MikeLm, next time you eat sea urchin gonads, remember to take along a felt tipped pen - you use it to mark each one before eating it so that you do not accidentally eat the same one twice......
Tkx, CC - great info! I am not so sure that I will dash off to do my own confit, at least not while I can buy good quality at a reasonable price, but I am tempted......
I tested a few ideas last night, and I have decided to do a simple sauce with very ripe tomatoes, a lot of basil and some garlic - all whizzed in the food processor, then into a pot, medium flame, season (black pepper) and heat the duck...
Cut some potatoes into barrel shapes, and then slice into about 3cm (1 inch) pieces. Melt a goodly quantity of butter in a pan, place the spuds upright in the butter and fill the pan up to halfway up the potatoes with stock (I use a...
Here's the thing - I have a small dinner party thing coming Sat - just 6 pax, and have decided to do something with a tin of duck confit that I have had lotering in my pantry for a while. I opened it tonight (it contains 12 pieces),...
Can somebody please explain what is holding this up? It seems to me that we were ready to rumble, everybody were fired up, we had a set of rules of sorts and I fail to understand why it should take so long to get started. I confess...
With your kind indulgence, I hereby proclaim (hear ye, hear ye) that the following are the rules of the First Annual ChefTalK Cafe Recipe Competition.
1. Entries are open to any member of Cheftalk Cafe.
2. Each submitted recipe...
I think anonymity is a must - it is inevitable that one's opinion of a recipe be coloured by the writer, if you know and respect his work. This should only apply to round one - for round two we should know who the finalists are.
I do...
Anonymity is a great idea - implies that all entries will be EMailed to Anneke.
I LIKE Suzanne's pasta idea - gives a lot of scope, yet provides a common basis. I still think that we should put together a score card to provide some...
Ok, here's a revised set of proposed rules:
1. Each submitted recipe has to be original - if derived, it should be substantially modified.
2. Each entrant may submit only one recipe.
3. Regional or hard-to-find ingredients...
