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Food Storage Solution
So what we're saying is that, imagine cooked chicken will last, say 6 days after cooking. Provided that you cook it at some point before or on the use by date (say, 13th November) that it can be used UP to at , say, roughly thr 19th November?
Food Storage Solution
Ideally, I would like to freeze it but:
1. Can you cook something, freeze it and then, when you decide to eat it, defrost it in the fridge and then just eat it without reheating?
Food Storage Solution
Hi Guys,
I'm doing a lot of weight training and need to safely store as much meat as I can. I have two questions:
1. How long does, say, chicken last if properly refrigerated and will it last even longer if I get something like rubbermaid premiers?
2. Is the length of time something lasts for affected by the use by date on the packet? For example, I usually make sure I eat something within 3 days of cooking it, ignoring the use by. I often treat use by as 'cooky by' Is this correct?
3. Is Rubbermaid premier the best storage container out there?
Thanks!
Chinese Cooking Books
Obviously have Fuscia Dunlops Sichuan book - are any of her others worth getting?
And any other authors i should be aware of?
Thanks,
Paul
Afghan Food
When I was in prague last year I had some wonderful afghan food - and I've wanted some ever since.
Is there anything in London?
Thanks,
Paul
Proposal in Paris...
I've canceled. I am a student and thus do not have the cash flow for the place.. I think I might have found a little gem here, though, where I have now booked up for:
La Méditerranée
With a splendid terrace looking onto the Theatre de l'Odéon, and chef Denis Rippa from L'Ambroisie, this fish restaurant has what it needs to become a Parisian great. (according to the Guardian).
http://www.la-mediterranee.com/
Proposal in Paris...
I also cannot work out if there is a dress code, or cancellation charge. As I am thinking about moving somewhere a little cheaper - it seems expensive to me given that I don't exactl want all those courses and could simply eat less at somewhere like Lasserre
Proposal in Paris...
I need some quick clarification. Here is the menu:
http://www.laperouse.fr/univers-laperouse/cuisine/menu-carte/
I am confused as to how it is priced, does this mean that it is 120 euro a head, whatever the combination of food you have?
I am really worried that the cost of 120 euro is just for the room! Please help, as I may need to quickly cancel it...
Best two stars for the money in Paris
I am starting to think it might not be worth the effort of bringing a jacket, etc... I mean, we are going off for a nice quick trip, I don't want to take too many clothes!
Proposal in Paris...
Thanks ever so much everybody so far.
Just a point of clarification, I intend to propose on one oft he bridges over the river (or anywhere else where it feels the time is right). The restaurant situation I am agonising over is simply where to eat afterward...
I have just booked up for Laperouse, and managed to get one of the private dining rooms! :) I think its the best combination of value, uniqueness and good food.
My plan now is to go somewhere really ace for lunch:
Tallivent, laserre seem good value - where else?
Proposal in Paris...
One final thing I also forgot to say is that, essentially, I think I'd like some sort of haute cusine (and by that I use the term loosely, I merely mean, modern food, smaller portions and weird and wonderful layouts, rather than just pigs heads...) But probably in a memorable environment...
Proposal in Paris...
The final thing I forgot to mention is that my partner does prefer lighter food, as do I really, so some of the traditional heart attack inducing bistros are less appealing.. And it is why some of the seafood specialists above seem like a good option... but then there is the problem of them not being memorable enough as suggested...
Proposal in Paris...
Hi guys,
Even though my name looks French, it is not, I'm from England! :)
Next Wednesday I will be proposing in Paris and an struggling to find somewhere to eat.
The central problem as I see it is that I cannot at this time afford the truly luxurious, Ducasse etc, etc where it will cost 200 euro a head minimum. But at the same time, however good a Bistro might be, the atmosphere seems inappropriate...
Thats the first question: Is a Bistro an inappropriate atmosphere, do you think?
The second question presents an alternative way of answering the same predicament, and it goes like this. Last year, in Montpellier, our most memorable meals were not eating La Compagnie des Comptoirs (the Bistro of the very famous Le Jardin des Sens), but was instead the family run restaurant of Castel Ronceray or perhaps Le Petit Jardin, found down the brilliantly atmospheric and old Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau. Remebering us holding hands down that street as we walked home is a lovely memory...
Thus, is bistro style the answer? Is the quaint, interesting little memorable place the answer, regardless of whether it is quiet, exclusive or private enugh?
Here were some of my ideas:
First, non traditional bistros, in the same vein as Compagnie des Comptoirs
http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/francais/cdgaia.htm or
http://www.ateliermaitrealbert.com/en/maitreAlbert/maitreAlbert.html
In this list, I suppose we could consider Ducasse's bistros too.
Here is the other extreme, this unusual little place I came across looks adorable:
http://www.lecoupechou.com/index.php?action=galerie&
Or here:
http://www.paris-paris-paris.com/paris_city_guide/where_to_eat_timeout_paris/chez_ami_jean#
The middle ground might be this restaurant, which seems to me to be great value for a Michelen Starr in a quiet, but also cosy and memorable envrionement:
http://www.dominique-bouchet.com
Can anyone offer any advice? Obviously, it is getting close to the date, which would suggest that anywhere hard to get a table for is not a possibility... I have read so much now and I am saturated - I don't know what to do!
