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SOUP, SOUP, SOUP
Nope Avgolemono does not freeze well, and you have to be careful reheating it or it will break down into coagulated lumps. Ugly! Just for the record, the traditional Greek avgolemono is made with rice, but I SO love orzo! It will...
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Philadelphia-style (eggless, uncooked) peach ice cream report
and then churn about 5 hrs. later. This has been perfect. I just imagine that a rich custard w/ 6 egg yolks might start to coagulate or pick up odors from the fridge or pot if lingering for 24 hrs. I can see how it would be good...
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Giving Thanks
lampredotto. This is the rennet stomach, which contains the enzyme (called chymosin or rennin) that catalyzes the coagulation of curds/cheese (Fr. caille = curd). There is a long and venerable history of the appreciation of the...
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What is the quintessential food of your town?
, anti-coagulants, and defibrillator paddles. Ha! Derby pie is a chocolate-walnut pie. Officially “Derby Pie” is a trade name denoting a particular brand of product (they just got in on the copyright before anyone...
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scrambled eggs
Moisture is the trick. Eggs are largely water. Cooking over high heat evaporates the water before the proteins coagulate properly. Water or milk will do this. Cream is fine if you want to add more fat. Your call there. Cook your...
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Favorite cooking word or phrase?
When learning the formal language of bread baking, I rather like gelatinization (of starches) and Coagulation (of proteins). Other than that: SPATCH
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Advice: Wisdom Tooth Extraction, what to eat?
I had my wisdom teeth taken out about 8 years ago and had issues with severe bleeding. My oral surgeon also suggested lightly biting down on black tea bags, as black tea apparently has properties that aid in coagulation. The...
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Boom in Belmar
coagulate and squeeze out some of their moisture. The heat drives the moisture to the center. As meat rests, this process is partially reversed. The moisture that is driven toward the center of the meat is redistributed as the...
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March 2009 COTM Fish Without a Doubt: Baking & Roasting, Searing & Sautéing, Frying
coagulates when the fish is cooked but fails to do so when the fish has been kept too long resulting in a watery exudate. Is it possible your fish wasn’t as fresh as it usually is?
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What do you do if you get a bad table?
to squeeze to pass by me,etc.) however I DO have a reason, it’s not a power trip for me. I have had steak coagulate under an aggressive A/C vent at a cute, local indie steak place that sadly closed, I’d never think a...
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New poutine spot - Poutini
Err... I’ve never found the gravy/sauce at somewhere like La Banquise “weak.” Unless, of course, you prefer gloppy, coagulated, absurdly-salty granulated mix served up at chip trucks in Toronto or something....
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Restaurant Girl Howler of the Week
no, it can’t— unless the silky dressing is becoming, with the rest of the plate, cold, and therefore coagulating into an unappealing pasty spackle. the term “spackle” also brings to mind a shoddy or...
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Top Chef Episode #2
done at less than 160 degrees — more like 140. The point is that since the food can never get hotter than the water bath, it never gets to the temp where the proteins coagulate and the meat fibers shorten and toughen.
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Seven Days in Rome--a meal-by-meal account
, which is left intact, the milk coagulates and, when added to the pasta and tomato sauce, creates a somewhat creamy dish. The intestines themselves look like smaller tan-colored versions of penne without the grooves and are...
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Spoon Thai Secret Menu
with the menu translations: Bottom row, from left to right *Dou fu nao (tofu “brain” i.e. soft coagulated bean curd “jelly” with the texture of brain) *dou tsai (not sure what this is: pickled vegetables?) *yu...
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