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If anyone is interested, we're having Alex & his wife over for dinner tomorrow night & I'm going to do the Bruce Aidells' roasted beef loin. Super easy & super good. I could PM the recipe.
You know Ms. Alex and I are looking forward to this.
Alex is bringing a pumpkin cheesecake for dessert.The crust is graham crackers, hazelnuts, toasted almonds, almond extract, brown sugar, and Plugra. The filling is cream cheese, pumpkin purée, sugar, farm eggs, bourbon, vanilla extract, and pumpkin pie spice w/extra cinnamon.
Thanks for the Alton Brown turkey method. We're making ours on Sunday and will do it that way, with a simple brine. We'll start with chestnut soup; accompany the turkey with Mark Miller's Amarillo mole sauce, roasted Brussels sprouts, and bulgur pilaf; and finish with a cranberry-orange-ginger sorbet.
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Never having been to Australia, I can't comment on its prevalence there or any restrictions. I do see it on menus in the US from time to time. It's available by special order from a local purveyor here in West Michigan but it's pretty expensive. I've had it only once in my life, as a tenderloin filet, at an Australian cooking class at a local college's culinary arts program. I liked it a lot. (We made crocodile, too.)
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We went to a friend's house for an old-timey family-style dinner, so everything (except for some hummus to start and several desserts to finish) was served at the same time.
Ms. Alex sometimes will get a migraine headache from red wine, so she drank the better part of a 2000 Callaway Coastal Reserve Viognier. I did the same to a 1999 Fritz Winery Old Vines Zinfandel. I love this wine -- great Zinfandel character without having to be in your face about it.
Someone brought a lovely Washington state dessert wine that I unfortunately did not record.
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Let's at least have some consistency here. I propose that any legislator who votes to ban foie gras should also be mandated to give up eating any commercially raised meat, eggs, and dairy; stop wearing any leather or other animal skin; and not use any item, bone china for example, that contains animal by-products.
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I rather like Cabernet Sauvignon with chocolate (and I live in Michigan
). If there's some left over from dinner (ha!) I might have a few sips along with some chocolate. Port: agreed.
Just a thought -- how about Quady Essensia?
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Thanks for the reply Alex. I did wrap foil around the pan (a double layer of foil just like the recipe called for), and I was extremely careful. My best guess is that somehow the water leaked in through the foil somewhere.
I'm not so discouraged that I won't try it again. More than anything, I was just curious about the conflicting information from Cook's Illustrated.
Thanks,
Gary
Maybe Christopher's evil twin handcuffed him to his wood stove and took his place on the show.
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Funny you should mention this. I was planning to make a bourbon pumpkin cheesecake to bring to Thanksgiving dinner (and maybe a couple extra for the weekend), so I printed off two recipes from Epicurious. The ingredients were similar, but one said to bake at 325 in a water bath for 1'45", the other said to bake at 350 with no water bath for about an hour. I took the no-bath option.
Recipes that call for a springform pan to be immersed in a water bath generally also say that the outside of the pan should be wrapped in a layer or two of heavy-duty aluminum foil, as does the CI recipe. I'm surprised that your crust got soaking wet. Could the water have splashed over the foil somehow?
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I'll be bringing mine out (the Wine Clip that is) on Thanksgiving for our guests to try.
In what way?
Still no mention of any scientific studies (or eGullet).Somehow I don't think either will be seen on his website any time soon.
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As Verjuice noted, they are the perfect accompaniment to brussels sprouts. While parboiling the sprouts, I render some bacon or pancetta, then gently saute the sprouts with chestnuts in the fat and toss back in the bacon/pancetta; finish with a dash of balsamic vinegar and lots of freshly ground black pepper. A big hit every time.
Squeat
I'll second that recipe.
There was a recipe in my local paper last month for a chocolate-chestnut cake. Pretty tasty. I'll check re copyright and see if I can post it.
We're fortunate to have a local chestnut farmer. I picked up 5# last month, which should last into the new year (refrigerated, of course). Only a few moldy ones so far.
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we all suck, no one brought a camera.
That is unconscionable.
Don't let it happen again.
Not all of us. Aurora brought a regular film camera.
Edited for no particular reason.
