Posts by Nostalgia

If we're talking about Chicago style deep dish, my understanding is it's supposed to be more like a flaky biscuit dough than a gluten-y pizza dough. I'll have to dig up the recipe I used for this one, but it involved butter, folding...

I did the same thing with the last two. Formed into a round, it's hardly noticeable. Besides, wrap a strip of bacon around it and no one will complain ;) Thanks again for the great advice, everyone. I save all of the trimmed...

The rope-like strand I removed from the tenderloin (it pulled away easily and was very obvious) was easily 50% tendon and connective tissue. I did my best to clean it but just ended up with small bits of meat. I've got my computer...

Castironchef, that site is awesome, thanks! I'm a huge AB fan (mostly because I'm easily amused and he makes me laugh ;) ), but I haven't seen this episode. -Joe

Good morning, all. Lately my local supermarket has been selling whole organic beef tenderloins at hard-to-resist prices. I'm a home-cooker, but I have no fear of trimming up such a large (relatively speaking) hunk of meat, and have...

Thanks, FP, I laughed my head off at this one :) Looney Tune-esque images of blackened faces filled my wittle head. Has anyone tried a wok over the base of one of those turkey fryers? Alton Brown did that in his wok episode, and it...

You can say that again! I've had excellent results with the formulas in Bread Alone. My crumb is still a bit dense, but getting better every time. Here's one of my earlier tries, made with a 100% rye starter: I've also done the...

Like Kyle, I mix my levain from the mother starter, let it sit on the counter 2-4 hours, then refrigerate 6-12 hours before use. As a bonus, the long, slow ferment tends to intensify the sour flavor. Which is why I like to let my...

It does say 'Forschner' on the blade, and has the Victorinox logo with the eagle (?) on it. That's what turned the light bulb on in my head when I looked at the Swiss Army knife :) -Joe

Thanks, foodpump. It's funny: I didn't realize Victorinox makes both the Forschner knives and the Swiss Army knives. It was really nice to get the Swiss Army knife as part of the deal. I expected one of those cheap little ones, but...