Posts by PrairieChef

Cooking is not rocket science. Hell, it's not even remedial science. However, if you truly lack the ability to boil water, there's not much any of us can teach you in an online forum.   If you're truly serious about...

Okay, then. I assume you want a nice brown crust on the fish.   5 minutes is way too long. Your fish will continue to cook afterwards, leaving you with 3/4 cooked fish. When you go to "cook" it, by the time the "inside"...

http://www.scotlandby.com/recipes/recipes.htm    The internet is handy for more than gossip and porn.  :)

If they have a large oven, then they must have a rangetop, or flattop. Personally, especially with fish, I like to do my cooking last minute if at all possible. Sear on site, finish in oven.   Unless you can cool the fish...

Can't see it being a problem.

As an aside and not really related...   please... please, please, please never give a dog cooked bones. Raw bones, absolutely. Cooked, never.  A dog's digestive tract will turn raw bones into a jelly, and are in fact...

Add your cheese when you are making your roux. Cut back on your butter as you will get a fair amount of fat out of the cheese. The process is exactly the same as making a roux, you're simply getting your milkfat from a source that...

"It might be $3,000 in increased costs, that's $100/day, but it sure is NOT $3,000 in lost revenues, unless your employees would eat there if you didn't offer staff meals! "   No,. it's lost revenue. The food is sold at...

Well..   here's what i do.   Brown my bones... nice, meaty bones. Remove, drain, put in pot. Toss mirepoix in reserved beef fat, put back in oven. When the edges of the veg start to turn colour, add tomato...

50% off while on shift. No "take out" All items are at cook's discretion. All items ordered as per menu... no subs, no mods.   It's still a LOT of money every month. About 15 meals a day... works out to roughly $3000 in...