Comments on: Blog Shutdown http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anne http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39887 Anne Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39887 Best. April Fool's Day blog post. Ever. Best. April Fool’s Day blog post. Ever.

]]> By: Phil http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39888 Phil Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39888 I'd forgotten what a classic post the Chicken Stacks recipe was. I know so many people who still cook that way, and any time I offer a healthier (better) way of doing things, I come off as a pompous know-it-all. So I stopped offering my advice. Let them shop the inside aisles if they want - it's their health, not mine. I’d forgotten what a classic post the Chicken Stacks recipe was. I know so many people who still cook that way, and any time I offer a healthier (better) way of doing things, I come off as a pompous know-it-all. So I stopped offering my advice. Let them shop the inside aisles if they want – it’s their health, not mine.

]]> By: HarryK http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39885 HarryK Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39885 It was like watching one of those brilliant Twilight Zone episodes ... it started out a half-note unusual, but not too unusual. So one goes with it at first ... Then it progressed stranger and stranger ... cans of tuna, pankcakes ... finally it went down the road of pure madness ... peeps! bunnies playing musical instruments! Damn if that wasn'tthe best of Fool's Day jokes! Well done! It was like watching one of those brilliant Twilight Zone episodes … it started out a half-note unusual, but not too unusual. So one goes with it at first … Then it progressed stranger and stranger … cans of tuna, pankcakes … finally it went down the road of pure madness … peeps! bunnies playing musical instruments!

Damn if that wasn’tthe best of Fool’s Day jokes! Well done!

]]> By: luis http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39886 luis Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39886 The "Elements of cooking is a fine reference book" Australian food ..other than the shrimp in the barby thing is relatively an unknown quantity. Certainly we don't eat no stinking Kangaroo's or cuddly Kowala's.. oh please!!!!!!!!!!! what is wrong with America. I can eat cuisines from all over the world down here is sofl....and not even repeat in a couple of months. Michael if you are off on an other offal tack.... God help you and Bourdain man. In the land of plenty you are sinners. But in your case the " Elements of Cooking" sands you in good stead. Bourdain's soul is another matter. Honestly, Percolators, compound butters, BRINING.... man I can not wait until you get back on track... My cooking and my life has been elevated by folks like you and Pepin and Julia...salt of the earth....stuff. Recently I made kick ass Alton Brown meatloaf. But had to go and ask my mom how she makes her's. Mine ended up a bit too grainy and hambury like texture. But very delicious... Cheers. The “Elements of cooking is a fine reference book” Australian food ..other than the shrimp in the barby thing is relatively an unknown quantity. Certainly we don’t eat no stinking Kangaroo’s or cuddly Kowala’s.. oh please!!!!!!!!!!! what is wrong with America. I can eat cuisines from all over the world down here is sofl….and not even repeat in a couple of months. Michael if you are off on an other offal tack…. God help you and Bourdain man. In the land of plenty you are sinners. But in your case the ” Elements of Cooking” sands you in good stead. Bourdain’s soul is another matter. Honestly, Percolators, compound butters, BRINING…. man I can not wait until you get back on track… My cooking and my life has been elevated by folks like you and Pepin and Julia…salt of the earth….stuff.
Recently I made kick ass Alton Brown meatloaf. But had to go and ask my mom how she makes her’s. Mine ended up a bit too grainy and hambury like texture. But very delicious… Cheers.

]]> By: Carla http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39882 Carla Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39882 THAT is hilarious!!!!! Thanks for linking to her -- she's always cracked me up. Nice team-up you guys. :) I wonder if anyone called or emailed TFL in outrage because they didn't get the joke. But with the Golden Girls start-out, how could you not get it? ;) THAT is hilarious!!!!! Thanks for linking to her — she’s always cracked me up. Nice team-up you guys. :) I wonder if anyone called or emailed TFL in outrage because they didn’t get the joke. But with the Golden Girls start-out, how could you not get it? ;)

]]> By: ErikaK http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39883 ErikaK Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39883 That is too funny, thanks for the link. I usually check out her blog on Thursdays or Fridays, I would have missed it! I was so busy yesterday I missed out on all but one website goof for April Fools. That is too funny, thanks for the link. I usually check out her blog on Thursdays or Fridays, I would have missed it! I was so busy yesterday I missed out on all but one website goof for April Fools.

