Another method of measuring the cooking level of any food is managing the time of cooking. In any kitchen we can find a timer like this one, maybe just with other fanciful shapes!
October 31, 2010
A thermometer for meat
The first way of measuring the cooking level of food is to measure the temperature of the food. A common thermometer could be suitable. This particular thermometer shows the different temperature to get cooked each kind of meat (calf, beef, lamb, pork, chicken...).
Here you can find also a realistic scale of measuring the cooking level of common calf meat, depending on the variation of temperature.
"Killing me softly" and the egg is done
Cooking eggs perfectly had always been a big problem for any chef. This technological egg menages the time of cooking while the eggs are boiling. You just have to put it into the pot with all the other real eggs and let them boil. BeepEgg is playing some melodies indicating the cooking level: from “Killing me softly” for “à la coque” eggs, to “I wish i was a hen” for totally firm eggs...
Further informations at:
http://gekonews.blogspot.com/2009/03/indicatore-sonoro-per-bollire-le-uova.html
http://gekonews.blogspot.com/2009/03/indicatore-sonoro-per-bollire-le-uova.html
Runny/squidgy/firm: no more mistakes with soft-boiled eggs!
Everybody knows that the range of time required to prepare soft-boiled eggs dipends on the egg size and temperature. Eggwatcher is a special site that helps you to boil your egg exactly as you desire it! Visit this site and enjoy your next soft-boiled eggs!!
October 27, 2010
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
You can reshape a raw pot broken, but not a cooked pot.
Leonardo da Vinci
FYC - The Raw & the Cooked
With The Raw & the Cooked, the Fine Young Cannibals broke into the mainstream with their particular soul-injected sound. They were seemingly infatuated with late-'50s and early-'60s Motown, and the musical influences on this album range from boogie ("Good Thing," on which Squeeze keyboardist Jools Holland goes to town with a foot-stompin' piano solo) to poodle-skirted slow dance ("As Hard As It Is," "Tell Me What"), then stretch as far as Prince-like funk ("Don't Let It Get You Down"). Possessing one of the most unusual voices in all of pop music, lead singer Roland Gift gives this album its distinction and the Fine Young Cannibals their identity. About half the songs (including the hit "She Drives Me Crazy") are graced with Gift's steady, crystal-clear falsetto, but it's his swollen-throated lower register, where he sounds like he is singing through a trumpeter's plunger mute, that really makes his voice unmistakable.
October 26, 2010
Lady Gaga & her meat dress
Can the dress be made of real meat? Look at Lady Gaga. More information: http://style.mtv.com/2010/09/13/2010-vmas-was-lady-gagas-meat-dress-real/
how to start a raw food diet
Here you can find some practical informations to become a real crudist.
Uncooked
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We’re not sure how to feel about this book. We want to love it. It’s beautiful and gorgeously photographed by Grant Symon. It isn’t a book for everybody, nor does it have to be. It seems intended for an elitist club of which we’re not members.
Aesthetes we are, however, and Uncooked appeals to our artistic sensibilities. Many recipes are surprisingly easy to execute and the food photography is stunning. We suggest you to have a look of this book also just for a graphic interest in pictures and food!
Raw: the UNcook book
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Raw is the first major guide for preparing raw gourmet cuisine, an introduction to the finest dining this planet has to offer, with unique dishes made entirely from vegetarian and living foods. Raw offers ultimate pure flavor, thousands of textures, and beautiful effects on body, mind, soul and the environment! This isn’t 100 variations of salad, but an ultra-gourmet cuisine, which fuses ancient culinary techniques with a modern and practical lifestyle.
Raw food/real world: 100 recipes to get the glow
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This book is an introduction to the world of raw food from the perspective of two regular people who never dreamed they'd even become vegetarian, much less raw and vegan.
They have included recipes from their restaurant, "Pure Food and Wine" and it's full of colorful photos. If anyone gets inspired to live healthier and feel better from reading this book, they will be happy.
Some of the recipes are simple and easy, some are great for impressing company. At the back of the book is an index of ingredients and where you can find lots of them!
