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What is the best Chef Knife for the Professional?

Yes, what's your point? I'm a professional chef and I can't grasp your question. It seems a bit non-nonsensical. Are you looking for advice for you? If you worked in a kitchen, you should know this is relative. For example, I like a chef's knife with dimples to unstick veggies like cucumbers, zucchini and such. Someone who mostly fabricates meat would not really care about that but care about weight and hand feel, provided we are only dealing with good reputable knives. Bottom line, it's subjective to the user as you, yourself should know.

Dec 28, 2012
Meltemi in Cookware

Old Mennonite Cooking Show???

Thank you. I do appreciate it but i'm not exactly looking for Mennonite recipes as much as a particular recipe/recipes because I'm being nostangic. I did see the blog. I was going to write to them if I failed to find it here. Thank God for AmyH.

Book ordered. You ought to see the smile on my face.

Dec 26, 2012
Meltemi in Food Media & News

Old Mennonite Cooking Show???

Oh my!!! You are RIGHT! It was Quilt Country which is why I kept seeing quilts. Thank you! You are awesome!

Dec 26, 2012
Meltemi in Food Media & News

Old Mennonite Cooking Show???

I can swear as far as I was a kid and I remember this was my first introduction into Mennonites. I knew about the Amish but not these people. So it was quite fascinating for me to learn about them. The two ladies were dressed quite the way you would imagine. I'm pretty sure they were from Indiana. I will find them one day. I know I will :)

Dec 26, 2012
Meltemi in Food Media & News

anyone remember old cooking show

I posted this question a couple of days ago but thought to re-post here:

Does anyone remember these 2 Mennonite ladies that had their own show, back in the day. This was a time there were only a few chef on TV like Jeffrey Smith, Yan Can Cook, and the Cajun guy, Justin Wilson. It may have been a combined crafts and cooking show. I remember a recipe for a baked "fried chicken" recipe that included marjoram, flour and butter. If someone can remind me or find me that recipe... I can relive aspects of my childhood which was as a foreign child in the inner city. And yet, I loved these ladies. Please help???????????

Dec 25, 2012
Meltemi in Food Media & News

Old Mennonite Cooking Show???

I grew up in NYC and watched a lot of PBS. IThat and 60 Minutes is how I learned English. No wonder I became a chef with an itch for socio-economic justice (aka-the Tooth Fairy).

It was def. not the Cajun chef or chubby chef Prudhomme. It was two Mennonite ladies and it was for a short time I remember them. Now, I think it was between 1978-80 I saw this show. That one recipe was actually heaven to my mouth. I made that recipe and subsequently, became a chef, many years later. I would love to find recipe to find what was ultimately, pieces of heaven, to a physically and psychologically abused child.

If you would please help me find what I seek and not second-guess me, that would be wonderful. Thank you.

Dec 25, 2012
Meltemi in Food Media & News

Old Mennonite Cooking Show???

Does anyone remember these 2 Mennonite ladies that had their own show, back in the day. This was a time there were only a few chef on TV like Jeffrey Smith, Yan Can Cook, and the Cajun guy (name?). It may have been a combined crafts and cooking show. I remember a recipe for a baked "fried chicken" recipe that included marjoram, flour and butter. If someone can remind me or find me that recipe... I can relive aspects of my childhood which was as a foreign child in the inner city. And yet, I loved these ladies. Please help???????????

Dec 24, 2012
Meltemi in Food Media & News

Fresh yeast to instant yeast conversion

Everyone being...rockycat? LoL.

Dec 01, 2012
Meltemi in Home Cooking

Fresh yeast to instant yeast conversion

No blindrummer. WRONG!

100% fresh = 50% active dry = 40% instant

The only time it's at 33% is in high output operations, never for home conversion.

Dec 01, 2012
Meltemi in Home Cooking

Where to find fresh sea beans in NYC...

I should have said "besides Man. Prod. Ex. AND Eataly. :) Thank you for your help but I am determined to find a good supplier that won't try to gouge me. If not, I'll harvest my own on some pristine island. :)

Sep 22, 2012
Meltemi in Manhattan

Where to find fresh sea beans in NYC...

And please don't direct me to Manhattan Produce Exchange. I do not want to pay $14/lb for what comes as plentiful as sand, on the beach. I have missed these since working with them in Europe where they were relatively inexpensive. They grow everywhere, require no care so the ridiculous price tag is just that. Any obscure grocers in Astoria or Brooklyn will do as well as in Chinatown. Have car, will travel.

Sep 21, 2012
Meltemi in Manhattan

where to find fresh kaffir lime leaves in nyc

Where did you buy it??? I want one.

Sep 20, 2012
Meltemi in Manhattan

How to pronounce Saveur, as in the magazine

I want to partake in uvular thrills but, alas, I am Greek. But I can pronounce "chutzpah, challah, Hanukkah..." like an angry settler on the West Bank.

That silent L is almost as cacophonous as the R in Sade or Florid-er, Canad-er, Chin-er. Blech, I just got goose bumps!

Dec 14, 2011
Meltemi in Food Media & News

Saliva Chicken [split from Ontario]

Heeeelp! Does anyone have the authentic recipe for this dish (not the Kylie Kwong short version)? I would be forever grateful.

Apr 02, 2008
Meltemi in General Topics