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SCS 046 | Death of Bourdain, Home Kitchen Appliances & Beer Brewing | Community Questions & Comments

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We start this episode on a somber note, acknowledging the passing of Anthony Bourdain and all he contributed to the culinary world.

SCS 047 | Culinary Boot Camp Day Two - S is for Sauce Part 1

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SCS 048 | Culinary Boot Camp Day Two - S is for Sauce Part 2

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Questions or comments? E-mail me, jacob@stellaculinary.com, call 775-204-8389 to leave a voicemail, or post on our Friendly Forum or Facebook Group.

In episode 47 of the SCS Podcast, I introduced the concept of the three modern mother sauces, a technique based approach to sauce making.

In this episode, we continue our discussion, with a deep dive into emulsifications and purees.

Rediscovering my Heritage through Food

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Today I rendered pork fat into lard, and it was surprisingly emotional.

It took longer than I thought - all the instructions I read said it would take a hour or two before the "crackings" dried up and fell to the bottom of the liquid oil. I had it on from 4:00 to 9:30 and the crackings were still big and full of fat, but I had stopped seeing a change a few hours ago, so I poured the fat into mason jars and decided to move on.

The internet also said that the crackings were delicious, and a big thing in the South.

What is your recipe for chicken pate?

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I went to the supermarket this afternoon and came home with some chicken livers thinking that I felt like chicken pate.  That came about because I listened to the latest podcast - where Jacob spoke about offal - chicken pate I was thinking - yum I was thinking - but I have never made chicken pate before in my life.   

Sometimes I get the munchies - so I thought rice crackers and pate would satisfy the munchies.   

So what's your go to recipe for chicken pate?  

 

Look forward to your response.

 

What is your recipe for chicken pate?

Forum topic

I went to the supermarket this afternoon and came home with some chicken livers thinking that I felt like chicken pate.  That came about because I listened to the latest podcast - where Jacob spoke about offal - chicken pate I was thinking - yum I was thinking - but I have never made chicken pate before in my life.   

Sometimes I get the munchies - so I thought rice crackers and pate would satisfy the munchies.   

So what's your go to recipe for chicken pate?  

 

Look forward to your response.

 

What is your go to recipe for hummus?

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So not only did I buy white wine vinegar for the chips - that I intend to make later tonight or tomorrow - I saw the rice cracker biscuits on special - three packets for $5.00.  Bargin I thought until I went to the checkout and saw I only saved 20 cents!   

Anyway - hummus I thought - then I looked at the price - over $5.00 for a small tub.   I can make my own I thought - what's in hummus I thought.   chickpeas - $1.10 for a can, tahini  (that was like $7.00 for a pottle and a lemon which I can't remember how much the lemon was).

Deleting posts?

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I've had issues posting replies a couple times where it didn't respond after I clicked "save". I refreshed and clicked save again and whoops - my response was posted 3 times.

2nd issue...when I went to try to delete these duplicate posts, it told me I didn't have permission to access the page. Why not?

Lemon Zest Rub for Pork

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Today I created a dry brine/rub that worked out really well! Despite the fact that I overcooked them, Mr. Picky said they were the best pork chops he had ever had.

 

Here's what I did:

  • Fresh chopped sage
  • Grated lemon zest
  • Dried onion granules
  • Kosher salt

I rubbed the mixture on both sides of each chop and let sit in the fridge for 2 hours before cooking. I used about the same amount of kosher salt I would have usually used to season the meat.

 

Pork belly about to go bad - what to do with it?!

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I have a 10 lb pork belly in my fridge that I'm trying to figure out what to do with.

A couple issues:

1. I brought it home, frozen on Sunday night; it's been sitting in the fridge since then. I'm getting worried about dealing with it before it goes bad.
2. It's maybe 85% fat. So, so disappointing, especially since I paid 7x more for the pork belly than what I paid for pork fat.
3. The skin is hairy.

I was going to make a roasted pork belly with crispy skin, but that's out since there's a giant chunk of fat between the skin and the meat.

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