Red Mosquito

washing machine wrote:Can you make crudo with a mandoline or is that some sort of sin against good cutlery sense?

i've never made crudo but now i'm wanting it

I used to have a mandoline but always felt worried around it.

I have an all purpose kitchen knife from Martin Yan and it has served me well over the years.

But back to the topic of this fine thread, if you drape a tortilla over two rungs of your oven rack and then let the sides hang down and bake, they make a perfect taco shell. (Add olive oil lightly before baking in oven).

Like this

tragabigzanda wrote:

washing machine wrote:Can you make crudo with a mandoline or is that some sort of sin against good cutlery sense?

I bet it'd work well with scallops, but I wouldn't try any other seafood.

Scallops are exactly what I was thinking, too. Maybe some watermelon radish... I may need a mandoline more than I thought.

Greedo, I admire the spirit behind that tortilla hack, but where I come from crispy tacos take a back seat to soft ones.

i put this tip in the crockpot thread but when making roasts or stew use a pot of strong coffee..its a natural tenderizer

I actually think I've tried that crock pot trick before on doug's recommendation.

washing machine wrote:Greedo, I admire the spirit behind that tortilla hack, but where I come from crispy tacos take a back seat to soft ones.

Oh I agree. I like tortillas over hard shells any day.


I'm a corn tortilla guy myself, actually. I just thought it was an interesting tip for the average joe.

Fair enough. Corn tortillas... I knew I liked the cut of your jib, greedo.

Will LSD work?

washing machine wrote:Fair enough. Corn tortillas... I knew I liked the cut of your jib, greedo.

No better vessel to deliver some shredded pork in my opinion

doug rr wrote:i put this tip in the crockpot thread but when making roasts or stew use a pot of strong coffee..its a natural tenderizer

I did this once with a roast but the flavor was too strong. I guess either I didn't cook long enough or used the wrong coffee.

tragabigzanda wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Will LSD work?

No, but it'd still make for a rad breakfast.

Alan's psychedelic breakfast, indeed.

if you bake a lot like we do, grating a frozen stick of butter sure does the trick...add it to flour etc...also works when your butter is too cold to spread on toast or whatnot

washing machine wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Will LSD work?

No, but it'd still make for a rad breakfast.

Alan's psychedelic breakfast, indeed.

I wouldn't go with a tablespoon.