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Taste Test: Orange Juice, the Pulp-Free Edition
Yet another reason I always prefer buying frozen concentrated OJ, it tastes better than any of the pasteurized "fresh" OJ.
Of course none of them taste like actual OJ squeezed from fresh oranges since that starts to deteriorate minutes after squeezing.
Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Emmets Irish Cream
You drank it straight? I thought the whole point of Baileys was to get dairy into Irish Coffee that won't look like insect larvae floating in muddy water.
Wake and Bake: Cinnamon Raisin Twists
"buttery, flaky napoleons" with Pepperidge Farm puff pastry?
It has NO butter, it's all shortening.
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Photo of the Day: Brain Slug Cupcakes
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The Food Lab: How To Make The Best Chili Ever
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peekpoke answered "They're a good road map to fine dining, but don't get everything right. " to What Do You Think of the Michelin Stars?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, October 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM
peekpoke answered "Other (please specify below)" to What's Your Favorite Gummy Candy?
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peekpoke answered "Other (please specify below)" to What's Your Favorite Peanutty/Peanut Butter Candy?
Poll posted by Lee Zalben, October 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM
peekpoke answered "Only specials. I'd rather a menu stay stable. " to Do You Like Rotating Menus?
Poll posted by Carey Jones, October 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM
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Get to Know Us: Will Gordon, Bottom Shelf Columnist
Sadly, I doubt those are his eyes, looks like a red-eye reduction mess.
Would you rather he have red demon eyes?
Taste Test: Orange Juice, the Pulp-Free Edition
Yet another reason I always prefer buying frozen concentrated OJ, it tastes better than any of the pasteurized "fresh" OJ.
Of course none of them taste like actual OJ squeezed from fresh oranges since that starts to deteriorate minutes after squeezing.
Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Emmets Irish Cream
You drank it straight? I thought the whole point of Baileys was to get dairy into Irish Coffee that won't look like insect larvae floating in muddy water.
Wake and Bake: Cinnamon Raisin Twists
"buttery, flaky napoleons" with Pepperidge Farm puff pastry?
It has NO butter, it's all shortening.
Gluten-Free Pigs in a Blanket
When you say "white rice flour" do you mean the Bob's Red Mill flour, or the ultra fine powder you get from Asian food markets?
I find the Bob's Red Mill very gritty unless it's used in a very wet recipe.
The Asian brands can often taste musty or off because of poor storage, or age. I've actually gone and bought a few brands, taken them out to the parking lot and tasted each, then went back in to buy the least musty. I've had pretty bad luck with Flying Horse, and better luck with Erawan (elephants facing left, forward, and right).
Ultra-Crispy Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder
What about convection, should we have the convection on or off?
At the 250F, it may dry it out, but for the crisping, I figured it would help.
In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
Nice to hear Egypt wants to improve their food production in the future. But the reality is they import half of their caloric consumption, and are rapidly spending down their currency reserves. The FT said it was about $13 billion in November, which is around 3 months of imports.
The EU was supposed to work out some kind of help plan, but that seems to have fallen apart with all the problems with Greece, Italy and so on. Things could get quite ugly next May when the food runs out.
Poll: What Do You Want to See More of for Pizza in 2012?
I'd like to see more use of real whole milk mozzarella, not that awful part skim rubber they use at so many places.
I'd also like to see more places season their dough. I don't know if it's because so many people order salty toppings, or because of paranoia over salt. What should be delicious crusty bread is instead bland over risen (salt controls yeast growth) blah. It's a big problem in New England with all the "greek" style pizza with unseasoned, over risen crusts.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: La Quercia's Cured Meat Experience
With some good bread and fresh mozzarella
Have You Ever Tried to Quit Diet Soda?
What can I say, I gave up regular soda, so my vice was non-diet soda.
Now I just buy DP on sale,and stock up so the 4 or more cans a day I guzzle only cost me about a buck, maybe a buck fifty.
Soda in aluminum keeps for months, no problem.
Forget 2L bottles, unless you like to guzzle semi-flat soda.
5 Ways to Organize Your Spice Rack
This is the little three tier shelf thing we use.
It's overpriced at $30, but I wanted the bamboo instead of plastic (which is less than half the price).
3-Tier Bamboo Expanding Shelf
It sucks having it expandable since the seam limits you organization (nothing can cross the seam). But unless you feel like making one yourself as a project, this was the nicest I found.
5 Ways to Organize Your Spice Rack
If you have a cabinet with opaque doors, go with the jars and a stairstep insert. You can see everything, and don't have to depend on special jars (like in a drawer). The Quattro Stagioni Spice Jars are $1.50 each from container store.
But more important, throw away all the powdered/ground spices you don't use every week, and replace them all with whole spices. Stuff like dried ginger is SHOCKINGLY BETTER when you grind some off a hunk using a microplane. The whole spices last FAR longer.
East/West product name differences
Carolina Rice (East Coast)/ Mahatma rice (West Coast)
Burger Works, Red Robin's Fast Casual Concept, Opening Soon in Denver
Red Robin is now always overcooked because the meat is now crap.
Try just the burger patty alone, no pile of random toppings to hide it, it's nearly tasteless and rubbery.
Taste Test: Fruit Punch Juice Boxes
We feed our daughter water, sometimes milk with meals.
Juice, particularly filtered Apple is "feel good" sugar water.
Serious Eats YouTube Playlist: Pancakes
@Robyn: My wife still does a stupid nanerpuss dance and sing where she accidentally plucks out here eyeball with one of her tentacles, it's classic.
WORST BURGER in NEW YORK
Those public school burgers were CANNED. I remember seeing the cans in the back. Horrifying.
At a fast food place it could well be a Wendy's value menu one I got in Keene NH for our daughter. I took a couple bites, and almost choked. She wouldn't touch it.
