Posts by Wyandotte

I'm just guessing here, but some instinctive knowledge is embedded in old traditions, e.g., such as different enzymes, etc. being needed for radically different kinds of food. Two different kinds of proteins - but I am just ...

Quote: Originally Posted by IceMan  The Salad Dressing Ideas thread just made me sit back and think a bit.  I actually do like the food that I've made/prepared/cooked or whatever. It seams though,...

Margcata, it's occurred to me that before the development of  "molecular gastronomy", traditional methods of food preparation were done correctly in order to ensure good taste and good absorption of nutrients.  They just...

Quote: Originally Posted by margcata    In reference to Molecular Gastronomy there is a book by this title, which I believe could explain in more detail, the intricate details about the usages of...

Hey Joey, that should be "welcome to the city, Ellie May, or maybe Granny."   I be a girl.   Iceman, maybe you were an aristocrat in a previous life (just saying; I don't know if there's such a thing) and cooking for...

Thank you all very much for your posts in reply to my question.

Firstly dishes utilising Nitrogen Liquid, such as Ferrán and Albert Adriá employ or Carme Ruscadella on the Iberian Peninsula in Barcelona.   Holy cow.  I have never even heard of such things, never mind being unable to...

Thatchairlady, I like your suggestion to open up the cuc with cone shaped plug, then using an apple corer, then sticking  toothpicks through in order to secure.  Now, I can't wait for late July for the cucs to show up in...

Is there a dish/food that you absolutely love, but can't prepare yourself, or won't, because it is too much work for your level of skill? Mine is vegetable samosas. I've tried, but it takes a certain twist of the wrist, maybe it helps...

For those of us who are fed up with eating a load of raw cucs from our gardens and want to try something new & different, here is an antique recipe for "forcing" a cucumber, ie,  drill a hole through it, stuff with crumbs,...