Something Delicious

[Ursy]

Originally Posted by Sun

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... Anyway this is my end game folks, I get to use all of the skills that I have and focus on everything that is interesting to me from social justice issues such as farmworker rights, to organic and sustainable farming, non GMO farming, humane animal farming, cooking techniques, intersections of cultures, and so on. This is a very exciting time for me.

You all will be able to go along this journey with me by following my posts here or on Facebook. It is going to be a lot of fun.

This is so exciting! You are going to have Paula Dean sitting on her couch wishing you were cooking her breakfasts and peach cobblers!

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Ursy

This is so exciting! You are going to have Paula Dean sitting on her couch wishing you were cooking her breakfasts and peach cobblers!

Ursy you are cracking me up. Lord have mercy. Very sweet of you, thank you.

Funny how when I am in CA I turn on the Food Network sometimes when I cook because I can listen to one of the Chefs talking while I am cooking and then I thought, wait...this is like being at work. LOL. But I enjoy that sometimes.

Ok now I have to think about what I could make for Paula. Hmmm...maybe my braised short ribs. One of my signature dishes. This became the favorite of my ex and I served it with rice, but I prefer to serve it with creamy Polenta and shaved Locatelli Romano.

[Martina]

Plate as a verb. *gnashing my teeth* Not as bad as impact as a verb, but . . .

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Martina

Plate as a verb. *gnashing my teeth* Not as bad as impact as a verb, but . . .

Welcome Martina. Yes another culinary interpretation of "it is time to plate the food". We do use that term. Garnishing is more widely used.

If plating makes you gnash your teeth, you would probably not enjoy what caused my brain to nearly explode, the New York "Aks" instead of "Ask"
I find that so unbearable that my head hurts just thinking about it.

American cooks can misuse "Au jus" often. I hear things like "it is served with au jus". Painful.

[Sun]

Just realized that this thread was 2 months old yesterday

We sure have had a few posts and quite a few views in 2 months! Thanks to all of you who make this thread so much fun to participate in.

For those of you who are just reading please drop in and say hi. Even if you do not cook, we would love to hear from you.

[Nadeest]

Originally Posted by Martina

Plate as a verb. *gnashing my teeth* Not as bad as impact as a verb, but . . .

Um, Martina, in culinary terms, 'plating' is indeed a verb. In school, at least in my culinary school, how you present the food on the plate has a very important impact. The chef definitely critiques the plate, and gives you ideas on how you might make it more interesting, to the customer.