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A mentor to many, an innovator, and one swell guy. It's not sunk in yet. My heart goes out to Ellen, PJ and his family and friends.
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Reseasoning cast iron, flaxseed v. grapeseed oil
maggiethecat replied to a topic in Kitchen Consumer
I don't wish to present myself as a no-brain Luddite though I might be. The magic seasoning ingredient is bacon fat, really. Cast iron, preseasoned or raw , can be stick free if you cook two batches of bacon and clean it gently -- no steel wool. -
The whole concept is flawed. Nigella (too skinny) is the least self-serving celeb on the show. I'm embarrassed for Bourdain, who seems to have officially sold out. (I'm sure he has his reasons.) Ludo is a caricature of the jerk French chef, and I regret that I don't know who Malarkey is. The show is trashy and cynical. I enjoyed it a lot.
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Your most disliked trend in the food industry.
maggiethecat replied to a topic in Food Traditions & Culture
Oh jeez, folks, there's only one answer: frikken' KALE. -
OTOH.....
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"The Hater's Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog"
maggiethecat replied to a topic in Food Media & Arts
Chuck Williams brought me to my knees, oh, fifteen(?) years ago with his giveaways of the white chocolate peppermint bark. After spending too much for too little I learned to make my own. The prices are a joke, a third of the products are a joke. What W-S is good for is a half hour walk through on the weekend, just for fun. And truth to tell, back in the day I'd buy a tablecloth from the sale table in the back. I'm not sure the biz model is working out. Two W-S stores in my lovely GOP neighborhood suburbs have gone belly up. -
Man oh man oh Manitoulin! Thanks, Ladies: I always consider your posts from the island as a holiday. (Well, for me, not for you.) I think I can say without fear of contradiction, that you are eating better than any other two people on the island. Love the Lardy cake.
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I really like Sarabeth's preserves, though I refuse to pay Williams-Sonoma prices for them. A Homestyle, if you have one near you, is the absolutely best retailer if you want great jams/preserves that don't cost fourteen bucks a jar.They have a terrific variety for about half the regular retail value.
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At gunpoint. My mother served cottage cheese for lunch three times a week, and I swore that when I was all grown up I'd never eat it again.I haven't. Carry on.
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I learned about the perils of Barefoot in the Kitchen, oh, lemme think -- jelly shoes, my daughter was in middle school. Late eighties? I dropped an empty gallon glass jug of Gallo Paisano on my bare foot. The bottle didn't break, but all five toes on my right foot did. I wore flip flops to work, in a business dress code firm, for two months. Lesson learned. I can buy better wine now, and I'd as soon go into the kitchen barefoot as date Charlie Sheen.
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Groundbreaking Chefs Whose Food Has Seen Better Days
maggiethecat replied to a topic in Restaurant Life
Oh, and I ate at Puck's Vert some years ago and it was just brilliant. -
Groundbreaking Chefs Whose Food Has Seen Better Days
maggiethecat replied to a topic in Restaurant Life
I think Rick Bayless hasn't missed a beat, but he has, like, maybe, four restaurants. I get great reviews from friends and critics alike. High, high quality. -
"How would you like those eggs cooked?"
maggiethecat replied to a topic in Food Traditions & Culture
Good Lord, "Bastard eggs?" That's the only way fried eggs were ever cooked in my parents' house, and in mine. If I can't baste fried eggs in bacon fat I don't make fried eggs. My feelings about fried eggs, in a thousand words or so, can be found Here. In a diner, I'm as over easy kinda gal. -
Thank you. Unless you're in a production pastry kitchen or Desperately Seeking Nathan, a generic kitchen scale , cup measures and a set of measuring spoons work just fine.
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That's brilliant, Linda, though I'm dateless and will swap in some dried apricots. I have everything else. Guess what I'll be doing about 11:00 CST?