Good Eats

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SHINYHAPPYKLIN

Thursday, December 30, 2004 3:43 PM

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http://www.rudecatstudios.com/alton/alton.html

Is that Tyrone Mall in ST Pete?
When was he there?
How did I miss that?

Yes it was...I think it was in March '04. There wasn't a lot of publicity for it; it was part of the Simon Malls' promotion of famous chefs/cooking celebrities - they came in to Simon-owned malls for a day and did demos and book signings. I just happened to find out about it two days before from one of my friends (the blond in the last few photos), and she told us about it.

So, you're in the TB area? Yay!!! Another TB Browncoat! We do exist; there's a nice group of us in the St. Pete/Clearwater area, and a smattering we know in Tampa and outlying areas. And of course, we're planning a shindig in Orlando for the movie premiere, so stay in touch!

"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."
Shiny stuff for Browncoats at: http://www.cafepress.com/outtotheblack

RAT

Thursday, December 30, 2004 5:37 PM

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So, you're in the TB area? Yay!!!

I'm in Plant City.

He's got another appearance at...

"Monday, Jan 17, 3:00 PM
Publix Supermarket
Shoppes of Citrus Park
7835 Gunn Hwy.
Tampa, FL 33626-1611"

Will we see you there?

SHINYHAPPYKLIN

Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:42 PM

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Originally posted by Rat:
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So, you're in the TB area? Yay!!!

I'm in Plant City.

He's got another appearance at...

"Monday, Jan 17, 3:00 PM
Publix Supermarket
Shoppes of Citrus Park
7835 Gunn Hwy.
Tampa, FL 33626-1611"

Will we see you there?

Oh, wow...that's not all that far from where I work! I think I might actually be free that day, it just depends on what happens to my schedule between now and then....I'm hoping to make it!!!

"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."
Shiny stuff for Browncoats at: http://www.cafepress.com/outtotheblack

THATWEIRDGIRL

Friday, January 7, 2005 8:53 PM

he rocks! Thanks to him, Jake likes to do the cooking.

Oh yeah. You can get the man in your life to cook by watching Alton. His steaks are to die for.

www.thatweirdgirl.com

CONFEDERATE

Friday, January 7, 2005 10:20 PM

I Love Alton Brown.
I've got 2 of his books.

RAT

Saturday, January 8, 2005 10:02 AM

Hey "WeirdGirl" you seem to be into photography, check out my own(way out of date) site at WWW.KNEPIX.com

RAT

Monday, January 17, 2005 7:32 AM

Well, Iron Chef america was good, but that probably was mostly because of AB!!
By the way, I hate "Bobby Flay" !!!

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PS- ShinyHappy I will probably not make it to the book signing tomorrow. Let me know how it was!

-Ratboy

PBI

Monday, January 17, 2005 11:06 AM

Perhaps my most favourite bit about how Alton Brown conducts his show is his philosophy of avoiding buying lots of specialty kitchen and cooking implements and instead showing his viewers how to do many things with some that's cheapish (and not intended for the task) over using a lot of highly-priced items one might use once or twice a year.

If you can survive death, you can probably survive almost anything.

SHINYHAPPYKLIN

Monday, January 17, 2005 4:02 PM

I'm probably not going to make it either...it's close to where I work, but far from where I live, and since I'm off work today for MLK day, I'm going to just stay home and catch up on homework and stuff I need to do around here. I found out that it is just a signing, you actually have to pay $75 for the demo session/wine & cheese reception they're having later.

And yes....I don't like Bobby Flay either....way too smug, and the whole thing he did with jumping up on the counter...

The original Iron Chef was just way too much fun...especially when we turned it into a drinking game!

"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."
Shiny stuff for Browncoats at: http://www.cafepress.com/outtotheblack

HARDWARE

Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:13 AM

Since Rat insisted I have to admit it; Hi, I'm Hardware and I'm an Eater.

Actually got to meet AB at a book and cook expo near Philly. He signed my first edition "I'm Just Here for the Food." I got food poisoning that day, but that's another story.

First time I saw this show I thought 'wow, a show that explains WHY you do something, not just HOW to do it.'

Anyhow, my favorite piece of Alton related gear. Per Alton's many suggestions I decided to buy a pizza stone to even out my oven's highs and lows. At first I had just picked up a big old slab of ceramic from the cooking store near my house and then I saw that Lodge made a cast iron pizza stone. Brilliant! Lugging my new found prize home I found a new use for it.

When the weather is too nasty or I want to make a really good London Broil I move the cast iron pizza stone to the top rack and leave the oven on 500 degrees for about 20 minutes. Then I switch it over to broil and let the heating element in my electric oven get rocket hot. Open the oven, pull out the rack and slap the steak or London Broil down on the hot iron and slap it back under the broiler. 5-7 minutes later the steak is done to perfection on both sides and ready to come out and rest.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

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