Comments on: Culinary Anthropology and Holiday Meals http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/ "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love." - Turkish Proverb Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Mike Fri, 02 Jan 2004 20:56:25 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/#comment-35 Jake - Baking certainly does require a recipe and one that is followed exactly. So may complex chemistry is going on there that the proportions are important. Cooking, on the other hand, can be much more forgiving. While I can bake, I have much more fun cooking (and besides, Christine likes to bake, so s'all good). Michelle - Yup. Love it, and have one of his cookbooks that I need to finish reading. Jake – Baking certainly does require a recipe and one that is followed exactly. So may complex chemistry is going on there that the proportions are important. Cooking, on the other hand, can be much more forgiving. While I can bake, I have much more fun cooking (and besides, Christine likes to bake, so s’all good).

Michelle – Yup. Love it, and have one of his cookbooks that I need to finish reading.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Michelle Fri, 02 Jan 2004 12:40:51 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/#comment-33 Do you watch Good Eats on FoodTV? If not, I highly recommend it. My husband Ryan loves to cook, but he also loves to learn the "science" behind it; Good Eats is definitely a great show for that. Do you watch Good Eats on FoodTV? If not, I highly recommend it. My husband Ryan loves to cook, but he also loves to learn the “science” behind it; Good Eats is definitely a great show for that.

]]> By: Jake http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jake Fri, 02 Jan 2004 03:34:08 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/#comment-28 See, in my mind, baking more or less requires a recipe... It's more scientific. See, in my mind, baking more or less requires a recipe… It’s more scientific.

]]> By: Christine http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Christine Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:33:53 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/#comment-18 I still don't get what there is to understand about a recipe. You decide the tomatoes look good, you buy them, you buy the rest of the ingredients... you make the food. Sometimes even without a recipe. (I don't always require a recipe to cook, for the record and all that...) I guess I'm the type that can see the yummy tomatoes (gag!), buy them, and before you know it ... have a meal. I still prefer to bake though. Mmmmmm... ;-) I still don’t get what there is to understand about a recipe. You decide the tomatoes look good, you buy them, you buy the rest of the ingredients… you make the food. Sometimes even without a recipe. (I don’t always require a recipe to cook, for the record and all that…) I guess I’m the type that can see the yummy tomatoes (gag!), buy them, and before you know it … have a meal.

I still prefer to bake though. Mmmmmm… ;-)

]]> By: Jake http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Jake Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:43:19 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2003/12/29/culinary-anthropology-and-holiday-meals/#comment-17 These days, holidays are excuses to brine and cook turkey (Hezzy calls brined turkey "heroin turkey" and for good reason ;^). I'm to the point that I never make the same brine twice but it's always good bird. (Try some grated ginger in your brine. It's amazing!) As far as nostalgia goes, it's all about the pies: pumpkin and pecan and more pumpkin. And then New Year's Day (my birthday) is all about cheescake. These days, holidays are excuses to brine and cook turkey (Hezzy calls brined turkey “heroin turkey” and for good reason ;^).
I’m to the point that I never make the same brine twice but it’s always good bird. (Try some grated ginger in your brine. It’s amazing!)

As far as nostalgia goes, it’s all about the pies: pumpkin and pecan and more pumpkin.
And then New Year’s Day (my birthday) is all about cheescake.

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