Posts by web monkey

Thanks, I'll check them both out. I'm not sure if Sysco would sell to me, I only buy maybe $800/year in fish, and they seem to be wholesale only. Wegmans is nearby and their produce is astonishing (it's actually usually nicer than the...

I had been buying all my sashimi-grade fish from Sushifoods.com, however the order I was going to place today would have been close to $140 shipping on about $300 worth of fish. This seems to be getting out of hand. Then I started...

Haven't tried that yet. So far, I'm working on Matzoh Ball Soup that tastes like it did 30 years ago. 8-) It's been coming out pretty good, but the only way I've been able to do it is by making a second batch using the liquid from the...

Thanks! I'll check out the asian markets. We have several here. I've avoided buying animals (fish, chicken, etc.) from them because it looks so primitive (big pile of dead fish on ice, boxes full of whole chickens with heads, feet,...

As a consumer, I think the cakes with the flat tops and the inkjet photos on top taste revolting. The cakes I've seen have some sort of disgusting paper substance on top (maybe rice paper) that ruins the whole mouthfeel of the cake. It's...

I spent close to 10 years tweaking my pizza dough recipe, so I'm not about to start cheating on my stock. 8-) Terry

As far as I can tell, it's like buying lottery tickets. Storage and shipping might be part of the problem, although I'm not sure exactly what's happening. I've had phenominal luck with Sam's Club, very good luck with Wegmans (a...

That's another good idea. Maybe I should try adding the veggies after it already has enough chicken flavor. Terry

Thanks! At least now I know I'm not crazy. I'm in Upstate NY, and although we have all sorts of egg farms, the old chickens seem to vanish. Probably all sold to soup factories. I think I'll check out the Asian markets too, since we...

I've been making chicken stock and soup for a long time, tried all sorts of different recipes, have generally been disappointed and was wondering if anybody had any ideas. No matter how long I simmer it, chicken stock just doesn't taste...