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

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

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

Sweet kitchen hack, bro.

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

Also milk

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

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.

If making pancakes, put 1 Tbsp acid (apple cider vin or lemon juice are both perfect) into 1 cup milk and set aside as you get the other ingredients rounded up. Don't stir the milk and acid, just pour and let it sit. By the time you're ready to add the milk, there's a reaction that will have happened that will result in some very fluffy pancakes.

If making a large amount and holding in the over until the batch is done, make sure you're separating layered caked with good paper towels, otherwise they'll create too much humidity when stacked on top of each other, and you'll undo the fluffiness.

Will LSD work?

No better vessel to deliver some shredded pork in my opinion

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

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.

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

I wouldn't go with a tablespoon.