Cooking With the Cows

Cambridge is well known for its thriving thesp scene, not least thanks to legion upon legion of #famuz #alumnae. Indeed, so intense is the competition for roles in plays that by the time a student actually makes it onto the stage, they can usually carry their lines fairly efficiently.

So, when The Tab was asked for an interview by the cast of next week’s sketch-show, Cows, we thought it would be interesting to see how funny they were offstage. Somewhere stressful, ideally, where the heat would be as intense as the ADC lights and spectators as ravenous for the real deal. So we asked them to cook us dinner.

Choppin and chortlin

My colleague Ben dealt with the interviewing; I oversaw their cooking, giving them the task of making a Thai Green Curry for the main and iced cupcakes for dessert. Since they could all become slebs, here’s a record of them doing exactly that for us, and, transcribed below (WORD FOR WORD), the recipe that they followed. #nofilter #kepttheirtissues #lickedtheirforkswhentheyleft.

Cows Thai Green Curry

Ingredients

5 chicken breasts

2 cans of coconut milk

4 leeks

1 punnet of white mushrooms

2 onions

1 jar of thai green curry paste

500g jasmine rice

Instructions

1. Fry the onions and sliced mushrooms in a little oil, in a large saucepan
2. Meanwhile, chop errtang into bitesize bits. Add these to the pan. Continue heating on medium.
3. Add the coconut milk, a little boiling water and 2 tablespoons of curry paste. Stir as it’s heating through.
4. Cook the rice. Check the chicken is cooked and serve with the rice.

I’d Thai this again

Cows Cupcakes

1. Buy those naked cupcakes from Sains.
2. Buy that squeezable icing from Sains.
3. Squeeze that squeezable icing onto those naked cupcakes.

Blousy, sugary goodness

All in all, the cast fared up pretty well in the kitchen. They chopped efficiently; they got into the spirit of the cake decoration; they didn’t leave any insulting leftovers. They even washed up. Good in the kitchen, great in the bedroom, they say. Which probably also means their show will be alright.