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Default Alton Brown last night

On 12/7/2010 6:09 AM, sf wrote:

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> Alton Brown takes simple things and make them hard. I don't
> understand his appeal. If you are interested, I'll post the method I
> use. It works every time. Dry age if that's what floats your boat.
> I tried it once and it wasn't worth the bother AFAIC.


I think you are right about this. Experienced cooks have a hard time
taking his convoluted cooking style seriously. My guess is more than a
few novice cooks will take copious notes. :-)

It's good entertainment though and that's what it's all really about. He
should go whole hog and incorporate voodoo ritual with certain special
phrases that should be repeated three times for good results.