The Raw and the Cooked
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October 24, 2010
饮食男女（yǐn shí nán nǚ）directed by 李安 (Ang Lee) (1994)
The film features numerous scenes displaying the technique and artistry of gourmet Chinese cuisine. Since the family members have difficulty expressing their love for one another, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners serves as a surrogate for the spoken expression of their familial feelings.
October 21, 2010
RAW
鲜 (xiān)
甲骨文中，“鲜”指代生肉，用于祭祀和饮食
腥 (xīng)
〈古〉生肉或鱼
生 (shēng)
未经烧煮或未烧煮熟的
The word is used to mean what is uncooked or cooked but still raw.
For example, 项王曰：“赐之彘肩。”则与一生彘肩。（《史记·项羽本纪》）
For example, 项王曰：“赐之彘肩。”则与一生彘肩。（《史记·项羽本纪》）
COOKED
熟 (shú)
(v.) 本作“孰”，“熟”是后起字。本义：煮熟，食物烹煮到可吃的程度
In ancient Chinese, the word meaning cooked is wrote as "孰", not “熟”. For example, 孰，食饪也。(《说文》)
(adj.) 经过加工或处理过的
As an adjective, "熟" means has been processed. For example, 熟茶(ripe tea)
与“生”与“熟”相关的谚语、成语
Proverbs or Idioms related to Raw and Cooked
生米煮成熟饭 (shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn)
茹：吃。用来描绘原始人不会用火，连毛带血地生吃禽兽的生活。
Depict the life that the primitive eat birds and beasts with fur and blood when they cannot use fire.
烹龙炮凤 (pēng lóng páo fèng)
唐·李贺《将进酒》诗：“烹龙炮凤玉脂泣，罗屏绣幕围香风。”
烹：煮；炮：烧。形容菜肴极为丰盛、珍奇。
生米煮成熟饭 (shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn)
比喻事情已经做成了，不能再改变。
This means raw rise has been cooked. It's an analogy that things have been done and cannot be changed.
茹毛饮血 (rú máo yǐn xuè)
《礼记·礼运》：“未有火化，食草木之食，鸟兽之肉，饮其血，茹其毛，未有麻丝，衣其羽皮。”茹毛饮血 (rú máo yǐn xuè)
茹：吃。用来描绘原始人不会用火，连毛带血地生吃禽兽的生活。
Depict the life that the primitive eat birds and beasts with fur and blood when they cannot use fire.
烹龙炮凤 (pēng lóng páo fèng)
唐·李贺《将进酒》诗：“烹龙炮凤玉脂泣，罗屏绣幕围香风。”
烹：煮；炮：烧。形容菜肴极为丰盛、珍奇。
The idiom means cooking dragon and phoenix. It’s used to describe the food is rich and rare.
Cotto
còtto: lat. CÒCTUS p. p. di CÒQUERE cuocere (v. Cuocere). -preparato al fuoco; fig. Invaso da ardore amoroso, o preso dai calori del vino. Di qui la frase “Andar cotto di checchessia” per Andar pazzo, Esserne invaghito strabocchevolmente.
Deriv. Còtta; Cottíccio; Còtto; Cottúra.
Comp. Biscòtto; Concòtto; Decòtto; Ricòtta; Scottàre; Scòtto; Stracòtto.
Cooked with fire; it’s the opposite of raw
Cooked with fire; it’s the opposite of raw
Prometheus myth: the man who stole god’s fire
Prometheus myth recalls the transition to a humanized civilization made possible by the discovery of fire.
This discovery made possible cooking food, heat from the cold, and defense against animal. Cooking food, and especially meat, has changed the man from a physical point of view: the jaw becomes smaller to make space for the skull. Fire is important because it allowed us to distinguish man from animals.
Elvira Coot, alias Grandma Duck
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| Grandma Duck with an handmade cake |
The Flintstones
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| Dino is stealing to Barney Rubble a raw steak |
If you want to learn more about al the characters of the Flintstones, Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty and their families, enjoy watching the series, and if you missed some episodes, here is a quick summary!
