This is really good advice. I'd actually be going to the audition in L.A. and I know a lot of dancers (I do partner dancing, pretty much all kinds of partner dancing) who would cheerfully stand in line with me and have a dance party if I asked them to. I figured that'd stand out and would give me "a thing."
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Except, you know....that's exactly what they like to see.
Master, also be aware you aren't allowed to cook in the lines at all so it'll have to be from your car if that's the route you go. I've seen people bring small drills and stoves with them in line and producers tell them no which is the same as kicking them out.
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BrutulTM
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I had a dream last night that I was in a cooking competition being judged by Adam Carolla. I was supposed to make Coq au Vin but there was no wine in the kitchen. For some reason I thought that the only place that I could get wine was from Mandy Patinkin's character from Homeland. I drove across town to his house and snuck in to the basement and then "appeared" in his bedroom like Quinn does when he wants to scare the shit out of someone. I asked if he had any Zinfandel and he graciously gave me a bottle. As I left the house I heard his teenage children (I know he doesn't have kids on the show but whatever) whispering "I bet that guy kills people for a living".
I got back to the kitchen with my wine just in time to hear the hostess (who was unfortunately not Padma Lakshmi) that there was 20 minutes left. Since my chicken was still completely raw, obviously coq au vin was not going to happen and I started to look around for some scissors to spatchcock it but then I thought "aw fuck it" and just drank the wine.
Based on this experience I don't think I will be entering any cooking competitions.
I got back to the kitchen with my wine just in time to hear the hostess (who was unfortunately not Padma Lakshmi) that there was 20 minutes left. Since my chicken was still completely raw, obviously coq au vin was not going to happen and I started to look around for some scissors to spatchcock it but then I thought "aw fuck it" and just drank the wine.
Based on this experience I don't think I will be entering any cooking competitions.
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Im not sure where to put this..It might go in TGWBYHT or maybe Cops who suck at there Job after I commit murder/rape/death
Came home today and my kitchen was spotless. Im curious whats going on when the girlfriend pops around the corner and lets me know she cleaned my kitchen for me. Hooray me! So I decided to cook her dinner and go looking for my cast iron skillet which should have been on the stove........
Its in the dishwasher. Holy Fuck. Now I dont want to flip the fuck out because she put a lot of hard work into cleaning the kitchen and I really dont want to discourage her from cleaning na'mean? I have to know though, is my skillet fucked or can i just re-season it? If I have to fry 500 pounds of chicken to fix this pan I will!
Came home today and my kitchen was spotless. Im curious whats going on when the girlfriend pops around the corner and lets me know she cleaned my kitchen for me. Hooray me! So I decided to cook her dinner and go looking for my cast iron skillet which should have been on the stove........
Its in the dishwasher. Holy Fuck. Now I dont want to flip the fuck out because she put a lot of hard work into cleaning the kitchen and I really dont want to discourage her from cleaning na'mean? I have to know though, is my skillet fucked or can i just re-season it? If I have to fry 500 pounds of chicken to fix this pan I will!
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How old is the cast iron would be my level of flipping out. I have multiple cast iron pans....if it was one of my pans that are 5 years or less old then whatever....that sucks but meh.
However if it's like my great grand mothers cast iron that is 98 years old and produces edible sex every time I cook out of it then yes, I would flip my shit.
Bottom line though, she was trying to help and going crazy wont changed what happened. Pan is fine in terms of damage, just explain to her that that pan doesn't get washed.
However if it's like my great grand mothers cast iron that is 98 years old and produces edible sex every time I cook out of it then yes, I would flip my shit.
Bottom line though, she was trying to help and going crazy wont changed what happened. Pan is fine in terms of damage, just explain to her that that pan doesn't get washed.
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Holy ironcast Batman, badabam.
Just tell her great job on the kitchen and everything but a pan never ever will go into the dishwasher.
Just like a purse will not go into the fireside. Both thing just should never match cause nothing good will come out of it.
Regarding your pan you will prolly be able to re-season it, never as good as before but just fry half a pound of butter for like 10 mins in it and let it cool of.
Next day start with something small and easy youve made countless times before like fried eggs.
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Every time you post all I can picture is you as Garth holding whatever you're talking about and I can't help but laugh.
As for weird Ramen fetishes, I had a friend that came back from prison and kept talking about "wraps" and I could not for the life of me figure out why he would crave those so much versus other real food, So I made him make me one. This sounds really weird but it wasn't too bad if you're just dying to try something new.
