What did you eat last night for dinner? - Page 1454

I get the point... I've always refused to give into "it no longer means anything"... that inevitably leads to all words losing their value.

Fair enough.

Made this for dinner last night at a friend's - the duck was fresh ($10 a piece, I think Pekin, or something similar to Pekin?) and I broke it down, we saved all the legs and carcasses for later. I was a little disappointed the skin didn't render as much fat in the end - what should I have done differently? With cherry tomatoes I did in honey, lime juice, and ginger, and then an mgm/Keller'ish maxim.

Prick the skin a lot and start it in a cold pan, cook it almost totally on the skin side. Pekin has so much fat, so it never seems to render quite enough. It looks really good, though.

Does the pricking ony apply to certain breeds? I too made a Pekin a few weeks ago using a Robuchon receipe that called for a spiced honey glaze and no pricking. The skin wasn't at all crispy. Also, is resting birds loosely covered a bad idea?

If you're asking seriously, I think the term arose to acknowledge that a restaurant isn't someone's home, but that the item was made on-site.

As for your ketchup, well, I'm happy you're happy.

I think it is a terrible word suited to San Francisco restaurants. And I love Heinz too. And restaurants aren't houses either!

I don't love it, but (serious question) how would you convey the same concept in a more concise manner?

I don't need to know. It is pure marketing bs.

Just to expand on that, I expect restaurants to do their best, and that means choosing whether to use a prepared product or to make one. I don't need to know if something is local or if it is house made. Not interested in Dom which farm it comes, what it's last meal was, what "chef" has to say about cooking it etc.

And god damn it, I really don't care about "chef's" concept or where he was when it came to him.

+1.

There is a great Portlandia sketch about this, where they get the whole life story of their chicken, whether it had any chicken friends, etc. They really nailed it.

+1.

I think somebody ran out of black truffles.

Was there foie as well? I had this one a couple of weeks ago. Probably the richest meal of my life. So much butter.