中华小当家 (Cooking Master)
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Cooking Master is a Japanese comic about a talent cooking boy, the stories that happened while he learned cooking.
西游记（xī yóu jì) written by 吴承恩
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The novel depicts the stories happening during the Journey from Xi’an (the capital of Tang Dynasty) to India. Four people (Xuanzang 玄奘, Sun Wukong 孙悟空, Zhu Bajie 猪八戒, Sha Wujing 沙悟净) made this trip. The aim of the trip was to get the Buddhist Sutras and bring them back. On their way, they met lots of difficulties and demons, who want to cook and eat Xuanzang so as to live forever.
《论语•乡党十八》（lún yǔ）—— 孔子（kǒng zǐ）
Analects by Confucius
“君赐食，必正席先尝之。君赐腥，必孰而荐之。君赐生，必畜之。侍食于君，君祭，先饭。”
(Traslation of the red part) When his prince stint him raw meat as a present, he would have it cooked and then offer it first in sacrifice before his ancestors.
“君赐食，必正席先尝之。君赐腥，必孰而荐之。君赐生，必畜之。侍食于君，君祭，先饭。”
【译】国君赐给熟食，孔子一定摆正座席先尝一尝。国君赐给生肉，一定煮熟了，先给祖宗上供。国君赐给活物，一定要饲养起来。同国君一道吃饭，在国君举行饭前祭礼的时候，一定要先尝一尝。
吐儿冢 ——《封神演义》（fēngshén yǎnyì）
Fengshen Yanyi
King WEN / Ji Chang (周文王/ 姬昌) – a saint, the first King of Zhou Dynasty who wrote a famous book - I Ching.
Bo Yi Kao (伯邑考) - the eldest son of Ji Chang
King ZHOU (商纣王) - the last king of Shang Dynasty who was very cruel.
King WEN / Ji Chang (周文王/ 姬昌) – a saint, the first King of Zhou Dynasty who wrote a famous book - I Ching.
Bo Yi Kao (伯邑考) - the eldest son of Ji Chang
King ZHOU (商纣王) - the last king of Shang Dynasty who was very cruel.
King ZHOU put Ji Chang in jail. Bo Yi Kao was worried about his father, so he went to Yindu (The capital of Shang Dynasty) to beg King ZHOU to release Ji Chang. But King ZHOU caught him as a hostage. At the same time, King ZHOU got the news that Ji Chang had already finished the book I Ching, which could divine the future. King ZHOU had a cruel idea to test Ji Chang’s ability. He killed Bo Yi Kao, cooked his meat to make a soul and gave it to Ji Chang. Seeing the soup, Ji Chang divined the fact and knew this was a test. If he refused, King ZHOU would suspect him. So he ate the soup. After hearing the report, King ZHOU said smugly, ”Who said Ji Chang was a saint? He had even no idea to eat his son’s meat!” From then on, King ZHOU lowered guard to Ji Chang.
In fact, Ji Chang didn’t digest the meat. He threw them up and formed a grave named “吐儿冢”. It’s also said that the stuff thrown out by JiChang became rabbits, so there is a saying floating aroud Youli (a city’s name) "the rabbits in Youli never can be hunt."
crudo vs cotto
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The raw food is a form of alimentation that promotes the use of uncooked foods.
This isa simplistic form of health-conscious approach with which they show the disadvantages of cooking, without understanding the benefits.
This isa simplistic form of health-conscious approach with which they show the disadvantages of cooking, without understanding the benefits.
The alleged benefits of healthy raw food has never been demonstrated.
Measurement
The first way of measuring the cooking level of food is to measure the temperature of the food. A common thermometer could be suitable. This particular thermometer shows the different temperature to get cooked each kind of meat (calf, beef, lamb, pork, chicken...).
Somebody also created a "cooked-raw scale" showing the color of meat related, of course again, with temperature. Actually, the color of food is another very important indicator to know the cooking level.