]]> By: jacqueline http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39884 jacqueline Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39884 So deliciously evil and funny. The bunnies reminded me of the bunny in The Shining. I think it was the vienna sausages that put me over the edge. Or maybe the peeps. I hope the person who popped the frozen peeps in the micro isn't suffering third degree burns... but I can't fight this feeling anymore...I've forgotten what I started fighting fo o o or...it's time to pull this ship into the shore.... oh yes. I could go on. Thank you for the laughs! Jacqueline The Leather District Gourmet So deliciously evil and funny. The bunnies reminded me of the bunny in The Shining. I think it was the vienna sausages that put me over the edge. Or maybe the peeps. I hope the person who popped the frozen peeps in the micro isn’t suffering third degree burns…

but I can’t fight this feeling anymore…I’ve forgotten what I started fighting fo o o or…it’s time to pull this ship into the shore….

oh yes. I could go on.

Thank you for the laughs!

Jacqueline
The Leather District Gourmet

]]> By: Claudia http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39881 Claudia Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39881 Even funnier that FLH's "final blog" is Ruhlman's collusion in reporting it. Oh, God - "non-sewingosity"? REO Speedwagon as a soundtrack-to-cooking choice? I'm crying! Hope Keller comps you a meal, even if your Amish relations never speak to you again, hahahaha! Happy post-April Fool's, everyone. BTW, a story from The Independent that Gordon Ramsay is going to fine anyone in his kitchen 5 pounds each time they swear: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-...lia-803097.html And if you believe THAT one - (!) Even funnier that FLH’s “final blog” is Ruhlman’s collusion in reporting it. Oh, God – “non-sewingosity”? REO Speedwagon as a soundtrack-to-cooking choice? I’m crying! Hope Keller comps you a meal, even if your Amish relations never speak to you again, hahahaha! Happy post-April Fool’s, everyone. BTW, a story from The Independent that Gordon Ramsay is going to fine anyone in his kitchen 5 pounds each time they swear:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-…lia-803097.html

And if you believe THAT one – (!)

]]> By: mirinblue http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39880 mirinblue Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39880 Funny, funny, funny! The pictures of the chicken stacks and fruit salad remind me of the pictures in the book "The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan" by Wendy McClure...I am sorry those little bunnies had to see such evilness! You got me good, Ruhlman (and Carol) Funny, funny, funny!
The pictures of the chicken stacks and fruit salad remind me of the pictures in the book “The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan” by Wendy McClure…I am sorry those little bunnies had to see such evilness!

You got me good, Ruhlman (and Carol)

]]> By: Lee Ashwood http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39878 Lee Ashwood Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39878 The only fresh ingredient is a chopped bell pepper.... and ...margarine? Yum. No, seriously. I thought maybe you'd been hacked until I recalled breakfast with the kids and my first April Fools joke of the day, "We don't want pain perdue, we want oatmeal! No, seriously." The only fresh ingredient is a chopped bell pepper…. and …margarine? Yum. No, seriously.

I thought maybe you’d been hacked until I recalled breakfast with the kids and my first April Fools joke of the day, “We don’t want pain perdue, we want oatmeal! No, seriously.”

]]> By: Lee Ashwood http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39879 Lee Ashwood Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39879 The only fresh ingredient is a chopped bell pepper.... and ...margarine? Yum. No, seriously. I thought maybe you'd been hacked until I recalled breakfast with the kids and my first April Fools joke of the day, "We don't want pain perdue, we want oatmeal! No, seriously." The only fresh ingredient is a chopped bell pepper…. and …margarine? Yum. No, seriously.

I thought maybe you’d been hacked until I recalled breakfast with the kids and my first April Fools joke of the day, “We don’t want pain perdue, we want oatmeal! No, seriously.”

