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Chef Shogun

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  1. I was holding off on this one for a couple of threads, but here goes...

    Madame et Monsieur, allow me to present: The Brazilian Wax*! Cachaca, grenadine, Angostura, and Fresca. #include <beer.h> glass by Thinkgeek.com. Bendy straw by Harris Teeter. Kind of settled, but it was a really neat cloudy red gradiant.

    thebrazilianwax24xk3yd.jpg

    Use a good amount of middling cachaca (I'm finding this one a good way to kill off what's left of my Pitu before buying something nicer for more respectable cachaca drinks) in a glass with ice, a few dashes of bitters, bit of grenadine, then pour Fresca slowly in. The grenadine will largely stay at the bottom and gradiate very nicely towards the top. Admire for a bit then stir so you don't suck up a mouthfull of grenadine.

    *A working title

    Edited for late-breaking spelling errors. Film at 11.

  2. 'Seasoning'...is this a cast iron teapot?

    Kind of a counter-question: Is a new cast iron teapot like an un-seasoned long-used cast iron teapot? If I buy a new one, will it have the same flavour problems you are seeing in your damaged pot?

  3. Now you're just playing lawyer games.  :laugh: The tunaburgers, lobersterburgers and (on the west coast) salmonburgers of the world are no more true burgers than sweetbreads are bread or fennel confit is a true confit.

    Not that there's anything wrong with them, mind you....

    Hey, the thread said "burgers" and also "fancy." How muchh more fancy can a burger get when it has no beef in it. Would a "bison" or "venison" burger not count as well?

    I find Mr. Nebergall's argument...delicious!
  4. I think if the Brick maintained their actual stocked quantities of beer as well as the vaunted List, they would have a winning formula. Old stock complaint, I know... :raz:

    Still, there are plenty of worse places for lunch, and it's not like there won't be something there you'll want to drink!

  5. I can't say I saw much of a difference between the three birds either, save for one piece that I had which was very salty. I'd like to think that was the brined one, but who knows.

    Thanks to everybody for the great sides and the great company, and especially for Mr. and Mrs. Busboy for their glittering as always hospitality!

  6. I pretty much just took the seal off the cap, cleaned it, dropped it back inside the growler, added a splash of bleach to each, then filled each to overflowing so the cap surfaces would be submerged. Those sat overnight, then I emptied them before work and put in the dishwasher so they'll be rinsed when I get home. The seals look ok now that they soaked, but I'll see if I can get new ones when I go.

    There will be beer yet!

  7. What's the best way to clean a growler? I ran mine through the dishwasher, which seemed to do a good job, but when I went to get them just now to head out to Old Dominion to have them filled, I checked and the seals were moldy! So, I have to call off the run, but what should I do to cleanse the growlers for the attempt tomorrow? Fill them with dilute bleach for the night then put them in the diswasher again?

  8. Have to start somewhere, right? This is the 'experience' part for when in a few decades they are regarded as 'experienced' sommeliers.

  9. I have been intrigued by the battery powered "Aerolatte" frother that shows up here and there in online ads.  Have been giving some thought to putting together a travel kit for making a decent facsimile of cappuccino or latte by using a Velox portable elcetric moka coffee brewer and one of those Aerolatte's for the frothing.

    I've got an Aerolatte, and it works pretty well. It's not going to replace your steam frother, but it should work great in the travel kit.
  10. Is Gran Gala compatable? I know I've seen it in Table Tents at a restaurant or two (typically not places where you'd expect a good Margarita...) Cointreau in the "Top Shelf Margarita", followed by Gran Gala in the middle, and stock margarita with Bol's or similar Triple Sec. Question is, is it any GOOD?

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