The kid wants to play too!

So after the wife and I had fairly successful bouts of chopped! at home, The older two kids informed us that they would like to play too. I must admit I was a little nervous about having to eat something one of my children cooked, but I was outvoted and they were allowed into the "competition". The oldest got his first basket, and the ingredients were flank steak, fresh pasta (linguini), whiskey and rainier cherries. Since he recently turned 21 we thought he would enjoy the whiskey part. I have asked him to post on here and explain his undertaking, but he assures me that will not happen. Suffice it to say I was pleasantly surprised by the flavors he was actually able to develop. He made the linguini and a nice tomato based sauce that had the rainier cherries and whiskey in it, but neither of them overpowered the sauce and he cut the flank steak into strips and added it to the sauce. Our only real critique was the flank steak was a little tough, as flank steak will be in most preparations. He also prepared us a libation on the side using cola flavored vodka and the cherries, which tasted a lot like a flat cherry coke. All in all a nice surprise. Good job Son!