Usually, people pay a particular attention in cooking eggs. We want them well done, not totally cooked, with the yolk well row and still intact... For these reasons, some designers invented a particular instrument to check the cooking level of boiled eggs: we just have to boil this artificial egg in the same pot with the other eggs. When
October 20, 2010
Bible citation
From the Bible, Exodus 12, 8-10
[8] And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
[9] Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
[10] And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
(English version)
[8] E mangeranno quella notte le carni arrostite al fuoco, e pane azzimo con lattughe selvatiche.
[9] Non mangerete niente di crudo, nè di cotto nell’acqua, ma solamente arrostito al fuoco: mangerete la testa, e i piedi, e gl’intestini di esso.
[10] Nulla di esso rimarrà al mattino: se qualche cosa n’avanza, la brugerete col fuoco.
(Italian version)
These verses from the Bible refer to the celebration of Easter in the Israel kingdom. Jewish Easter had been instituted in Egypt to commemorate the freeing of israelites. For Israel that meant a new beginning since, after more than 430 years of servitude under the egyptian domanion, israelites could finally follow their own path that God set for them.
The festivity used to begin on the 14th of the Nisan month (March-April) and continued for seven days. On the tenth day of the month, they had to choose one white coat lamb from the whole flock. On the fouteenth day, they should sacrifice that lamb, eat it, and spread the lamb’s blood on the lintel and the two jambs of each door of all their houses.
That’s the marker of their salvation as, in that night, God would pass through Egypt to inflict the ten plagues to the country, just sparing their houses.
The festivity used to begin on the 14th of the Nisan month (March-April) and continued for seven days. On the tenth day of the month, they had to choose one white coat lamb from the whole flock. On the fouteenth day, they should sacrifice that lamb, eat it, and spread the lamb’s blood on the lintel and the two jambs of each door of all their houses.
That’s the marker of their salvation as, in that night, God would pass through Egypt to inflict the ten plagues to the country, just sparing their houses.
Human Torch
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| Human Torch by Marvel Comics |
The Human Torch (whose "real" name was Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm) is a fictional character and superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, he is a member of the superhero team the Fantastic Four, debuting in november 1961.
Crudo
crúdo: rum. crud; prov. e fr. cru; port. crù; sp. crudo. Cfr. a. a. ted. hrâo (genit. hrâwes) crudo = lat. CRÚDUS che il Curtius stacca da una rad. KRU = CRU, [forse affine a KAR (v. Carena)], che ha il senso di esser duro, ond’anche il sscr. krûras duro, crudo, acerbo, crudele, kravya (gr. krèas per krèfas) carne (quasi sangue rappreso), lo zend. khrûta duro, crudo, il lat. crusta crosta e crúor sangue rappreso, il gr. krý-os gelo, krýstaìnô faccio gelare, krý-stallos cosa rappresa, congelata, kraýros rigido, l’ant. nord. ted. hri - m guazza gelata, il lit. krusza grandine (cfr. Cristallo e Crosta). Il Georges lo dice sincopato da *CRÚIDUS staccandolo direttamente da CUOR sangue e col senso di sanguinante (cfr. Cruento).
fig. Duro, Aspro, Rozzo, Rigido, Crudele.
Deriv. Crudaménte; Crudèle; Crudézza; Crudità; Incrudíre; Rin-crudíre; S-crudíre.
We define raw a material (usually meat or food in general) wich could or should be cooked.
October 18, 2010
cooked and raw all over the world
raw / cooked (English)
crudo / cotto (Italian)
生 / 熟 (Chinese)
生 / 調理 （Japanese）
원시 / 조리 (Korean)
cru / cuit (French)
roh / gekocht (German)
grondstoffen / gekookt (Dutch)
primas / cocidos (Spanish)
amh / cócaráilte (Irish)
сырье / приготовленный (Russian)
cruda / cocta (Latin)
ακατέργαστο / μαγειρεμένα (Greek)
(Arabic) مطبوخ / الخام
(Persian) پخته / خام
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