)Kangaroo (Kirsty) vs Pastrami (Mark) (and here)
(Voting closed. Winner: KANGAROO)Chorizo (Stephan) vs Spam (Lebowski)
(Voting closed. Winner: SPAM)Gumbo (Lebowski) vs Pie (Picklin' Paul)
(Voting closed. Winner: GUMBO)First Round (BLUE):
Hairy Crab (Ed) vs Salmon (Alaskan Jared)
(Voting closed. Winner: HAIRY CRAB)Sushi (Anne) vs Fish & Chips (Anne)
(Voting closed. Winner: SUSHI)Snail (Graham) vs Shrimp (The Guilty Carnivore)
(Voting closed. Winner: SHRIMP)Shellfish (Karen) vs Lobster (Hobart65)
(Voting closed. Winner: LOBSTER)First Round (RED):
Bacon (US) (Heather) vs Hot Dog (The Guilty Carnivore)
(Voting closed. Winner: BACON)Lamb (Dan) vs Burger (Adam)
(Voting closed. Winner: LAMB)Sausage (Marcus) vs Bacon (UK) (Russell)
(Voting closed. Winner: SAUSAGE)Steak (Alaskan Jared) vs Ribs (Kansas Jared)
(Voting closed. Winner: STEAK)
More Meat Bracket: Round 1 / Round 2 / Divisional Finals (Red - Blue - White - Green) / Rules
Oh great, I get Russell.
Posted by: Marcus Brown | January 16, 2007 at 12:24 PM
C'mon people...I'm ready to get voting.
And Marcus, don't be dis-heartened. British bacon aint all that. And you've got sausage.
Posted by: Lebowski | January 16, 2007 at 01:02 PM
This is cool:
http://hobart65.blogspot.com/2007/01/carnivore-project-prediction.html
Posted by: Jared | January 16, 2007 at 03:17 PM
One point of clarification: are we voting for the meats, or the arguments? For example, in the case of Hairy Crab vs Salmon: I love salmon, and hairy crab just doesn't do it for me. However, in his defence of the unfortunately monikered crustacean, Ed has been unwontedly funny, and more than a little persuasive - presumably we should be voting for the argument that we find more compelling, rather than the meat that prior experience tells us we prefer? (Obviously this may become a moot point once Alaskan Jared blows him out of the water...)
Posted by: Dan | January 16, 2007 at 04:52 PM
The people are championing the meat, not the other way around.
In the case of something like Hairy Crab - Ed's come up with a creative way to advance the case for an extremely esoteric meal.
Whether that's enough to convince people that it's the worthiest candidate for the title of 'The Ultimate Meat' is something that only time will tell.
Posted by: Jared | January 16, 2007 at 05:01 PM
just seen russell's bacon promo. good luck sausage; you'll need it.
Posted by: Stef Jones | January 17, 2007 at 05:35 AM
Sausage has something up his sleeve.
Posted by: Marcus Brown | January 17, 2007 at 07:49 AM
Was that a sausage-related pun?
Posted by: Jared | January 17, 2007 at 09:05 AM
Oh. my. god. I love this SO much.
Posted by: beeker | January 17, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Welcome to tipping point Jared (finally).
Posted by: Colman | January 17, 2007 at 01:02 PM
Do I take it from that that you've reached tipping point Paul?
Does that mean there's no further to tip than where you are already?
(Insert comment about the 3 people that used to read my old blog etc etc)
Posted by: Lebowski | January 17, 2007 at 01:29 PM
I only discovered the demise of the idea factory yesterday. I was quite sad. Not that sad, obviously. But quite sad.
Posted by: Dan | January 17, 2007 at 01:31 PM
Wait, this conversation was about me. Can we talk about me more? Isn't this blog awesome? Who likes meat?!
Posted by: Jared | January 17, 2007 at 01:32 PM
This blog is OK.
Posted by: Ben | January 17, 2007 at 11:11 PM
Ha ha ha. You miserable bastard. This blog rules.
Posted by: Lebowski | January 18, 2007 at 08:02 AM
Sausage arguments are up. Morning.
Posted by: Marcus Brown | January 18, 2007 at 08:34 AM
Can I just say (back to Jared) I'm amazed at the organisational feat that's being pulled off here.
Right, come on Marcus. I off to see your bit now.
Posted by: beeker | January 18, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Come on Jared. We need to vote in Sausage v Bacon debate.
Posted by: Ben | January 18, 2007 at 04:30 PM
Yes. We do. I am so torn I need to decide and then vote in a hurry. Before I change my mind again.
Posted by: beeker | January 18, 2007 at 04:45 PM
I just posted the link - good luck all! Hot Dog vs Bacon also up and running...
Posted by: Jared | January 18, 2007 at 04:49 PM
American bacon is showing strong out of the gate...
Posted by: Heather | January 18, 2007 at 05:40 PM
Has anyone else noticed how when you vote the website tries to get you to go and vote for all sorts of really trivial stuff?
Like:
Have the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan left the U.S. military stretched too thin to effectively deal with future threats?
Posted by: beeker | January 18, 2007 at 05:59 PM
Sausage is not doing so great against bacon (british)
Posted by: Marcus Brown | January 18, 2007 at 06:19 PM
Bacon (Global) is a culinary juggernaut. Both tubular meats, however, have put up some impressive arguments. I look forward to seeing how the voting goes.
Posted by: Jared | January 18, 2007 at 06:27 PM
Yeah, you would think Vizu would recommend the other meat match ups as polls we might be interested in...not sure how you get Hillary Clinton out of Bacon vs Hot Dogs. Although I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere.
Posted by: Heather | January 18, 2007 at 06:47 PM