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Skriven 2008-07-07 21:33:48 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: RE: heat 574
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Hi Michael!
How'd your solo go?

->  HN> Calling a two star dish a 4 star dish just so
->  HN> the diner can claim he eats "hot" just plain
->  HN> makes me mad...mostly because when I order
->  HN> 4 stars and end up with two I really WANTED 4!
-> 
-> I order things as hot as possible or as rare as possible,
-> and seldom do things turn out right. Maybe I should give up,
-> but I can't see myself actually enjoying a steak whose grain
-> is developed all the way in. As far as ordering things Thai
-> hot, restaurants usually have a condiment tray that can help
-> quite a bit (the vinegar + bird pepper and soy + crushed
-> pepper sauces tend to unbalance dishes, but usually either
-> minced peppers or toasted pepper flakes are available).
-> 
True, all true, but as you said, it does tend to 
unbalance the dish.

->  ->  -> Well, raw beef in restaurants was what we were talking about.
->  ->  HN> And my point was in such places the head chef may
->  ->  HN> have the training and know how..most of the sous
->  ->  HN> chefs may not have any training (formal that is) and
->  ->  HN> even less knowledge as to the finer points unless the
->  ->  HN> head chef personally instructed them in technique
->  -> I did say, as an opening to this part of the discussion, that
->  -> it would be possible to make a plate of of good beef sashimi
->  -> out of the chuck, but most places wouldn't have the time or
->  -> talent to do it.
->  HN> I thought that's what I said? (Grin)
-> 
-> But I said it in the first or second post of the thread.
-> That was over a month ago. Then we went on to speculate that
-> a trained Japanese chef could make a good beef chuck sashimi,
-> but one might hesitate to order raw chuck at most restaurants.
-> 
Well I like that, we can both be right! (grin)!

->  ->  HN> It's been in the 90's all week here!
->  -> We've been down ten the last day or so, yay.
->  HN> It has finally dropped here as well! double yay!
-> 
-> It's supposed to be 90/90 here in Boston for the next few days.
-> 
Ugh! Got up to 81 here today, not too bad, the
humidity hasn't been too high so it's rather bearable.
Have been down on the water shooting Big Tall Ships, 
so my face is all red from the sun reflecting off the 
water...when I take off my sunglasses, I look like
a revers raccoon!

-> Louisiana recipe for gumbo
-> cat: Creole, main, seafood
-> servings: 8
-> 
Looks good to me!!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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