1. Choose a grab gab of your favorite chips.
2. Crush up your Ramen/Chips in their package before you open it(Open chip bag if required).
3. Open Ramen and Chips, remove seasoning from Ramen and make sure you open the chips perfectly along the seal at the top without ripping the bag.
4. Pour Ramen into your chip bag and add the seasoning.
5. Add enough HOT water to your chip bag to cook the Ramen.
6. Roll the top of the bag down tightly to keep water from spilling out and stick it under a pillow to let it cook.
7. Wait a few minutes to let it cook, unfold the bag and eat it straight from the bag.
Apparently this was a big thing in the prison he went too and I still regularly catch him at his house eating one.
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You season a pan by coating it with crisco or bacon grease and baking in the oven at 400 degrees for an hour. Alton Brown recommends repeating this yearly but I have never found it to be necessary as long as you cook in it fairly regularly and don't wash it with soap. I only do it if I start to see some rust on the pan. It will absolutely be as good as before. 3 of my cast iron pans were found sitting next to a dumpster covered with rust. I cleaned the rust off with a wire brush and re-seasoned them and I use them all the time. One of them was an antique from a foundry that doesn't exist anymore.
Gah. I really want Ippudo now. We always make a point to go there when we're in NYC. There's just nothing like it anywhere.
I can't be the only one who read's all of Adebisi's posts in Garth's voice right? The key to a good ramen soup is to make the noodles fresh yourself. Don't use the store bought crap. Authentic ramen noodles are made with flour that has alkaline in it. In Japan the alkaline powder is known as Kansui. You can find recipes online on how to make it. You will also need a pasta machine to press and make the noodle unless you want to do it by hand. The broth can be whatever you want it to be.
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So my father in law gave us his bread maker ( we gave him that bread maker for Xmas like 10 yrs ago). Anyway, its been hardly used. So I gave it a whirl and made a few loaves of bread, pretty good. Nothing like fresh bread. Made a few quick breads with the over ripe babannas we had left lying around, also outstanding. But last weekend I deiced to make some pizza dough from the list of recipes in the bread maker book. I followed the recipe exactly and, man, absolutely the BOMB! I cant believe the quality of the pie. I used to work for a pizza shoppe when I was a kid so I know the tricks to hand tossing the dough which helps.
I split the dough into 4 parts, made 2 pizzas, one for the kids, pep and cheese. Then one for the wife, I fried up some onion, threw in some frozen (thawed) spinach, some crumbled feta cheese, dill, and some lemon juice. Saute for a few min then on to the dough topped with a few cut up fresh tomato slices. She loved it, its like spinach pie, but on a pizza.
Then with the remaining 2 dough balls I made 2 peperoni rolls. I rolled out the dough into a roughly 6"x 9" rectangle and put in a whole bunch of peperoni and cheese. Rolled it all up into a loaf, let it raise for a few min and in to the oven. Man, what a treat. But I do admit that it wasn't enough peperoni in there. Next time im going to fill it up a bit more. also I need to cut some vent holes next time on the top. Those 2 I baked last time split open.
Im gonna do this shit again this weekend. The kids ate the shit up and the wife was happy as hell.
Best thing about the bread maker is the set it and forget it thing its got going for it. It literally takes me like 5 min to measure out and put all the goods inside, close the lid and fire it up. Come back when it beeps to a done bread or dough.
I split the dough into 4 parts, made 2 pizzas, one for the kids, pep and cheese. Then one for the wife, I fried up some onion, threw in some frozen (thawed) spinach, some crumbled feta cheese, dill, and some lemon juice. Saute for a few min then on to the dough topped with a few cut up fresh tomato slices. She loved it, its like spinach pie, but on a pizza.
Then with the remaining 2 dough balls I made 2 peperoni rolls. I rolled out the dough into a roughly 6"x 9" rectangle and put in a whole bunch of peperoni and cheese. Rolled it all up into a loaf, let it raise for a few min and in to the oven. Man, what a treat. But I do admit that it wasn't enough peperoni in there. Next time im going to fill it up a bit more. also I need to cut some vent holes next time on the top. Those 2 I baked last time split open.
Im gonna do this shit again this weekend. The kids ate the shit up and the wife was happy as hell.
Best thing about the bread maker is the set it and forget it thing its got going for it. It literally takes me like 5 min to measure out and put all the goods inside, close the lid and fire it up. Come back when it beeps to a done bread or dough.
