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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

THIS Absolutely, Positively Does Not Suck...

(Must. Not. Eat. Client's. Dip.) ...

(Must. Not. Eat. Client's. Dip.) ...

(Must. Not. Eat. Client's. Dip.) ...

Clams Casino Butter.

Whew! it's in the freezer now.

Today is a busy day in the kitchen, I'm cooking up a storm, so not going to write much, other than to say how psyched I am to have a gig for this weekend: my first Shore House Shoobie Special. One of the items ordered was my Clams Casino Butter dip.

Dude, you know how good that looks? It tastes 10 times better. It is such a "Shore" thing... but instead of dealing with a sink full of sandy clams and the shells stinking up the trash, the clams are already in the dip. It goes from the freezer to the microwave to the table in 10 minutes flat.

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If I plan to write with any kind of integrity on cooking, I can't pretend I never use alcohol-based ingredients. Vanilla Extract is 35% alcohol (that's 70 proof!). Poach a fish? Court Bouillon has wine. Zabaglione? Wine. Risotto? Wine, or even fortified wine on occasion. Bananas Foster Flambe? Dark rum and banana liqueur. Egg Nog at Christmas? You BET I'm killing off all that salmonella from raw eggs with copious amounts of ethanol. Sheesh.

I'm not editing out wine and spirits from this blog. Period. I'm over 21 and I'm a grownup. I will say, I expect that if you are purchasing and consuming alcohol, YOU are also a grown up, and doing it as a mature, responsible adult, of legal age, and in enough moderation not to risk the health or well being of yourself or anyone else. Exactly the same way that many of the recipes I make include the use of butter, heavy cream, bacon, and other various forms of delicious saturated fats, and if you don't employ some kind of moderation and nutritional sanity in consuming them, you will clog up your arteries and drop dead of a heart attack. Or if you read a recipe on this blog and it has an ingredient that you are deathly allergic to, DON'T EAT THAT! And finally, when I talk about using basic kitchen tools and equipment and the techniques of cooking food, I expect you won't go sticking your hands down the garbage disposal while it's running, or putting your face over the burner to see if fire is hot, or testing if your knife is sharp enough to chop through a chicken carcass by trying it out on your own fingers. There. That's my disclaimer.