Posts by thetincook

Quote: Originally Posted by French Fries  Quote: Originally Posted by ndesign33  Can you explain how I can do that as a home cook? I know it has something to do w /apot in hot water, but...

They make mechanic's soap (Lava) that should do the trick.   You could also try using a paste of oil or vasoline, and sugar or salt. The oils will soften the soot deposits if you let it sit in for a few, and the salt is an...

This year it was tamales for Christmas and sweet potato pies for Thanksgiving

There is this real old school thing called 'mustard mold.' It's essentially a less sweet bavarois flavored with ground mustard and vinegar. Good with ham, etc. I've used it as a component in charcuterie plates.

Spreadsheets all the way. It's already a big enough pain in the butt juggling the POS and accounting software without adding a kitchen management program into the mix.   You can put multiple 'costing cards' on one worksheet,...

I built my own, and spent only a fraction of the cost of an immersion circulator, and that included the tools I needed to make it. I made it modular, so the control mechanism and wiring is self contained in a 3 gallon plastic bucket...

I know it's an old post, but I just wanted to add to it after making an ungodly amount of tamales the past few weeks.   Masa for tamales is (for most styles of tamale) ground a little coarser then that for tortillas. Most of...

All you really need is three to four columns (some people use a slow par and a busy par, or add an in inventory column to help with the mental math (par - inventory = prep)). Take you around 5 minutes to make one from...

Quote: Originally Posted by alexalexnyc  Oh my god! What the hell is that?   That horrifingly pale thing is just my arm. No need to fear.   The object is the handle/nozzle of the spray wand in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by RBandu  New one that struck me today:   A FOH person grabs a clean rag and wipes something minor with it, like pepper on the window, then throws it in the laundry basket. I...