What food or cooking related gift did you receive for Xmas?
What food or cooking related gift did you receive for Xmas?
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Post #31 - December 28th, 2009, 9:19 pmHi,
While not intended as a Christmas present by the facilitator, I choose to call it a Christmas present: half a deer (the other half shared with a friend) harvested on December 23rd. It will give me lots of fun working my way through it. I hope to get a pair of mocassins out of it, too.
I received an interesting knife, which I will described better later.
A Collins Street Fruitcake is waiting for New Year's to crack open.
Edit in: a lovely apron, which I will be afraid to dirty.
Regards,Cathy2
"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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Post #32 - December 29th, 2009, 8:18 am3 peices of Le Creuset to finish the entire set
Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cooking volumes 1 and 2.
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Post #33 - December 29th, 2009, 1:26 pmMhays wrote:tem wrote:I got a Side Swipe blade for my Kitchen Aid
I got one, too! I used it once, it seemed to do fine.
made some chocolate chip cookies last night. Creaming the butter & sugar was definitely better/faster. No side-scraping needed at all.
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Post #34 - December 29th, 2009, 2:11 pmI got several books:
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning
Well-Preserved
Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails
The Joy of Mixology
The Flavor Bible
The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating
Ratio
I'm looking forward to finding time to use all of them.
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Post #35 - December 29th, 2009, 3:05 pmeli wrote:I got several books:
The Flavor Bible
I'm looking forward to finding time to use all of them.
Got that book last x-mas, and consult it all the time. If you’re the type to riff and spin off recipes, you’re going to love it. As someone who hasn't been cooking all that long, it has been a great tool to help figure out what to make with all those grocery store impulse buys.
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Post #36 - December 31st, 2009, 4:15 pmI could not have been happier to receive this small collection of wing-related photography by and from ReneG.
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Post #37 - January 3rd, 2010, 4:39 pmHeston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck Cookbook. It's remarkable. Thanks baby!"The life of a repo man is always intense."
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Post #38 - January 4th, 2010, 10:17 pmI bought our family a bone in Iberico Spanish Pata Negra Ham from JDY meats in Chicago and it is AWESOME! A total suprise as I wrapped up bread, tomatoes, olive oil, a slicer and no one could figure it out until the end.
Fun post and real neat gifts everyone!
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Post #39 - January 4th, 2010, 10:28 pmJohnH wrote:I bought our family a bone in Iberico Spanish Pata Negra Ham from JDY meats in Chicago and it is AWESOME!
I hate you. And I mean that in the nicest, most jealous way possible
If you've got some pics, please do share!
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Post #40 - January 5th, 2010, 12:03 am
Couldn't edit out my smiling kids! Trust me, the ham has gotten alot thinner in the past week!
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Post #41 - January 5th, 2010, 12:27 amJohnH wrote:
Couldn't edit out my smiling kids! Trust me, the ham has gotten alot thinner in the past week!
Awesome!
Was that a special order, or is it something that JDY gets in from time to time? The likelihood of one of those finding its way into my kitchen any time soon is pretty slim (besides, who am I kidding? I'd want to keep that bad boy on the front table), but a guy can dream....
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Post #42 - January 5th, 2010, 1:07 amJohnH wrote:I bought our family a bone in Iberico Spanish Pata Negra Ham from JDY meats in Chicago and it is AWESOME!Khaopaat wrote:I hate you. And I mean that in the nicest, most jealous way possible
What Khaopaat said!
Fantastic gift, really nice!
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Post #43 - January 5th, 2010, 7:35 amJohnH wrote:I bought our family a bone in Iberico Spanish Pata Negra Ham from JDY meats in Chicago and it is AWESOME!
A dangerous thing to have around, and not just for the fat content: there's a slip and fall hazard from the dog drool. My beagle probably wouldn't leave the kitchen until that thing is eaten, one way or another.What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
-- Lin Yutang
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Post #44 - January 5th, 2010, 8:49 amWe have encountered many problems from the accidential late night snack to a friend ours trying to watch my password into my house to get at it!
JDY meat does carry these on a regular basis, I believe, as I think the old company Solex partners merged with them. Very nice people and they have a great selection of Spanish products for really good prices. I travel regularlly to Spain(and got in trouble with customs many years back bringing in chorizos, lomos, hams, angulas before they were available here) as I have family over there and always dream of the ham when I get home so finally I found one. I am sure this gift will put up a couple points on the blood pressure but its well worth it.
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Post #45 - January 5th, 2010, 2:50 pmMrs. Davooda actually gave it to me early so I could use it for Christmas - an All-Clad Stainless pot/white porcelain double boiler. I nearly wept. Does this make me a "foodie?"
