Toliver

One of the drawbacks to a cast iron wok is you don't have the flexibility to move the wok on and off the burner to control the heat of your pan. While high heat is imperative to chinese cooking, being able to quickly remove the pan from the heat (without getting a hernia) is important. Anyone using a corn starch slurry to thicken your sauces will concur. That's one reason why I prefer the inexpensive sheet metal-type pans you can buy at the Asian markets. I have an electric stove and my wok isn't flat bottomed. While there are metal rings you can buy to provide stability to your pans, I don't use one. My hand rarely leaves the handle of the wok as I stir fry (another reason why mise en place is so important in chinese cooking) so stability isn't an issue for me. Stay away from non-stick. You won't be able to develop the "wok hey" that eventually adds that extra something special to your chinese cooking. hzrt8w's wok and burner shopping project may offer some tips on what kind of wok may work for you. And the "A Pictorial Guide To Seasoning a Brand New Wok" thread offers tips on how to season your wok.

The article: "Krispy Kreme launches whole wheat doughnut" There's not too much to the story. Will it be enough to turn around the company's fortunes? The one Krispy Kreme location here closed, which I never thought I would see.

Poltergeist ← Quite correct!

You are correct! SPOILERS (If you haven't seen the movie stop reading and scroll past if you don't want the plot to be spoiled for you) * * * * * * * The daughter makes individual chocolate soufflés twice in the movie. One time they turn out perfect and then other time they don't. She takes it as a sign about her choice of men. Hey, some people read tea leaves...she reads chocolate soufflés!

New movie food...could be easy: a steak that comes alive; a cooked chicken leg that turns maggoty (to coin a new word ) and then isn't; a pot of sauce cooking on the stove.

