Welcome to a new series–Ask the Test Kitchen–where we sit down with ATK employees for an unfiltered, unscripted Q&A.
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00:39 @colewagoner: Letting meat come to “room temp” before cooking
02:07 @asporochvoisine: People who say you shouldn’t eat the skin on a kiwi
03:03 @cherryporq: Recreating the dair spectrum with skim milk and heavy cream
05:25 @SIBrown: Which is best to keep boiled pasta from sticking – Olive oil, butter, or salt?
06:57 @shinywiggletuff: Hard boiled eggs are easier to peel if you add vinegar to the water
09:19 @l_c_black: MSG isn’t going to do anything to you but taste good
11:07 @ThaJournalist: That you should wash meat before you cook it
13:34 @Kate: Does anything besides onion goggles prevent you from crying? Matchstick in the mouth, chewing gum, etc etc.
15:35 @jhenderson33: Wood is better than gas for cooking pizza
18:11 @khopper: Does alcohol actually burn off when you cook it?
20:15 @fluffylauged: “it doesn’t matter when you throw your spices in” myth
22:25 @chadchenail: If your hands smell like garlic. does rubbing them on something steel actually help?
23:43: @KarenKucinski3 – Difference between garlic powder and garlic salt
25:28: @MiguelSegovia: Why do you sometimes ask for extra virgin olive oil to sear meats? ATK also recommends not using it for high heat…
28:35 Does baking soda work with other veggies as it works with onions?
30:31: @LindaKoehn: What about caramelizing onions in the oven?
31:21 @randomdog: When you cook a batch of food what do you do to keep it different every day.
34:39 @krezelak: That rare or medium rare steaks are considered the way to eat steak when it’s actually just a way for restaurants to turn orders around faster.
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Disclaimer: This video was filmed earlier this year and our team is currently working on exciting new content at home for the foreseeable future. Stay healthy and hope you enjoy!
I can't stand any milk that is not whole milk. I grew up on milk straight from the cow so even whole milk in the store is not as good as what I had when I was younger.
Kiwi skin is like eating a scrotum.
Julia were you in the movie singing it was about Ireland it was just a cameo appearance if that's your real voice you have a beautiful voice by the I wasn't sure if it was you
I love this series with the two of you. Most excellent. Can we talk about oxidation points with various oils? and temperatures. Oxidation leads to carcinogens.Thank you.
The vast majority of us do not have a local butcher shop. Supermarket beef, pork and chicken, although being "fresh" usually has some unwanted moisture on it. We rinse that off , pat dry and can function in the kitchen and keep it clean without a glass of {yuck} wine. I started steaming my eggs as y'all do on ATK, love the ease of peeling, thank you very mucj.
I rarely watch a Q&A session for anything. I really enjoyed seeing the relationship/personality interactions… have you ever thought of enjoying cocktails while filming? I believe that would make these Q&As even more enjoyable for us.
I always ordered well done steak, that was the way my mom and dad always made them. I went to a steakhouse and the person I was with ordered med rare, when it came they kind of threw a fit that it was too RAW so I said “I’ll take it, you take mine” just get the attention off us. That was the best steak I ever had. I now always want steaks med rare.
On cutting onions . No one ever mentions Airflow & vents .
The words 'baking soda' and 'baking powder' were used to describe how they work with onions. Which is it… soda or powder?
Very informative and fun video
There needs to me more videos like this!
I remember that iron poker but she used it to bring the water in her green beans back to the boil.
If you want to RAISE the pH, you should add baking soda. Vinegar LOWERS the pH. I heard vinegar in boiling water is good for help create poached eggs.
I think my failure with steaming is that I'm not "shocking" the eggs. I use the steam feature of my rice cooker and the eggs aren't going from fridge to steambath in seconds. My Instapot seems to do that the fastest (1c water, up to 24 eggs on a rack, 3m at pressure, natural release 10m, cool in icewater).
And Jack and his family can come over any time. Just call first.
If I need to chop more than one onion, I place my cutting board on top of my stop of my stove and turn on the exhaust fan, no tears! I always prep all my my food before beginning to cook, as my stove top is not hot then.
When chopping more than one onion, I place my cutting board on top of my stove and turn on the exhaust fan… no tears! I always do all my food prep before starting to cook. Try this.
Everyone I know and cook for likes their steak med med rare.
There should be a study for this and see if temp preference is a regional or cultural thing .. maps and charts ..
