I belong to CakeCentral.com and they are the nicest and most accomodating people. You will definitely find what you are looking for there. If you go to the recipes section and look up 'Indydebi buttercream' you will get the recipe you need.
Being relatively new here, I am going to assume that Serious Eats is ANTI-Food Network.
Crisco instead of butter, just use some butter flavor with the vanilla. It may still be temperamental because the trans fats have been taken out of Crisco and all hell has broken loose. Cake decorators everywhere are having to switch to the more expensive hi-ratio shortening.
And as many buttercream recipes as I've used not one can you overbeat. It only makes it smoother.
There's nothing really from my childhood that I have eschewed, but there are a few things that I just don't clamor for anymore. The Chef Boyardee ravioli, for one. Now it just seems to leave a metallic twang in my mouth, it might have 15 years ago as well, but it didn't seem to bother me then. I used to be big on Little Debbies but now the only kind I eat is the white Christmas tree cakes at Christmas.
I got Barbie cereal for Christmas the year it came out and I was ecstatic. Very exciting.
@krisp, the cookies you remember are called butter cookies. They still sell them, they're cheap, and I love them to this day.
Luckily I have a six month old so I can get as much baby food as may strike my fancy. I still like the vanilla custard.
When I fry chicken I use tenders or breast without skin or bone. For the breading I use one bowl which is eggs, cream, and hot sauce and another which is flour, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, and cayenne or paprika. Dip the chicken pieces in the egg then in the flour; repeat. Fry in a pan of hot oil. It's time consuming but my husband swears by it.
Firstly, I must agree with bobows about the white vs brown gravy issue. I was confused myself when I heard that.
Second, I have no special feelings one way or another for Anthony Bourdain, but I do resent the popular opinion that the South is full of ignorant redneck white trash and it's best just to stay away from it. Now, with that said I would also like to say that doesn't mean there aren't any at all. I live in NW Georgia and frequently am disgusted by some of the residents of this town, but I'm sure that's plausible in any place.
So yes, I am offended by negative attitudes toward the southern region of the country, if for no other reason than stereotype.
And incidentally, I have never had a fig. They don't sell them here. Yet another reason this isn't always the greatest place.
It's true, no one needs to know what really happens in the kitchens of restaurants. You would never eat out again if you knew, speaking as someone who has been there and seen it.
I understand the deal with double dipping, but I don't think it's anything to completely freak out about. At a family gathering one of my cousins claimed she saw one of us double dip and insisted on throwing out the whole bowl of dip. Come on!! Get over it. My way of getting around it is to dip one side and if there's still chip or whatever left, just turn it around to the other side.
I think you may be reaching a little far. That seems like an awful lot of food for just ten people, especially if other people are bringing stuff, too. I would pick either the chicken salad or the pulled pork. Maybe rethink the macaroni salad as it will be outside and mayo and 95 degree heat do not play well together, maybe the chicken salad for the same reason.
But good on you for being so nice as to handle this!
I still love Fig Newtons, too but will enjoy any Fig Newton 'knockoff". I did like popscicles but today find them too sweet and lacking in flavour. I even ate them through my university years but their allure was probably their cheapness... I was a pretty eager eater - loved all vegetables except parsnips which I now adore. I steam them lightly and caramelize them in butter and brown sugar - one of my many fave vegetables. I liked meat in my childhood but eat it rarely today. I loved hotdogs but don't enjoy them today. I'll eat one at a barbecue but I'd rather have something else. Foods are so nostalgic. We travel back in our minds to the very moment of tasting. I love the evocative nature of food as well as the taste.
I wonder if today's kids, 15 years from now, will be getting nostalgic about the same nasty kids foods. Definitely not Bourdain's kid unless she swears off game birds!
I'm pretty sure they don't get a cut from the restaurants, which i also have from a reputable source. However, once chefs sign a deal, it often covers merchandising, spin-ff rights, likeness, etc, so agreed there is definite money to be made.
FN has definitely become "talent-driven," and while they still have some great talent, it is called Food Network, and they shouldn't lose sight of the point.. food, silly!
