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Title: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 20th, 2008, 2:21pm For dinner here it'll be rice & chicken for the kids, as for me, I dunno. Gotta figure out something healthy to do with the chicken. :-/ BUT, for lunch I had a gihugic salad with grilled salmon, iceburg, spinach, orange bell pepper, green onion, alfalfa sprouts, shaved almonds, shredded cheddar, olive oil & balsamic vinegar. OMG it was AWESOME! [smiley=grin2.gif] So, what's for dinner? |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by AussieBrian on May 20th, 2008, 2:30pm Beer. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 20th, 2008, 2:31pm Gum. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 20th, 2008, 2:38pm [smiley=ohjez.gif] |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Ghost on May 20th, 2008, 2:43pm I was going to say if you eat it, it would be more healthy than if it sits there. ;;D 8) Mike Goat Attack! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by mummymac on May 20th, 2008, 2:50pm Plain chicken and selection of veggies, nothing very exciting to night |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 20th, 2008, 3:21pm Tri-Tip with a nice Santa Maria style rub Peppercorn Roasted Garlic bread on the side Corn Beer Beer Cherry Garcia ice cream Beer |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Peppermint on May 20th, 2008, 3:31pm White rice, pinto beans in a tomato base with cilantro, garlic cloves & ground peppers, bone-in ribeye steak in a pear, garlic & ginger marinade on the grill. A simple salad on the side- romaine & baby spinach, sliced tomato and balsamic pear vinaigrette. Sounds good even to me after my tunafish salad lunch. :P Pepp |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by echo on May 20th, 2008, 3:35pm Veggie Burgers on the grill. Shoot me!!!! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by artonio7 on May 20th, 2008, 4:05pm Orange Rughy, Cauliflower florets, A medley of summer squash, zucchini and green beans. A salad with baby spinach, garbonzo beans, radish, onion, tomato, carrots, celery, and dandelion with a redwine baslamic vinegar over a bed of brown rice. A side of roasted garlic Humos with smoked Gouda cheese and wheat crackers. Then coffee and lemon cake with Bryer's Black forest cherry Ice-cream and a cup of Kona Blend Coffee. with warm regards, Tony |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by jace77 on May 20th, 2008, 4:11pm You guys are making me sooo HUNGRY! I am only permitted a light meal by 7pm, maybe chicken soup or tomato. :( I am starving already and won't get to eat anything tomorrow until after my surgery, which isn't scheduled until 230 PM, and then I want LOBSTER and stuffed mushrooms! Wish me luck, probably won't be able to stomach it then... |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Karla on May 20th, 2008, 4:13pm Either ham steak with veggies and stuffing, or stuffed green peppers, or babyback ribs. Havent made up my mind yet. Leaning toward the ham steak. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Peppermint on May 20th, 2008, 4:21pm on 05/20/08 at 16:05:04, artonio7 wrote:
SHUUUUH-ash!!! No soup for you! (and no desert for my fat ass. :-X ) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by swimchica623 on May 20th, 2008, 4:53pm Last night we had homemade pork barbeque with leftover pork tenderloin that my dad made on the grill on Sunday. Had it with (leftover) potato salad. Then some sugar cut out cookies that I made (from scratch!) in the shape of flowers and butterflies. Tonight.....no clue. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by BarbaraD on May 20th, 2008, 5:43pm Mexican Food (out!) with lots of hot sauce... healthy in my book. A guy's been working on my house all day and I'm not up to cooking tonight. Then I'm coming home and take Josephine for a spin.... :D Hugs BD |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Bob P on May 20th, 2008, 6:25pm Quote:
Throw them puppies in the toaster! Save the grill for something with blood! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 20th, 2008, 6:41pm http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/mfiltz/DSC01795.jpg Sauteed chicken, onions & peppers in olive oil with cilantro and butter. :) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 20th, 2008, 6:45pm on 05/20/08 at 16:21:09, Peppermint wrote:
ditto (ok, except for a small square of LC pumpkin bake ;)) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Redd on May 20th, 2008, 6:57pm tenderloin filet with asparagus on the side |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Langa on May 20th, 2008, 7:11pm Baked chicken breasts with asparagus, brown rice for Gordon since he hates asparagus. Damn, some of you sound like chefs. Langa |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by DonnaH_again on May 20th, 2008, 7:22pm Home made, slow cooked spaghetti sauce (lots of garlic, olive oil, bay leaves, onion, oregano and ground chuck, tomato sauce and paste) over fettuccine. Salad on the side. Merlot. Yummmmmm |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 20th, 2008, 7:31pm Since we're sharing pictures, I give you gum: http://rerevealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/step-in-gum.jpg |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 20th, 2008, 8:15pm on 05/20/08 at 19:31:09, Brew wrote:
Looks like redneck high-heels |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 20th, 2008, 10:30pm ROTFLMFAO Brew!!! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 20th, 2008, 10:31pm BTW, is it wrong to be totally in love with ones food?? :-/ |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 20th, 2008, 10:34pm on 05/20/08 at 22:31:37, Melissa wrote:
IMHO, not at all. One of God's great combination gifts - combines the bounty of the earth with the talent of one of his creatures, the chef. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Linda_Howell on May 20th, 2008, 10:41pm Yes Mel. Especially if you're having what Brew had tonight. Myself, I have always considered eating, a necessary evil that I can't wait to get over with. It's like, o.k., o.k. I have to eat fruit, veggie, cereal or protein...but lets get this over with ASAP. I know, I'm weird. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Charlie on May 21st, 2008, 1:04am http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/grill flag.gif Charlie - who thawed out some turkey. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by cash5542 on May 21st, 2008, 7:00am We went out to Panera last night. We just got a brand new Panera in Ocean City. I LOVE that place!!! I'm having teeth issues and had broccoli cheddar soup and a bowl of frozen yogurt when I got home. Root canal tomorrow morning! :(Everyone else got soup and sandwiches and I didn't even have to think about food! Charlotte |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 21st, 2008, 7:55am on 05/21/08 at 07:00:51, cash5542 wrote:
Panera's broccoli cheddar is outstanding! Good luck with that root canal. Although they've made them relatively painless, it still sucks keeping your mouth open that long. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by sandie99 on May 21st, 2008, 10:00am Because most of the time our flat was a mess thanks to the window renovation and I have yet another cold this year, so it was a leftover dinner for us. So we had: corn (okay, just ME, Timo dislikes it), noodles, french fries, chicken drumsticks, pork ribs, home made meatloaf (made my me) and side simple salad carrot, lettuce and swede. It was delicious, though... :) Sanna |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 21st, 2008, 11:16am on 05/21/08 at 10:00:36, sandie99 wrote:
Lookout, Svenn! Oh, wait. That's right. You're Norwegian. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 21st, 2008, 11:46am Brew, it's supposed to be "LOOKOUT CHARLIE!". |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 21st, 2008, 11:53am on 05/21/08 at 11:46:35, Melissa wrote:
You're absolutely right, Mel. LOOKOUT, CHARLIE!!! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Linda_Howell on May 21st, 2008, 11:55am OMG...that's funny. We're laughing WITH you Sanna, not AT you. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by sandie99 on May 21st, 2008, 2:41pm Laugh as much as you like, you but that's what my dictionary calls that particular vegetable. if I would have spelled it with S, then your dear neighbours would be in danger... Sanna |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by zanychef on May 21st, 2008, 2:44pm havin a dolmio day ;;D ;;D |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by AussieBrian on May 22nd, 2008, 1:02am on 05/20/08 at 22:31:37, Melissa wrote:
Wrong? It's compulsory!! The one great ingredient that should into every meal is respect - respect for the food and respect for those eating it. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by sandie99 on May 22nd, 2008, 5:50am Good post, Brian! :) Dinner last night: fresh made chopped meat macaroni cassarole. :) Sanna |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Redd on May 22nd, 2008, 7:36am Last night was grilled kielbasa, rice and green beans. Had to be a quick fix meal as there was a band concert and eating and clean up had to be fast. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by LeLimey on May 22nd, 2008, 8:41am Sandie I call that veg "Swede" too but this lot call it "Rutabaga". It's one of my favourite all time veggies, I love it! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 11:04am Ya know, with all my obsessions about food, I'm seriously thinking of attending a culinary school once Ava begins Kindergarten... |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 22nd, 2008, 11:13am Food is good. I like food. In fact, I haven't met too many foods that I didn't get along with. ;) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2008, 11:32am on 05/22/08 at 11:04:27, Melissa wrote:
You might be happier watching the Food Network or something like that. Culinary school is great is you want to learn how to be part of a kitchen crew, but it's a bit disappointing if your goal is to learn how to make fabulous food. Yes, you learn techniques, but there is a lot of 'paying your dues' involved, and I don't mean money. You'd be shocked at the pecking order mentality, and the amount of time you have to spend doing anything but 'cooking'. my 2 cents (been there done that) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 11:37am Thanks FU. I don't want to waste my time and money if it's like THAT. btw I'm a Food Network ADDICT. Also, Bravo's "Top Chef" is on the tube right now. ;) I've even thought of opening my own diner. Been on my mind for 10 years. Can't use "Mel's Diner" tho, it's already taken. :( |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 11:39am Question: Where could I go to learn cooking techniques hands on? I want to learn the abc's of food, utensils, procedures too. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 22nd, 2008, 11:42am Mel, you don't need culinary school to cook great food and open a diner. My favoritist meal in the whole wide world is meatloaf, mashed spuds, gravy and green beans - perfect diner food. And laughed at in culinary school. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 11:47am Brew, I'm all about comfort food, but I want to step it up a couple notches. Sorta like some of those diners in California who test the waters. They make some awesome food! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2008, 12:44pm Mel, Just add bacon. That's all any good cook needs to know. :) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 1:40pm on 05/22/08 at 12:44:18, fubar wrote:
