Comments on: Slow Cooking and Fermentation Wars Spiced with Salma Hayek http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/ A Yank. A Brit. Two Terriers. A Vineyard. And a Dream. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wine Making at Crushpad: Choosing the Right Yeast | Wine Making Kits http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 Wine Making at Crushpad: Choosing the Right Yeast | Wine Making Kits Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:25:16 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5633 [...] Slow Cooking as well as Fermentation Wars Spiced with Salma Hayek | Left ... [...] [...] Slow Cooking as well as Fermentation Wars Spiced with Salma Hayek | Left … [...]

]]> By: Lisa http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5467 Lisa Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:53:53 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5467 The weird aftertaste, I think I've discovered, is that, if you cook something too long, it tastes boiled. The advantage is that you can safely leave something for hours, even leave the house like to go pick grapes, and you won't come back to a burned mess. What the slow cooker seems to do, even better than the oven, are beans. And I made a killer Cassoulet that was better than anything I've done in the oven. And it cooked while we crushed the Cabernet from 10 to 2PM. The weird aftertaste, I think I’ve discovered, is that, if you cook something too long, it tastes boiled.

The advantage is that you can safely leave something for hours, even leave the house like to go pick grapes, and you won’t come back to a burned mess.

What the slow cooker seems to do, even better than the oven, are beans. And I made a killer Cassoulet that was better than anything I’ve done in the oven. And it cooked while we crushed the Cabernet from 10 to 2PM.

]]> By: HIH King Dufus http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5465 HIH King Dufus Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:51:05 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5465 As a fan of braising I don't get slow cookers. Everything you talk about (browning, rendering, reducing) is part of braising and most of my favorited braises (if that's a word) don't require much stirring. The other thing is that most slow cooker meals I've had have a wierd after taste. Did you know that while Salma Hayek was born in Mexico and is a native Spannish speaker she is actually Lebanese? Her parents were part of the great Lebanese diaspora of the '60s. And if Miss Hayek is reading this please feel free to stop by my place if you are ever in Chicago. As a fan of braising I don’t get slow cookers. Everything you talk about (browning, rendering, reducing) is part of braising and most of my favorited braises (if that’s a word) don’t require much stirring. The other thing is that most slow cooker meals I’ve had have a wierd after taste.

Did you know that while Salma Hayek was born in Mexico and is a native Spannish speaker she is actually Lebanese? Her parents were part of the great Lebanese diaspora of the ’60s.

And if Miss Hayek is reading this please feel free to stop by my place if you are ever in Chicago.

]]> By: Lisa http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5444 Lisa Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:10 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5444 Beans in the skillet seems very cowboy. But then you are from Oklahoma, you wrangler, you. Beans in the skillet seems very cowboy. But then you are from Oklahoma, you wrangler, you.

]]> By: CGHill http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5443 CGHill Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:24:34 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5443 If I'm opening canned beans, they're going into the skillet. (I do actually know how to soak beans, but I'm also extremely lazy.) If I’m opening canned beans, they’re going into the skillet. (I do actually know how to soak beans, but I’m also extremely lazy.)

]]> By: Lisa http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5438 Lisa Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:56:16 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5438 Surprisingly, the only thing he doesn't tackle much are beans. I guess because he thought beans were done by every other Slow Cooker cookbook. I will say the two cookbooks put out by Ten Speed Press, The Gourmet Slow Cooker Volumes I & II by Lynn Alley, are also pretty good, although not as sciency. And she does throw some beans into recipes without soaking them -- heinous -- but at least she doesn't, like so many Slow Cooker cookbooks, have you opening canned beans and throwing them in! Surprisingly, the only thing he doesn’t tackle much are beans. I guess because he thought beans were done by every other Slow Cooker cookbook. I will say the two cookbooks put out by Ten Speed Press, The Gourmet Slow Cooker Volumes I & II by Lynn Alley, are also pretty good, although not as sciency. And she does throw some beans into recipes without soaking them — heinous — but at least she doesn’t, like so many Slow Cooker cookbooks, have you opening canned beans and throwing them in!

]]> By: leigh http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5437 leigh Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:32:56 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5437 THANKS for the tip on the Slow Cooker book - I can't believe how much slow-cooker crud is out there, so I stopped looking for cookbooks. I have been stuck with my white chicken chili or bbq beef brisket, as everything else ended up tasting blah. One thing that has helped w/my experiments -- If I'm doing a brisket that only fills 1/2 the pot, I cover the contents w/aluminum foil then put the lid on...seems to help with the watering down/condensation issue. Just picked up Schloss's book...looking forward to experimenting! THANKS for the tip on the Slow Cooker book – I can’t believe how much slow-cooker crud is out there, so I stopped looking for cookbooks. I have been stuck with my white chicken chili or bbq beef brisket, as everything else ended up tasting blah.

One thing that has helped w/my experiments — If I’m doing a brisket that only fills 1/2 the pot, I cover the contents w/aluminum foil then put the lid on…seems to help with the watering down/condensation issue.

Just picked up Schloss’s book…looking forward to experimenting!

]]> By: Lisa http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 Lisa Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:11:12 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5433 Kat, your website certainly is a go-to site for me. And I notice that you never skimp on the prep with your crock pot recipes and NEVER put in raw bacon. I'm still amazed at how many so-called cookbooks advocate just throwing stuff in and turning it on. Kat, your website certainly is a go-to site for me. And I notice that you never skimp on the prep with your crock pot recipes and NEVER put in raw bacon. I’m still amazed at how many so-called cookbooks advocate just throwing stuff in and turning it on.

]]> By: kat http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5432 kat Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:56 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5432 Search Crock Pot on my blog we've had some good results with recipes in there, stews, ribs, white beans soup. I've been so busy here lately I use it more than ever Search Crock Pot on my blog we’ve had some good results with recipes in there, stews, ribs, white beans soup. I’ve been so busy here lately I use it more than ever

]]> By: Eric http://leftcoastcowboys.com/2009/11/05/slow-cooking-and-fermentation-wars-spiced-with-salma-hayek/comment-page-1/#comment-5430 Eric Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:51:25 +0000 http://leftcoastcowboys.com/?p=4349#comment-5430 Classic! Love the word-smithing as usual ... you've got me jonesing for some slow cooked goodness ... that's the kind of meal a single guy like myself can easily make. Maybelline makes a good recomendation with the tri tip / salsa. Speaking of salsa ... the Hayek cleavage is spicy and worth the visit :) Classic!
Love the word-smithing as usual … you’ve got me jonesing for some slow cooked goodness … that’s the kind of meal a single guy like myself can easily make. Maybelline makes a good recomendation with the tri tip / salsa. Speaking of salsa … the Hayek cleavage is spicy and worth the visit :)

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