Posts by phatch

Soy sauce chicken is usually a mildly simplified form of red cooking. The dark soy with the caramel will give more color. I think the dark mushroom soy sauces are better still.  I'd leave a whole chicken in longer than the 15 or...

I like stainless steel clad pans for the most part.   In a large stockpot, I go with the disk bottoms and have had no regrets. Just make sure that the disk extends as close to the outer edge as possible. Lots of cheaper pots...

Glad to have you aboard.   Phil

Get ready to help your friends sort out the confusion.   http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2013/04/05/USDA-Names-Beef-Pork-040513.aspx   Theoretically, this is to help consumers understand what part of the animal...

Responding to Ed from a year ago, I did shirred eggs last year as a breakfast variation. I try to cook breakfast every morning during the school year for my kids and I try to mix things up now and then. It was accepted but not loved by...

I think this was my favorite of the food oriented April Fool's joke this year.   ifixit is basically a repair site helping nerds figure out how to disassemble and repair different items of mobile electronics.  So after...

Genes are 4 basic proteins and are broken down and used as such in the body. We eat all the same genetic components in our food all of the time.    Rather, it's what the genes are keyed to produce in the plant/animal that...

The GMO foods meet the strictest standards of all.   I'm not aware of any traditionally bred crops that could pass the same standards for known food safety.   All foods contain toxins, carcinogens and other dangers,...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSoupNazi  I appreciate the fact you put GungaSim in the title of your thread.  It ensures I never miss any of your threads.  Thanks, Gunga. If you go to Gungasim's or any...

Thermador has a new one that auto senses the size and location of the pan. Basically, it uses the whole surface and assigns burner controls accordingly. It's tempting technology.