tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post8736274379286184162..comments2023-09-19T05:04:25.245-04:00Comments on Doubly Happy: Basic cooking skills a virtue?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-15466872652879769692010-07-26T20:37:07.806-04:002010-07-26T20:37:07.806-04:00Looks like I have my work cut out for me!Looks like I have my work cut out for me!BigAppleNoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468005426755659330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-66085482848821911112010-07-25T23:09:00.613-04:002010-07-25T23:09:00.613-04:00@ Cathleya: I despise white meat too! Maybe this ...@ Cathleya: I despise white meat too! Maybe this is an Asian thing?<br /><br />@ Sugar: I'm totally with your assessment of the book. Some chapters are so exceptionally written and crafted, and others seem like he rambled into a dictaphone, hit print, and called it a day.<br /><br />@ M and C: It's so interesting how all of us are leery of the fish cleaning. I wonder if it's a generational thing?<br /><br />@ Try Anything Once Terri: Any man who can write with such passion about the sexiness of noodles seems like he'd be pretty hot in all other respects. ;-PMrs. Hot Cocoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10729150178205701236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-58335961159202706282010-07-25T16:08:20.005-04:002010-07-25T16:08:20.005-04:00I'm also slowly making my way through the book...I'm also slowly making my way through the book too. I think Tony B.'s got a pretty good point. I think part of the reason we have a food crisis is because people have stopped cooking and eating more fast food. I have crap knife skills and don't really eat enough meat to justify learning to braise, but roasting a chicken? Sure. Why not? <br /><br />Also I am slightly into tony B. myself. I had a very G rated (borderline PG though) dream about him a few weeks ago.Try Anything Once Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462591982064642745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-60556645732674482942010-07-22T17:26:56.935-04:002010-07-22T17:26:56.935-04:00I can do all of those things except the fish one. ...I can do all of those things except the fish one. We buy whole fish but we get it cleaned first. I remember watching my Mom clean fish as a kid and thinking I would never cook fish if I had to clean it. I've never cooked whole live crab or lobster but think I could do it.<br /><br />I have to read this book!Micah and Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139861154575322951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-41644652897393397172010-07-22T16:29:53.186-04:002010-07-22T16:29:53.186-04:00I am 1/3 of a way through Medium Raw on my new Noo...I am 1/3 of a way through Medium Raw on my new Nook. Parts of it are so... raw? and kinda all over the place. But I think that's why I love him. <br />Haven't gotten to this section yet- I would totally fail on 80% of these tasks. It makes me feel like an uber lame cook, but my Husband would pass with flying colors- I think.Sugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536167915933177591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-20164269576403359652010-07-22T14:32:32.109-04:002010-07-22T14:32:32.109-04:00Ah! Pretty proud I can do the majority of these ta...Ah! Pretty proud I can do the majority of these tasks (I wouldn't go so far as to use the word "mastered" but ... "adequately complete and continuing to perfect" these tasks is more where I'm at). :) I'm with you on the fish one---We do buy whole fish on occasion but cook them whole without deboning or filleting---I have no idea how to do those things.<br /><br />I don't believe my husband can do most of these, but one I think is so important to teach him is how to choose produce (smell the cantaloupes, choose the heaviest lemons, etc). <br /><br />I only now realized that I have never roasted a chicken (but many times roasted turkeys... which should sort of count?). While I'm not one for chicken (I'd rather eat no meat at all than eat white meat chicken), I do think it's an important skill and one I'll try to learn soon!Cathleyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554599474105647308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-6653989708657161612010-07-22T12:19:16.083-04:002010-07-22T12:19:16.083-04:00@ bailie marie: He's my chef crush too. I pret...@ bailie marie: He's my chef crush too. I pretty much have the Travel Chanel on all day long then there's a No Reservations marathon on TV!<br /><br />@ lavenderpug: I can't do all of it either. But now I have a self-improvement program! ;-)<br /><br />@ Woman with a Whisk: I thought of bread as well, but then I couldn't decide whether having a bread maker counts? I mean, I feel like even in the age of rice cookers, one should still know how to make rice on the stove, but does that extend to bread?<br /><br />@ charms: I would have run up to him like a giddy fool, and he would have told me to go f#&k myself, and I would have loved it!Mrs. Hot Cocoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10729150178205701236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-63372427317184776722010-07-22T11:33:20.018-04:002010-07-22T11:33:20.018-04:00i can do maybe half the things on that list somewh...i can do maybe half the things on that list somewhat poorly ha. although at some point in my life, i would love to master these.<br /><br />i also have a crush on anthony bourdain. i saw him in the sf airport once and ogled him. he looked nervous that i was going to come over and harass him so i didn't but it was still exciting.charmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428394148815973989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-27556327494156470282010-07-22T08:32:23.222-04:002010-07-22T08:32:23.222-04:00Eh, I'm not sure I agree with everyone needing...Eh, I'm not sure I agree with everyone needing to know how to filet a fish or braise. Even if they're "easy," I'm just not sure it belongs in the average person's cooking repetoire (especially since, as you mention, the fish guy at Whole Foods is very pleasant and capable!). Adequate knife skills and care are a must for safety reasons. I agree with you on being able to cook pasta though, and I'd also add that one should be able to bake a loaf of bread.Woman with a Whiskhttp://www.womanwithawhisk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-43635519699430067532010-07-22T08:16:10.109-04:002010-07-22T08:16:10.109-04:00it would be wonderful if we all knew how to do the...it would be wonderful if we all knew how to do these things--i certainly don't--although it's quite lofty.lavenderpughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814975862490425230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555498623315051469.post-9271045673039814512010-07-22T05:16:49.000-04:002010-07-22T05:16:49.000-04:00Anthony Bourdain is very much my chef crush. When ...Anthony Bourdain is very much my chef crush. When No Reservations is one there is a strict no talking policy!! However I am sure that one or two things on his list would be seriously bad in my hands!<br /><br />(Sorry my last comment had a grammar error I could not stand)bailie mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439202870965055344noreply@blogger.com