Adventures in Cooking - Page 3

Griff · 01-13-2003, 12:12 PM

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Originally posted by perth
unless its chicken

actually, i hate steak when its served still bleeding. medium-well is as far as im willing to go.

~james

just knock the horns off and slide it on the table as far as I'm concerned... Actually I've been cutting back on the meat a little the holidays were too heavy

Stress Puppy · 01-13-2003, 01:44 PM

All this talk of dead animals is making me sad

wolf · 01-13-2003, 01:49 PM

Take a few deep breaths and try to think of it as a living experiment which demonstrates the food chain.

It's not our fault we're at the top. I, for one, like it that way.

Mmmmmm steak ... Although I could surely go for some venison about now ...

warch · 01-13-2003, 05:44 PM

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The utimate must have unnecessary kitchen appliance however, is the Cotton Candy maker. I've wanted it since I was a kid.

Whoa! I had one as a kid (late 60s early 70s) and it was so very cool. I remember this center metal cup you would pour in the sugar, fire it up and it would spin all the cotton out. Such a burn hazard for kids, but WE LEARNED. We learned to respect the spinning molten goo. And how to make some cash with an extension cord and sack of sugar.

I've tried to pare down my appliances to date- best tools: heavy roasting pan, iron frypan, grill pan (low tech foreman) and iron dutch oven. Good knives. Tongs. I loves my tongs.

perth · 01-13-2003, 05:45 PM

i really need a decent dutch oven. one appliance that i forgot is my crock pot. god i love that thing. the best soups in the world are the ones that have been simmering and youve been smelling all day.

~james

Griff · 01-13-2003, 06:04 PM

I've got this rummeltoff that I use for slow cooking after the fires out in the Russian fireplace. Fantastic for bbq.

Elspode · 01-15-2003, 02:58 PM

I've finally learned my lesson and obtained a set of thick-bottomed stainless cookware. Now, I can actually cook something that takes more than five minutes on the stove without burning the piss out of it.

The kids, however, are another matter...about once a month, I have to spend an hour with Comet and a steel wool pad to keep them looking at all respectable.

warch · 01-15-2003, 04:06 PM

OK. What in the sam hill is a rummeltoff?

Griff · 01-15-2003, 04:16 PM

It the Sam Hill is a clay pot that you soak in water before slow cooking whatever you're into, that is next to impossible to spell.

elSicomoro · 01-15-2003, 04:28 PM

Looks like Griff's been hitting that bottle again...

warch · 01-15-2003, 04:44 PM

Ah! Chicky in Clay.

Ok, now. Your fireplace is Russian? What distinguishes a Russian fireplace? Sad eyes and facial hair?

elSicomoro · 01-15-2003, 04:51 PM

You know, I could have sworn we discussed a Russian/Swedish/Griffish fireplace before...I'm too lazy to look for it though.

wolf · 01-15-2003, 06:07 PM

If its the fireplace that there are construction pictures of on griff's website, it looks awesomely nifty (notice how I avoid saying "cool" as it is clearly very cozy and warm).

Griff · 01-16-2003, 06:44 AM

Deja vu all over again. Thats the unit. Its Russian because it sits morose for long periods of time followed by short term spectacular destruction.

I bought the internal part of the unit from Tempcast. Its been single digit cold here for several days so its not quite keeping the house warm enough. I'm going to put a heated (maybe pellet stove)sunroom in the front of the house, eventually, which should remedy short term severe cold snaps. Normally, it doesn't even require a second fire every day.

warch · 01-16-2003, 01:40 PM

So...ein romertoft in den kachelofen, eh?

01-13-2003, 01:44 PM	#32
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	All this talk of dead animals is making me sad __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

01-13-2003, 01:49 PM	#33
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Take a few deep breaths and try to think of it as a living experiment which demonstrates the food chain. It's not our fault we're at the top. I, for one, like it that way. Mmmmmm steak ... Although I could surely go for some venison about now ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-13-2003, 06:04 PM	#36
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I've got this rummeltoff that I use for slow cooking after the fires out in the Russian fireplace. Fantastic for bbq. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-15-2003, 02:58 PM	#37
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've finally learned my lesson and obtained a set of thick-bottomed stainless cookware. Now, I can actually cook something that takes more than five minutes on the stove without burning the piss out of it. The kids, however, are another matter...about once a month, I have to spend an hour with Comet and a steel wool pad to keep them looking at all respectable. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-15-2003, 04:16 PM	#39
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Romertopf It the Sam Hill is a clay pot that you soak in water before slow cooking whatever you're into, that is next to impossible to spell. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-13-2003, 05:45 PM	#35
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	i really need a decent dutch oven. one appliance that i forgot is my crock pot. god i love that thing. the best soups in the world are the ones that have been simmering and youve been smelling all day. ~james

01-15-2003, 04:06 PM	#38
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	OK. What in the sam hill is a rummeltoff?

01-15-2003, 04:28 PM	#40
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Looks like Griff's been hitting that bottle again...

01-15-2003, 04:44 PM	#41
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Ah! Chicky in Clay. Ok, now. Your fireplace is Russian? What distinguishes a Russian fireplace? Sad eyes and facial hair?

01-15-2003, 04:51 PM	#42
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	You know, I could have sworn we discussed a Russian/Swedish/Griffish fireplace before...I'm too lazy to look for it though.

01-15-2003, 06:07 PM	#43
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If its the fireplace that there are construction pictures of on griff's website, it looks awesomely nifty (notice how I avoid saying "cool" as it is clearly very cozy and warm). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-16-2003, 06:44 AM	#44
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Deja vu all over again. Thats the unit. Its Russian because it sits morose for long periods of time followed by short term spectacular destruction. I bought the internal part of the unit from Tempcast. Its been single digit cold here for several days so its not quite keeping the house warm enough. I'm going to put a heated (maybe pellet stove)sunroom in the front of the house, eventually, which should remedy short term severe cold snaps. Normally, it doesn't even require a second fire every day. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 01-16-2003 at 06:53 AM.

01-16-2003, 01:40 PM	#45
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	So...ein romertoft in den kachelofen, eh?

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