Broiling Beefs

"Welcome back to the Carnivorous Creations where all the meals are meatlicious," the announcer explained. 

The young contestants stood nervously as their dishes sat before the judges. As the judges ate their portions, their emotions never changed. All participants sweated, hoping not to lose. The results were in, as the judge, Delect Licious, announced the names.

Of all the dishes served, Leara's savory taste took the top spot. Braxia is next, with a drier version but still good flavor. The third and last contestant to survive this round is Calim, with lemon spice. The remaining two, Harlo and Hesper, will now be eliminated from the show.

Harlo and Hesper gasped, not wanting to leave the set, but they were escorted off anyway. The winner just stared forward, glad not to face that fate.

The next day was the same as the new assignment. 

Delect announced, "Select a spice from your area and make a dish worthy of a top contestant."

They all started looking through their recipes and trying to pick the best one. Braxia strolled over to Leara and whispered," I bet you cannot make anything out of that celian weed with all its difficulty."

Leara jeered at her back as Braxia went back to her grandmother's recipe of asper spice infused meat.  It was always a favorite with her family.  Both started working on the mixtures as the new meat arrived. It was still frozen, but the race had begun to survive in the next round.  Leara did pull out the celian weed to prove herself and stay in the top spot.  The ovens heated as all the dishes were being prepared.  Both girls stared at each other as they placed their flavored meat in their oven.  Minutes turned into an hour, and the muscle was checked. The savory sauce was made to add later.  The sauce was drizzled for the final touches as the meat was ready.  All seemed to refuse to taste their creations.

The judges ingested Leara's dish first and then sauntered to Braxia's. They kept their stoic faces until blood burst out of their noses and mouths. All contestants stared in disbelief as the judges fell over dead. A sigh of relief was felt as the contestants were glad to see them gone but wondered until Braxia spoke up, not shocked.

It was an old story. My grandmother always told me to never combine celian weed and asper spice dishes in that order. The meal would make the stomach explode with its deadly reaction. I needed you to make that dish, and I could make my grandmother's dish to save us all. Now, we are free from this awful game of becoming one of the formal contestants.  Some formal contestants can finally be returned from the freezers to their families. Some of them have already been used up in meals.  I guess they can have some closure.  However, they should have called this show The Cannibal Cooking Show, accompanied by It's a Real Killer.