Food, Food, and More Food Thread

But always whip egg whites, in a copper bowl.

The combination of the egg white and the copper drives a good deal more air into the egg white when you're making a Meringue or a souflee.

No French of Italian baker will use anything but a copper bowl.

Make sure the bowl is absolutely free of any oil. Egg whites can't cling onto the sides of an oily bowl while increasing in volume.

@bmw: I make sure to watch America's Test Kitchen every week. I learn something new everytime. :say_yes:

dochira wrote:@bmw: I make sure to watch America's Test Kitchen every week. I learn something new everytime. :say_yes:

Yup. Love the show.

They just started a new season, ne? I noticed they were plugging a new 2005 book.

Time to visit amazon.com... :)

Okay, I"ll admit it. I watch ATK religiously. And I have the first book.

But my two favorite TV cooking shows were the Original "Galloping Gormet" with Grahm Kerr (sp?) and Jaques Torres' "Dessert Cricus"

Until he got into a car accident, almost died, sobered up and found religion... Kerr was the funniest guy on TV.

And the things Torres can do with chocolate is freakin' spooky.

Geezer wrote:Okay, I"ll admit it. I watch ATK religiously. And I have the first book.

But my two favorite TV cooking shows were the Original "Galloping Gormet" with Grahm Kerr (sp?) and Jaques Torres' "Dessert Cricus"

Until he got into a car accident, almost died, sobered up and found religion... Kerr was the funniest guy on TV.

And the things Torres can do with chocolate is freakin' spooky.

Once again, I'm dating myself, but I remember Graham Kerr as well... His new stuff isn't nearly as entertaining...

Hmm, I haven't seen Jacques Torres in a while... I guess he just made that one season...

BMW,

Torres opened up a Choc. factory / shop in Brooklyn, went on line selling fine chocolates, and desserts, and has just recently opened up another shop/factory in Manhattan.

They've been very successful.

He also spends lots of time organizing and being the main judge in the international baking contests where teams of chefs from around the world compete.

They've shown a couple of them on the discovery channell.

The one baking contest two years ago freaked the baking world when the Japanese team won the gold medal.

They were all, including the Japanese team, amazed when a team from a rice based culture took the gold.

Those shows are a trip to watch.

By the way, Torres's online site is as:

http://www.mrchocolate.com/

Bring a fat wallet.

bmwracer wrote:
Once again, I'm dating myself, but I remember Graham Kerr as well... His new stuff isn't nearly as entertaining...

Hmm, I haven't seen Jacques Torres in a while... I guess he just made that one season...

It's funny comparing the old Graham Kerr to the new one. The old show made my heart stop once or twice. But it sure looked good in an indulging sort of way.

I watched his show on Food Network. It's amazing that everything he made was chocolate-based. I remember his chocolate painting, complete with chocolate pallet and brush and frame.

Geezer wrote:By the way, Torres's online site is as:

http://www.mrchocolate.com/

Bring a fat wallet.

Ouch. :sweat:

I think I'll stick with See's chocolates.

pcmodem wrote:
Soju's a lot stronger, higher % alcohol.
-PCM

oic, thanks

bmwracer wrote:I think I'll stick with See's chocolates.

y'know, for some reason, i always viewed see's as just like any other chocolate. i went shopping with a friend this past xmas, and i could not believe the prices for a box of chocolates. $20!! man, do you know how many reese's butter cups and kit-kat bars i could get with that??!

jholic wrote:
y'know, for some reason, i always viewed see's as just like any other chocolate. i went shopping with a friend this past xmas, and i could not believe the prices for a box of chocolates. $20!! man, do you know how many reese's butter cups and kit-kat bars i could get with that??!

Wh-HHHHHHHHAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Oh, jholic, please say it isn't so . . . man, when you consider cost, quality, and quantity, See's is THE king of chocolates (yeah, even in consideration of Godiva chocolates, even though I DON'T mind eating those either). Yeah, might be kinda' pricey, but, it's worth it. It's one of those things that can be quite enjoyed by those you give the box to; GREAT Christmas gift. Lemme put it in another way -- are you more comfortable giving someone a box (and they have $10-$20something dollar boxes) of See's vs. a bag of, I dunno, candy that's sold at Long's, haha.

jholic wrote:y'know, for some reason, i always viewed see's as just like any other chocolate. i went shopping with a friend this past xmas, and i could not believe the prices for a box of chocolates. $20!! man, do you know how many reese's butter cups and kit-kat bars i could get with that??!

Actually, a one pound box of dark chocolates is about $14.00 at See's... :woot:

Reese's?? Kit Kat's?? Ugh. I wouldn't feed those to my garbage disposal...

bmwracer wrote:
Actually, a one pound box of dark chocolates is about $14.00 at See's... :woot:

See's?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!! :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:Reese's?? Kit Kat's?? Ugh. I wouldn't feed those to my garbage disposal...

You could always feed it to aho!!! :D
Especially the Reese's!!!!! The ONLY chocolate I would eat, besides Snickers! :D

ahochaude wrote:You could always feed it to aho!!! :D
Especially the Reese's!!!!! The ONLY chocolate I would eat, besides Snickers! :D

Gack.

Milk chocolate is sorta lame. Dark chocolate all the way.

bmwracer wrote:
Gack.

Milk chocolate is sorta lame. Dark chocolate all the way.

For some reason i don't know what it is, but i've never liked the taste of Dark Chocolate :sweat: but any other flavor or type of chocolate im pretty much ok with it :woot:

K.T.Tran wrote:

For some reason i don't know what it is, but i've never liked the taste of Dark Chocolate :sweat: but any other flavor or type of chocolate im pretty much ok with it :woot:

i think i've seen it on cnn sometime ago about an article on dark chocolate. apparently, its good for you (in moderation of course :) )

arnel98 wrote:
i think i've seen it on cnn sometime ago about an article on dark chocolate. apparently, its good for you (in moderation of course :) )

if it prevents heart attacks, cures cancers, and makes me smarter.....then i'll eat those dark chocolate...like once a week or once a month

bmwracer wrote:
Actually, a one pound box of dark chocolates is about $14.00 at See's... :woot:

Yeah, and you can get those gift certificates at Costco for 1 pound of See's chcocolates for only around $10.00 too. :woot:
-PCM

K.T.Tran wrote:For some reason i don't know what it is, but i've never liked the taste of Dark Chocolate :sweat: but any other flavor or type of chocolate im pretty much ok with it :woot:

Hmm.

I think milk chocolate is too sweet. I like the bittersweet quality of dark chocolate. :D

pcmodem wrote:Yeah, and you can get those gift certificates at Costco for 1 pound of See's chcocolates for only around $10.00 too. :woot:

Good to know. :thumbsup: