Ratatouille, the movie

[shroomgirl]

I've seen Mostly Martha, which was really good.....what a kitchen!!!! man those euro flat stoves are facinating. It will be interesting to see Catherine Zeta-Douglas work the kitchen.

[kuan]

Yeah? I like Colette. Heh heh...

[panini]

I thought Collete was spot on.

[Mezzaluna]

Shel, you asked about choosing a name to use online. I usually use a screen name for two reasons: for personal privacy and for fun. It's easy to relax among online friends but you never know who else is reading what you write. The Internet is not private!! I'm also in low carb online community, and we also encourage people not to reveal too much about their personal information in the public forums.

As you can see from the number of posts, I've been here for some time. I feel quite comfortable. Still, I keep some reserve about saying too much, especially about my family, as a courtesy to them. I do slip sometimes though.

[shroomgirl]

wow Mezz how'd you blow past me......6600 posts?

[shel]

Originally Posted by Mezzaluna

Shel, you asked about choosing a name to use online. I usually use a screen name for two reasons: for personal privacy and for fun. It's easy to relax among online friends but you never know who else is reading what you write. The Internet is not private!! I'm also in low carb online community, and we also encourage people not to reveal too much about their personal information in the public forums.

As you can see from the number of posts, I've been here for some time. I feel quite comfortable. Still, I keep some reserve about saying too much, especially about my family, as a courtesy to them. I do slip sometimes though.

OK, I understand. I figure that just using an abbreviation of my first name, not mentiong much about where I live, is sufficient.

Tyrone

[Peachcreek]

I liked it. My favorite scene in the movie is when Linguine asks the rat if it knows how to cook.

[kuan]

Who do you think is Gusteau? Paul Bocuse? Nah... Escoffier?

[shroomgirl]

Julia Child in drag.

[shroomgirl]

notice how much bigger the rats hands are compared to everyone elses? Nice to see them all wash often......
Wondering how family who isn't food savy can jump in and cook at a moment's notice.

[Sleepy_Dragon]

Originally Posted by Peachcreek

I liked it. My favorite scene in the movie is when Linguine asks the rat if it knows how to cook.

Me too. The geniuses at Pixar conveyed a ton of emotion in Remy's little head nods and shakes.

Well, ok I have three favorite scenes. The other two are:

Colette going off on Linguini "Do you know WHY there are so few women cooking in this kitchen????" *shunk!* "I am the TOUGHEST COOK!" *shunk!* Aside from the hokey love angle, I thought they got her right. I am just paraphrasing her diatribe, I wish I could remember it word for word between the shunks, hehe.

And lastly, the kidnapping of the health inspector. Yes!

One groan-inducing moment: when Remy is going around tasting things and telling people what to do, one of his lines was "Watch that salade compose!" This is a menu item at my daytime job, and the thought of a rat running the show at my kitchen just caused me to laugh uncontrollably. Not funny to anyone else watching, obviously! It's a tense moment in the plot!

Pat

[Headless Chicken]

Originally Posted by kuan

Who do you think is Gusteau? Paul Bocuse? Nah... Escoffier?

Personally, Paul Prudhomme.

Great movie, just took my 2 kid cousins to see it. Loved Colette, kinda reminds me of when Bourdain was talking about women in the kitchen in Kitchen Confidencial. Thomas Keller's consulting in this movie was a great asset, I couldn't help but look back at my college chef's barking at me when Colette kept "dispensing" advice to Linguini...funny name for a French kid, or is it just me? My favorite part was the rodents going through the washer...all nice, clean, and puffy!

[Jayme]

Loved the movie!! wasn't as entertaining for the kids as most animated movies- but any food oriented adult would love it! Colette is welcome in my kitchen anytime!! LOL Planning to see No Reservations tomorrow- opening nite. Hope the rest of the movie is as good as the trailers....

[kuan]

Which reminds me, we used to serve ratatouille in one of our hotel "Italian" restaurants. Never came out right. Overdone, underdone, too much tomato, mushy eggplant, sticks of thyme in there... LOL! It's not easy to do a good ratatouille!

[baddabing]

got to see Hells Kitchen last night. Couldn't help but think that Elliots sous chef must be named Collete