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You need to demote Burger King, now that they have an Impossible Whopper.

Honestly, it's completely baffling to me that any person of sound mind would ever expect a non-meat Whopper to be any less crappy than the meat version. Based on previous experience with Impossible meat, I wasn't hopeful. But we scientists have to do experiments, we can't just make assumptions. Eve...

Honestly, it's completely baffling to me that any person of sound mind would ever expect a non-meat Whopper to be any less crappy than the meat version. Based on previous experience with Impossible meat, I wasn't hopeful. But we scientists have to do experiments, we can't just make assumptions. Eve...

Joe B wrote: ↑
October 4th, 2019, 4:23 pm
I’m waiting for impossible veggies, made from meat but packed with healthy stuff.

Arby's already came up with the "Meatable":

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2 ... made-meat/

Can't say how healthy it is.

CONGRATULATIONS BURGER KING: You managed to create the worst burger I've ever had, the Impossible Whopper OK, I'm a bit late to the party, but I was driving home tonight, saw the sign and thought I might as well try one. As I noted below in this thread, I've previously have a gourmet Impossible Burg...

Michael Bowden wrote: ↑
September 30th, 2019, 5:44 pm
How was Inn at Little Washington? It's the only 3* in the US that I haven't dined at.

I haven't been there.

The only 3 Star I've been to in Paris is Guy Savoy, but we had a lovely lunch there several years ago. Very old school compared to other 3 Stars I've been to (all in the US). I particularly remember the guinea hen for 2 and a bottle of Rayas. And we got to meet Guy himself. As Jack Aubrey said: "I'v...

Apple pie, with sous vide Granny Smith apples.

If you look closely, I tried to emboss the crust before putting on the yolk wash, which totally didn't work. Will have to try that again...

Steve C and I went to Captain Marden's Table and Takeaway, which is part of Captain Marden's Seafood in Wellesley MA.

All I can say is: It may be legal BYOB, but I will not be going there again!

For lunch, after the monthly wine tasting at Ansonia (and before Gordon's), braised pork belly bao with cilantro & cucumber, and LEGAL BYOB at Dumpling Daughter (Weston, MA) Wines: 2016 P. Dubreuil-Fontaine Père & Fils Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc 2019 Domaine Chataignier Durand Vieilles Vignes Juliéna...

The hens’ diets can’t help but influence the eggs; do you also think that there are no flavor differences in the meat from one chicken to the next, from Bresse to Springdale (Arkansas)? I put those egg tasting reports you cite in the same category as the report here that wine doesn’t continue impro...

My list is petty much the same.

I would prefer not to have to go over into Cambridge. >50% of the good food in Boston is in Cambridge (I consider Somerville part of Cambridge lol). Sort of like Boston is known as the Center of the Universe for biotech, but most of the biotech companies are actually in Cambridge. It really isn't t...

"It was pretty clear evidence that as far as eggs go, the mindset of the taster has far more bearing on the flavor of the egg than the egg itself. So, pick your eggs based on tight whites, or animal rights, or color. But any differences in flavor is probably in your imagination. Kevin, This is, IMO...

Well don’t go telling him about Flannery. Those are hard enough to get. Two Costcos I went to today didn’t get the memo. I’m guessing that this is an edict for Costco locations whose clienteles don’t buy this cut frequently enough to prevent stock from sitting around and hitting its Sell By date......

Lemon semifreddo with raspberry and wild Maine blueberry sauce

Do the under-counter microwave option as I did. It's AWESOME I don't know about that model, but I often cook dinner parties at Neil P's home who has one like that which requires requires you to push a button to automatically (slowly) open it. I find it incredibly annoying to have to do that. The fe...

I just got a carton of Eggland's Best AA Large WHITE eggs dated 235 (which makes them 9 days since packing) so I can make a Lemon Semifreddo with Wild Blueberry Sauce for Steve C's ByoBQ tomorrow.

I'm so EGGCITED!

Drawer type microwave under the countertop in our island, only used to minor heating. 6FE7DA88-509A-4ECA-BFE9-F055BDE34AFF.jpeg Don't be embarrassed about having a microwave, they are incredibly useful! What's better than 3 min microwaved corn on the cob? flirtysmile I've never tried corn on the co...

I still use CT Classic.

I formally withdraw this offer due to feeling humiliated by you all laughing at me. I may sue Todd.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/te ... s-n1048321

Dan Hammer wrote: ↑
August 31st, 2019, 4:49 am
Jay authored another thread asking/pleading for folks to step up and create their own offline. With all due respect to those that had comments above, stop complaining; and post your own offline.

As far as I can tell, that thread has nothing to do with this thread.

cjsavino wrote: ↑
August 31st, 2019, 3:44 pm
Drawer type microwave under the countertop in our island, only used to minor heating.
6FE7DA88-509A-4ECA-BFE9-F055BDE34AFF.jpeg

Don't be embarrassed about having a microwave, they are incredibly useful! What's better than 3 min microwaved corn on the cob?

