August 9th: Culinary Boot Camp! Blanching Veg, Selecting Fat, Scaring the Hell Out of Servers

Hot Dogs and Caviar

Hi everyone! Nate had a fun idea for this week's cast. He wanted to spend some time doing a deep dive into some basic topics. On this episode, he covers blanching (boiling) vegetables, and Jesse gets into how to select the proper cooking fat.

Also, they get into a bunch of nonsense and tell stories about pranks.

Time Stamps:

0:59 The Double Scare Prank Story

6:21 Introducing Culinary Boot Camp

9:35 Jesse’s Stage at Jacky’s Bistro

12:45 The Sarah Duncan Revenge Story

14:24 On Big Pot Blanching

27:16 The Thomas Keller Effect

35:20 On the Additive Nature of Best Practices

36:45 How Not to Make Your Stock Suck

38:35 How to Choose Your Cooking Fat

42:42 Nate Gets Pissed Off, part what, like 97?

43:44 Butter is Different

44:45 On Ghee, and How to Sauté in Butter

53:50 On the Evils of Seed Oils

57:48 Jesse Visits the Skylight Inn for 100 Mile BBQ