Yeah, I have his book. It's somewhat of an interesting read, because he writes in his normal voice ("Yeah, fucking delicious three layer pork, bitch!"), but I wouldn't call it an absolutely must have (...when the recipes are as easy to obtain as everything else on the internet), but if his style interests you, at all, you would probably enjoy it.
His flavors tend to be delicious, but usually far from their cultural recipe norm. I have a jar of his kimchi in my fridge. It's way sweeter and tastes more of fish sauce than any that I've had prior, but it's tasty.
*based upon tedious fact checking.
I have never been able to get in to Momofuku when I've been in NY but Chang fascinates me. I have this book where chefs talk about cooking and music. Chang's playlist is by far the best in the book. He calls it Songs to Lose Customers By - songs on heavy rotation at Momofuku
Luna, "Chinatown"
The Traveling Wilburys, "Margarita"
The Kinks, "Sweet Lady Genevieve"
The Clean, "Anything Could Happen"
Silver Jews, "The Wild Kindness"
Palace Music, "Work Hard/Play Hard"
Erma Franklin, "Piece of My Heart"
The Replacements, "Within Your Reach"
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, "Coma Girl"
Asamov, "Gone Head"
The Rosebuds, "Life Like"
Pink Floyd, "Childhood's End"
Vetiver, "The Swimming Song"
801, "T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows)"
Can, "I'm So Green"
also, excerpt from interview:
TRP: Why is there ice in your urinals?
Chang: So when you piss in it it doesn't splash. Because it's stainless steel, without it, the pee goes all over."
TRP: It's also kind of fun to watch the ice melt.
Chang: Exactly. That's the main reason. I think it's one of the weird pleasures of being a guy is to watch ice melt, or snow melt, when you piss on it.
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Whiskey Sour
2 oz blended whiskey
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp powdered sugar
1 cherry
1/2 slice lemon
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.
I'm heading to a Super Bowl party on the weekend. Planning on bringing over something I was introduced to when I was tailgating at the GB/SF game. They're called armadillo eggs and its a cream cheese stuffed jalapeño that is wrapped in bacon and then grilled. I'm thinking of kicking it up a notch and doing a few different additions to the cream cheese stuffing. Suggestions?
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Most people just call those Jalepeno poppers. And they are delicious.
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There are a lot of different variations to those. Google "atomic buffalo turds", "ABTs", "atomic dragon turds" etc.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of cream cheese in them, it's kinda pedestrian. Consider pairing that with a more interesting cheese, like a gruyere, raclette, emmenthal, saint andre, etc. And then consider the cheese and meat pairing with something that will complement that, such as a sliver of fig, dried fruit, dried apple, etc. And then smoke that bastard in a smoker (if you have one) low and slow.
If all of that seems like a PITA, another popular variation is to stuff with bulk sausage or some other meat filling, as well as some cheese. You can take a sliver of cheese, wrap in sausage, stuff in jalapeno (or other chile), wrap in bacon, and poof.
Or, if you really want to fuck your guests over, make one of the poppers stuffed with Bhut Jolokia/Trinidad Scorpion pepper and unfortunate eater gets a prize. Like a burned out esophagus.
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I'm wondering if the subtle goodness of a Comté or Emmenthal would be overwhelmed by the jalepeno?
Believe it or not, when the green jalapeno is smoked, it really mellows out the flavor and the heat (which was somewhat counter intuitive to me when I made my first batch, since chipotles are spicy - the reason for their spicyness is the more mature red jalapenos are used, which when smoked, maintain a lot of thier heat). You'll get more of a true mild smokey green chile flavor instead of a raw hot flavor.
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Combine:
(1/2 C) 1 stick of room temperature butter
(1/2 C) 1 stick of room temperature margarine
2TB Hidden Valley Ranch mix
1.5 TB Cajun Seasoning
1 tsp Cayenne
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp cumin
Once combined, stir in 1/2C of sour cream. The coolness of the sour cream will thicken the mixture, so fight through it. At this point, it's ready to use, but I usually just make a wax paper log and throw it in the fridge/freezer until it's needed.
Warm up the Franks on a stove top (or microwave if needed) until it's hot enough to melt the butter when combined. Add however much butter you would normally add.
I usually do the steam/bake wings method, but if you're using butter, margarine, and sour cream, why not deep fry the wings, too?
*based upon tedious fact checking.
Awesome suggestions. I think pairing some nice cheeses and dried fruit might be a little highbrow for the group that will be in attendance, but it's definitely something I'll try in a different setting. I think I'm going to roll with some roasted garlic, andouille sausage and various cheeses for this endeavour.
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Yeah, there's always a fine balance between looking like a total douchey snob and wanting to put out some interesting food.
UFC is on this weekend, so Saturday night I'm making Vatapa (brazilian shrimp stew) and some chicken adobo for my filipino friend. Both are easy, interesting, and tasty as all get out.
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Or, if you really want to fuck your guests over, make one of the poppers stuffed with Bhut Jolokia/Trinidad Scorpion pepper and unfortunate eater gets a prize. Like a burned out esophagus.
Some times when a person comes to my house and brags that nothing is too hot for them and they love hot sauce, I give them a couple of drops of Daves (different kinds) on a toothpick. I love the expressioncr****
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Costco has the best shit in the world. For easy and a bit lame are their poppers. They are easy and good. All of their frozen wings are pretty good. I would just make a shit load of chile, buy french bread, and be done with itcr****
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You can't go wrong with most stuff at Costco. There's a ton of heat and serve shit. Not the best quality in the world, but the convenience factor makes it a decent proposition.
I especially think the "El Sol" salsa is a good choice.
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use more Saffron.
of course ultimately it'd be nice for the price to drop too.
Keep it moist (not Robin, the meat).
Whiskey Sour
2 oz blended whiskey
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp powdered sugar
1 cherry
1/2 slice lemon
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.
My dad makes a great meatloaf. He uses a package of regular pork sausage with his ground meat, onions, green bell pepper, celery, two egg to bind everything together, a little bit of milk, and spices, then tops it with ketchup/bbq mixture, bread crumbs and thick cut bacon. When he has it, he also puts swiss cheese into the loaf, and usually grates fresh parmesan on top. Cook for at least an hour.
Do NOT use italian sausage. I did that once and it was overpowering.
I do it this way. Ingredients bolded not because I think you're a moron but because it's probably easy to overlook the tomato sauce. It's crumblier than a lot of other meatloaves, so be forewarned that it's more a scooping dish than a slicing dish. Best with potatoes. Probably even better with some thoughtfully combined veggies a la Bryan's father. But, if you're looking for a classic nuclear household cat-eye glasses sweater set meatloaf, here it is.
Damn this sounds amazing, I have to do it next time. Hannah's sounds great to. I know I'm going to make meatloaf at least two more times in my life.
I just ended up using the ground beef, diced up carrots onions, and green bell pepper. Added in some fresh garlic, one egg and some oatmeal to the mix. Topped off with some seasoning and baked it. It was decent, nothing spectacular though.