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Left Lasagna Out All Night. Can I eat it?
I've done this quite often in the past and have not had any problems.
Eat and enjoy.
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How to keep omelet from sticking...
Turn off the heat source about a 1 minute before your omelet is done (or done to your level of preparedness). Let it rest in the pan for a 1 minute, then it should slide it much easier.
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Successfully Steam Both Levels in a Steamer?
Is your steamers stainless steel or bamboo?
Judging from your experience, it sounds like you have a stainless steel model.
Reason why bamboo steamers are favored by many people is because the bamboo soaks up any of the excess liquids, thus minimizing the drip to the levels below. Steel can't do this.
So it sounds like you're just going to have to do what you don't want to do ... Steam each portion separately.
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Veggie oriented Vietnamese in the SGV?
Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park offers a nice selection of vegetarian and/or veggie oriented Vietnamese offerings.
I really recommend the Cauliflower Pot Pie.
http://www.goodgirlfoods.com/
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Geoduck Recipes?
You can definitely eat the belly -- in fact, it provides a nice textural contrast to the rest of the geoduck.
Separate the belly and steam or deep fry it; while reserving the rest of the geoduck for sashimi.
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Question for people who order their burgers rare...
I think a more apt comparison question would be steak and seafood. I prefer my steaks rare to medium rare and the same with seafood (salmon, tuna, cod, sea bass etc) unless I am having sashimi.
Steaks and things like chicken and sausages are just not the same. Raw chicken breast is sort of disgusting. And pinkish sausages is unappetizing just to think about because part of the attraction with sausages is to get the fat melted and carmelized so that there is a nice mouthfeel and sweet undertones from the cooked fat.
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Help! Need Chinese Restaurant with Private Room for 30: Pasadena, Arcadia, Alhambra areas
Hmm, would going from buffet joints to full-blown, authentic Chinese restaurants be too much of a shock to the system?
If not, then why not do something a bit on the "Wild" side and forgo the typical Hong Kong style banquet restaurants (like 888, NBC, etc.) and go to Luscious Dumplings. Wait, you say, Luscious Dumplings doesn't have a private room! Ah, but you see, that's the genius of going with Luscious Dumplings ... you reserve the whole restaurant!
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stir fry bean sprouts first then add the salt/pepper?
What type of bean sprouts are we talking about?
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Thawing a frozen turkey; Debunking received Wisdom(TM)
Doesn't it also depend on the total size of the turkey?
Using conventional wisdom as a baseline example. A 15 lbs turkey would take 3 days to thaw in the fridge; and a 30 lbs turkey would take 6 days.
But is that right? Wouldn't the larger (30 lbs) turkey take longer than merely 2x the smaller (15 lbs) turkey to thaw?
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Ultra-Casual, No-Reservations on Thanksgiving?
Clifton's Cafeteria?
http://cliftonscafeteria.com/home.html
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Who makes a great ice cream cake?
DrBruin,
You might try Bennett's. They make their own ice cream and use chunks of bananas in their banana ice cream. Also, really good frozen bananas as well.
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Help! Did I ruin my turkey???
You should be fine. The suggested amount of salt that most dry brine recipes state are usually the minimum you need to dry brine the bird. Using more salt, esp. the amount you used, won't make a material difference.
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Steaklovers ... when did you first fall in love with steak?
I'm not sure Norms's (RIP) can do steak any other way but "well done".
And, honestly, I would be a bit hesistant to eat any meat served up by Norm's that's anything shy of "well done".
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Chinese, Monterey Park, Thanksgiving?
Can you be a bit more specific?
Asking for "Chinese" in "Monterey Park" is sort of like walking up car dealer and asking "What's a good car to buy?"
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Who makes a great ice cream cake?
Totally concur.
Coldstone Creamery is like Michael Jackson circa 21st Century; Fosselman's is like Michael Jackson circa "Jackson 5" era.
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New French Bakery Opens in Monterey Park
This place reminds of Vanille de Patisserie in San Marino.
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Steaklovers ... when did you first fall in love with steak?
For those that love a good juicy piece of steak -- whether it's a ribeye, sirloin, or whether its done rare or burnt to a dry crisp -- when did you first fall in love with steak?
I mean, steak isn't one of those treats that you are given, or naturally gravitate towards, as a youngster, right?
Things like ice cream or other desserts are often provided to children as a "treat" but rarely does a mom say, "Son, if you get an "A" in in your 5th grade advanced organic chemistry class I'll grill up your favorite cut of ribeye as a reward!"
And children rarely pine to go Ruth's Chris; the obvious choice is always McDonald's or someplace like Baskin Robbins.
Personally, I love steak but for the life of me I can't remember when I first realized that I loved steak.
I love steak, now.
I just don't know when, or how, it started.
Do you?
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Porkless pot sticker fillings?
Don't use turkey. You need some fat in your pot sticker filling.
If you don't want to use pork, try ground chicken thigh meat (not breast) and add in some soft (silken) tofu, with a good dose of sesame oil. Add those ingredients (chicken, tofu, sesame oil) to your original pork filling recipe and you should be set to go.
Good luck.
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Restaurant that serves Turducken?
Lots of places sell a whole Turducken, but are there restaurants that actually serve it as an entree, e.g., a Turducken dinner with all the fixins?
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Homesick New England Hubby needs cinnamon doughnuts with his cider.
Well, in the San Gabriel area, there's Rose Donut (which has a cinnamon sugar donut) and Dad's Donut in Burbank has a cinnamon crumb donut.
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Whole Tilapia-What Would You Do?
Deep fry if you've got the setup; otherwise, pan fry.