and butter!!! ;;D |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by chefjohn on May 22nd, 2008, 2:07pm Hey Mel, I wish you were closer to me here in Connecticut, I could give you some lessions. Been cooking for almost 40 years and never took a class. Learned on my mothers coattails and I worked for a lot of good chefs. Learning temperature is one of the most impt aspects of cooking. Anyone can put food on the stove, you need to know when to take it off the stove. Also it is all preparation or as the French say Mis en Place. Have all your ingredients ready and know what you need to do before you start the dish. Learn what foods go with each other. Use the freshest ingredients available and lean some of the "tricks" of the kitchen. You don't need school for that. Perhaps you can work part time at a nice restaurant in your area...even in an internship role. Many great chefs have gone to France or other European countries and worked for room and board in their younger day. I would love to be able to do that myself but that is not possible for me now...I'm 50 not 22...and I'm sure that is not posible for you but maybe 1 or 2 days in a fine dining restaurant with a good chef could give you an oppurtunity to learn somecooking tips without the big investment of cooking school. John |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Langa on May 22nd, 2008, 3:02pm I learned to cook from my mother and my older sister and by being creative sometimes. Gordon said he always felt eating was a waste of time when he was a kid. And he only eats once a day now. He's crazy. I'd pass out by then. :-/ Langa |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 3:54pm chefjohn- thank you so much for your input! I always wondered if one needed to go to school in order to open a diner (or restaurant). I wish you lived near me, I'm a sponge when it comes to learning anything to do with cooking! Thanks for the tips! :)mel |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 4:13pm chefjohn- thank you so much for your input! I always wondered if one needed to go to school in order to open a diner (or restaurant). I wish you lived near me, I'm a sponge when it comes to learning anything to do with cooking! Thanks for the tips! :)mel |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2008, 4:26pm on 05/22/08 at 16:13:17, Melissa wrote:
For anybody considering taking their cooking hobby to the next level, the most important thing has to be knowing how to operate a business with: - tiny margins - cash flowing in/out every day (makes criminals out of nuns and saints) - cranky personalities (kitchen and staff) - a fickle public (even good restaurants die by no fault of their own) - rising costs that eat more of your tiny margin (tomatoes, up 300% this year, etc) It's not about making great food, having a great venue, and a great presentation... it's about surviving in the most brutal of small businesses that you could choose. Whatever you do... do not do it as a means of supporting your family. Sure, after a string of 5-10 years of good luck, you might be able to 'depend' on it, but that's rare. Restaurants are a labor of love best reserved for the independently wealthy who can afford the roller coaster. -Shawn (who did it for over 20 years and is glad to be finished) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Brew on May 22nd, 2008, 4:38pm Not to discourage you, but I read recently that around 80% of start-up restaurants go belly up in the first year. In order to be part of the 20% that survive, as Fu has pointed out, you need a sound business plan (which will probably include a chunk of cash to fall back on when the revenue just isn't there). |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2008, 5:22pm Not only do you need a wad in the bank to get through the first couple of years (best to assume you won't make 1 dime 'profit' for at least 3 years), you need to know what a balance sheet and cash flow projection looks like, and you have to know when to pull the trigger on a BUSINESS decision. Restaurants, like I said, are a labor of love, but they don't love you back. People do irrational things when they mix their passion with the business. The business decisions require complete disassociation from the emotional aspect. 80% of the startups lack people who can do this, so they fail. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 22nd, 2008, 5:27pm Maybe I should just cater... :-/ |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2008, 5:48pm Now you're talking... I know people who make good money doing that, and they get to cook fantastic spreads. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Jackie on May 22nd, 2008, 6:03pm Fubar.... You give great advice.....it's 100% correct. Are you a business coach by trade or like me....years of doin' it..... ;) Jacks 8) |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2008, 6:14pm University of hard knocks, Jackie. ;;D The problem with good advice is only the people who don't need it will listen. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Jackie on May 22nd, 2008, 6:28pm on 05/22/08 at 18:14:53, fubar wrote:
