malarkey
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then SOMEBODY needs to fill that gap... eh?!
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Hey, Fish, I've had the same problem. Give Jim Drohman a call at Le Pichet. I think the chickens he gets are about three pounds. Actually, I know he gets them from Don and Joe's. Have you tried them?
Yep, Don & Joe's are my first pick at the moment - they have 3 1/4 pounders. I'm sure they'll do nicely.
Next time I make this recipe I'm going to try to order one of the blue-foot chickens from D'Artagnan - apparently they're pretty close to Poulet de Bresse in taste.
The Smart chickens at Metropolitan Market are usually of the smaller variety. I've been able to find 3 pounders there.
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Thanks for the feedback, Kent. That thread about Hudson's on the Bend really made me think that should be my special meal while in Austin.
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I hated, no loathed, the phony ending. It reeked of ham handedness. Did they take a cue from Food Network Star for that hokum? It was so obvious and painful to watch. Oh the suspense, oh the drama! Spare me.
LOL All reality shows reek of this!
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I'm going to be spending a week in Austin at the end of October. I'm interested in finding the following things:
- The best places to buy fresh seafood, and to get an idea of the types of seafood available there.
- I'd love to visit a farmer's market while there also, and I think I remember hearing about one that is near downtown...? But I'm curious about which ones you think are the best.
- Any good asian grocery stores?
I've been to the Whole Foods and Central Market, so am familiar with those.
I will also hopefully get a few restaurant meals in. If I can have only one high end meal in town, where should I go? If I want interesting creative comfort food where should I go?
Thanks for your help!
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Daily Stuff:
China: Woodland Spode. Simple el-cheapo stainless flatware. Speigelau stems, bordeaux or burgundy. Cloth napkins, always.
Arranging food on the plate or platter?? Only when company comes.
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yep, it's still there. at least, it was when I went down there last summer.
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Home Cooking, by Laurie Colwin
great book!
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Come on people where is the Wine Library??
586 Morris Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
888-980-WINE (9463)
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Wow, I'm surprised about Frites. I thought he did a booming biz due to Nuemos.
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Indeed, and it's fantastic. Had dinner there last thursday. So good to have it back, and... could there be a better location?! I think not!
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probably. while you can get crabs year 'round, they are somewhat seasonal, and that season is winter.
that being said, I've had dungies in the middle of summer and they were quite fine.
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...in Spokane, most of our really good restaurants are old-fashioned Mom and Pot joints.
<raised eyebrows> Sure you didn't spend some extra time in Eugene??
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Huckleberries are simply the most flavorful little beauties you will ever taste. In fact, I actually have goose bumps right now as I write to you about huckleberries-they are that precious to me.
You and me both. I covet them and wait for them to start showing up at the farmers markets. Then I buy a truckload and vac-seal them so I can have them all winter long
OK, maybe not a truckload, but a freezer-full, yes!
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Pacific Oyster is great, you won't go wrong there. Definitely casual and a good spot for a wee one. On the pier! Great fish 'n chips, too.
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Wow their menu sounds great!
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has anyone eaten at Art of the Table yet?
Where is this??
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Farewell, Beecher's cultured butter! (They don't make it anymore).
waahh!!
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Rachel Ray's original 30-Minute Meals.
And what's even worse than owning it is the fact that I actually USE it.
Often.
LOL! I read the title of this thread, and started thinking..."hmm I don't think I'm embarassed about any cookbook I own..." Then I read this post.
Yes, I would be embarassed to own a RR book. Or Sandra Lee.
but I do own many non-serious foodie type cookbooks. I have lots of church cookbooks, from communities around where I grew up in KS. To me, those are very interesting pieces of Americana.
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but definitely some more than others. Boat St Cafe comes to mind immediately. Now, I love this place, but man, the parking is atrocious.
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oh yay, I can't WAIT!!
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I went to the pre-opening party at Opal on the top of Queen Anne last night.
Nice write-up cburnsi. Tell me about the chefs there, where were they before?
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Speaking of Queen Anne, has anyone tried Calva Cafe, the tiny sushi/Chinese/espresso/bubble tea place where Pat's espresso used to be? The menu has a fairly extensive sushi list plus a couple fozen Chinese standards. I've yet to try it, but the people are friendly and a friend said the food looked good.
What happened to Pat's? did he sell? I used to be a regular there, (started when he was still running the espresso stand at the Thriftway), till I decided it was one of my daily cash outlays that had to stop. I've been curious.
Thanksgiving post-mortem
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After several years of fantastic dinners with no mistakes, this year was sort of a flop.
I've been brining for years now, and this year is the first time that the bird has ever been over-brined. For the past couple of years, I've been using the W-S brine, which is salt, sugar, lemon & orange peel and herbs. It imparts flavor to the entire bird, and last year using a 15 lb bird IMO it was perfect and I loved it. This year I used a smaller turkey (smaller crowd, only 3 of us) an 8 pounder, and the brine flavor was pretty strong.
I also missed the timing of the cooking. 15 minutes per pound (unstuffed) = 2 hours. Breast done at this time but not the dark meat. Breast carved off and rest of turkey stuck back in oven while everything else is put on hold on the stove top. Mashed taters with chives & garlic, giblet gravy with shittake mushrooms & sherry, green beans with crispy pancetta & sage. Dessert was a kentucky butter cake. My gravy was off this year (it's usually fabulous) and I'm not quite sure what went wrong there.
All in all a good weekend spent walking by the ocean and beach-combing and lazing around reading books and playing games. There's always next year to try & get it right again!