Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[///M5 2,833]

If you never cook with anything that includes more than 4 ingredients from the store your health will greatly improve.Functionally speaking at our house we shop in very few aisles: veg, fruit, meat, dairy, bakery, and the baking aisle.With the advent of children we've regrettably added chips, crackers, and some processed fruit (dried or apple sauce etc). I try to keep those very limited in ingredients though so they are at least based on real nutrition.

Good points.

J

It's a hard switch and if you take ANY breaks from it hard to return to. Takes effort in the kitchen (read time) and it is amazing how addictive garbage is. 95% of the year something like McDonalds or Taco Bell makes me gag just thinking about it. The 5% is when I fuck up and eat it. For the next few days I want more and bad. I don't get it as I don't like it, but there is some sort of addictive nonsense they include in it that makes you crave it. You CAN'T lapse.

[///M5 2,833]

And if your hot chocolate has butter as it's second ingredient that only leaves 3 more to go

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Sadly ppl limit themselfs on good food choices when their tastes are based on texture. As is the case with anyone I ever knew that liked steak cooked like that. Beyond taste, nutrition and how it makes me feel are paramount. I would be lethargic as a dog if I ate Mikey's steak.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Growing up in a restaurant I was taught temps by the feel of the meat.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Went and found some Dungeness crab yesterday. Was a mild tasting crab, akin to mahi mahi. Was glad I ordered Cajun style as it was that mild. tryed some queen crab also. Was sweeter than king crab and not as chewy. Both worthy of trying!

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Of course neither were as big as the 1 lb legs I order here.

http://www.fishex.com/fish-market/crab/crab.html

[mikel7829 90]

Went and found some Dungeness crab yesterday. Was a mild tasting crab, akin to mahi mahi. Was glad I ordered Cajun style as it was that mild. tryed some queen crab also. Was sweeter than king crab and not as chewy. Both worthy of trying!

I have never been into crab or lobster..never aquired the taste for them..

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

All I need is one of the captians reserve king crab legs with some veggies to be satisfied.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Went and found some Dungeness crab yesterday. Was a mild tasting crab, akin to mahi mahi. Was glad I ordered Cajun style as it was that mild. tryed some queen crab also. Was sweeter than king crab and not as chewy. Both worthy of trying!

I have never been into crab or lobster..never aquired the taste for them..

Then the Dungeness crab or mahi mahi would be a great place to start. Neither are overly fishy, very mild. Will take on the favor of whatever you use. I would suggest the mahi mahi as it's texture is akin to a beef steak. You owe to yourself and I promise you won't be disappointed.

[ssh 924]

And if your hot chocolate has butter as it's second ingredient that only leaves 3 more to go

 

Fuck yeah!

 

Ironically I haven't eaten much butter in a while.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Speaking of butter, truffle butter on steak is the bomb!

[ssh 924]

Ever done any truffle hunting?

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

If you like a charred flavor you should try the Hawaiian black lava sea salt! Is a table salt, not for cooking.

http://shop.thespicelab.com/index.php/salt-library/hawaiian-salts.html?p=2

Is one of about a dozen I am trying out ATM. The French grey is good if you like the sodium bite in your salt.

[dem beats 1,223]

/lecture

Sorry

Sorry not sorry!

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Ever done any truffle hunting?

Surprisingly no. Morels are the big one to hunt around here. Local restaurants will buy them up in a heartbeat.

[dem beats 1,223]

As much false information surrounding food as there is in car audio, lol

No shit.

Did I tell you the argument I got into with roommate Sean over eggs and the fact that whites don't even need to solidify to kill salmonella?

A specialist at the federal government told him in a class that runny yolks could have serious health concerns.

My head exploded.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

Today is yesterday's tomorrow. Treat yourself right and try something new to eat today!

[///M5 2,833]

Went and found some Dungeness crab yesterday. Was a mild tasting crab, akin to mahi mahi. Was glad I ordered Cajun style as it was that mild. tryed some queen crab also. Was sweeter than king crab and not as chewy. Both worthy of trying!

