On Feb 16, 3:47 pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> > There are a lot of really crappy recipes onhttp://www.cooks.com
>
> > This is a classic:
> >http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1748...242196,00.html
>
> > Who in their right freakin' mind would spoil lobster by making soup
> > with CANNED EVAPORATED MILK?!?!
>
> > And if you're wondering, "What the heck is "lobster soup base,"
> >http://www.redibase.com/nut_facts/lobster.htm
>
> > Put "margarine" into their search and you get, 76360 matches for
> > margarine.
> > Do the same for "butter," and you get 7020 matches for butter.
>
> > Don't believe me? Try it yourself.
>
> > Yesterday, for Valentine's Day, I made my wife a lobster, and served
> > her the tail (already cut up), with a butter lime sauce for dipping.
> > I fed the innards to the kitty. I got as much of the meat as I could
> > from the rest and threw the shells back into the pot When that had
> > reduced, I strained it into another pot, and put another few inches of
> > water in and repeated, adding that broth to the other, then added the
> > leftover meat. Later today, I'll make a nice chowder, without canned
> > milk (or anything else canned).
>
> > Oh, and look at this thoroughly trashy "recipe" for " LOBSTER AND
> > SHRIMP BISQUE."
> >http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,171,...248192,00.html
>
> > A recipe that calls for canned (brand unspecified) soup to which you
> > are supposed to add those nasty Geisha canned shrimps is not cooking.
> > It is preparing hog slop.
>
> > --Bryan
>
> I go there for ideas sometimes. I have never used any of their recipes,
> but reading them helps me to get a perspective on making a new dish.
> Unless I'm baking, I rarely follow any recipe exactly.
Beware, sloppy typers (like me).
I had an extra vowel in epicuriois; couldn't remember if it was
american, or americas test kitchen. All three mistakes brought up the
same sketchy looking site that I didn't explore.
Once I found
http://www.americastestkitchen.com/ (I think that's
right), no. I like Chris Kimbal and his harem but I'm too cheap and
resourceful, with y'alls help, of course, to subscribe to anything.
b