Oh i hope to find more of this love it as someone else mentioned foods in we are not using enough of but please make it inclusive so that people who do not have access to specialty markets like myself can find and use. Small town in southern ohio produce from a walmart think about people like me
I have a freezer on the bottom so don’t think I’ll be sticking my face in there! 😂
Also if your allergies are under control, you won’t cry but if you haven’t been taking your antihistamines regularly, you will. Explains why some people don’t cry – they don’t have allergies.
This was a great episode. Educational and fun 😊
Wearing contacts prevents crying.
We cook pizza in a ceramic cooker (Big Green Egg) all the time. Great taste and you don’t need another grill.
If you Hit the egg on the pointy end, there's an air bubble there. break the membrane and the egg peals easy.
Re Eggs: Bring eggs to room temp (for a few mins to take the chill off) so when you drop into boiling water it will keep the shells from cracking. Boil 12 mins plunge into ICE WATER they will peel effortlessly
I used to do with milk what most kids did with their parents alcohol. My mom only used milk for coffee and cooking, I love milk and my mom would get mad at me for drinking most of a gallon. So to stop me, she drew a line on the container and told me I would be in trouble if the milk was below the line, so what did I do…just add water. When you water down while milk it comes out like skim milk. I still, at the tender age of 56 , love ice cold skim milk.
@22:50 Mouthwash works because of the concentration of alcohol in it. You could also use vodka/whiskey or just rubbing alcohol (which is also useful against oil-based stuff like hot peppers).
7:30 I disagree with the assessment (though maybe it was just poorly-stated).
If you put an egg into pure vinegar, it reacts with the calcium carbonate in the shell, and leaves the membrane completely intact.
The reason to add vinegar is to compromise the structural integrity of the shell: the calcium carbonate dissolves into the acidic vinegar and weakens the shell.
I also don't think it makes the eggs easier to peel – it just makes the shells softer.
Onion goggles. Not to be confused with Beer goggles.
Always watch the regular showing with cooking and segments but this made me love Jack so much more. (Already loved Julia and Bridge)
If you buy a chicken from a butcher, and he gets it delivered directly from a small farmer… it does need to be washed.
MSG: some people are intolerant
Ok I got this from a different YouTube video and it works great, fill a heavy bottom small sauce pan with water, add some vinegar and salt. Bring to full roiling boil. Add 6 eggs carefully to boiling water with slotted spoon. When eggs begin to boil again start timer for 6 minutes, turn heat down to keep from over boiling. Water should boil but not out of the sauce pan. After six minutes turn off heat and place lid on pan, set timer six more minutes. After last six min place eggs in ceramic bowl. The peels almost fall off. This is a medium boil add more time for hard. Or less for soft.
Being Puerto Rican and cooking with onions every day, I never tear chopping onions! I make my fresh sofrito and onions never make me tear!
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Avoiding onion tears: Put your cutting board next to your stove and turn on the hood vent while you are slicing. You can also setup a (small) fan to blow horizontally across your cutting board. Basically, keep the onion vapors from reaching your eyes.
https://youtu.be/PKN1pCXQ6Vo
Steam the eggs for 14 minutes. Place in cold water for 5 minutes, then peel them. I have about a 98% success rate.
Washing your hands with a palm full of kosher salt will help with garlic smell, too. I think mainly because of the abrasive nature of it.
I always got the sense that Chris Kimball never liked Jack Bishop and seeing jack with his guard down in videos like this I don't understand why.
Watching this and looking at the date can't help but think, "this must have been filmed before March 17th"
Don’t let your meat come to room temperature??? How did people live in days past?
It would be fun to have a few cocktails with Julia and listen to how entertaining she would be in a more private setting.
On the Mac label it says added salt to only Garlic Salt- not powder
I have now acquired a 2nd not as well loved pizza stone-thinking of firing up my wood!/charcoal grill;stone in for pizza in what would be a cold weather treat-will it blow up(crack the thing)
Jack; great position on "industrial" seed oils! Maybe MSG is bad when it is used to make bad foods taste good and we eat more?
Ive got a trick for onions and I came about it on an opps in the kitchen, i cut one end off not the root and, and then slice in half I run the onions under decent warm water for a few secs,like 30 seconds and then just chop however😁 huge difference
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I love this
Such a great episode. Please do more of these, "Answering Common Kitchen Questions with …" 🙏
Question, does cooking spray work for browning ?