Posts by Nick.Shu

oh man, ive been drawn into an argument with someone over this topic. however, some very reasonable calls have been made. How do we know, that we arent using the same chickens that are destined for the KFC deep fryers? i mean...

hehe. its pretty easy to defuse. throw a dinner party and invite them over. If they're accountants, ask them to do your taxes while you prepare dinner (gratis of course).

i see what you mean. the tendency of the lactose to brown depends greatly on what heat the milk is cooked at, whether or not the sugars (lactose) settle on the bottom of the pot and burn, the actual composition of the milk,...

*sigh* o.k. Kuan's point of sucrose in water having a higher density is (partially) correct. By introducing something of a higher density to water, you increase its boiling point. That is one of the reasons water is salted in...

chefalexander - you are right. It is not a reflection of the "job" rather than the quality of the person performing it. I have worked in abbatoirs and have seen first hand the *potential effect* on people such a job can have....

CB, i understand what you are saying. In my honest opinion the symptom of animal mistreatment is based upon purely the job and not on the ethnicity of the employees. obviously the problem is endemic - there are instances of the...

muwahaha - im married. im also 35. on the serious side, the chinese side of the family are asking me to have kids. as well as that, (given that im only working approx 33-35hr a week) my wife is telling me she's spending way too much...

nope that behaviour is unethical and might i add, the sign of a low paid and bored workplace. there is no reason for this sort of treatment of animals. My belief in this situation is that if we subordinate animals for food, then we...

hahah - i have a few: Mugs law - you dont have it, then they want it. also works for stuff low on prep. A new knife will cut you - strangely enough, im rather cautious of new knives. You dont know their idiosyncracies and they...

might be off the money, but the closest to this i can think of is recipes for lamb epigrams. but then again, i may be wrong.