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The Ordering Game
hehe excellent post, after you've mastered the perfect order, it's time to do it in different accents (different from the restaurant's country) so you'd order Ethiopian cuisine with an Indian accent.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
I may have to go with the beautiful silence of a kitchen when working well, besides the sporadic bursts of the expediter calling an order out.
What was your worst instance of culinary hubris or misjudgement?
When I was younger, I once confused cream of tartar for tartar sauce, but I thought to myself, "must require some liquid," so I mixed equal parts tartar sauce and mayonnaise. Yum it was not.
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Best knives?
I'm set to buy some Shuns soon because as ride&cook said, they're very comfortable in my hand, and that's so important to me. Plus, they're so gorgeous.
The Ordering Game
hehe excellent post, after you've mastered the perfect order, it's time to do it in different accents (different from the restaurant's country) so you'd order Ethiopian cuisine with an Indian accent.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
I may have to go with the beautiful silence of a kitchen when working well, besides the sporadic bursts of the expediter calling an order out.
What was your worst instance of culinary hubris or misjudgement?
When I was younger, I once confused cream of tartar for tartar sauce, but I thought to myself, "must require some liquid," so I mixed equal parts tartar sauce and mayonnaise. Yum it was not.
Question of the Day: Other people say it's 'gross,' but you love it. What is it?
Femmebot: I asolutely adore balut. Growing up in Jersey City, NJ, it was a great midnight snack with a bowl of rice, eaten kamayan (with your hands.)
My first favorite food was and always will be chicharon bulaklak, the greater omentum (outer lining of the stomach) of pork first rendered and then deep fried in its own fat. Sooo good. Although none of my friends ever eat it when I invite them over my house for special occasions.
Best knives?
I just got a set of shun knives and they are fantastic. They are comfortable and are the sharpest knives I have ever used. Cutting is a breeze. A great investment.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
The sound of the dishwasher, followed by the pop of a wine bottle opening. That means the kitchen is clean and we're ready to go outside and relax on the deck by the lake.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
I love the sound of ice tinkering in a glass, the sound sauce makes as you pour it over a hot stir fry, and the perfect sound of a really sharp knife chopping vegetables on an old wooden chopping block.
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What's your favorite kitchen sound?
thanks to PETA, i can now hear live crawfish screaming as they are dropped into boiling seasoned water. when the potatoes, corn and mushrooms join in, it is a wonderful sound.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
I agree with Livingtoeat: The soft bubbling of a pasta sauce that's been simmering all day.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
Onions sizzling in a pan. The sound as they first hit the hot oil--wow! Of course, it could be the smell that aids the sense of hearing. ANything sizzling sounds good to me--such a great onomatopoetic word!
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
As Julia put it, the "quiet cooking noises" of a roasting chicken. Also, the squeaky mushrooms in the skillet, as L'Ecole mentioned. And the gurgle and hiss of the coffee maker when the coffee's just about done.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
That pop, squeal then sizzle when one of my homemade sausages bursts slightly on the grill.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
not a cooking sound but the first crunchy bite of a crispy apple... and anything in the kitchenaid b/c anything im making in there is going to be good.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
The sound of the hood fans being turned on first thing in the morning, and the shuffle of the morning crew as they prepare for the day.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
i like the sound of pizza being sliced.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
Nobody asked, but my least favorite kitchen sound is the sizzling sound things make when they boil over onto the oven floor. Then they begin to smoke. Lots of work, not a lot fun.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
It's not necessarily an exclusive sound in the kitchen, but the gentle *glug glug glug* sound of the first pour from a bottle of wine.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
Freshly cracking pepper, bread crackling as it cools, my ice maker dropping another batch, opening a vacuum sealed bag of whole bean coffee...
...my wife sniffing the air and then a sigh of approval (when I am cooking her dinner)
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
That crackling noise bread makes as it goes from the heat of the oven to the air on the cooling rack. The first time I heard it, I thought it was a fan blowing on some paper.
I'm also fond of that non-sound of the plunger going to the bottom of the press pot.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
Teapot whistle or sausage sizzling.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
I'm with Jason Perlow and his "big 'ol cast iron pan."
ANYTHING frying in my cast iron skillets (from the monster to the ribbed steak skillet to the small egg skillet) usually results in fond culinary memories.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
Bacon sizzling is pretty much impossible to top, but a good steak or a nice burger frying up in a big 'ol cast iron pan is a nice close second.
As to my preference of cooking bacon, I actually prefer the oven method because its easier to get bacon nice and evenly crispy and burned.
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
The first sizzle in the iron pan, when you slide in your garlic and onions and the oil temperature is juuuuust right...
What's your favorite kitchen sound?
That muffled sizzle that occurs when cornbread batter is poured into a hot cast-iron skillet. It's the sound of grandmother's love, really.
Best knives?
We have several Global knives, include a chef's knife, pairing knife and boning knife. I love the chef's knife, but the pairing knife seems to lose its edge.
Best knives?
I have to say, I adore my Wusthof Clasics, and have never once regretted the investment. Still, I think the right knife is whichever one feels the best to you personally, regardless of brand or cost. The Clasics just happen to fit me better than anything else I've tried to date :}
Best knives?
I have a Martha Stewart Everyday knife and it works just fine. It works even better now that I've had it sharpened by Bob's Grinding Service!
Best knives?
Gerber, good ol' US made forged steel knives. Never on sale. Usually only in cutlery stores.
Best knives?
The best knife I ever had was black with age, no brand, and seems to have run away with the spoon, because I haven't seen it in years.
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I'm set to buy some Shuns soon because as ride&cook said, they're very comfortable in my hand, and that's so important to me. Plus, they're so gorgeous.