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Of course we were 16 loud, tequila-swilling and (at times) obnoxious folks taking up a lot of tables for what amounted to about 3 hours on a Saturday night. I'm not sure that really meshed well with the SOP at Nuevo Leon
I think that's exactly it. I'm sure that Nuevo Leon counts on quick turnover rather than markup for their profit margin. There was quite a waiting line by the time we left.
I had a great time and one heck of a food hangover. I loved the mini-tacos, the guisada, and, of course, the tortillas. It was good to catch up with the eG crew I met in GR and the ones I hadn't met yet. I wish I could join the New Year's Eve party, but I'll call in my greetings from DC.
Fresser, Nero, Aurora, and I finally wound up at Bin 36. The place was packed, but I spotted (and quickly grabbed) two empty couches by the coffee bar. We talked, drank, and watched people leaving the Tom Jones performance at House of Blues. Nero's screaming munchies hit at about 11:30 -- thanks to Fresser for buying cookies.
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My most useless = a bread knife with an attached guide to facilitate uniform slicing. We had one in my childhood home (a Magna Knife, if memory serves) that I thought was the coolest thing since, well, sliced bread. I'm sure I bought it out of misdirected nostalgia, given that I had two bread knives already. It hasn't left the drawer since.
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Wine Clip.
It's been a couple hours. You'd think Mr. Clip would've shown up here to defend himself by now.
He was booted off eGullet.
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I'll bring a cava (the same one we had Friday night in GR) and some beer.
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6:00 it is. We'll try to get there a little earlier and throw ourselves atop open tables, while sipping from brown paper bags.
I can get there earlier, too. (I'm on vacation. I can do anything [well, almost] that I want!
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I really really like Lavandou. I live in Michigan but visit my cousins in DC at least once a year. Lavandou is their favorite neighborhood restaurant, and would be mine too if I lived there. The food is reliably good, the prices are reasonable, and the specials are, well, special (e.g., no corkage fee on Mondays, $25 table d'hote on Tuesdays). Check out the Thanksgiving menu.
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Off the top of my head...Poach in vanilla syrup, stuff with (or have leaning on) goat cheese or mascarpone flavored with cardamom, surround with bourbon creme anglaise, top with shaved bittersweet chocolate.
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The department store Target is correctly pronounced
Tar-jay
Especially if it's nearby a JC Peh-NAY.
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How about Harvey Finklestein's "A Puppet Christmas Carol" at Live Bait Theater (N Clark near Irving Park) at 10:30?
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I've used the Cook's Illustrated recipe with great success. I usually make an orange-anise version, using Boyajian orange oil and crushed anise seeds.
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I just acquired my first fleur de sel, from our new local Penzeys store. I know that it's best used as a finishing salt, but I was wondering what foods/dishes benefit the most (or least) from its use. Any thoughts?
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Rummaging through umpteen cartons of books while making room in the basement for our new freezer
, I discovered nine more cookbooks:An Invitation to Indian Cooking -- Madhur Jaffrey
American Cookery -- James Beard
Fast Vegetarian Feasts, rev. ed. -- Martha Rose Shulman
Main-Dish Grains -- Martha Rose Shulman
The Mediterranean Pantry -- Aglaia Kremezi
Italian Family Recipes from The Romagnolis' Table (PBS show from the 70s)
Cucina Fresca -- Viana La Place & Evan Kleiman
The Vegetarian Epicure, Books 1 & 2 -- Anna Thomas
Also uncovered:
The Man Who Ate Everything -- Jeffrey Steingarten
The Art of Eating -- M.F.K. Fisher
The Rituals of Dinner and Much Depends on Dinner -- Margaret Visser
The Artful Eater -- Edward Behr
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A similar product recently generated copious amounts of argument. I'm not sure how many of us really want to go through all that again.
I'm sure.
Viewed at a safe distance, the two threads can be entertaining and informative, plus provide an interesting reflection of what eGullet is all about (imho).
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Improving my cooking skills (2003)
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We just got back from our evening with Matthew and Michele, and I wanted to post before crashing. Everything indeed was wonderful, including (especially) the company.
We did have the Pineau as an aperitif (my first experience with this -- it went down all too easily) followed by the Falanghina (also my first) with the stuffed mushrooms and chicken liver mousse.
The beef with pan gravy turned out perfect, and the fennel was an unexpected but well matched partner.
The electric Bodum vacuum coffee maker most assuredly rocks!
Pumpkin cheesecake, ginger cookies, and Calvados -- now that was an inspired combination.