A new week and a new recap... Please don't assign numbers to your new movie foods...if a movie is solved before it gets put into a recap, I don't give it a number since it's out of play. Also, we're getting some repeat movies. Try not to use "Cool Hand Luke", "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Dirty Dancing" as they've all been used twice. **Some new clues have been added to the movies still in play Wow, we have a lot of avid foodie movie fans out there! CONGRATULATIONS TO: -WHT for solving #75 (a grim clue: A towel full of oranges) as the film "The Grifters". The towel full of oranges was from a very grim scene in the movie ("Tell me about the oranges, Lilly"). WHT also solved "50 hardboiled eggs in an hour" as "Cool Hand Luke". -Simon_S for solving #65 (Live, wriggling reptilian alien looking frogs swallowed whole. CLUE: the live reptilian alien frogs were served from a glass bowl while a blue dancer danced) was the film "Return of the Jedi". -racheld for solving #53 ("Turn me over I am done on this side." CLUE: blonde woman eating an ice cream cone in town square and she finally has someone to cook for) as "Under the Tuscan Sun". -waterdogs for solving #74 (a good hamburger with lots of onions, was it in S. Eureka or N. Eureka? from same movie: "Here's to Boompah" and finally same movie: "gum drops, shortcake, sweet stuff jelly roll" o.k. one more, same movie: "Hip! hip!") as the film "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation". -reefpimp for solving "Fresh bits of brain, sautéd in butter and herbs" as the film "Hannibal". -johhnyd has correctly guessed that "Waiter, there's a transexual in my soup" is the film "Rocky Horror Picture Show". --glossyp has solved #70 ("A little sprinkle of tapioca in the cherry pie, just like Mama did," just before the cook is coaxed down onto the floor with her husband, with her "Apron up around her ears." bonus clue: same movie features a roast chicken dinner used to decorate the dining room walls) as the film "Sweet Dreams". --Domestic Goddess has correctly guessed that "centipede and barley soup" is the film (video?) "Kermit's Swamp Years" & also solved "have some lotus soup, a son will come quickly" as the film "The Wedding Banquet". -WHT has solved "tomato soup, 10 tins of, mushroom soup, 8 tins of for consumption cold" as the film "Trainspotting". -insomniac has correctly guessed that "Two minute scene: Mom bustles home from work, grabs two little saucepans, dumps a cup of Minute rice in one, a can of tuna and a can of mushroom soup into the other, and as she scritches them around with a fork, yells, 'Dinner's ready' " is the film "Desert Bloom". -JeanneCake has solved "2 eggs over easy with a side of bacon , grits and butter, as a first bite picture is being taken .............and a description of how to cook grits. "I've heard of grits before, but I've never seen a grit") is the film "My Cousin Vinny". -I_call_the_duck has correctly guessed that "A beautiful whole fish going into a poacher with slices of lemon , etc.... with a glass of wine and a straw" is the film "Roxanne". -waterdogs has solved "Peanut butter and onion sandwiches" as the film "Little Monsters". -Hannahbanana has correctly solved "VERY nervous chef sends a dish of beautifully rare pigeon breast out to a VIP customer. Customer's comments: 'inventive... and creative' " as the film "My Best Friend's Wedding". -caroled has solved "I carried a watermelon?" as the film "Dirty Dancing". ************ WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION: -caroled has guessed that #71 is "Father of the Bride". -reefpimp has guessed that #66 is "Hairspray". We also know: #49 is not "Lilies of the Field" #67 is not "Memoirs of a Geisha" or "Monsters, Inc." #68 is not "I Love You to Death" ************ AS YET UNSOLVED AND STILL TAUNTING US: 49. How about "A solitary fried egg, soup with a ham hock" 55. How current are you in your movies? Movie food = individual chocolate soufflés CLUE: The main character's daughter runs a catering company 61. The following items are on the menu in this movie: melon with port, herring, snails ala mode Chablis, hare pate, grilled sardines, filet of sole, fried whiting, skate in brown butter, quenelles of pike, truit au bleu, vol au vent, three cups of tea, two with lemon, one with milk, three coffees, one with cognac, a glass of poisoned milk, three glasses of water, champagne, bread, lettuce, whiskey and soda, foie gras, ham, dry martinis, eggs, cheese, roast chicken, port ,omelet with truffles, guinea hen, soup, leg of lamb with beans, American canned beans, and in conclusion, leftover roast meat and a baguette for a late night snack. 66. Pizza with "stinky junk, bits of sweaty sausage, a little tomato, nice, fresh spaghetti, an old cheese rind, lettuce that's good and rotten, one olive..." 67. A cherry snow cone CLUE: They had snow cones (hers was cherry) because it was still so hot, even though it was night time. 68. "Who is it?" "Mr. Pizza." "Again?" "Mr. Pizza, sir!...Okay, who had the double cheese sausage and bologna?" CLUE: "Am I hallucinating here? Just what in the hell do you think you're doing? "Learning about Cuba. Having some food." 71. Saffodd and Keck 72. A decapitated chopped-liver chicken 73. "Can someone hand me my Evian" 76. Cans of orange soda with the brand name "Jump" CLUE: The Big Woo 77. Butter being churned MODIFIED CLUE: picnic hampers containing- "...some ole meat pies and apple jelly..." "...cold duck with stuffin'and that lemon meringue pie." CLUE: The picnic hampers were up for auction 78. eyebowl soup served in a metal bowl CLUE: This is an old movie. It is actually a remake of an older movie and is the inspiration for the tv show "I Dreamed of Jeannie". 79. Extremely bloody piece of beef being roughly hewn in a very genteel restaurant 81. Waiter, there's a turd in my soup 82. Waiter, there's a fly (yes, really) in my soup 83. Try not to spill the soup, you Marxist bastard 84. "Why is there a watermelon there?" (no cheating by using Google!) 85. "they don't serve fried chicken and watermelon on a daily basis in my mess hall" 86. chalky tasting dessert **** NOTE: If you post a movie, please check back to see if the guesses on your movie are correct or not so we can keep the "Still in Play" list accurate. Also, consider posting more clues if your movie remains unsolved. **** edited because I screwed up

This isn't "Monsters, Inc" is it? Si ← No, it is not.

I'm thinking Full Metal Jacket...? ← Rounders ← Not the movie I am thinking of... ← The Grifters ← "The Grifters" is quite correct! Well done!

