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Contact Grill- Seasoning

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I have a Roband contact grill
The elements are cast into die-cast aluminium. It hasn't been used in ages so stripped the surface and tried to re-season it.
The oil isn't even smoking, it's during brown but not black.

Is this because it's a contact grill
or
Is something not working right? Did I damage the aliminium?

Windsor Pan, Splayed Sauce Pan or Evasee Pan recomendation

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I'm searching for an induction capable Windsor pan with strait walls, capacity must be a quart or less.

Seems that this shape has fallen out of fancy with American cooks. Its really too bad cause that shape will reduce a sauce like a dehydrator. I already have an AC D5 2.5Q that I love but its too large for the delicate sauces I make at home. I just bought a Mauviel MCook 5 Ply. What a POS, sold as 2.6mm thick its actually 1.7 according to my Mitutoyo micrometer.

Thanks for the feedback

MB

Dry Brining

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I need to take a break from gravy. I'm about to cry, not literally of coarse.

Mr. Wartface and Tennessee Jed (from Tennessee) have pointed out their preference for dry brining over wet brining.
I think it's kind of cool in theory because wet brining has its problems.
It could be a way of retaining moisture while still maintaining the purity of the meat in question.

Anybody care to chime in, please do

Extra vigin olive oil

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I've had olive oil in my cupboard but never used it.  
I poured some over pan fried salmon and drizzled it over the side of biryani rice
It made a wonderful difference but I don't know why as it doesn't taste good on its own.

Is extra virgin olive oil healthy or unhealthy, should you limit what you use.
Anybody else drizzle extra virgin olive oil over fish and salads?

Sauce (Suave, smooth texture with a glossy appearance)

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I'd like to keep this to starch thickened sauces. Ranging from the French mother sauces to their offshoots, the US interpretations. I live quite a frugal life but I've always spent good money in restaurants. I've always felt it's worth the money. I've had some amazing experiences and thrown money down the drain too. I don't mind taking a risk on what may be a bad restaurant, it just makes me further appreciate the good ones.

 

Adding alcohol to food

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I am thinking about adding spirit to various parts of my meal. For example I might add an orange liqueur, probably Cointreau, to my custard. How do I gauge the amount of alcohol to add? I want a hint of flavour but not enough to cause a problem to people that are driving home. It is possible that I might create several different "dishes" that contain some sort of alcohol. Again I don't want the cumulative alcohol content to be too high. I am thinking about matching jelly to equivalent liqueur flavours. I see you have a section on gelatine.

Gnoci or Noike Bread--resurecting the food of childhood

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I grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts in a Portuguese and Italian family. My grandfather was an old Port. from Lysbon and owned a fishing trawler. My childhood was filled with wire fish baskets full of the days catch. We had a local deli in town called Clydes (Clyde Balboni) that made several old world foods, one of them being a bread called Noike (pronounced N-gnocchi). Sadly, I moved away, the Balboni family didn't have an heirs to pass the recipe too. Clydes is now owned by a family that is generations removed from the original, and it aint the same.

Coconut rice - what went wrong?

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Made some korean bbq short ribs tonight for the first time. They were good, recipe is from Asian Grandmother's Cookbook. Nice all purpose asian home cooking ideas. I decided i wanted to do some coconut rice (I know, more Thai, but who cares). I also had some dry lemongrass leaves i was going to throw in. I used jasmine rice, and rinsed a few times, and the liquid i used in teh cooker was coconut milk. The end result was A. sorta mushy, grains didn't break down that badly, but still just a little mushy, B. not very coconutty, C. still fairly wet. What went wrong?

Potato Latkes

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Chef,

Here is the potato latke recipe I promised to go with your Asian Fusion Chicken Soup.

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