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'First Date'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 29, 2012 6:12:33 pm PST #24505 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Come visit me, Jen! I will put it on your plate!

Re: roux. I need to do it in a pan that's not a cast iron pan, because I can't monitor the subtleties of the roux color and end up pulling it early. Oh! Roux wars: whisk or wooden spoon?


Nora Deirdre - Feb 29, 2012 6:13:05 pm PST #24506 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Dana, no but I'm gonna!


Kat - Feb 29, 2012 6:13:19 pm PST #24507 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Vortex, with buttermilk and shredded sharp cheese? And then baked?


-t - Feb 29, 2012 6:13:41 pm PST #24508 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Wooden spoon! Charismatic wooden spoon, even.


Kat - Feb 29, 2012 6:14:26 pm PST #24509 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Nora, I use either, depending on what's clean. The whisk does work an iota better with less gloppy sticking. I end up making the roux in le creuset pot which is easier to see because of the white enamel.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 29, 2012 6:17:42 pm PST #24510 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

That is exactly what I use, Kat, my Le Crueset Dutch oven. Which is why I use a wooden spoon, so I don't scratch up the enamel. Very prissy of me, I know.


JenP - Feb 29, 2012 6:19:26 pm PST #24511 of 30001

Come visit me, Jen! I will put it on your plate!

Woo! The company would be the best part of that, of course, but I would eat. Oh, but how I would eat!

Now I'm retroactively sad about my dinner. PB&J and some (admittedly yummy) lentils.


Kat - Feb 29, 2012 6:19:36 pm PST #24512 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Silicon whisks!


-t - Feb 29, 2012 6:21:08 pm PST #24513 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My roux-stirring technique is almost all scraping across the bottom of the pan, which I don't think I could do effectively with a whisk. I use a wooden spatula like thing, now that I think about it.


Burrell - Feb 29, 2012 6:21:49 pm PST #24514 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Which pan depends on what I'm making, but my usual pan for most things is my 10 inch cast iron skillet. And as for whisk or spoon, I'm like Kat, it depends on what's clean.