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Ken Z the Lobster + Unnamed Friend (Erik?)

October 3, 2012 Monte 6 comments

Date: September 23, 2012
Location: Our apartment!

Meet Ken Z the lobster, he’s from NYC Chinatown. He’s a big ol’ ugly bastard and weighed about 1.5 pounds – Ken’s friend (Erik?) was also about 1.5 pounds. Steven, Arthur, and I schemed Ken’s and Erik’s fates by looking to the French Laundry Cookbook. We boiled 8 quarts of water and added a half cup of white distilled white wine vinegar, and then let the lobsters steep for 2 minutes.

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Categories: Cooking, Seafood Tags: butter, caviar, cooking, food, lobster, poach, sous vide

Fake Fried Chicken aka Baked Fried Chicken

October 2, 2012 Monte 2 comments

I made baked fried chicken because I didn’t have the oil to deepfry the chicken thighs. SO SAD. I should’ve just bought more oil but I was being a lame-o. Anywhoo, I marinated the chickens in a mixture of buttermilk, honey, chili-garlic paste (the really Azn kind), black pepper and minced garlic.

How did I not have enough oil to deep fry but have buttermilk? I didn’t have buttermilk – but I had milk and lemon buahaha. (Mix lemon and milk together for a few minutes, let it sit, and it’s akin to buttermilk). They call me MacGyver…(hardly) Click to see more chicken