I still find things to watch, but less than before, and it can be hit or miss. Fine Living is also owned by Scripps, btw!
ALTON BROWN FOR PRESIDENT!
(...of FN)
FN needs more real ethnic cooking shows, i.e. Daisy Cooks feat. Daisy Martinez or Ming Tsai's East meets West, and not the fusion cuisine they try to cook up like Ingrid Hoffman. Also, what happened to Dave Lieberman, who had a niche of making affordable food at home (and really knew how to cook too). I think they should make a new all french cooking show staring Boulud, Bouley, Ripert, and Ducaisse cooking in their restaurants.
Talent to keep: Alton Brown, Ina Garten, Mario B, Bobby Flay, Morimoto, Symon,
Talent to get rid of: Rachel Ray, Sandra Lee, Paula Deen, all of the next FN stars (except Guy on diners, drive thrus and dives), Elie Krieger, Ingrid Hoffman (too many others to name).
RIP Food Network. It's now called PBS, Fine Living and Travel Channel, with a bit of Bravo thrown in just for Tom Colicchio, Eric Ripert, Tony Bourdain and my favorite, Ted Allen.
I hear what FN did is demand a cut of everyone's restaurants, including those who built up the network in the first place (Mario, Emeril). After hearing that from a reputable source, I view any new "talent" chosen by the bean-counters with suspicion. No wonder they need contests to determine the next "personality" and use home cooks with no experience whatsoever. Like Sandra Lee, whose only expertise seems to be "tablescapes," color-coordinating Kitchenaid and kitchen window coverings, and cocktails.
What started as a novel concept is now mainly drivel because most of the people who can cook moved to other networks. Those who can cook (you know who you are) must have good agents/publicists to have sweetheart deals with FN that don't allow them to keep their hand in your pocket for part of your restaurant's gross profits.
I know I am in the minority here, and accept that. I love FN and since I am a person who likes to eat - not necessarily cook - the shows that are entertaining and tempt me outside my comfort zone are the shows I watch. I love Guy Fieri and would watch DD&D every day. Ace of Cakes and Paula Deen are also on my list as well as the Challenges, Iron Chef and Dinner Impossible. Some of the best cooks on the network, like Ina and Mario are frankly, boring to watch. I like the humor, the fun and the wild ideas the other shows have. I guess I am their target audience since the rest of you are so ticked off!
Re: Ina. Lack of babblegene does not = Boring.
Ina speaks to viewers as though they might have a clue about how to cook instead of filling every second of airtime with mindless chattering about how "I'mgoingtostirthisandputthisinthesinkandputthisoverhereand..." Ina's succinct instructions make her a superior TV cooking coach. Her Night Time FM DJ voice is one of the areas where I give her highest non-cooking-related points. (Aspects of the show not directly related to cooking or technique.)
I heard new BC's are coming out and frankly, it's way past beyond time that happened!
If I get a craving for a childhood food I have to cuccumb to it no questions asked. The only thing that I will not eat now (thank God for no craving) is lamb and liverwurst that THEN i liked, now I won't touch it.
All that's happening at the FN is they're continuing to grow the corporation and demographics. Hence, Neely's and Big Daddy (Afro-American demo),
Guy Fieri (younger demo), Dan and the other gay guy who "won" the first NFNS, (uh, expand gay demo)...anyway, you get the picture. To add my show opinion, best shows are Jamie Oliver's most recent (I think the guy's genius AND great technique), Tyler's Ultimate, make NEW Boy Meets Grill, and lose Flay's other ego projects, anything Batali, D,D,and D's (just because I love good diner food and all the Guy we get is pretty much just him eating), and the three new A chicks, Aida, Alex, and Anne. I guess ICA still entertains me. Lose everyone else and hire a few newer cutting edge chefs from great restaurants and let 'em cook for us.
Just my opinion...I could be wrong.
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Favorite foods: Spaghetti alla Carbonara, feta cheese, buttercream (it's a food!), hummus
Last bite on earth: Hopefully something that won't make me bloat.