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wawairis

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  1. I have seen a technique where several empty pans are heated and the liquid is transferred between each one, causing a rapid reduction.  I have heard this works, but have only done it with a couple of pans (harder to accomplish in a home kitchen).  Can anyone verify this?

    I've heard of it but never done it. After de-glazing shouldn't the sauce just thicken by itself according to the amount of time it simmers?

    I've never had a problem with this...

  2. But where are my fellow cold pizza eaters

    Here! (hand raised)

    I'll eat anyting for breakfast on the weekend. During the week, I grab a bagel, coffee, and juice in the office; but the weekend is for Cold Pizza, Cold Chicken,

    I'm not a dunker. Why ruin the beverage?

    I love :wub: cold pizza and chicken for breakfast. Especially cold fried chicken or ham. Yummy!

    That hot orange juice sounds pretty nasty tho...

  3. I'm not at all fond of the local Asian style broccoli "trees".

      :hmmm:

    What do you mean? What are they?

    Uncooked broccoli florets. Look like little trees (And have similar consistancy...)

    And cause such intestinal ditress!

    :sad:

  4. after seemingly years of undercooked vegetables (al dente run riot) its great to get back to having them properly cooked

    What enthusiast said.

    I simply cannot digest raw broccoli or cauliflower (I've been asked not to eat them). It's so nice to go to a restaurant where they're not afraid to apply a little heat to the veggies. I'm not at all fond of the local Asian style broccoli "trees".

    :hmmm:

  5. Favorites:

    Julia

    Jacques Pepin

    Tony Bourdain (of course! Read all of his books, even Bobby Gold!)

    David Rosengarten

    Jacques Torres

    Can tolerate:

    Sara Moultin

    Martha Stewart

    Mario Batali (kinda dry)

    Disklike:

    Wolfgang Puck (probably a nice guy, but his freaking voice drives me crazy! :wacko: )

    Martin Yan (stop all that damn counting and chop!)

    Bobby Flay (howdie doodie does the kitchen - I watch his show just because it makes time go by slowly, kind of a catch 22 thingy)

    Rocco DiSpirito (Bobby Flay Jr.)

  6. Hmm... add some pancetta or bacon, and I do believe you might have the world's most perfect breakfast.

    I thought it had to be vegetarian toppings?

    Well yeah, you're right.

    But bacon is a food category all by itself, necessary to long life, wisdom, and incredible physical beauty. Sometimes I plumb forget it's merely meat.

    I understand and share your enthusiasm :biggrin::biggrin:

  7. As far as I'm concerned it shouldn't be on at all.  It's so rude to be on the phone while your meal companion gazes into space.

    We were recently at a restaurant here in town where a couple solved that problem pretty effectively. They both had phones with games on them, and they played them throughout the meal. Barely even looked up at each other.

    Gee, is it me or is that extremely sad? Why bother going out to eat in the first place?

  8. I just hate to see a bunch of yuppie wankers come into a restaurant, sit down, and whip out their cell phones to place on the table.  BFD!  Like a cell phone is going to make them Mr. Irresistable!

    Um, you put your cell phone on the table so that it is handy to grab if it rings. I don't think anyone in this day and age thinks of having a cell phone as a status symbol. Think of it this way, if they're not going to turn it off when they're in the restaurant (which I think they should), then at least they won't let it ring and ring and ring before answering it.

    As far as I'm concerned it shouldn't be on at all. It's so rude to be on the phone while your meal companion gazes into space.

    I know there's a lot of circumstances where people need to have their phones on but I still think it's incredibly rude.

    I recognize your point about leaving the phone on the table. I've been at dinner where a fellow diner not only left his phone on the table, but refused to answer it. It rang and rang and rang. :angry:

  9. Cell phones are banned in most Japanese restaurants, even the Denny's type ones!

    They are also banned in trains and there are quite heavy fines if one is caught talking and driving! :biggrin:

    Just as it should be. They're so damned annoying! I just hate to see a bunch of yuppie wankers come into a restaurant, sit down, and whip out their cell phones to place on the table. BFD! Like a cell phone is going to make them Mr. Irresistable!

    :hmmm::wink:

  10. When dessert was served, the president's wife announced that it was made in honor of the guest from Florida.  It was an electric green key lime pie "made from a Jello recipe."  It tasted medicinal.  The funny part was watching this poor kid struggle to eat the enormous wedge that had been sliced for him.  And how quickly a second serving was given to him since he "clearly loved the first slice."

    He threw-up in the bathroom about five minutes after he painfully swallowed the last of the second piece.

    Didn't anyone notice that the poor kid was hurling?

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