Comments on: All the Details http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: psu http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9240 psu Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:07:20 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9240 1. The meat is not cooked all the way at that stage. 2. You will put it back in the pan and cook it some more after. 3. You don't have to do it if you don't want to. But it's always worked for me. 1. The meat is not cooked all the way at that stage.

2. You will put it back in the pan and cook it some more after.

3. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to. But it’s always worked for me.

]]> By: mju http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9212 mju Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:50:07 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9212 "At this point pick up the pan and toss the meat back into the mixing bowl." Really? Put the cooked steak back into the same bowl that held raw steak and marinade 5 minutes ago? “At this point pick up the pan and toss the meat back into the mixing bowl.”

Really? Put the cooked steak back into the same bowl that held raw steak and marinade 5 minutes ago?

]]> By: Weiguo http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9151 Weiguo Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:50:44 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9151 that reminds me that rice for sake is "polished" before it's used to make sake. The better quality sake, the more rice-outside is sloughed off. This for taste though, I think, so probably not related, but I dunno. that reminds me that rice for sake is “polished” before it’s used to make sake. The better quality sake, the more rice-outside is sloughed off. This for taste though, I think, so probably not related, but I dunno.

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9147 psu Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:06:54 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9147 My understanding is what rinsing the rice gets rid of starches that on the outside of the kernels. Makes the resulting texture more pleasing and cleaner. I have noticed this when I remember to do it. But since I'm a bad person, I sometimes forget. My understanding is what rinsing the rice gets rid of starches that on the outside of the kernels. Makes the resulting texture more pleasing and cleaner. I have noticed this when I remember to do it. But since I’m a bad person, I sometimes forget.

]]> By: Weiguo http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9144 Weiguo Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:37:26 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9144 also not a snark -- I honestly thought it was to, you know, wash it clean. I dunno that the washing is _sacred_, per se, just kinda part of the preparation. also not a snark — I honestly thought it was to, you know, wash it clean. I dunno that the washing is _sacred_, per se, just kinda part of the preparation.

]]> By: bhudson http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9142 bhudson Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:36:52 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9142 What is the purpose of washing the rice? I know it's an Asian versus American thing (Asians do, and it's sacrilege not to; Americans don't and most don't even know that it's something that anyone might do). What is the purpose of washing the rice? I know it’s an Asian versus American thing (Asians do, and it’s sacrilege not to; Americans don’t and most don’t even know that it’s something that anyone might do).

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9129 psu Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:58:06 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9129 Editor's note: I just fixed an important typo here up in the list of wines to add to the marinade. The sentence was missing several connecting "or" words which are very important. Sorry about that. Editor’s note: I just fixed an important typo here up in the list of wines to add to the marinade. The sentence was missing several connecting “or” words which are very important. Sorry about that.

]]> By: Marian http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9128 Marian Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:59:43 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9128 wash the rice? heh. too much work. but scaring vegetables? that is perfect! wash the rice? heh. too much work. but scaring vegetables? that is perfect!

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9087 psu Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:26:38 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9087 In my experience rice cookers are pretty forgiving. And the manual will tell them to wash the rice and which line to use when filling the bowl with water. In my experience rice cookers are pretty forgiving. And the manual will tell them to wash the rice and which line to use when filling the bowl with water.

]]> By: Weiguo http://tleaves.com/2011/02/02/all-the-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9085 Weiguo Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:51:19 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2522#comment-9085 if someone has trouble with buying mushrooms, they're definitely not going to be able to operate a rice cooker without highly detailed instructions. I'm not even being that snarky -- are they going to know to wash the rice (and how to do it), or the amount of water to use (do most cookers even come with instruction manuals to specify? are they accurate? for what kinds of rice?). note that you also didn't clear up why the stir-fry itself didn't cost her $84. I'm just saying, if she thought the food scale was a one-use disposable model, you really need to spell it all out a lot better than you already have. if someone has trouble with buying mushrooms, they’re definitely not going to be able to operate a rice cooker without highly detailed instructions. I’m not even being that snarky — are they going to know to wash the rice (and how to do it), or the amount of water to use (do most cookers even come with instruction manuals to specify? are they accurate? for what kinds of rice?).

note that you also didn’t clear up why the stir-fry itself didn’t cost her $84. I’m just saying, if she thought the food scale was a one-use disposable model, you really need to spell it all out a lot better than you already have.

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