Blue and Gold and Uniq

Last night was the Blue and Gold Banquet for my son’s Cub Scout troop. We were instructed to bring a salad, beverages and a dessert. The latter would be judged in a contest to determine whose creation was decorated the best in the scouting theme.

Now I must admit that I am not horribly creative, and my past attempts at being creative usually end disappointingly. But the fact that I would undoubtedly be let down by my dessert didn’t deter me. I scoured my cooking magazines and found a recipe for a Uniq Fruit and Cream Cheese Tart in Cooking Light:

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1696581

I imagined that I could make the tart and use blueberries and Uniq Fruit to make the shape of a Boy Scout Emblem on it.

Once at the store, I was amused to see that Uniq Fruit is what used to be known as Ugli Fruit. I can only imagine that the sales for Ugli Fruit were disappointing. Now that the fruit has been deemed Uniq, they will undoubtedly be flying off the shelves.



Back home, I first made the Uniq Fruit and Lemon Marmalade that is needed for the tart. Then the graham cracker crust and, finally, the filling. Once the tart had chilled, you were to layer it with Uniq Fruit and melt some of the marmalade to brush over the fruit. This is where it all started to go wrong.

First, I realized that I made the emblem wrong. Instead of having the side flourishes arching over, I had them pointing up. I tried to fix it but the end result looked something more like a deformed anchor or arrow instead of the Boy Scout Emblem. Then I filled the misshapen symbol with the Uniq Fruit. I took a small taste of the marmalade before melting it and found it to be incredibly bitter. Not sure if I didn’t get all the white pithy part off or what. So I opted to leave off the marmalade, and my creation was complete.

If you promise not to laugh, here’s a picture:

Needless to say, I didn’t win the decorating contest.