]]> By: Joel McNeely http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39877 Joel McNeely Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39877 Hey there veal stock boy, Way off the Fool's Day or even the butterscotch topic, but I wanted to see if I could wrestle a reply from you by being in a current discussion about one of your favorite topics. Ok, been making the VS for some years and yes, it is the mother of all sauces. But never made a remouillage until your urging. Love its lighter texture and flavor. But here's the question: tonight I sautéed a veal chop and added the VS to the pan with a handful of shallots, etc and reduced to a nice shiny glaze. Pure heaven, no complaints. But when I came back after dinner, my cast-iron looked as though it had been lacquered with marine varnish -- Rock hard shiny polymer glaze impossible to get off even with a knife. Soaking did the trick but my point is this: If all these young veal collagens that go into the stock act to make a glaze as hard as granite, what do they do to our internal cardio vascular system? I mean this stuff was HARD! Please answer Obi-Wan. You're my only hope. I don’t want to give up my beloved reductions. Hey there veal stock boy,

Way off the Fool’s Day or even the butterscotch topic, but I wanted to see if I could wrestle a reply from you by being in a current discussion about one of your favorite topics.

Ok, been making the VS for some years and yes, it is the mother of all sauces. But never made a remouillage until your urging. Love its lighter texture and flavor.

But here’s the question: tonight I sautéed a veal chop and added the VS to the pan with a handful of shallots, etc and reduced to a nice shiny glaze. Pure heaven, no complaints. But when I came back after dinner, my cast-iron looked as though it had been lacquered with marine varnish — Rock hard shiny polymer glaze impossible to get off even with a knife. Soaking did the trick but my point is this:

If all these young veal collagens that go into the stock act to make a glaze as hard as granite, what do they do to our internal cardio vascular system? I mean this stuff was HARD!

Please answer Obi-Wan. You’re my only hope. I don’t want to give up my beloved reductions.

]]> By: bob http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39873 bob Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39873 Cards well played Sir, Indeed! Cards well played Sir, Indeed!

]]> By: Ms.Anthrope http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39874 Ms.Anthrope Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39874 CafeLady said: "My peeps are left over from the Easter before last. Are they still good to use? (I kept them frozen)." They'll do just fine. Just pop 'em in the microwave. CafeLady said:
“My peeps are left over from the Easter before last. Are they still good to use? (I kept them frozen).”

They’ll do just fine. Just pop ‘em in the microwave.

]]> By: El Knifo http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39875 El Knifo Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39875 Looking forward to when they add it to the menu at Friday's. Thanks. Looking forward to when they add it to the menu at Friday’s.

Thanks.

]]> By: carri http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39876 carri Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39876 It beats Jam in my shoe! (curses on creative 8 year olds!) It beats Jam in my shoe! (curses on creative 8 year olds!)

]]> By: The Cheesemongers Wife http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39872 The Cheesemongers Wife Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39872 oh, my side....can't-catch-my-breath-from laughing so hard....whooo...that's some funny stuff. oh, my side….can’t-catch-my-breath-from laughing so hard….whooo…that’s some funny stuff.

]]> By: Greg Turner http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39870 Greg Turner Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39870 She had me until "non-sewingosity." Until that moment, I was all, "WTF?" She had me until “non-sewingosity.” Until that moment, I was all, “WTF?”

]]> By: The Cheesemongers Wife http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39871 The Cheesemongers Wife Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39871 oh, my side....can't-catch-my-breath-from laughing so hard....whooo...that's some funny stuff. oh, my side….can’t-catch-my-breath-from laughing so hard….whooo…that’s some funny stuff.

]]> By: Matt Schantz http://blog.ruhlman.com/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html/comment-page-1#comment-39869 Matt Schantz Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2008/04/blog-shutdown.html#comment-39869 Yeah this got my mildly pissed off until I remembered what day it was. Nice one Ruhlman. Nice. Yeah this got my mildly pissed off until I remembered what day it was.

Nice one Ruhlman. Nice.

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