It's the end of the week, so here's an evening recap to go with your "welcome to the weekend" dinner. Some new clues have been added and oneidaone's hamburger movie clue (#74) has been re-added to the mix since it was overlooked and not solved: CONGRATULATIONS TO: -johnnyd for finally solving #42 (A liquor bottle replaces Venus. NEW CLUE: One of the stars is nominated for the Best Actor Oscar this year. [but for a different movie]) as the film "How to Steal a Million". -chufi has solved #69 (Spaghetti carbonara, served in big bowls in bed) as the Meryl Streep/Jack Nicholson film "Heartburn". ************ WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION: -Simon_S has guessed that #65 is "Return of the Jedi". -racheld has guessed that #53 may be "Under the Tuscan Sun". We also know: #49 is not "Lilies of the Field" #67 is not "Memoirs of a Geisha" #74 is not "Caddyshack" #75 is not "Full Metal Jacket" or "Rounders" ************ AS YET UNSOLVED AND STILL IN PLAY: 49. How about "A solitary fried egg, soup with a ham hock" 53. "Turn me over I am done on this side." CLUE: blonde woman eating an ice cream cone in town square and she finally has someone to cook for 55. How current are you in your movies? Movie food = individual chocolate soufflés 61. The following items are on the menu in this movie: melon with port, herring, snails ala mode Chablis, hare pate, grilled sardines, filet of sole, fried whiting, skate in brown butter, quenelles of pike, truit au bleu, vol au vent, three cups of tea, two with lemon, one with milk, three coffees, one with cognac, a glass of poisoned milk, three glasses of water, champagne, bread, lettuce, whiskey and soda, foie gras, ham, dry martinis, eggs, cheese, roast chicken, port ,omelet with truffles, guinea hen, soup, leg of lamb with beans, American canned beans, and in conclusion, leftover roast meat and a baguette for a late night snack. 65. Live, wriggling reptilian alien looking frogs swallowed whole. CLUE: the live reptilian alien frogs were served from a glass bowl while a blue dancer danced 66. Pizza with "stinky junk, bits of sweaty sausage, a little tomato, nice, fresh spaghetti, an old cheese rind, lettuce that's good and rotten, one olive..." 67. A cherry snow cone 68. "Who is it?" "Mr. Pizza." "Again?" "Mr. Pizza, sir!...Okay, who had the double cheese sausage and bologna?" 70. "A little sprinkle of tapioca in the cherry pie, just like Mama did," just before the cook is coaxed down onto the floor with her husband, with her "Apron up around her ears." (bonus clue: same movie features a roast chicken dinner used to decorate the dining room walls) 71. Saffodd and Keck 72. A decapitated chopped-liver chicken 73. "Can someone hand me my Evian" 74. a good hamburger with lots of onions, was it in S. Eureka or N. Eureka? from same movie: "Here's to Boompah" and finally same movie: "gum drops, shortcake, sweet stuff jelly roll" o.k. one more, same movie: "Hip! hip!" 75. a grim clue: A towel full of oranges 76. Cans of orange soda with the brand name "Jump" 77. Butter being churned MODIFIED CLUE: picnic hampers containing- "...some ole meat pies and apple jelly..." "...cold duck with stuffin'and that lemon meringue pie." **** NOTE: If you post a movie, please check back to see if the guesses on your movie are correct or not so we can keep the "Still in Play" list accurate. Also, consider posting more clues if your movie remains unsolved. ****

Another movie...could be easy for some: Butter being churned "...some ole meat pies and apple jelly..." "...cold duck with stuffin'and that lemon meringue pie."

I'm thinking Full Metal Jacket...? ← Rounders ← Not the movie I am thinking of...

I don't think this movie has been mentioned before...it should be an easy one: Cans of orange soda with the brand name "Jump" edited to clarify

I'm thinking Full Metal Jacket...? ← Nope, try again.

Another movie with a grim clue: A towel full of oranges

I don't know what # this would be but I think it got lost in the mix. I know it was guessed to be "Caddyshack" but that is not correct. These things are all from the same movie with a classic star in the lead. ← Thank you for clearing this up. I will add it back into the evening recap. My apologies!

