than their counterparts in the food specialty emporiums. All my microplanes come from the hardware store, as does the blowtorch I use for browning and pliers for removing bones from fish. I use el cheapo bristle paintbrushes for...

Or, shoving it in a small bun and calling it a "slider." Sorry, but a person raised on White Castles bristles at a tuna thingie being called a slider.

residue off. Just don’t let the rice sit there too long (like hours) or you’ll end up with a new problem to clean out! I’ve seen decanter brushes somewhere... they have soft bristles and the wire stem bends to...

, lending a bristling aura of complex spiciness to the perfectly deep fried pieces of chicken. Exceptional Sichuan rendition from a Northern Chinese chef. The homey sweetness of chestnuts, moderate fruitiness of Chinese dates and...

—is it merely cured like prosciutto? Is it pasteurized and/or cooked in some way? It’s cryovac’ed, and still attached to skin with bristles—yet it’s pure white with no visible veins/tissues/nerves. I...

Absolutely no good! Send it to me for disposal ;-) These hams are supposed to be moldy. It’s scraped off before they’re sold, to keep the city slickers from gagging. Just scrub the surface with water and a bristle...

this gaffe — she bristled and pretended she’d never heard of this woman, or the other store. It was quite funny — but then I definitely lost her attention, so I wouldn’t repeat it. I’ve never managed...

I was talking to a friend recently who insisted that there are no good bialies (sp?) in Los Angeles. She has since flown to New York for a week and is insisting that she is going to have to bring a stash home with her. Now, I...

bristled at the implication, and ended up sticking us in the middle of the restaurant, where two of our party were shoved against an obtrusive Christmas tree. Luckily, everyone in the group thought it was funny.

heh heh heh. Yes, he very excitedly had me taste his new creation, baba ganoush with harissa (a little gritty, I thought) and was just bristling with energy. Fire shooting from his eyes! Yow! I feel you, buddy! Thanks so much for...

There is a new company selling cholev yisroel milk. Machmirim, whose slogan is “Anachnu Machmirim Bnei Machmirim,” is bristling with hashgachos, it is actually under four hashgachos – the Vaad Hakashrus of Skver, Khal Adath...

in Italy for several years and bristles at the thought of paying more than $12 ($10 adjusted for inflation) for pasta.

, and scrub the accumulated goop out from between the ribs. I have a big gnarly polypropylene-bristled scrub-brush that’s great for this.

Other than unagi (eel), no. But with unagi, the fine bones are within the meat, and should be expected. They are very fine, almost like the bristles in sardine. Is that what you are refering too If it was elsewhere, like in a...

San Marco in Springhouse. White table cloth fine dining Italian in a beautiful setting. I’ve been there 30 or 40 times in the last 7 years and have never had a bad meal. Others on this board seem to bristle about the...