LMAO Fu....that's where I know you from. I graduated with honors...... :D |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2008, 6:46pm What did you use, a .22? ;) Seriously, though, what was that thing like to reel in? |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by chefjohn on May 23rd, 2008, 1:35am Anytime Melissa, glad I could be of some help. I was just talking about learning how to cook and not about opening a business. Fubar has some good advice about business, especially concerning food. Unless your a corporate entity with multiple locations who survive on a low profit rato and high volume it is very difficult to survive out there in the food industry. If you do want to open a business you must Own your building and not rent. The mortgage you can expense on your business books but the mortgage has to be considered a separate investment and not dependent on business income to pay it. Your most important expense to monitor is Labor. Its all Labor in this industry. Payroll can kill you. Hense the illegal immigrant situation in this country. Fubar will tell you that most successful food busineses have 2 sets of books, not exactly legal but a fact of life. Food costs are your next biggest expense. You have to know how to get the most out of the food you purchase. And of course none of this will matter without location. The mantra is location, location, location. After that you need to know what your customers want. You can have the best food in the world but if you don't have the customers then you don't have a business. A great chef once told me : " If your customers want hamburgers then give them hamburgers." Finally there are those "other" monthly bills which usually eat up the rest of the money like utilities, insurance, equipment, laundry, etc. In other words a lot of doom and gloom in this industry; however, if you still decide to get into this business after all this you have to be aware of the 80% failure rate but truely believe that you are part of that 20%. Good Luck. John |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 23rd, 2008, 8:47am Maybe I could just combine my 2 loves and be a photographer of food. [smiley=grin2.gif] Seriously though, I don't think I'll get into the business end of food, but I do love to entertain and I love to cook, so I still want to learn techniques and terms. John- can you recommend any good books or magazines for this? Thanks! |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by chefjohn on May 23rd, 2008, 10:54am I used to read Gourmet Magazine a lot and I liked that. Some people like Bon Appetit. They have both been around for a while but there are a lot more periodicals around today. A good reference book is Food Lovers Companion by Sharon Tyler Herbst which is not a cookbook but more of a dictionary of food terms. A good comprehensive cookbook is The Joy of Cooking by Erma S Rombauer and the bible of cooking schools is Larousse Gastronomique which is old and can be very technical. Of course now-a-days the internet has a wealth of information on cooking but it wasn't available to me when I was learning how to cook. A funny thing about the internet or more specifically the personal computer is that back in the 70's people thought that the only practical reason for having a home computer was to have a place for the "housewife" to store her recipes. Oh how far we have come LOL. Anyway those three books are a good start for any cookbook library but by no means the only ones. There are a lot of garbage books out there too but you can learn at least a little something from any cookbook. Good Luck in your endeavors. John |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Peppermint on May 23rd, 2008, 11:01am loving this stuff... 8) I found that there is a lot of handy info out there. There is a store named Whole Foods that carries a good number of food prep magazines. I will search around for this one in particular, it has technique, test feedback and is very good in terms of explaining what worked and didn't work in the testing of either recipes, or i.e. preparing meats, use of tools, etc. I have used it over and over again, and the recipes and techniques are so good that you can modify what you do and create your own fabulous version. Also, for recipes with real feedback, try recipezaar.com have fun, Pepp |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by chefjohn on May 23rd, 2008, 11:13am A good thing I like about Gourmet Magazine is that every month they focus on some place, usually a city, and write about the local cuisine and some places to visit. If you are a traveler you can usually find a back issue that will focus on an area you may be travelling to and can visit the places they wrote about. |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by Melissa on May 23rd, 2008, 12:32pm Thanks John & Pep! :D |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by sandie99 on May 23rd, 2008, 1:30pm Recipes... Timo's birthday is tomorrow and I'm making him a proper birthday cake this year. He loves chocolate, bananas and blueberries, so I'm using all of his faves. It's been a while since I made a cake with chocolate icing (frosting?), so looking at different recipes have made me little nuts! Aguess I'll be going what I usually do: improvise. ;) Sanna |
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Title: Re: What's for dinner? Post by chefjohn on May 23rd, 2008, 1:46pm Ingredients: 3 squares unsweetened chocolate 1/4 cup butter, softened 2 cups powdered sugar 1 medium mashed banana 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 tablespoon milk Try this one Directions: Melt and cool chocolate. Cream together butter and powdered sugar. Add chocolate. Stir in banana. Add vanilla and enough milk to make frosting of spreading consistency |
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