A recap for the afternoon: CONGRATULATIONS TO: -Simon_S for solving #68 (Tab and Pepsi Free) as the film "Back to the Future" and for solving "A sushi platter and a Pixie Stix & Captain Crunch sandwich" as the film "The Breakfast Club". -insomniac for solving #67 ("...Hot sausage and mustard! While we're in the mood -- Cold jelly and custard! Pease pudding and saveloys!...") as the film "Oliver!", for solving "A bottle of Vichy water" as the film "Casablanca" and for figuring out that "How's the fricasse?" "Pretty darn good, ya want some?" was from the film "Fargo". -racheld for solving "A lobster eaten shell and all" as the film "Splash". -plattetude correctly guessed that "...Have some fried rice, Mr. Soy Sauce. Have a cookie, have a few! What's the matter, Mr. G? Have another pot of tea..." was from the film "Gypsy". ************ WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION: -Simon_S has guessed that #65 is "Return of the Jedi". -johnnyd has guessed that #42 is "How To Steal a Million". We also know: #42 is not "Six Degrees of Separation" #49 is not "Lilies of the Field" #67 is not "Memoirs of a Geisha" ************ AS YET UNSOLVED AND STILL IN PLAY: 42. A liquor bottle replaces Venus. NEW CLUE: One of the stars is nominated for the Best Actor Oscar this year. (But for a different movie.) 49. How about "A solitary fried egg, soup with a ham hock" 53. "Turn me over I am done on this side." 55. How current are you in your movies? Movie food = individual chocolate soufflés 61. The following items are on the menu in this movie: melon with port, herring, snails ala mode Chablis, hare pate, grilled sardines, filet of sole, fried whiting, skate in brown butter, quenelles of pike, truit au bleu, vol au vent, three cups of tea, two with lemon, one with milk, three coffees, one with cognac, a glass of poisoned milk, three glasses of water, champagne, bread, lettuce, whiskey and soda, foie gras, ham, dry martinis, eggs, cheese, roast chicken, port ,omelet with truffles, guinea hen, soup, leg of lamb with beans, American canned beans, and in conclusion, leftover roast meat and a baguette for a late night snack. 65. Live, wriggling reptilian alien looking frogs swallowed whole. CLUE: the live reptilian alien frogs were served from a glass bowl while a blue dancer danced 66. Pizza with "stinky junk, bits of sweaty sausage, a little tomato, nice, fresh spaghetti, an old cheese rind, lettuce that's good and rotten, one olive..." 67. A cherry snow cone 68. "Who is it?" "Mr. Pizza." "Again?" "Mr. Pizza, sir!...Okay, who had the double cheese sausage and bologna?" 69. Spaghetti carbonara, served in big bowls in bed 70. "A little sprinkle of tapioca in the cherry pie, just like Mama did," just before the cook is coaxed down onto the floor with her husband, with her "Apron up around her ears." (bonus clue: same movie features a roast chicken dinner used to decorate the dining room walls) 71. Saffodd and Keck 72. A decapitated chopped-liver chicken 73. "Can someone hand me my Evian" **** NOTE: If you post a movie, please check back to see if the guesses on your movie are correct or not so we can keep the "Still in Play" list accurate. Also, consider posting more clues if your movie remains unsolved. ****

Another movie: A lobster eaten shell and all.

Another movie: "...Have some fried rice, Mr. Soy Sauce. Have a cookie, have a few! What's the matter, Mr. G? Have another pot of tea..."

I love the Coen Brothers, I love Frances McDormand and I loved Fargo ← You got it! The second clue would have been "a buffet with Beef Stroganoff, Swedish Meatballs and Broiled Torsk".

Another memorable movie: "Who is it?" "Mr. Pizza." "Again?" "Mr. Pizza, sir!...Okay, who had the double cheese sausage and bologna?"

This may be a tough one (but you'll get it on the second clue)...guess the movie: "How's the fricasse?" "Pretty darn good, ya want some?"

You won't accept a guy's tongue in your mouth, but you're going to eat that? Can I eat? I dunno, give it a try. The Breakfast Club. Si ← You are correct! Casablanca?? ← Yes, you got it!

Another easy movie: A bottle of Vichy Water

Another movie (it may be an easy one, to some): A sushi platter and a Pixie Stix & Captain Crunch sandwich.

Yes! From the song "Food, Glorious Food" in "Oliver!". 'Memoirs of a Geisha'??? ← Nope.