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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 - 10/07/2010 04:30PM
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This week on Flash Talks Cash Andrew and Flash have a spirited discussion as to whether high education--especially anything above a Bachelor's degree--is worth the high cost and extreme debt. The duo go over figures regarding the discongruity between the pay of those who have undergone various forms of high education and those who haven't. Plus Flash unveils her new "Fact or Fiction" segment, and Andrew has only his wits to survive. This episode was sponsored by Edwards Ham of Surry Virginia.
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Flash Talks Cash Introduction: Jobs & School (19:19)
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JoAnn 'Flash' Fleming, Flash Talks Cash, Andrew Newman, Edwards VA Ham, www.virginiatraditions.com, don't be a fool, drop out of school, does it pay to go to college?, bachelors degree earn on average over $55,000 a year, it DOES pay to go to college, post graduate degrees, unemployment rates are much higher in people without degrees, why take on more debt?, Andrew thinks we should go back to apprenticeships, doctors don't make as much money as they used to, lawyers make a lot of money, is it worth going to law school?, starting salary for $145,000 a year for a lawyer outside of NY, most business schools don't want people right out of college, we could use more mechanics in this country,Email Questions & Fact or Fiction Segment (12:39)
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retirment plans and kids, health care, insurance policies, Fact or Fiction segment, when women make more money than men, is the man more likely to cheat on his wife or not?, Andrew says yes, fact: yes, when a man makes more money than a woman is she more likely to cheat?, Andrew says no, poisonous Chinese drywall, is the government doing anything for these people?, firms that advertise paying your tax debt, are they actually capible of helping?, fact: no,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/07/2010 01:00PM
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This week on the Farm Report, Heather and Erin continue the Report's history of linking farmer with consumer as they speak to Sam Penix of Everyman Espresso and Seth McEachron of Battenkill Valley Creamery. Seth spoke about why he can't distribute his milk himself, and the importance of swift delivery on such a time sensitive product, while Sam lauded the quality of Seth's product and described how the best baristas handle milk and cream in their caffeinated workflow. This episode was sponsored by Edward's Ham of Surry Virginia.
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The Farm Report Introduction: Where Milk Meets Coffee (15:45)
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The Farm Report, Heather Hyman, Erin Fairbanks, Heritage Radio Network, Edwards VA Ham, www.virginiatraditions.com, Sam Penix, Everyman Espresso, Seth McEachron, Battenkill Valley Creamery, high quality milk, researched the idea of bottling own milk, researching bottling milk by looking at processing plants, pasteurization, coffee throwdowns, Counter Culture coffee, Sam sells Seth's milk, you can't store that much milk at a time at a coffee shop, high volume sales, distribution, Seth started bottling today at 11:50PM, milk and distribution in New York,Battenkill Valley Creamery & Everyman Espresso (13:36)
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value added product, bottled at the farm, traceability, highest quality milk available, home delivery, a lot of work and labor involved, farmers markets, selling to supermarkets and mom & pop stores, farm to chef, distribution to New York City customers, space is an issue in New York City, where do you store a weeks supply of milk?, farm to chef has grown, fair trade movement, single origin coffee, flavor profiles, trend is moving towards milk, single origin milk, http://everymanespressonyc.blogspot.com, from crop to cup,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
