Posts by Demolitron

So many people wanted to pick Crawfish.... ME TOO! Overall I think crawfish are sweeter and more flavorful than most other bugs out there. =) And the difference between a frozen crawfish and a fresh caught is big. I though I loved...

This broth is tonkotsu meaning pork bones in Japanese. I hear that it is supposed to be quite at bit like the Chinese pork milk broth. Tonkatsu is a pork katsu or cutlet. A good tonkotsu broth is supposed to be an emulsion of the pork...

Ovens are horrible at maintaining temperature! The last three oven's I've had would swing about +/30F. That's a 60F peak to peak difference. Even then the average temperatures were off by around 5%. I usually put a layer of fire...

This is a cool video. I never knew about that water trick myself. Thanks. As for me... yes I will admit that I do use a kitchen scale in grams to measure what I deem to be critical ingredients. But 2 Tbs of Oil isn't going to matter...

There are a few ways to measure the surface temperature of a pan but the best is probably an infrared thermometer. However, these are not always 100% accurate. They measure the black-body radiation and that varies depending upon the...

That scares the buagezzus outta me! I'll bet the fire keeps the meat at a perfect bacteria jacuzzi temperature. I'm a fan of fermented food (fish-sauce, ba-la, kimchee, miso, nato, cheeses, preserved duck eggs, salted duck eggs......

Egg Salad sandwiches. When I was young I was eating an egg salad sandwich and witnessed a mortifying event. For the next half hour, through the police and everything else I held the bite in my mouth until my uncle came to pick me up... ...

You know, its funny that you say this. We let our daughter have hot school lunch as a special treat! Its all just junk food so she begs for it. Normally she goes with a lunch we pack her that's balanced and still easy to prepare. A...

Hello, This is my first post, but I read some of the threads here when I was researching making my first batch of Tonkotsu broth. I finally jumped into the stock pot as it were and made a batch. The final result was thick deep milky...