I have never been into crab or lobster..never aquired the taste for them..

overcooked they are awful

[dem beats 1,223]

If you never cook with anything that includes more than 4 ingredients from the store your health will greatly improve.

Functionally speaking at our house we shop in very few aisles: veg, fruit, meat, dairy, bakery, and the baking aisle.

With the advent of children we've regrettably added chips, crackers, and some processed fruit (dried or apple sauce etc). I try to keep those very limited in ingredients though so they are at least based on real nutrition.

I like the 4 ingredient rule.

:-)

I'll try it. Not sure if I'm willing to give up carbonated stimulants or protein powders as a supplement....

[///M5 2,833]

If you like a charred flavor you should try the Hawaiian black lava sea salt! Is a table salt, not for cooking.

http://shop.thespicelab.com/index.php/salt-library/hawaiian-salts.html?p=2

Is one of about a dozen I am trying out ATM. The French grey is good if you like the sodium bite in your salt.

Have at least a dozen I rotate through depending on the meal here as well.

[dem beats 1,223]

One other tidbit of helpful information.The hotter your cooking heat the more that the temp will rise during the resting period.ie, if you pull two steaks off the grill at 105F and one is at 1000F and the other 300F there will be a HUGE difference in carryover cooking. Part of the reason you always finish at a lower temperature. The other of course is that if you don't you end up with a huge gray ring close to the browned outsides. The other cause of the huge gray ring is not enough heat to brown quickly enough.

That is an issue on my Weber.J

Generally speaking Weber's are garbage.

I picked mine up as my grandfather's (which is 27 years old) cooks like a champ, and has only needed its burners replaced once over its lifetime. Granted, it was only replaced when he switched from propane to natural gas

J

10,000 btu burners don't get hot enough. Hell my grill has 160,000btu's and it doesn't get hot enough.

The other Weber problem is they use "flavorizer" bars. Those have no mass and heat holding capability. You need a heat soak that you can super heat for it to work. Really old Webers included lava rock which would help with this, but yours doesn't have those otherwise you'd have had to buy some new ones...

Cast.

Fucking.

Iron.

[///M5 2,833]

Ever done any truffle hunting?

Surprisingly no. Morels are the big one to hunt around here. Local restaurants will buy them up in a heartbeat.

Hit $60/lb here last year. Of course wholesale you get about $15

[ssh 924]

 

If you never cook with anything that includes more than 4 ingredients from the store your health will greatly improve.

Functionally speaking at our house we shop in very few aisles: veg, fruit, meat, dairy, bakery, and the baking aisle.

With the advent of children we've regrettably added chips, crackers, and some processed fruit (dried or apple sauce etc). I try to keep those very limited in ingredients though so they are at least based on real nutrition.

I like the 4 ingredient rule.

:-)

I'll try it. Not sure if I'm willing to give up carbonated stimulants or protein powders as a supplement....

 

How do you carbonate amphetamines?

[dem beats 1,223]

If you never cook with anything that includes more than 4 ingredients from the store your health will greatly improve.

Functionally speaking at our house we shop in very few aisles: veg, fruit, meat, dairy, bakery, and the baking aisle.

With the advent of children we've regrettably added chips, crackers, and some processed fruit (dried or apple sauce etc). I try to keep those very limited in ingredients though so they are at least based on real nutrition.

I like the 4 ingredient rule.

:-)

I'll try it. Not sure if I'm willing to give up carbonated stimulants or protein powders as a supplement....

How do you carbonate amphetamines?

Science and whatnot.

I should probably just get on adderall and stop the stimulant drinks. My guess is it would be healthier.

[ssh 924]

 

As much false information surrounding food as there is in car audio, lol

No shit.

Did I tell you the argument I got into with roommate Sean over eggs and the fact that whites don't even need to solidify to kill salmonella?

A specialist at the federal government told him in a class that runny yolks could have serious health concerns.

My head exploded.

 

 

Bacteria need biotin. Egg whites have an enzyme called Avidin that has an incredibly high binding affinity for biotin, so the bacteria can't use it.