"How to Debone a Chicken"

Ok, here it is. Learn it dudes! This is a very easy way to breakdown a chicken. I tried to make it easy to see what I'm doing and somewhat more interesting to watch than others. Enjoy. Check out the recipes.

Pho Boston fa real

A spicy version of the usual pho. The name for it was in Vietnamese and I wouldn't even try to remember it, so let's call it spicy pho with peanuts.

I had this wonderful dish at Pho Boston in West Hartford, CT. Great things about this include: thinly sliced beef, cooked by just pouring the hot broth over the top, peanuts, perfectly cooked rice noodles, a huge bowl with too much broth, and fresh basil.

Now, go get some!

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Apple pickin' and cider sniffin'

The bounty of apples sitting in my kitchen right now are calling me, "Make something tasty out of my succulent, sweet and crunchy flesh." Well, that's what they would say if they could talk, at least.  So I made some apple cider.  Here's the recipe:


Ingredients

-       Apples

Method of Preparation

1.) Put in blender/food processor/ juicer
2.) Strain

Dude, seriously, that's it.  I don't know why they just don't call it apple juice... cider is juiced apples.  It made some wicked tasty cocktails (heat up with mulling spices, shot of rum - drink)

I'm planning the new video right now (chicken deboning will be up soon for viewing via youtube) A Fall Treat: Butternut Squash Soup, stay tuned.


General thoughts I would like to share...

-The smell of bacon is more than enough reason to fall in love
-Cheez-its happen to be made with real cheese (cool?)
-Stewed pork is better than stewed chicken
-Kiwi knives are the greatest knives ever stamped out of a machine Check um out!
-Ground flax seed made it into my bread dough today, not sure what is going to happen until I bake it
-Top Chef Allstars sounds like it will be awesome
-I f***ing hate skunks. Really, I do.  I don't understand how they contribute at all to our world. What other animal prey on these things?  Man, do I hate skunks.  If I had to weigh out which I hate more: Ugg boots or skunks, I would pick skunks, because I really hate ugg boots a lot too.

Filmed first video yesterday

So yesterday, with the help of my tech savvy sister in-law, we filmed the first of many cooking instructional:  Deboning a chicken.  The editing is under way this week, so I hope to have it up in a few days. 

The videos are purposefully not boring and monotone. After searching youtube I found mostly single shot material of “Plain Jane” hacking up sunday dinner. So, in my natural way, as I do in the classroom, I incorporate some comedy into it so peoples' eyes don’t roll into their heads out of boredom. Screen shot above.

General thoughts I would like to share...

-Crab apples taste like garbage

-Why do shows like “Real House Wives of....” Exist?

-The smell of fall reminds me of college

-The smell of fall gives me nose bleeds

-The smell of fall reminds me of the cost of allergy meds

-Fresh pasta trumps whole wheat pasta any day

Cook, Eat... Bacon

Today is the launch of cookeatlive.net, an instructional resource of cooking methods, awesome recipes, and whatever food related stuffs that make its way onto this page.  My name is Joel, a Johnson and Wales University graduate, chef, culinary instructor, and over all food enthusiast. My reason for doing this... well, um... I like to cook and eat. With that said, taking every possibility to share with anyone who cares, my passion for being in the kitchen. Eating too, I like doing that. That bacon just came out of the smoker FYI.

General thoughts I would like to share -

   -I hate fast food

   -I think the USDA should consider bacon as a food group

   -Daniel Boulud is a culinary god

   -Charcuterie is why salt and pork coexist

   -Pizza should never be made through a conveyor belt oven(*cough* pizza hut*cough*)

-Perfecting veal stock is a virtue

  -Freshly baked bread is a reason not to angrily run over squirrels or throw puppies into rivers

I’ll keep you posted on other thoughts