DAT Cooking thread

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

I've been making and honing a bomb ass chilaquiles recipe for a few weekends

Do you make your own tortillas?

[buckets]

Nah... I get some they make in the local whole foods and leave them out for a couple days to get stale though

[deacphan]

Go volunteer at a nonprofit kitchen. Did prep work one night a week for about a year, and it definitely improved my knife skills, at least with veggies. Best way to dice like a boss is to tackle hundreds of onions at a stretch.



Let's see it.

i worked for a friend that had a food truck that had gone to some fancy culinary school. she was a great chef and taught me a bunch of ish.

[BiffTannen]

I make my own knives.

[wfudkn]

There are few things I like in this world more than really good chilaquiles. A new resturant opened up a short time ago near my house and their's are really fantastic. If you get your recipe where you like it lemme know. I'd defs be interested in that ish.

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

Verdes > rojos

[lbE08]

a childhood friend's mom wrote this: http://www.amazon.com/Latin-American.../dp/1469608707

mom gave it to me for Xmas last year.
it's pretty incredible for that style of food.

[JDawg]

i worked for a friend that had a food truck that had gone to some fancy culinary school. she was a great chef and taught me a bunch of ish.

Yeah I lived with a chef for eight months or so. He wasn't home to cook that much, but when he was I'd learn a lot. It was also great throwing parties with the greatest food in town.

[bigdoublezero]

Verdes > rojos

Correct.

[wfudkn]

Verdes > rojos

Correct.

All day every day

[TownieDeac]

How many of yall have taken a knife skills class, and would you recommend one or do you think just time/practice will help an average joe home cook?

I like bigdoublezero's idea, but my knife skills class really got me better with knives. I didn't have a technique to speak of aside from just mimicking what I saw, and I'm far better at it now.

I'm taking butchering classes next.

[BiffTannen]

I'm taking butchering classes next.

Oh shit! Townie's gonna kill rj!

[HailToTheDeacons]

Oh shit! Townie's gonna kill rj!

Watch out for the midnight meat train!

[bigdoublezero]

I like bigdoublezero's idea, but my knife skills class really got me better with knives. I didn't have a technique to speak of aside from just mimicking what I saw, and I'm far better at it now.

I'm taking butchering classes next.

Have you read "Whole Beast Butchery"? It's good.

[BarcaDeac]

I would love to take a course on plating techniques. I'm a pretty damn great cook if I say so myself, but my plating kinda sucks.

[bojanglefunk]

a childhood friend's mom wrote this: http://www.amazon.com/Latin-American.../dp/1469608707

mom gave it to me for Xmas last year.
it's pretty incredible for that style of food.

I know Sandra really well.

Also, where did your mom grow up?

[lbE08]

I know Sandra really well.

Also, where did your mom grow up?

yeah, didn't ally go to CA?

my mom grew up in small-town PA, north of Hagerstown, MD.

[bojanglefunk]

yeah, didn't ally go to CA?

my mom grew up in small-town PA, north of Hagerstown, MD.

Both daughters did and I am on the board with Sandra.

I thought she was born in the US and grew up in Guatemala.

[lbE08]

Both daughters did and I am on the board with Sandra.

I thought she was born in the US and grew up in Guatemala.

yes- that's where Sandra did (Guatemala); but you asked where my mom did.

[bojanglefunk]

yes- that's where Sandra did (Guatemala); but you asked where my mom did.

Gotcha, I read your post as saying your mom and Sandra were childhood friends.

We have her cookbook but haven't done much of it yet. Any recommendations?