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First Aired - 10/12/2010 12:00PM
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On today's Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia answer your e-mails and take calls from both sides of the Atlantic. Listen to learn the rich history of American country ham, the magical properties of sodium alginate, how to build your own vacuum pump, and the centrifugal secrets of Dave's Banana Justino. This episode is brought to you by Edwards of Surry, Virginia.
Image: American Country Ham from S. Wallace Edwards & Sons
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Cooking Issues: American Country Ham, Garlic, Bell Jars & Big Shrimp (17:00)
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S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, www.virginiatraditions.com, country ham, Sam Edwards, peanut fed hogs, enzyme profiles in older hogs are different than younger hogs, American curing is different than other ham curing, should not be confused with prosciutto, Finchville Farms, Mark Ladner, Del Posto, cooking problems for very tall chefs, caller question, burned garlic, tomato sauce, pressure cooking garlic, email question:, building Bell Jars, vacuum pumps, sous vide shrimp, long cooked prawn, cooked in the shell,Building Vacuums, Freeze Drying & Sodium Alginate (13:30)
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DIY food packing chambers, building vacuum pumps, can the walls of quart size canning jobs withstand a full vacuum, rubber seals, apple chips, freeze drying is a great techinique, nothing else can approximate it, fruit puffing using vacuum and then carbon dioxide, osmotic dehydration, sea weed, Sodium alginate, when it touches calcium it turns into a gel, Algin Bath, caviar, fake onion rings, dog foods, Ferran Adrià, melon caviar, reverse alginate, sodium hexametaphosphate, McGriddle, pancakes with maple syrup inside,Ascorbic Acid, Apple Juice, Agar Gel, Lobster Stock & Banana Justino (20:16)
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what percentage of ascorbic acid should you use as an antioxidant, depends on your application, very low impact on flavor, never confuse citric acid with ascorbic acid, citric acid does not have antioxidant properties, Ashmead's Kernel, apple juice, brown flavor, oxidation, Agar gel, hydrocolloids, Agar is brittle, Locust bean gum, guar gum tastes horrible, lobster stock, don't boil the shells too long, calcium taste, Banana Justino, bourbon, needs a centrifuge, Agar clarification, next week: Live from London!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/01/2010 09:00PM
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Dan Breindel, Nicole Taylor, Caroline Baily
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The Mind Kitchen Begins! Tongue, Shallots, Dr. Pepper, Dandelions, Corn (9:24)
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Matt Timms, Brooklyn Bowl, Mind Kitchen, Heritage Radio Network, Dan Breindel, Nicole Taylor, Caroline Baily, Dan is a visual artist, specializes in light shows, www.milkofparadise.com, Milk of Paradise, Full Service!, this Friday at Tandem, Dan is a part time producer at Heritage Radio Network, Nicole hosts Hot Greae, Caroline is a recent divorce, her wedding was in Costa Rica, guaro, some drunk get let monkeys loose at the wedding, www.retiringbydesign.com, she is also a comedy writer, Tongue, shallots, Dr. Pepper, dandelions, corn,The Contestants Submit Their Meals (13:58)
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the contestants were done before the 10 minutes were up, Dan:, appetizer: corn on the cob with butter and shallots, main course: fried chicken tongue with dandelion stalks, dessert: candy dandelion Dr. Pepper fruit snacks, Nicole:, appetizer: corn soup chilled with cow tongue juice, main course: seared tongue with shallots and corn with tongue juice, dessert?: reduced Dr. Pepper on dandelions, Caroline:, appetizer: dandelion biscuits, main course: giraffe tongue dipped into salt pepper breadcrumbs and egg whites on a stick, dessert: dandelion straws,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/29/2010 04:00PM
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This week on At the Root of It Erin spoke to Andrew Morris and Joe Collins of Briceland Vineyards in Humboldt County. They've created a gold medal wine that is one of a kind (and so popular that its rather hard to come by on the East Coast). Tune in to hear the highly original story of sparkling wine in Humboldt. This episode was sponsored by Barterhouse: purveyors of the finest imported wines from across the world.
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Week in Wine Recap (4:47)
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Erin Fitzpatrick, At the Root of It, Heritage Radio Network, Barterhouse, week in wine recap, Oregon Pinot Noir, Patterson is proposing cuts including the authorization to sell wine in grocery stores, crop report, struggling times for boutique winemakers in California, distribution, Bill Hatcher, A to Z Wineworks, the amount of unpicked fruit this year will be staggering, market, Pabst Blue Ribbon has been sold to Metropolis,Briceland Vineyard & Humboldt County (15:59)
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Briceland Vineyard, Humboldt County, late harvest Riesling, the winery started commercially in 1985, microclimate of Humboldt county, sparkling wine, Boonville, local ranchers all were convinced that you couldn't grow grapes there, the climate is very similar to Champagne, terroir, Champagne was invented out of necessity, 70% Pinot Noir, finishing touches of Chardonnay, structure, ripeness,The Arneis Varietal & Wine Distrubution (15:07)
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Andrew Morris, Joe Collins, The Arneis Varietal, Mediterranean wines, Orange County Fair Gold Medal, it can be a hard sell when people don't recognize the name, its easy to talk about a Gold Medal wine, very small production means most purchasing is local, 95% of the wine gets sold in Humboldt County, tax rules, distrubting on a national level, the cost of shipping is not too expensive, other local agricultural products unique to Humboldt, grass fed beef, seafood, local goats cheeses, Humboldt Fog, www.bricelandvineyards.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
