[chef_koo]

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

okay then. What's the recipe for tomato ketchup. The same kind you buy in a shop. I want a real answer. And certain smoothies are shit, some arent. I don't wanna scare you away because you seem like an okay guy, but can I have your favourite smoothie recipe?

try this one for ketchup.

8 lbs tomatos (it sounds like a lot but you'll cook out all the water.
1 cup white vinegar
1 cup sugar
salt to taste
pepper to taste

bring a pot of water to boil. dump the tomatos in for about 30 seconds. then dump them into cold water. this should release the skin. once they've cooeld peel them. cut them in half and squeeze out the seeds. put them in a pot with the vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. bring it to a boil and cook it for a long time. make sure you stir it to make sure it doesn't stick to the bottom. if it does, it'll burn and you'l have to start over again. once it reduces to about half lower the temp to low and let it simmer for 2 hours. take it off of the heat and puree i in a blender until it's perfectly smooth. return it back to the heat and cook it on low heat until it's the right consistency. remember that once it cools, it'll be thicker, so keep taht in mind. taste it. if it's not as sweet as you want or sour as you want, adjust it with sugar or vinegar. if you want in the begining you can add garlic, or onions, or whatever you want.

smoothie? i don't really have a recipe. i just dump a bunch of yogurt with whatever fruit i got lying around into a blender iwht some ice. i tend to stay awat from berries because , altough i like the taste, i don't like the texture of the seeds. especially rapsberries. so i liek things like banana... that's pretty much it.

More arrogance. nice. Why not answer the question rather than dodging it? Or simply say "I dont know"

why don't you just tell me what i'm all about then?

true. A good chef cooks whatever he's asked to cook.

that's one opinion. there's lots that i won't cook. i like french cooking. that's what i know. to me a good cook does a few things well, does them relentlessly, and people go to them. i know this one place downtown. it's run by a husband and wife chinese couple. they ONLY make wontons and noodles. they're profit margin is really small but they make a fortune since they have a line outside their place all day long.

TRY making a good chili, or french toast, or biscuits. Simple goods are often the best, and require a lot more finesse than ingredients that are good all on their own.

sorry, i was trying to be funny.

Thi chef doesn't have any answers for us!

i work long hours and i only get a few hours of free time a day. i can't reply immediately.

Watch Hell's Kitchen or Kitchen Nightmares (either the original or the American ones). Who usually fucks up and gets yelled at the most? Usually arrogant, self righteous Executive chefs who think they know everything.

and hells kitchen is the status quo for all kitchens? don't get me wrong, i agree with you. but you're jumping to conclusions about me.

Maybe you should have read some threads and got the vibe of the posters. We are more a chilli, ketchup type crowd than a foo foo french parfiat type whatever.

do i not have a right to post here? if i don't conform to the chili and kethcup crowd am i banned? french food at it's essence is based on poverty. while the rich aristocracy was munching on filet, and lobster the poor people who were stuck with chucks of neck and organ meats had to learn how to cook, and started the revolution which made french cuisine what it is today. most of what you eat you owe to centuries of european trial and error. bitro cooking is far more important then fine dining will ever be. but i guess most people don't know much outside of the "foo foo french parfait" stuff.

probably thinks because he works for someone who accomplished things, he is part of the same club. While culinary awards do have merit, for a lot of people, its like belonging to mensa, just a bunch of exclusionary jackasses stroking each other's egos and basking in their own "superiority".

newb asked for credentials. what am i supposed to do? post a pic of my diploma? i don't think that i'm on the same level as my boss. like i said, he asked for credentials. postina link to where i workedand the awards my boss has won seemed more reasonable then saying "i'm a good cook, take my word for it".

I cooked a really nice turkey stock today and I am kind of bored with the usual onions/carrots/celery aromatic veggies combo. Is tehre anything else I can put in it to spice it up?

Also I baked a whooooole lot of banana bread to be frozen and used for my grandpa's funeral reception. Baking is one of my passions but how do you bake with love and care if you're mad at the world and couldn't give a shit?

the trinity basically does the same thing as mire poix (the combo of veg you just mentioned). it adds sweetnes and body. if you want to step away from that, there's an italian way of making stock that's not very popular here. go to an italian deli and ask for a prosciutto bone. dump it in a pot with white wine, carrots, tomatos and water to cover. boil the shit out of it and strain.