Best deal I've seen at an AZ location in a while. Sadly only one bottle left (confirmed with staff) which I snatched up with the quickness. 20190830_131514.jpg That's insane! The reason is probably it was their last bottle. I've bought wines at 50% off the lowest local competitor, but it was always...

Two ovens. Two big deep sinks. More counter space than 3 families need. A warming drawer. Greatest invention evah. In fact, get two. https://www.google.com/search?q=warming+drawer&client=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR6eX02avkAhUsneAKHdL2CKgQ_AUIEigC&biw=1216&bih=789 Why the warming ...

Sous vide pickle some:

https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/ma ... -the-quick

Two ovens.

Two big deep sinks.

More counter space than 3 families need.

A warming drawer. Greatest invention evah. In fact, get two.

https://www.google.com/search?q=warming ... 16&bih=789

I've been using the 2 and 3 bottle neoprene wine bags from WineEnthusiast for years. They come with 2 freezable gel packs, one for each side. Since I have several, I sometimes double up the gel packs if I am traveling farher, and can even put one up near the necks. There is also a exterior pocket fo...

Ikea wine glasses:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?quer ... geNumber=0

I haven't tried any, but I like the serviceable $1.50 decanters I just bought for wine tastings.

Can trade bottle of 2016 Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur. Prefer local, so sandwich is still warm.

Make that a +2, especially if you include mountain cabs as Mark notes. I am going to wait quite a while before I drink the small amount of 2001 MB that I have, but Mark's posts about longevity of well stored 1977's has me questioning my previously held feeling that I should soon drink my last bottl...

If I lived near any of those wineries, I'd be worried about the wine equivalent of the Boston Molassacre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

Unfortunately, drank my last bottle of this a few months back at a farewell dinner for one of our favorite BYOB spots in Boston. It was amazing. Also opened several 1960's and 1970's Ridge Zins at that dinner which were in surprisingly great shape.

Thanks for the input folks!

If you can't tell if it is a WINERY or a REFINERY, it probably isn't something you want to drink!

George Hejna wrote: ↑
August 25th, 2019, 8:50 am
Not sure what Natto has to do with a 7 month old thread on this cheese? Maybe just another way for you to plug your blog??

George

Natto has been mentioned several times in this thread.

According to the LA Times, Costco will no longer sell ribeye cap steaks:

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2019 ... -caps-meat

Steve Manzi wrote: ↑
August 17th, 2019, 5:45 am
Thanks Kevin! That is a lot of good info. Much appreciated.

I should also throw in Il Capriccio in Waltham. Great Italian wine list and excellent food in an attractive space (and next to one of our best wine shops, Gordon's, with easy parking in Gordon's lot).

A group of 6 friends is planning to stay at Calistoga Ranch near Calistoga CA next month. From Google, I gather this sort of in the center of a triangle made up of Montelena, Pride and Robert Foley. Any suggestions for good wineries they should visit, either easy to get into or hard (they have some ...

Lovely video.

100 point on that.

@#$% the can.

Chris Seiber wrote: ↑
August 21st, 2019, 12:52 pm
If you decant your wine in there after using it as a flower vase, your wine will probably taste like off vintage Burgundy or Chinon.

That's what the dishwasher is for!

Wusthof knives are 14-degree angle per side, while Henckels are 15.

My knife lady, who uses an Edge Pro, is thinking about retiring so I might have to look into this...

You can also do this:

You just beat me posting this lol. I bought 6 to do a blind tasting after I saw them being used at Ansonia Wines (Newton MA). Cost me double because I was too lazy to drive an hour to Ikea and had them shipped. Quite serviceable, and you can just throw them in the dishwasher. And yes, they'd make ex...

The Ikea decanters are perfect for wine events. I just posted a thread on that so that everyone is aware of the hard to believe $1.49 decanter. You just beat me lol. I bought 6 to do a blind tasting after I saw them being used at Ansonia Wines. Cost me double because I was too lazy to drive an hour...

I have a lot of cookbooks, but it's funny how more often than not my favorite recipes are from websites like SeriousEats and ChefSteps.

But I did buy a new cookbook today (The New Pie: Modern Techniques for the Classic American Dessert, by Chris Taylor).

When I bought EBs eggs in the past, they just didn’t taste like regular eggs . They just tasted different, and not in a good way, compared to the cheapest eggs in a store as well as organic brown eggs (my preference ). I’m thinking it has to do with the less saturated fat that EB touts? Or the Omeg...

We are headed to Bedford, MA next weekend to see Karen's family. I would like to try to find a nice place to take her brother and his wife. His wife is on a diet and just began and is trying to do the protein thing. She is NOT a foodie, but Karen's brother likes food and always enjoys these outings...

I grew up with 50 chickens running around in the backyard (and I really did get a PhD studying chickens lol). I want to believe, I really do. But as often is the case, science rears it's ugly head: "It was pretty clear evidence that as far as eggs go, the mindset of the taster has far more bearing o...

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