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Open Face BBQ Beef Sani…

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

Made my son go yuuuummmm last night and he exclaimed “I remember having these when I was little!”. On Tuesday I bought a Morphy Richards 48815 Digital Electric Pressure Cooker and then made Beef Pot Roast. I now had left … Continue reading →

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I have been convinced to go PC…

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

No not happy and nice, you know me but instead Pressure Cooker. I was reading Volume 2 of Modernist Cuisine on Techniques and Equipment. And they were big’n up Pressure Cookers, as a great way to make stock and cook … Continue reading →

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It is scrambled eggs on toast Jim, but not as we know it….

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

Well I had some time on my hands and some fresh eggs and stale bread so I decided to go Modernist and make some scrambled eggs on toast. One of the cool things about the Modernist Cuisine recipes is that … Continue reading →

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A Couple of days ago I did some cooking…

Posted on June 11, 2011 by admin

4 days ago I cooked some rump steak to medium rare and then crash landed them into a ice bath which I then put into my fridge for storage. Tonight I decided to cook beef and black bean sauce, as … Continue reading →

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A warm Jacuzzi then a roll in the snow….

Posted on June 7, 2011 by admin

When I was a lad I went on skiing holidays to ski resorts in Michigan and Wisconsin where the entrance would be two stories of a massive timber construction with a huge stone fireplace. There would always have a Jacuzzi … Continue reading →

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Where there is smoke there is…

Posted on June 4, 2011 by admin

FLAVOUR! Yesterday my children bought me a Smoker Box for my birthday. So of course I had to use it. Got some chicken breasts from Sheeplands Farm Shop which has a butcher shop inside owned by Jon Thorners (really nice … Continue reading →

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My Bad….

Posted on May 31, 2011 by admin

Started volume 2 of Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking which is entitled Techniques and Equipment. I have a really nice Weber gas BBQ which I purchased with money from my 45th birthday that will be 4 years … Continue reading →

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“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…”

Posted on May 28, 2011 by admin

If you have a look at my about page this picture is of a course I went to at Waltham Place Farm to learn how to make sausages. I also signed up to be a friend of Waltham Place because … Continue reading →

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Things that make you go hmmmmm……

Posted on May 26, 2011 by admin

Chef Nerd here 🙂 I finished volume 1 of Modernistic Cuisine tonight. The final chapter was Chapter 6 which is The Physics of Food and Water. I came across several things that made me go hmmmmm! Freezers are for storing … Continue reading →

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Tart it Up and say yuuuummmm…

Posted on May 22, 2011 by admin

I think that I will start a new category on my blog which is Tart it Up… as a way to take food from the grocery store with additions to make you go yuuuuummmmm. The reason I am writing this … Continue reading →

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