The Queen of Kitchen Disasters

As much as I love to cook and bake, I'm lazy and I'm horrid at following recipes. Together with my natural capability of clumsiness and inability of handling anything sharp, it's the perfect recipe for ... disasters.

Monday, February 20, 2006

a new word for me - julienne

Today I learnt a new word - julienne when i was searching for a particular food recipe (secret food research *hee*) and I was like *huh* what on earth is it.
 
I guess since the writer is a chef, it is probably a common term.
 
Anyway I did a goggle search and this helpful explanation with photos came up here.
 
If I wrote the recipe and being the lazy me, I would have said "shred carrots coarsely". I'm really lazy, ain't I? But Julienne-ing an item really takes quite a bit of extra efforts ... not to mention my love-hate relationship with my kitchen tools =P

6 Comments:

At 3:19 PM, February 22, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually this term was used all the time by Martin Yan. Rem "Yan Can Cook"? :)

 
At 10:11 PM, February 22, 2006, Blogger muminthemaking said...

i would say "who?" but a distant memory sorta reminds me of a crazy TV chef chopping furiously with his knife and cutting himself in the process...

and no, frankly speaking, i don't remember his shows ... i was more of a "fang tai" viewer!

 
At 2:33 AM, February 26, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hee, i didn't like Fanf Tai. I enjoyed Yan Can Cook. He always went "if Yan can cook, so can you" at the end of every episode. Does that ring a bell? :p

Can still see him on TV for some Da Hua Soy Sauce advert. :p

 
At 11:21 PM, February 26, 2006, Blogger muminthemaking said...

haha it does sound familiar ... just like this ang moh guy who did aerobics on TV? forgot his name ... i think shd be same era *rofl*

As for fang tai, her recipes suck big time, but I normally watch it cuz my ma jie does and it's an excuse for me not to be doing my homework hee.

 
At 2:35 AM, February 27, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

ya manz! her recipes are scary! my mum followed her lemon chicken exactly and the whole family almost puke! then it's no more fang tai! :P

but who's the ang moh guy who did aerobics?

 
At 1:56 PM, February 27, 2006, Blogger muminthemaking said...

hohoho ... u can check him out here http://www.richardsimmons.com/

Just goggled him out ... it might ring some bells ... in fact, i even saw his cookbook in the NLB! but nay ... didn't get around to borrowing it =)

 

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