Comments on: Living With a Chef http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kat http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-64678 Kat Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:00:35 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-64678 4) ground beef is really yummy 4) ground beef is really yummy

]]> By: Kat http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-64677 Kat Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:58:09 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-64677 One of my brothers is a chef. At my son's 2nd birthday party, held at a picnic shelter at the beach, I watched as he took the tomatoes i had brought to slice for burgers and transformed them magically, using a utility knife, into this incredible salsa-thingy which he then marinated the chicken in and all of a sudden we were having an amazing meal versus burgers and dogs. It was amazing and effortless and crazy good. I tend to cook in terms of "what can we make that will use the least amount of dishes" so it is really cool to watch someone cook to create. One really neat thing was that when he had a change of heart and decided to become a firefighter (he had volunteered for years)... the big hazing at the fire house was to stick the new guy with the duty of feeding the firehouse. My brother passed this test with little effort. One of my brothers is a chef. At my son’s 2nd birthday party, held at a picnic shelter at the beach, I watched as he took the tomatoes i had brought to slice for burgers and transformed them magically, using a utility knife, into this incredible salsa-thingy which he then marinated the chicken in and all of a sudden we were having an amazing meal versus burgers and dogs. It was amazing and effortless and crazy good.

I tend to cook in terms of “what can we make that will use the least amount of dishes” so it is really cool to watch someone cook to create.

One really neat thing was that when he had a change of heart and decided to become a firefighter (he had volunteered for years)… the big hazing at the fire house was to stick the new guy with the duty of feeding the firehouse. My brother passed this test with little effort.

]]> By: zuzu http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-64469 zuzu Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:36:12 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-64469 <i>I purposely use a fairly dull knife, since I’m usually concentrating more on remembering the lyrics to “Clowntime Is Over” or “Jack of All Parades” than I am on chopping vegetables. Inevitably I end up ramming the blade into some fleshy part of my hand or other, and usually escape unharmed. It has gotten rather ridiculous, though. I practically have to jump up in the air and come down with all my weight on the knife just to chop an onion. There has to be a happy medium somewhere.</i> Oh, Jesus. You're going to hurt yourself more than you ever imagined possible with a dull knife and using too much force. I purposely use a fairly dull knife, since I’m usually concentrating more on remembering the lyrics to “Clowntime Is Over” or “Jack of All Parades” than I am on chopping vegetables. Inevitably I end up ramming the blade into some fleshy part of my hand or other, and usually escape unharmed. It has gotten rather ridiculous, though. I practically have to jump up in the air and come down with all my weight on the knife just to chop an onion. There has to be a happy medium somewhere.

Oh, Jesus. You’re going to hurt yourself more than you ever imagined possible with a dull knife and using too much force.

]]> By: Scott Lemieux http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63978 Scott Lemieux Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:30:50 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63978 Mmmm, bloody steak. Mmmm, bloody steak.

]]> By: jeffaclitus http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63795 jeffaclitus Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:43:16 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63795 Yeah, but as K-Grease said last year on <i>Hell's Kitchen</i>, hot dogs are slammin'. Seriously, Chef, if you don't watch <i>Hell's Kitchen</i>, you should. They're showing two episodes tomorrow, starting at eight. And there's going to be an American version (or at least something shown on Fox) of Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares in the fall. Whoo hoo! Yeah, but as K-Grease said last year on Hell’s Kitchen, hot dogs are slammin’. Seriously, Chef, if you don’t watch Hell’s Kitchen, you should. They’re showing two episodes tomorrow, starting at eight. And there’s going to be an American version (or at least something shown on Fox) of Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares in the fall. Whoo hoo!

]]> By: binky http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63562 binky Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:39:07 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63562 Re: infuriating preparations with passed out sweeties. My chef once spent nearly a week preparing a meal to welcome me back from a summer working in south america, including various infused oils in delightful colors (beet, curry) to drizzle over a terrine of now-I-can't remember, with a dessert of cardamon ice cream suspended in a hole in the center of an espresso cake. Of course, I walked in off the plane and said "I'm not hungry after 15 hours traveling... I gotta go to bed." Re: infuriating preparations with passed out sweeties. My chef once spent nearly a week preparing a meal to welcome me back from a summer working in south america, including various infused oils in delightful colors (beet, curry) to drizzle over a terrine of now-I-can’t remember, with a dessert of cardamon ice cream suspended in a hole in the center of an espresso cake. Of course, I walked in off the plane and said “I’m not hungry after 15 hours traveling… I gotta go to bed.”

]]> By: ks http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63552 ks Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:58:24 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63552 <blockquote>You\’ve brought home some perfectly delicious Cornish hens to enjoy over a long weekend. But you know you\’ll be eating all of it ALONE, because there are BONES involved in this meal.</blockquote> Chef, Next time this happens, Lauren can come eat with my husband (who has the same aversion to bones in his food) and I'll come eat with you.

You\’ve brought home some perfectly delicious Cornish hens to enjoy over a long weekend. But you know you\’ll be eating all of it ALONE, because there are BONES involved in this meal.

Chef,

Next time this happens, Lauren can come eat with my husband (who has the same aversion to bones in his food) and I’ll come eat with you.

]]> By: chef http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63304 chef Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:01:12 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63304 Other problems associated with living with a chef: 1) It\'s awfully infuriating to prepare duck breast with fresh peach relish, only to discover that your intended audience has passed out on the couch and refuses to converse with you, let alone enjoy the food you\'ve spent time preparing. 2) You\'ve brought home some perfectly delicious Cornish hens to enjoy over a long weekend. But you know you\'ll be eating all of it ALONE, because there are BONES involved in this meal. 3) But hot dogs are OK. Ouch. Other problems associated with living with a chef:

1) It\’s awfully infuriating to prepare duck breast with fresh peach relish, only to discover that your intended audience has passed out on the couch and refuses to converse with you, let alone enjoy the food you\’ve spent time preparing.

2) You\’ve brought home some perfectly delicious Cornish hens to enjoy over a long weekend. But you know you\’ll be eating all of it ALONE, because there are BONES involved in this meal.

3) But hot dogs are OK. Ouch.

]]> By: Lauren http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63171 Lauren Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:42:33 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63171 Duck liver. Duck liver.

]]> By: jeffaclitus http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63169 jeffaclitus Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:41:12 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/06/30/living-with-a-chef/#comment-63169 Oh, like mountain oysters? Oh, like mountain oysters?

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