GastroKitchen

Cioppino

One of my faveret soups.  
 Is it a soup or a stew or a bisque?

Georgia has Caviar.

Georgia has caviar and it does not Suck.  It is made from farm raised sturgeon from the University of Georgia. There are four tipes of Sturgeon that are indigunus to Goriga, the university  rases and produses this product without hurting the Sturgeon Populashen.  The tin has a big university G on it and you might not think it as is good as it is, I thight is was hokiy they also put on the border "They have Gatorade... we have caviar." which refers to the rivelry with the Gators.  The caviar is not to salty and reminds me of an Golden Osetra.  I am happy to suport local product and am glad to have this.

Band Saw

The first near death experience of 2010.  Not really death maybe just hurt really bad.  I was cutting a piece of Dry Age Rib Eye and the blade on the saw snapped in two whipping right by my head, literaly missing me by 5 inches.  For the rest of the night I was thinking of how close that was.  We have so many tools in the Kitchen and accidents happen so fast,  it just put everything in perspective for me in about .025 sec. Dont get me wrong I love the band saw, we use it for so many things the new blade cuts better then butter. The last blade was just old I am going to get the blade you changed every year or sooner if needed, don't wait for it to tell you to change it.   For Tracee True Story and Happy Birthday.

Bread and Butter Pickles.

We have been working on this recipe for a long time and i finely think we have it. We do Bread and Butter Pickles at every table and we go throw a lot of them.  Small batches work best, but we need to have a lot and not make them every day. We hand cut the cucumbers and salt them for twenty minuets rinse with cold water Thoroughly. Put cucumbers in to jars.

 

Bread and Butter Pickle. Big batch.

2g.    Apple Cider Vinegar

2g.    Water

2g.     Sugar

1T.    Dill Seed

3T. Mustard Seed

3ea. Juliane White Onion

Boil all ingredients together pore in jars and seal.

Two Truffles.

Left is an Oregon Black Truffle, On the right is a Black Himalayan Truffle.  I like the Oregon  ones better more flavor.

Whole Lamb?

I walk into work today to find one of my cooks cutting up two whole Lamb.  He gets them from a farm where you pick them out when the animal is alive yourself, not a bad price ether.  Got to find this farm. think they sell pigs too.

New Year’s Eve 2009 Pics.

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