The Culinary Corner

[Blazin Bones]

okay, what kind of cooking appliances do you have?

 

[cakecutie09]

I graduate culinary school in april! What better ways to spend your class time than a 3 hour kitchen 5 days a week! love it

 

[tim-from-pa]

Well, I would say stove. To admit the use of a microwave is to say that a lot of the microwave food is prepared first.

In the morning, I oftentimes like my eggs and bacon, so I guess the stove wins out there.

In the evening, if I were to make any kind of meat, it would likewise be a stove, although grills, ovens, and crockpots are high on that list. But these are all heat related preparations and not from a microwave.

So yes, I guess my vote is a stove.

 

[farouk]

Microwave is really, really useful.....

 

[theLords]

I wish I could go to culinary school! It would be my dream!

 

[handy]

I wish I could go to culinary school! It would be my dream!

I'm really excited for my daughter next year...she is going to go to a new kind of school in our area...its a public school in our district, but most of her classes will be on-line and then the classes that she will go in for are targeted for special interests...and she will be taking the Culinary Arts course and the restaurant management course....both courses taught by professional chefs and restaurant owners and designed that after graduation the kids can go onward to colleges if they choose, but if they prefer, they will be adequately trained to go right into management positions.

Since I know my daughter is not thinking in terms of college and she has always said she would love to own a restaurant...this is a great opportunity for her. She is totally looking forward to High School now!

For our anniversary "get away weekend" my hubby and I relaxed and watched some movies together...one of them being "Julia and Julie". If one is a foodie...a must see! I told my daughter about it and she was immediately inspired by the idea of cooking her way through a cookbook.

We won't do Julia's, too big and the ingredients would most likely be too expensive. I have a cookbook "Great Recipes for Good Health" a healthier cookbook and a lot smaller, and she'll be cooking her way through it!


As for the BB question du jour, "okay, what kind of cooking appliances do you have?"

I have a stove and a microwave, both used about equally as much. Plus an electric frying pan, and a crock pot. Steve had a table top "roasting oven" that is really nice for Thanksgiving (cooks the bird and leaves the oven free). Also, a hand mixer, a knife block, three cutting boards, some spatulas and spoons, three mixing bowls and measuring cups. And that is it!!!! I absolutely hate the whole "kitchen gadget" stuff, which usually is a huge thing with lots of parts that has to be washed and does the same job a good knife and cutting board accomplishes. My sainted mother gave me a "Pasta boat" and I was like "Thanks Mom!!!" but I still haven't used it. My daughter uses it to warm up Ramen soup. Used to dirty one bowl and one spoon. Now she dirties the Pasta boat bowl, the lid, and still the bowl and spoon. Sigh.

 

[theLords]

Dora, you're daughter is so lucky! I don't want to be a chef or anything (way too many hours in a kitchen) it's too much of a demanding job. I simply love to cook and wish to learn. I'm praying the Lord sends me to culinary classes at the very least. It'd be super exciting. I want a chef's hat and jacket, lol. Maybe I should just buy them!

I love watching the food network/cooking channel. I wish we still had cable because it was the only channel I watched.

Who doesn't like this guy? :rolling

 

[Blazin Bones]

Woah, someone gave this thread new life? Wasn't the OP about Ramen Noodles?

 

[Lewis]

I am a restaurant cook, and I love cooking.

 

[Tofu]

Just made fried rice tonight for dinner, and it was pretty good if I do say so myself.

Cheapo rice cooker cooked white rice, boiled carrots, soy sauce, scrambled eggs, salt, pepper, curry all cooked up in a pan with olive oil.

Fooooood