Hello! I've been away for quite a while dropped in periodically but forget my password so never posted. With a renewed password I thought it wise to say 'hello' but it seems very quiet. Anyone else here?
First, a quick intro, as I'm new to the forums.
Ok some thing are easier than others to reheat for another meal from all those left overs that it seems most have after the holiday meal.
So what is some of the best way to warm the following things with out over cooking or drying out. Though microwave are ok, they do change the texture and well the doneness.
1.Prime rib
2. Turkey
3. Stuffing
4 Mashed potato
5 Yams
6.Green bean casorole
Kit
hi there, everybody! I'm in Big Bear, CA (about 7000' above sea level) and am loving all the excellent information on this site! I am a bit of a culinary neophyte as far as specific techniques are concerned... but I love to cook and I love great food!
thank you, Chef Jacob for the wonderful, informative, and entertaining videos and podcasts. I've learned a lot already!
-david.
I am working towards coming up with an equilibrium brine for a rotisserie chicken. I am not considering Gradient brine in this case, as we would like to just soak the chickens possibly for 12-18 hours and directly cook them in the rotisserie directly out from the brine. The goal for me is to reach the salinity range of 1% using the brine and the flavors/spices included.
Has any one worked on a brine like this and can help with some basic measurements to start on a brine for a 50 pounds whole chickens ??
Hi chef Jacob and all forum users.
First I would like to say thank you for such a website. I really enjoy your videos and podcasts.
I want to ask a question if there is a way where you can list all the questions that you have ever asked or participated in?
I can't seem to find such a feature though it appears on some other forums that I'm linked up with such as the cha-cha developers website.
There is an option under my profile where I can list links to all topics I've contributed to.
I wasn't sure which bread forum to ask this in. What I'm looking for, or interested in creating is a list of common ingredients used in various bread, expressed as range of bakers percentages used.
I know it could be be almost any percentage I would like depending on my personal taste. I'm just talking in general, a percentage range for fats, sugar, eggs, potato flakes, dried milk, cocoa etc. that you would find in in various breads.
I'm happy with my sourdough rye, but my wife would perfer a less dense version, something more deli like. She also, however, wants not to reduce the rye-ness.
I'm using 1 part Hodgson Mill whole grain rye flour to 2 parts major brand wheat bread flour.. It's at 65 percent hydration.
So what might I do assuming that I don't want to change the rye/wheat proportion? I figure that proofing schedule, handling, or hydration could be variables worth looking at But there's also oven temperature and how long the loaf's under cover that might have an effect.
I've been developing a seeded multigrain sourdough loaf with considerable success, if I do say so myself.
I'm interested in putting this on a firm mathematical footing in terms of baker's percentage.
In addition to bread flour, whole wheat flour, and rye flour, I'm using pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, sesame seeds, cracked wheat, and medium cornmeal.
So do I add grams of the "extras" as I calculate hydration? Perhaps I count the cornmeal and the cracked wheat but not the whole seeds?
When I was in Honduras and had made a side trip to Guatemala, I found a coffee jelly/jam that I eventually used for a new recipe I developed. Now that I'm back in the States, I can't get that jelly any more, so I have been looking into making some myself.