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Lasagna

@chefrobert~ That would be "two cents". Just saying.

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Grilling a half-chicken?

@hungryinhouston. It is ONLY 1/2 a chicken! An hour and a half? Are you kidding me? It will be like shoe leather!

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Grocery bagging violations

Rubbed, perky and ready to grill!

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Lasagna

@chefrobert~ That would be "two cents". Just saying.

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Grilling a half-chicken?

@hungryinhouston. It is ONLY 1/2 a chicken! An hour and a half? Are you kidding me? It will be like shoe leather!

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Grocery bagging violations

Rubbed, perky and ready to grill!

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I need help!!!!

@lemons~ How does that work?

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I need help!!!!

@dharmon ~ Ew! Powdered ranch dressing? With meat? That sounds really fake.

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I need help!!!!

@brooke29 ~ No, I am making a brown gravy and I don't care for bacon and meat together.

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I need help!!!!

@ChelleyD01 ~ Steaming! Wow, I have never done that. I bet the meat would be incredibly tender and moist. I have a nice stainless steamer insert. I am making ribeyes tomorrow night. I am going to try that method. About how long for medium rare? Mine are about 1 3/4" thick.

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I need help!!!!

That sound like a delicious finishing sauce for the steak! Would you mind posting the recipe?

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I need help!!!!

@mollykate678 ~ If they seemed mushy at all, your water wasn't at a full rolling boil. The salt is very important as well.

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I need help!!!!

If you are not using boiling water, the steak won't be rare in the center. I have never used bacon, but I bet it won't.

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I need help!!!!

If you are cooking steak, you could add some pepper to the water too. Make sure the steak is still cold from the fridge before adding it to the boiling water.

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Dyeing Coconut Flakes Green -- natural dye ideas?

That's what I would do. Real grass will certainly give the cake an authentic appearance.

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I need help!!!!

Well, I poach all the time. You boil water and put about a tablespoon of salt in the water. Then what ever you want to cook, you put it in the boiling water for 10-15 minutes then it is ready.

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(You know is has to be BIG if I am commenting!!)

WAY TO GO CHIFFY!!!!!!! You always make us proud!!

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This is one of the most delightful things I have seen in quite a while!!

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July, August, September, Whatever.

And yes, I understand Nick is between digs.

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Wow Houston! Were you reading my mind?

I check in with SE everyday to read the home page. Out of morbid curiosity, I read the Dinner Tonight offering, every night. 99.9999999% of the time, I think to myself; "How can they keep calling this DINNER Tonight"? There is never really a "Dinner". It is a side dish at best and generally poorly executed. It really seems like a rushed attempt to "dump" (I cringe every time I see that used) something out here on SE to fulfill an obligation.

This particular contribution looks like shit. The roll actually looks petrified. I keep looking, but is that really chili? Why hasn't the cheese at least started to melt?

Adam? Alaina? Ed? Anyone? Please explain this mess to me.

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Sex is like pizza...or is it...

It is a good idea to practice safe pizza eating.

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Lasagna

@allot, again~ Just enjoy the process. You're doing it for people you care about. It will take some time. If that worries you, invite a friend over, pour a glass of wine and Enjoy the process. After all, when it comes down to it, as much as we love the end product, we ENJOY the process. Let us know how it turns out. I'm sure it will be Fabulous!

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Lasagna

@allot~No worries. It happens sometimes. And some of us think it's fun. We've been around for awhile, we've got each other's backs/stoves, this is where we became friends and we might sometimes be somewhat annoyed by (oh, I Really don't want to say idiots), others with uneducated and/or intolerant views of other, perhaps knowledgeable, cooks/chefs.
Please forgive all of the /'s. They seemed pertinent when I used them.

@joyyyyyyyyyyy~Did I spell everything right? GO TEAM!

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Lasagna

goodness, i didn't realize this post would become a lasagna throwdown. i mean lasagne. whatever. i have lots of good ideas from all of you. i feel like it is going to become an incredibly time consuming complicated project with ricotta/egg layers, bechamel layers, grilled vegetables, spinach ricotta egg layers, half a baked ziti. okay time to edit myself.

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Lasagna

RAH RAH REE, KICK 'EM IN THE KNEE!
RAH RAH RASS, KICK 'EM IN THE OTHER KNEE!

Competitively

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Lasagna

@ChefChelley- I agree with you on no onions, and I cringe when I see Mario Batelli put onions and carrots in his pasta sauce. Have to admit that I'm a ricotta fan.

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Lasagna

@ allot and mollykate... thanks. you wont be sorry. I generally make a double batch making sure to use whole milk, generous salt and pepper as well as a smidge of nutmeg. Off the heat I add in a few handfuls of good aged romano, give it a wisk and call it good. I let it cool for a good 15 minutes before I assemble the layers so it doesnt overcook the pasta.

@ ChefRobert...dude, Im not sure who you think you are dealing with, exactly. You can add "chef" to the beginning of any name you want and that doesnt make them one. You most certainly DO NOT need ricotta for a lasagna and bechamel is most certainly NOT better suited just for mac n cheese. (Uhhhh, any facebookers out there want to re-itterate this comment by my foodie pics on my catering/personal chef page??? I believe there are quite a few photos to substantiate my comment). THAT being said, the texture of bechamel is far more appealing than that of ricotta. You can make ricotta in 10 minutes but why in the hell would you want to? Its wet. Its gross. Its generally flavorless. Bechamel makes a delightfully creamy addition between the layers and when ladled on the final noodles as the topping, browns and gets that oh so cheesy deliciousness that everyone loves.

Also, while I enjoy TK very much, there are no onions in sauce. EVER. Can I get an amen from the dagos and waps in the room? We are straight off the boat, baby.

Bechamel rules. Onions and ricotta do not. Period.
Love,
ChefChelleyD01

p.s. @ Joyyyy...yes. it is, only we prefer to be Varsity...never the JV.

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Lasagna

Bechamel. Yum. I'm absolutely doing that next time, @chelleyD. Thanks for throwing that out. :)

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Lasagna

Or maybe it could be where you throw the lasagna down on people who have pissed you off?

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Lasagna

@joyyy-no, that would be a pissing contest :-)

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Lasagna

Is that where you throw all the lasagna on the floor and then competatively piss on it?

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Lasagna

Let's all have a "Lasagna Throwdown"

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Lasagna

@Chefrobby I have made all kinds of lasange (I would be willing to bet I am a bigger lasagne snob than you can imagine LOL) the reason why I am speaking ever so on topically is because someone posted a recipe with ricotta in it. I did not post the recipe. Lasagne again is a personal thing.
I don't have to throw out the name of someone else's recipe to prove mine.
It is proven. I stand firmly behind it and also as Chelle says beshamella.
Money on cheese is not an issue we can afford cheese LMAO

Also this sentence from your post "just have faith in knowing that he would'nt publish any bad recipe in his books" Oh give me a break, you never found a problem with a recipe because it was published in a book?
I must be older or have more cookbooks than you. I find them all the time.
Oh how very nice. Funny thing happened on the way to the food blog, cookbook authors constantly show on their websites their flubs. So although again I love your hero worship, it is divine, put up a shrine to the guy and get over it. Also if the cheese is expensive for you we can take up a collection.

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Lasagna

Holy internet cliques, batman. What is this, a junior varsity cheer squad?

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Lasagna

I heard one of Lynn Rossetto Casper (@Splendedtable)'s pet peeves is that people spell lasagnA not lasagnE (lasagne is correct)

and just noticed Jerzee spells it "lasagne".
it adds authenticity :-)

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