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Salted Duck eggs are apparently cured in a brine. I had thought so and confirmed it on wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salted_duck_egg
Here is a recipe for something similiar, Salty Eggs, which is according to the recipe the Thai way to do it:
http://www.khiewchanta.com/archives/ingredients/meats-fish-eggs/salty-eggs-khai-kham.html
When I was in SouthEast Asia eggs prepared in this way were for sale at every market, along with the 100 year egg and a few other seemingly preserved types.
Playing with Food: Eggs in Brine
I'm fascinated by old cookbooks that describe cooking techniques before food processing took over, which began to happen in the 1920s and then exploded after World War II. I've mentioned my favorite, Miss E. Neil's cookbook, in this post on recipes. She's writing at a time when there weren't...
Looks like a fun event for a good cause. I hope they were able to raise a lot of funds.
Veggie U Benefit, Milan, OH
Great event Saturday out at Chef's Garden/Culinary Vegetable Institute to raise money for the Jones family's initiative to help educate kids about food, called Veggie U. It aims to reach 4th graders nationwide with a curriculum teaching how to make smart choice about food, everything from what ...
Nobody I know is stupid enough to try and take me to an Olive Garden. I'd rather eat fast food from just about any chain. At least it's cheaper crap.
I don't understand the appeal of the Olive Garden or any of the other chains that surround the mall. So many great options in this city, who would wait for two hours on a Saturday night to eat this crap? Or Texas Roadhouse or Chili's or whatever else. I figure it must be out of town people who are done shopping for the day and don't care what they are eating.
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
In a word: When you're here, you're famished. The specs: #0444 Address, hours & details via Isthmus; reviews at Yelp, Madison Hot Bite; official web site, Chuck ate the all-you-can-eat soup and salad lunch combo. JM ate the cheese ravioli with a lemonade. John Se. ate the eggplant Parmesan. ...
Ate at the melting pot for the first time last night. Was not a big fan. The food was decent at best, nothing inedible but nothing that blew me away either, and for the price, I should have been blown away. It was just over $200 for four people, for that price you can eat great food at a number of high end restaurants in Madison. Food that is thoughtfully crafted and you don't have to dip it in a pot of broth.
I think the oddest part is that the flavors of the broths don't match up well with the marinades they use on the meat. For the Pacific Rim Dinner for two, shouldn't they offer some sort of Pacific Rim themed broth, maybe Miso or even something with just some soy sauce.
I'd never go back to the place. Next door is Sa-Bai Thong and then Saigon Noodles, both of them have better food for way less money. I guess I just wasn't sold on the "experience" of the Melting Pot being worth all of that money.
The best part of the Melting Pot was the bathrooms. They were as clean as an I have ever seen, smelled nice, and had great hand towels. They would make George Costanza's list of best bathrooms in town.
Melting Pot
In a word: It’s fon-doing it. (Please kill me!) The specs: #0377 Address, hours & details via Isthmus; official web site; Latest Melting Pot news and reviews JM, John, Nichole, Rose, and Sue split 2 Fondue Feast “Big Night[s] Out;” plus two soft drinks, a coffee and an espresso. The bill was $...
That all looks awful, yikes.
MiaZa's Cafe
Update: MiaZa's is closed. In a word: Is that the best you can do? The specs: #0434 Address, hours & details via Isthmus; reviews at Wisconsin State Journal, Will Blog for Food, kristy24, Sarah's Blog; official web site (warning: flash intro), Latest MiaZa's Cafe news and reviews JM ate the ...
Fried turkey sounds great, try not to burn the garage down.
I'm still dropping jaws with the butterscotch sauce recipe from ratio. I need to start doing more of the baking though.
Food Notes: Prosciutto, Chef Memoir, and Pomposity
Illustration by Yevgeniy Solovyev from Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing 1. Harold McGee waxed particularly eloquently in yesterday's NYTimes on the improving nature of American dry-cured ham and what makes it taste good. The pig "should be mature, well fed and free to run...
Restaurant Alma in Minneapolis served me one of the best meals I have ever had.
La Baguette
In a word: Authentic. The specs: #0432 Address, hours & details via Isthmus; reviews at Cap Times, Isthmus, Decider, Latest La Baguette news and reviews JM ate the ham and cheese sandwich, a brioche, and an apple juice. Nichole ate the tuna fish sandwich and took a loaf of olive bread home. T...
Yeah, where else are you eating in Chicago? Kuma's? Sun Wah BBQ? Curry Buns at LaPatisserie?
Chicago is so great for food.
I think mushroom shots sound good.
Junsai, bonito, soy, mirin
I got yelled at today at my local Asian market, H Mart. Why? Well, last week when I was shopping for the ingredients to make this dish, I bought too many bags of bonito shavings and needed to return some. I walked into the store and made a beeline for the customer service desk, receipt in han...
I have been telling people about this book too. I have been using this book a lot lately, and everything has turned out well.
The pancakes and butterscotch sauce are fantastic. The butterscotch sauce could help a single guy keep a woman around.
Also used a brine ratio that worked great. The lemon and shallot mayo is truly great on some asparagus.
WINCE! Ratio Errata
One of the reasons I was eager to keep an online journal (wish it weren't called a blog), was so that I might be able to answer critics who might take me to task on this or that issue. But it also proves advantageous when I malign myself. Which is what i do when I let an error get published i...
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