I'd been using a piece of crap Wal-Mart double-boiler to make hollandaise/bearnaise for years so this was most welcome. The clan loves hollandaise on their grilled asparagus and the pan performed just great! I took great pleasure in throwing out the old set-up.
Maybe next year Santa will bring me a nice risotto pan
DavoodaLife is a garden, Dude - DIG IT!
-- anonymous Colorado snowboarder whizzing past me March 2010
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Post #46 - January 5th, 2010, 7:12 pmA friend gave me a coeur à la crème mold which is useless to me. I have sneaking suspicion that it was regifted.
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Post #48 - January 6th, 2010, 6:06 pmIt's what I received at the Sun Wah LTH Holiday Dinner (Gary's Barbecue book!) and gave to my brother because I knew that it was destined to become his new religion, he was just in need of the bible. Sure enough this is what he texted me, "Tell Gary Wiviott I just got a Weber Smokey Mountain. Hope to make Chicken Mojo Criollo next week." Then the next text was, actually I can't say what the next text was because of the words he used to describe the people who gave Gary's book a 1 or 2 on Amazon. His opinion is that they obviously have no sense of humor. Definitely the most perfect gift I've ever given my brother.
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Post #49 - January 8th, 2010, 10:27 amSpeaking of gifts given, I gave SaintPizza a 22" carbon steel wok that has turned out to be a gift to myself as well
Ronnie said I should probably tell you guys about my website so
Hey I have a website.
http://www.sandwichtribunal.com
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Post #50 - December 25th, 2011, 10:32 pmI got an offset spatula, a pasta attachment for my kitchen aid, a new dough scraper, a silpat, a joseph joseph salad bowl, and two cook books. Alse we got a box of royal riviera pears.
What did you get or give???Toria
"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it" - As You Like It,
W. Shakespeare
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Post #51 - December 26th, 2011, 12:35 amA new crock pot, the Street Food Chicago cookbook, a fat separator.
ETA: And a 3-tier cooling rack.Last edited by abe_froeman on December 26th, 2011, 12:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #52 - December 26th, 2011, 12:53 am3 ornaments (a pig, a "Salame Italiano" and a 6-pack of beer)
2 books (Bitters, Best Food Writing 2011)
Alaskan Ulu chopper
Luxardo cherries
Fallot Dijon mustard
Pumpkin Butter
Chipotle-Raspberry-Apple Sauce
Assorted large-format beers
1 decorative glass machete filled with Tequila + display stand
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #53 - December 26th, 2011, 8:45 amThe Balthazar Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400046351/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=4239478869&ref=pd_sl_66tpu9po4p_e)
truffle shaver/grater
a jar of black truffles
white truffle pate
white truffle oilCookingblahg.blogspot.com
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Post #54 - December 26th, 2011, 8:51 amThe Luxardo cherries sound interesting. I gave a jar of amarena fabbri cherries. These turned out to be not exactly like I thought they would taste like.
Regarding Bathazar, they had the most amazing frites there, crisp skinny fries that accompanied a steak. Yum.Toria
"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it" - As You Like It,
W. Shakespeare
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Post #55 - December 26th, 2011, 2:07 pmRuhlman's Twenty and The Girl in the Kitchen
A covered baker
Two new pans (small clad-style, larger non-stick)
Dried chiles and sichuan peppercorn oil from Thing 2's semester in Beijing
An electric knife to replace the crappy one a got from a garage sale years agoWhat is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
-- Lin Yutang
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Post #57 - December 26th, 2011, 2:37 pm2QT and 3QT covered Le Creuset Stainless Steel Saucepans
Shun Meat Cleaver
Alinea cookbook
Silicon tipped tongs
Microplane
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Post #58 - December 26th, 2011, 3:44 pmI have that cakeplate somewhere.....it disappeared into a box. It is very versatile though.Toria
"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it" - As You Like It,
W. Shakespeare
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Post #59 - December 26th, 2011, 10:33 pmchocolate truffle-filled figs
an array of cheese from Whole Foods
Alton Brown's "Good Eats: The Early Years" and "The Middle Years"
Georgia Pellegrini's "Girl Hunter"
and dinner at my brother's -- and between his cooking and his wife's baking, just being there was a gift, too!"All great change in America begins at the dinner table." Ronald Reagan
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Post #60 - December 27th, 2011, 6:04 amGood Chanukah loot this year:
A great book - Chicago's Classic Restaurants: Past, Present and Future - http://www.amazon.com/Chicagos-Classic- ... 0985273305
A Fred Frozen Smiles ice tray - http://www.amazon.com/Fred-Frozen-Smile ... 357&sr=8-1
A BeanBoozled Spinner Gift Box - http://www.jellybelly.com/Shop/ProductD ... ctID=98782Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