At a sitdown restaurant, I don't think I've had a completely inedible one, although my wife had a pretty horrific one at Outback (she couldn't choke it down).
Serious Eats YouTube Playlist: Pancakes
We LOVE Nanapus!
Every Burger From The Fourth Annual Burger Bash in New York City
ratbuddy he didn't say they refused to "salt it to death", they refused to add ANY SALT AT ALL.
I'm sure there are people who have eaten super low salt so long that a pickle tastes like a disgusting salt lick, and soy sauce is mouth puckering awful. Although the three "I don't add salt" people I count as friends seem to gobble both with pious glee.
For the rest of us, no salt at all means badly bland.
Apple Cinnamon Quick Bread
Why does everyone use oil in these quickbreads? I switched to using butter, tastes a lot better.
Also, half a teaspoon of cinnamon per cup of flour is crazy high. I hope people expect a SPICE cake. I put half a teaspoon in a 3 cup of flour recipe so that it's clearly there, but you can still taste the apple, butter and brown sugar.
The Food Lab, Drinks Edition: Is Mexican Coke Better?
what about using 60+ year old testers? Wouldn't they have a bias towards original sugar coke?
Sangria-- How Long is Too Long?
I wouldn't add the citrus fruit until less than an hour before serving unless you really like a bitter pith flavor. Or consider peeling the fruit, and using the fruit plus zest, leave out the bitter pith!
Dear AHT: Boston Five Guys No Good
I think part of the problem is the region, New England seems horrified by a burger not incinerated to crumby ashes. So every Five Guys burger (except one) I've had in New England was horribly overcooked. At the supermarkets burgers seem almost like an afterthought of frozen premade patties next to the giant display case of a dozen types of fantastic natural casing hot dogs.
Chain Reaction: Papa John's vs. Domino's, Battle Thin Crust
Chain Reaction? In Manhattan only?
Let's just start calling this "Chain Food we can buy in Manhattan".
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Video: ‘Taco Bell’s New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients From Nature,’ from The Onion
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A Primer to 'Star Trek' Food and Drink
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peekpoke answered "They're a good road map to fine dining, but don't get everything right. " to What Do You Think of the Michelin Stars?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, October 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM
peekpoke answered "Other (please specify below)" to What's Your Favorite Gummy Candy?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, October 25, 2010 at 8:00 AM
peekpoke answered "Other (please specify below)" to What's Your Favorite Peanutty/Peanut Butter Candy?
Poll posted by Lee Zalben, October 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM
peekpoke answered "Only specials. I'd rather a menu stay stable. " to Do You Like Rotating Menus?
Poll posted by Carey Jones, October 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM
peekpoke answered "Way!" to Egg pizza: Way or No Way?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, October 18, 2010 at 9:55 AM
peekpoke answered "A center slice" to When it comes to square-cut pizza, I prefer ...
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, October 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM
peekpoke answered "Heston Blumenthal" to Which Celebrity Chef Would You Most Like To Meet?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, October 5, 2010 at 11:30 AM
peekpoke answered "1 topping only" to How many toppings do you top your pizza with?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, September 27, 2010 at 9:55 AM
peekpoke answered "I don't watch football" to Do you order pizza for your football-watching parties?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, September 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM
peekpoke answered "Yes" to Do You Buy Store Brands More Often Than Name Brands?
Poll posted by Erin Zimmer, September 8, 2010 at 8:00 PM
peekpoke answered "I've never had one and I'd like to keep it that way." to Do You Like Chili Burgers?
Poll posted by Robyn Lee, September 2, 2010 at 9:45 AM
peekpoke answered "Gas" to Labor Day Poll: Gas or Charcoal Grill?
Poll posted by Erin Zimmer, September 1, 2010 at 8:00 AM
peekpoke answered "Fresh" to Do you prefer canned or fresh mushrooms on your pizza?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, August 30, 2010 at 8:50 AM
peekpoke answered "5-10 years old" to When Did You Learn to Cook?
Poll posted by Lingbo Li, August 4, 2010 at 8:00 AM
peekpoke answered "Yes" to Do you salt your slices?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, August 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM
peekpoke answered "Bendy" to Straight or bendy, that is the question.
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, August 19, 2010 at 7:00 PM
peekpoke answered "Cubed" to How Do You Like Your Ice?
Poll posted by Erin Zimmer, August 18, 2010 at 8:00 AM
peekpoke answered "Tell the server, then try to forget about it. " to How Would You Deal With Restaurant Error?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, August 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM
peekpoke answered "I can't stand lines; if I see one, I'm out." to How Long Is Too Long for a Great Lunch?
Poll posted by The Serious Eats Team, July 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM
peekpoke answered "Vanilla" to Soft-Serve Poll: Vanilla, Chocolate, Swirl?
Poll posted by Erin Zimmer, July 14, 2010 at 9:00 AM
peekpoke answered "No. Grease, for lack of a better word, is good" to Do you blot the grease from your pizza?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, July 12, 2010 at 9:55 AM
peekpoke answered "Yes, it's the only way I can get anyone to agree on what we order" to Do you order half-and-half pizzas?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, July 5, 2010 at 9:00 AM
peekpoke answered "Yes" to Patty Melt: Is it a Burger?
Poll posted by Robyn Lee, July 1, 2010 at 9:45 AM
peekpoke answered "No: My favorite pizza-flavored snack IS PIZZA!" to Do you eat pizza-flavored snacks?
Poll posted by Adam Kuban, June 21, 2010 at 10:40 AM
peekpoke answered "Some combination of the above. (Feel free to elaborate in the comments)" to How Do You Reheat Your Pizza?
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Sadly, I doubt those are his eyes, looks like a red-eye reduction mess.
Would you rather he have red demon eyes?