On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:44:59 -0800, sf wrote:

> On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:48:35 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 23:28:59 -0800 (PST), Rusty wrote:
>>>
>>> It looks like, if you want the real thing, you need to make risotto at
>>> home.
>>
>>i don't know from risotto, but it does seem to me that some things are
>>better gotten at restaurants -
>>
> I'm rarely disappointed by restaurant risotto and it's a whole lot
> easier to order than it is to make.
>>
>>due to higher-temp ovens, burners, economies
>>of scale in ingredients used in small amounts - and some things are better
>>made at home by people who have time to fool with them, or things that
>>would suffer from even only a few minutes between being plated and brought
>>to the table. (i'm thinking of stuff like scrambled eggs in particular.)
>
> I can get killer eggs in restaurants too. Even Denny's doesn't screw
> up breakfast.

i must be going to the wrong places. the diner up the street seems to use
the same temp for scrambled eggs as they do for grilling burgers.

your pal,
blake