"Cooking for Engineers" [Archive]

kowgod

10-02-2006, 09:23 AM

Kow, the very thought makes me want to hurl. Ramen is not food. It's human-filler. An MSG-filled human-filler. Ick!

Shoo... that's brain food, woman! 10 cent brain food!

tokenuser

10-02-2006, 02:08 PM

Kow, the very thought makes me want to hurl. Ramen is not food. It's human-filler. An MSG-filled human-filler. Ick!Don't knock Ramen - as a food source themselves they are terrible. BUT, they make a great ingredient in a Vietnamese summer roll (rice skin shet, prawns, shredded lettuce, mint, basil, avocado, mango, and cooked/cold ramen noodles).

Hell, if Alton Brown ("All praise Alton") is happy cooking with Ramen, then so am I :D

diela

10-02-2006, 04:23 PM

Hell, if Alton Brown ("All praise Alton") is happy cooking with Ramen, then so am I :D

I have watched every episode of Good Eats there is... I defy you to name the episode where Alton cooks with Ramen. Maybe as a raw, broken up component, but never as a primary ingredient.

I call ramen noodles "Hubby pacifiers" because he can never wait until dinner is ready. If you're happy eating a big wad o' starch, that's your business, but I think they're revolting.

kowgod

10-02-2006, 04:47 PM

It's not the starch I crave, it's the chemical bath they process the noodle brick in.

Ramen: Truly, food of the Gods.

tokenuser

10-02-2006, 05:19 PM

I have watched every episode of Good Eats there is... I defy you to name the episode where Alton cooks with Ramen. Maybe as a raw, broken up component, but never as a primary ingredient.

I call ramen noodles "Hubby pacifiers" because he can never wait until dinner is ready. If you're happy eating a big wad o' starch, that's your business, but I think they're revolting.Nope - Alton has never ever used them as meal by them self, only as an ingredient (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_24166,00.html) ... and that is what I was referring to as well.

Sitting down to a big bowl of steaming Ramen? No thanks.

BTW - Follow the link to the recipe he used Ramen as a primary ingredient, and not just broken up as filler. It was in The Pouch Principle (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ea/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9956_23807,00.html) episode. I know my Alton :)

wastern

10-02-2006, 06:42 PM

looks like a nice site, i'll have to try some of that out. I like the way they post the work flow image at the end

AriaStar

10-02-2006, 10:24 PM

Yesterday a friend and I were discussing how cooking is a science. And now I have a fantastic idea I need to find out how to implement.

Klitzy

10-03-2006, 02:26 AM

Anyone had oriental coleslaw? Google it and try it. Another recipe that uses ramen noodles. Perfect after school snack so your mommy doesnt have to spread peanut butter on a saltine for you.

Oh wait, was that just me?

kowgod

10-03-2006, 02:51 AM

Ok, ok. My mom tells me I need to be less sarcastic. So, baby steps.

I'll start by saying that MOST of the recipes on the ramen page request you to throw away the salt -- i mean seasoning packet, and use the ramen noodles as a base for bigger entrees.

So, don't discount the power of ramen just yet! VIVA LA RAMENOLUCION!

j3ff5A

10-03-2006, 03:12 AM

Ramen is so deliciously unhealthy. Like the quad stacker at burger king.

diela

10-03-2006, 03:47 AM

Nope - Alton has never ever used them as meal by them self, only as an ingredient (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_24166,00.html) ... and that is what I was referring to as well.

Sitting down to a big bowl of steaming Ramen? No thanks.

BTW - Follow the link to the recipe he used Ramen as a primary ingredient, and not just broken up as filler. It was in The Pouch Principle (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ea/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9956_23807,00.html) episode. I know my Alton :)

*smacks forehead* Pouch Principle... thank you. Come to think of it, I made those once or twice right after the episode aired. Hubby and daughter were not fans. :D Good memory!

tokenuser

10-03-2006, 12:42 PM

Yesterday a friend and I were discussing how cooking is a science. And now I have a fantastic idea I need to find out how to implement.There is a lot of science to cooking - especially chemical reactions, and the use of acids and enzymes, but most ches will tell you that cooking is an art - because it is freeform, but BAKING is a science, because everything needs to be balanced in proportions and allowed to react properly before you can proceed.

I wish I could remember the site, but there was a web site that had recipes laid out like computer science block diagrams. I was very cool, and a lot easier to follow than anything done by Julia Child :)

masherscf

10-03-2006, 05:14 PM

There is a lot of science to cooking - especially chemical reactions, and the use of acids and enzymes, but most ches will tell you that cooking is an art - because it is freeform, but BAKING is a science, because everything needs to be balanced in proportions and allowed to react properly before you can proceed.

