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I was thinking more of the venue and the chefs. Do they come out ahead?

Neat idea. Money will be an issue for all concerned. Does everybody involved come out ahead?

Mouthfeel like demi-glace.

Wondra is a treated flour that can be shaken into a sauce without clumping if whisked briskly while being added to hot liquids. Doesn't take a lot to thicken several tbsp sauce esp if it is already partially cooked down. It isn't hard to use...just shake in a bit...whisk for a moment ...shake in a bit more if needed. Hard to overshoot with.

There's something to be said for having enough stock to use it profligately. It doesn't need to be hoarded, use the shit out of it!

I often cheat using Wondra flour to thicken a cream sauce. When it is of the volume and flavor that I want, I whisk in Wondra until its right. Different taste? Maybe a little, but I think you'd have to know I did it to suspect a difference

Looks very nice. I'd skip the peas though.

go for it!

Because you can!

Probably you've done better than most with this guy. You used the words 'diligent' and 'free'...rarely combined with 'contractor' .

Effing contractors will drive you crazy. Remember the TV show Green Acres? Every gen. contractor I've dealt with over 30 yrs is like Mr. Haney...a line of bullshit and a determination to fleece you. Re wine fridge...this seems affordable http://www.winecoolerdirect.com/edgestar-34-bottle-free-standing-dual-zone-wine-cooler-black-stainless-steel/CWF340DZ.html?mtcpromotion=PLA%3EWine_Refrigerators%3E28_74_Bottle_Wine_Refrigerators%3ECWF340DZ&src=SHOPPING&kpid=CWF340DZ&CAWELAID=120127150000003350&CAGPSPN=pla&kpid=CWF340DZ&gclid=CjwKEAiAgranBRDitfSQk_P7vnMSJAAhx5G58ouGZgtW-7DNDEaV-TWqJVYw-WLyPFQWjw_vTf_OfxoCzx_w_wcB

Beautiful pot indeed. I don't think tin oxidizes green, more like gray. Perhaps it is a copper alloy.

100 days...wow That is the very thing that is keeping my hideous old cabinets in place. When the time eventually comes I may be the general contractor and do it in controllable stages. I've heard horror stories.

Uncooked garlic is bitter/raw to me. Burned garlic is vile otherwise I like garlic just fine

All of this garlic cleansing has the ring of a religious practice. Good history but scant support. Not that I'm against religion. But its hard to understand why 10 or 4 or whatever number of washes are needed to gentle the garlic more than 2 washes. I can make rationalizing explanations eg milk is an emulsion that will solubilize both polar and non-polar stuff. But I see more idiosyncrasy than science and smell the odor of BS more than that of garlic.

It really comes down to whatever the science is and whether it is done well.

I don't understand the physics of this.

Sounds like once opened it ought to be refrigerated; as with maple syrup which will get furry at room temp.

How much food do you keep in the house,BKE?

Huh. By 'finish' you mean back of the tongue lingering flavor...in the same sense as umami?

All the stuff you listed is flavored fat. Can you taste a neutral oil, GlorifiedRice?

Fascinating watching this evolve!

Huh. I don't taste triglycerides. Peanut oil is just oily to me. The one paper that was linked studied the perception of fatty acids which although they are lipids, are not fat per se. Fat is triglyceride, which is a gycerol esterified to three fatty acids. Vegetable oils are ~99.9% triglyceride. Solid fat is made of triglycerides with longer carbon chains that remain solid until heated to their melting temp. Fatty acids are not free in fat unless it has gone rancid and begun to break down. Fatty acids are liberated from fat when mixed with saliva by the enzyme lipase. But unless one chews a lot without swallowing, the fatty acids wouldn't seem to have much time to accumulate where they could be tasted. Sensing fatty acids isn't so novel. The shorter chain ones have odor..acetic is vinegar, propionic is cheesy, butyric is vomity, caprilic and caproic are goaty (hence their names). I'd love to see the other references. Interesting stuff.

And don't let your dog eat corn cobs. Almost guaranteed trip to vet for blocked intestine.

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