Posts by web monkey

Quote:Originally Posted by camerin Does the dough have to rise? Will it taste any different?If you're expecting it to taste like pizza crust, yes, it needs to rise. With no rise, you'll essentially get matzoh (or communion wafers...

Quote:Originally Posted by PeteMcCracken There is a "minor problem" with computer based recipes and notes when it comes to the average commercial food production facility....no computers , now, in school it may be...

Quote:Originally Posted by Zane So I'm taking regular cooking classes and I've noticed something... I seem to put a lot of pressure on myself for perfection. It is to the point of if I mess up the plating of something I MUST redo it...

Quote:Originally Posted by Culinuthiast Our school requires us to hand-write all recipies for a given day of cooking on 3x5 index cards. We also use evaluation forms at the end of the day to self-evaluate the work on each...

Quote:Originally Posted by rat I keep getting the ubiqitious "your computer is infected, download this antivirus" virus here. Am I the only one??Yes. It's only you.Just kidding. A well written virus is well...

Quote:Originally Posted by Nicko In another thread about knife skills we were talking about mincing garlic and I was wondering what everyone's preference was mincing or pressing. This past year I find myself reaching for my garlic...

Quote:Originally Posted by Michelle Lindquist I have an old recipe from my Nonni which contains eggs, sugar, milk, butter, yeast, etc. Sometimes it rises & sometimes it doesn't.  It is a sweet bread and I thought the recipe...

Quote:Originally Posted by mudbug This question was inspired by Kimmie's post at the "form over function" thread. We all have a collection of cookbooks which probably doesn't get smaller. How do you sort them? Where do...

Quote:Originally Posted by rat got this fom the boss, a nice order but the wording of the letter sounds just like the nigerian check scams.Do you thinnk this is on the up and up??I'm a little concerned about this one.Hello , thanks...

Quote:Originally Posted by Travis Spear I like to cook and want to go to culinary school,but I'm upset my teacher gave me a C in cooking class in high school my group is always done first our food always comes out great and we are...