Kitchen myths

[Darren72]

Thought this would get people talking:
http://www.pgacon.com/KitchenMyths.htm

[Pei]

OMG, thank you for posting that. I've been hanging on to a recipe calling for wheat starch for a week now, looking for it in all the markets to no avail. When I read the sentence "wheat starch (or flour)..." I almost died.

[mhoffman]

Alton Brown can often be seen on Good Eats with a furrowed brow, thumbing pages of "On Food and Cooking."

[Darren72]

I think he's done more to promote that book than anyone. I bet it is not a coincidence that a revised version was published a year or two ago!

[Davwud]

Alton Brown did an episode of Good Eats called "Myth Smashers" and dealt with some of that stuff. He did some others as well.

DT

[Darren72]

Correct. He got a lot of those from Harold McGee's books. Definitely "good reads".

[oakjoan]

What fun this article is! I'd heard a number of them before, partic. the bean salting/soaking. Thanks for posting.

[Darren72]

You're welcome. I wish the author had gone the extra step and pointed out that soaking beans in water, and then discarding the water, throws out some the flavor and nutrients.

[mhoffman]

These read like condensed, less detailed versions of excerpts from Harold McGee's books.

[Darren72]

Some are, some aren't. Most people on this website haven't heard of Harold McGee and would benefit from the introduction.

[Candy]

I cannot imagine most true hounds would be unfamiliar with McGee.

[Darren72]

Well, its an empirical statement. There are certainly those who have read everything he's written, and those who have never heard of him. Does it matter how many are in each camp? No. My statement was my guess. Who cares, though? Now everyone who has read this topic knows the name and can learn more if they want to.