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Lemme get this straight: pkitten can't grill a decent steak AND picks her coffee beans outta animal turds. So much for smack legacies.... Actually, you misread. I can't say that's all that surprising, but I'll go ahead and clear it up for you... I can grill a decent steak, and so can just about any...

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Spin it however you like, but the stuff that is excreted from an animal's ass is known as "shit." And you consumed it. Expensive shit is still... shit. *gasp* Oh NOES. I can't believe I admitted to drinking coffee on this board ! I will never be able to look at myself the same way again!

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Yeah, I suppose if said turds were carefully cleaned by a group of virginal Swahili handmaidens, then shit-eating is cool. What are you talking about? Do you even know? Are you sure you want to admit to making stuff up to cover for your lack of knowledge on this board ? I mean, since this board is ...

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Whoawhoawhoawhoa. See if I have this right... You ate mongoose shit. Maybe "drank" it, if you wanna get all technial and stuff. That's pretty bad. I guess I'm not quite as fearful of trying new things as you. Also, I'm quite aware that no coffee place would be able to package and sell a p...

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Ever had that stuff where they follow mongooses or lemurs or something like that around and clean the coffee beans out of their shit? That's supposed to be the best coffee in the world. I've tried it... ground in a Burr grinder, brewed in a French Press... It was good, I guess. I should have tried ...

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Yikes.

ppanther says GET BETTER SOON!

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Pity the panther… Keyboard stuck on Rackslock. Only reason why you shoulda been nervous, Sugar, would’ve been if Dinsbroil offered to cook your steak for you. But rack you anyway for mastering the ol’ steak-flipper…. Pity me? For what? I'm not the one who thinks the whole "grilling" thing...

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RACK Dins. I remember the first time I grilled steak... I was a little nervous as I had never done it before. I'm not really sure why I was nervous. I was able to get the charcoal lit and the grill heated, and somehow (though I still can't believe I figured this out, I must be BRILLIANT) I managed t...

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Is your name Bobby?

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You could add a chipotle (canned, with adobo)... just mince it up and add when you add the "rest of the sauce ingredients". I think it'd taste pretty good with that combo, and all you'd have to do to modify the heat is add more or less chipotle. You could also use fresh jalapeno or serrano...

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Wine. Or a mojito... muddle mint leaves with 1 packet of splenda in bottom of glass add 1 oz rum and juice of half a lime, stir fill glass with ice, fill with club soda You don't have to do it with splenda if you wanna use regular sugar... but most bars make this drink WAY too sweet and way not mint...

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Oh yes. I am actually right there with you on that!! I don't think I know everything about wine (in fact I have admitted that there are times when if given a blind taste test, I could tell you if the dry red was good... but no way could I identify the varietal... and I was told by an actual person w...

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I love tasting rooms. I'll have to make a point of waving my pinky next time in case the unsocialized heathens are watching. I get the cynicism and all, it happens in a lot of industries... but the winemakers should maybe not spend their time resenting the behavior of the crowd that pays their bills...

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Am I super anal about what I do with my knives? Yes. Will a plastic board KILL them? probably not. But neither will cutting through the cryo vac plastic on a meat, but I'd shit my pants (s'up rog?) and scream if I saw someone doing that with my knife . OHMYGOSH. Me too. Big time. My husband learned...

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King Crimson wrote:
Mikey wrote:If you want hot, try some Hot Cock Sauce.

This stuff is actually getting to be my most used condiment.
yeah, that's good....but this is better: it'll put hair on your tongue.

LOVE that stuff!

ppanther

Ooohhh. We found wild onions on a hike up by Rock Creek in the High Sierras. The dude tried to yank them out of the ground but the greens kept breaking off, and we didn't have anything with us that would have been useful for digging. We brought the greens back 'home' with us and added them to that n...

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Husband cooked.

Sweet and Savory Pork (pork tenderloin medallions, 'dried plums' because no one likes to say they really eat prunes, kalamata olives, capers, white wine, brown sugar, garlic, all kinds of good stuff in this one..)
Asian Rice (foo foo Jasmine Rice yo)
Roasted Carrots and Parsnips

YUM

ppanther

That sounds fantastic. I'd add Tzatziki (sp) but you won't be hurting without it and honestly your menu just as it is looks fantastic. I haven't decided what I am cooking yet, I just know that I am cooking... and that dessert was already determined to be strawberry shortcake 2 days ago. I might make...

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Doesn't have to be blood oranges. I used navel the first time I tried it. The blood oranges just make a really nice garnish because of the color and size (they're not too big). It's just cool enough for Easter dinner, too. I'll be using blood oranges. What, about 1 tbsp zest for a recipe that makes...

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We're right in the middle of strawberry season here. You can go to any roadside stand and get a 3 basket box of berries that were picked within the hour for prolly $6 - $8, for the reddest, fattest, sweetest berries you'll ever taste. I'll probably pick up 2 or 3 boxes on Saturday or Sunday to make...