I wish I could remember the site, but there was a web site that had recipes laid out like computer science block diagrams. I was very cool, and a lot easier to follow than anything done by Julia Child :)

Once again, Token and I are on the same page. He makes my almost exact replay BEFORE I can write it.

In all fairness, however, there is such a thing as "Food Science." An understanding of food science can help you cook well. However, may of the worlds best cooks have no formal training in food science. The cooking is in their fingertips. They cook steaks by sense of touch and bake bread and biscuits by the feel of it.

hoodedrobin

10-09-2006, 06:29 AM

Prosciutto e Melone...

Never done that before but, I have done something similar with smoke salmon lollypops... Pretty good turn out, as sick as it sounds.

AriaStar

10-09-2006, 07:34 AM

Once again, Token and I are on the same page. He makes my almost exact replay BEFORE I can write it.

In all fairness, however, there is such a thing as "Food Science." An understanding of food science can help you cook well. However, may of the worlds best cooks have no formal training in food science. The cooking is in their fingertips. They cook steaks by sense of touch and bake bread and biscuits by the feel of it.

Aw, you described me! :) Truth be told, I am truly an awesome person to have in the kitchen. Cooking by feel is much better than cooking by stupid time. Right now I am perfecting a new pumpkin pie recipe and then will resume work on my blueberry muffin recipe.

And, Robin, chili lollipops are also very good and sound sick.

alexsk8ca

10-11-2006, 11:35 PM

I am a huge fan of Alton and Good Eats, but there is another show the engineers/cooks should check out. It's a Canadian show on the food network, so I think unless you are living in Canada you are out of *BT* luck. It's called Food Jammers and kind of reminds my of the Mythbusters. They built things to cook food in or prepare food in different and creative ways. It's very well done.

GAMER135

10-13-2006, 06:53 AM

Dam, thats a good site and man they gots a lot of food on that site, thanks for the link. Now, i need to get back drooling on those mighty fine pieces of bacon i have stumbled along that site.

masherscf

10-13-2006, 01:18 PM

Aw, you described me! :) Right now I am perfecting a new pumpkin pie recipe and then will resume work on my blueberry muffin recipe.

Yummy, I love me some Pumpkin Pie. Do you use a real pumpkin or canned pumpkin?

tokenuser

10-13-2006, 03:23 PM

Yummy, I love me some Pumpkin Pie. Do you use a real pumpkin or canned pumpkin?As an Aussie, the idea of Pumpkin Pie was kinda odd to me (but hey, we have savory meat pies ... something I am surprised hasn't been introduced in a big way over here). Anyway, living in the south (not waaaaay down south, but south enough) we get a lot of sweet potato pie. I think it is better than Pumpkin Pie.

Klitzy

10-14-2006, 05:34 PM

Yeah I as well love sweet potato pie. I like them both though. With a big glob of cool whip on top...

popltree2

10-14-2006, 05:36 PM

Shoo... that's brain food, woman! 10 cent brain food!

10 cents? That must be some high-class Ramen!

AriaStar

10-15-2006, 12:30 AM

Yummy, I love me some Pumpkin Pie. Do you use a real pumpkin or canned pumpkin?

When I can find the right kind of pumpkins, I'll use fresh. But they are hard to find out-of-Halloween-season, so I often have to use canned.

masherscf

10-15-2006, 12:37 AM

When I can find the right kind of pumpkins, I'll use fresh. But they are hard to find out-of-Halloween-season, so I often have to use canned.

You're right. Plus, so many of the pumpkins that are grown at local farms are only grown for Jack-o-lanterns. They make lousy pies.

masherscf

10-15-2006, 12:39 AM

As an Aussie, the idea of Pumpkin Pie was kinda odd to me (but hey, we have savory meat pies ... something I am surprised hasn't been introduced in a big way over here). Anyway, living in the south (not waaaaay down south, but south enough) we get a lot of sweet potato pie. I think it is better than Pumpkin Pie.

It's almost the same thing. Sweet potato and winter squash were Emily's favorite veggies as an infant. We fed her so much, she turned orange.

ctraider

10-18-2006, 04:54 PM

You're right. Plus, so many of the pumpkins that are grown at local farms are only grown for Jack-o-lanterns. They make lousy pies.

A local family store around here has sugar pumpkins along with the other ones. Nice thing is after Halloween they'll give all the pumpkins away. Thats when I'll do a homemade pumpkin pie with fresh sugar pumpkins. Woot