I'm talkin' "real" carbonara, where the only ingredients are pancetta, eggs and parmesan cheese. (and a little pepper and pasta water). Just want to know if it's worth it to try to substitute for real raw eggs?
I just renovated my kitchen, now having twice the counter/cabinet space I can finally put out a few of my appliances. I remembered there are appliance covers out there in the world and wondered if people still do this or is it more of an old-fashioned thing?
I found a website that custom makes them, they have a wide range of patterns and size choices, and even have a pattern of corks, that looks nice and would fit in nicely with my grape/wine theme in my kitchen and dining room.
Just wondered if anyone still uses them, or will I be trying to fashionably revive a dead horse by using them?
Potato salad is mine, for some reason, I can't make potato salad to save my life! Which pains me, as I love potatoes, and I love potato salad, I'm just unable to produce edible results. : (
@renzata... "throw/thrown under the bus" has been around for many many years, long before Top Chef started. They sure are killing it though.
@Suburban, remember when Lisa flat out refused to use the kielbasa sausage on that one challenge? I think they're keeping her around because people hate her and that makes people watch. They know the lack of love between her and Hung, I'm sorry, Dale, make for good TV. :P
Which reminds me why I don't watch 95% of reality shows, they're rigged, rigged I tell ya!
@Brownie, oh don't get me started on Nikki, but she's already gone, which is the only reason I didn't bring her up previously! ; )
Lisa's "I don't understand why some people are still here..." comment last night made me laugh and curse at the TV.
I told my husband last night that if Lisa didn't get kicked off that I was never watching again... someone remind me why she's STILL there? Her attitude is embarrassing and I was so hoping Andrew would have punched her in the throat on his way out for throwing him under the bus.
Yes, I will keep watching, because I vow to remain with that show longer than her. :P I feel like I'm owed the satisfaction of seeing her departure, which to me, is way overdue.
@Confab. My family still lives in NC and I bring back the good stuff when I go visit, I even have people placing orders from up here for when I go back. I plan on getting a couple of smoked pork butts from a good reputable source I have and pulling the meat off myself rather than the pieces/parts that are sometimes found in chopped bbq *gag*.
@josefr PLEASE let a good bbq restaurant migrate into NJ...PLEASE!! *begs*
I agree Carrie, and I'm not saying the food is necessarily bad, just when they claim to serve a particular region of BBQ I'm certainly expecting to get what I pay for. OK yes, some of it's been bad. hehe
@confabulation - having been born and raised in Eastern NC, let me tell you, no one in NY can make NC BBQ, no matter what they claim.*
*not that I've tried ALL bbq places, but I've had my share of bad experiences searching for a southern bbq fix up here.
This topic just came up recently... look here for some great ideas!
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2008/04/surprise-romantic-picnic-ideas-needed.html
@Southern_bella: ...Okay, I must not have seen enough cervixes in my life.
@fuuchan: I agree, anything with black sesame = WIN. My favorite black sesame dessert so far is black sesame soft serve. Mmm.
Mm...these are a favorite of mine...okay anything with black sesame really...
@Southern_bella
...a cervix...really? ::tries to look at photo from a different angle::
Oh hey, that's my photo! Thanks for posting it, Robyn.
Jacquie, Southern bella, everyone else, please come and have sesame balls with me.
@renzata... "throw/thrown under the bus" has been around for many many years, long before Top Chef started. They sure are killing it though.
Again, my top three has been demolished by the judges. Spike drives me insane while Lisa just scares me. She's got to go!
@suburbangourmet: actually, Andrew's food wasn't cooked - cause it was all raw!
The only thing more annoying than crazy Andrew and that ass-hat Spike was the commercial for "Mis en Place." I've been irritated from Day 1 with the hand gesturing, and pseudo-rapper attitude these guys are trying to play off. Just cook and STFU. Nobody's buying your tough guy antics.
Spike's annoying too...
I'm beginning to think these Chef reality shows stack their chows with mostly novice cooks, not chefs. I'd say 10% of those on Top Chef are actually good, and 0% of those on Hell's Kitchen are good, which, is the worst Chef show I've seen in quite some time. I like Gordon a lot, but Hell's Kitchen is just a bunch of Denny's cooks pretending to be chef's.
Where did this bus come from that everyone gets thrown under? I first heard it on season 2 and now I hear it everywhere. It drives me absolutely crazy.
Umm, I used quotation marks because I was quoting Richard.
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