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I don't know if onions were affected* but i do know that a really cold week here in CA wrecked the price of oranges!! I was shopping and noticed an unusually high total at the checkstand and was looking at my receipt when I noticed I had purchased $12 worth of ORANGES. WTF. This time of year?? They ...

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Well one thing I can say about Rex Hill is that their grounds are pretty sweet. I've been to a lot of vineyards and few are nicer for picnics (or in this case, parties). I should not have said ALL the winemakers were there -- a LOT of them were. And it wasn't in February... it was several years ago ...

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This was said. I'd still like proof, but like I said, I could be wrong... I've never looked at my knives under a microscope. Goobs gave proof then this was said. I still wouldn't call my knives serrated, though, even if they do have microscopic teeth. Mostly because a 'serrated' knife already has a...

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Ken wrote:No worries, pp. The rest of us got it.

That's cool... mostly I just wanted to make fun of his small town grocery store.

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BTW -- I worked on the building of a new winery in Amity a couple years ago or so. Can't remember the name of it...it's the vacuum truck dude's place...about a block west of the highway. In a building that had a fire-restoration done. Yup, I'm famous with the Amity wine industry, as well. My epicos...

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Honestly, the party was outstanding, and all the winemakers WERE there. It wasn't "for" Rex Hill Vineyards, it was merely hosted by them. All (or most) of the winemakers in the Willamette Valley were there, and all of them brought out their reserves (so as to properly impress each other) a...

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What you really want are knives that are sec-rated, which would mean they’re the bestest knives of all, even though they’re mostly used to cut butter. With my meager means, I can only dream of owning knives like that. Seriously. Indy, if someone asked you to differentiate between the blades of a (g...

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fields and fields of grapes Out West, we call those "vinyards." My buddy used to live in St Helena, in an old, old winery. Now, he lives in a double-wide* near Hillsboro, at an old, old farm, which is now a vinyard/winery, where I'll be heading very shortly, since I need to go pick up my ...

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IndyFrisco wrote:Literally speaking? Yes. Technically speaking? No.

I fully expect a from pp tho.

Well see, Dinsdale got my point... and you apparently did not.

Shocking. ;)

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I'd still like proof, but like I said, I could be wrong... I've never looked at my knives under a microscope. This guy has: http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpen/qx3.html That's pretty cool! I still wouldn't call my knives serrated, though, even if they do have microscopic teeth. Mostly because ...

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I'd still like proof, but like I said, I could be wrong... I've never looked at my knives under a microscope. The specific serrated and grooved knife you've described is a Santoku style. Microscopic technicalities aside, I don't think I'd ever describe a Santoku knife as 'serrated'... at least none ...

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I don't know... I have done a search and can't find anything about my knives having 'micro serrations'. I found 'precision honed' and 'ice hardened' and something about a laser, but nothing about serrations of any kind. It seems counter-intuitive to me that something with micro-serrations would reco...

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The granton edge Chef's knife... http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=granton+chef%27s+knife&btnG=Search+Images That is what I would recommend. The most important knife to own is a chef's knife. (Or a santok...

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I have a notepad with tips from Alton and Emeril. In it I wrote down the word "granton" as the knife with the side dents. Then I looked up the pics of granton and santoku and see the 8" rounded end granton Alton Brown was talking about. They both come in different shapes and sizes an...

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I only use my plastic board for meats... I'm not too worried about wrecking my knives by using them for such a limited application. Speaking practically from experience, my knives don't dull quickly.

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Food Processor: I have an 11-cup and a mini-prep (both Cuisinart). I love them!! I use the FP for obvious things like pesto and hummus, but my favorite application is pastry. If you like making pie crusts, biscuits, scones, anything that requires cutting in fat (but not kneading), the best crusts ar...

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Maybe farmers market's haven't spread east yet? There's one in every freaking burb here, and I think there's multiples in Portland. I have my choice of a few different ones within a short drive. They're kind of the antithesis to "foo-foo." So I suppose I shouldn't even bring up buying fis...

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The Farmers' Market isn't actually a foo-foo store. Here in the Peoples' Republic of California a Farmers' Market, especially one that is "certified", is a venue (generally outdoors) where the local farmers can drive in their trucks, trailers, vans or whatever and sell their wares directl...

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Indy -- you wouldn't believe what she said about the appropriateness of those socks with that outfit, and how you might get then dirty while climbing into your monster-truck on your way to the farmers co-op market. And pp -- I think I overheard IF saying that the only thing missing from your stir-f...

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Question for stir fry nazis.... I do stir fry occasionally, and it comes out good but not great. I think my problem is that I'm trying to cook for four hungry people in one regular sized wok. To get all the veggies I need in there at the same time it's on the verge of overflowing. I think that mayb...

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