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12:31 AM
@ElendilTheTall Hey. Thanks for replying. I was asleep; woke up a little while ago.
@ElendilTheTall How do pork chops and loin steaks differ?
Or tenderloin/fillet, that is? Time for Google, perhaps.
I was able to find entries in WP for pork chops and pork tenderloin, but not specifically for loin steak.
 
12:55 AM
Can you elaborate on what loin steak is, and how it differs from the other two?
 
 
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2:40 AM
The loin is a primal cut:
The loin and tenderloin are the leanest cut of pork, the tenderloin has about the same amount of fat as chicken breast.
Sliced, the loin becomes "loin chops".
Personally, my favorite cut is the shoulder (oddly called butt in the US), but butt (haha) is much fattier than loin. I find loin and tenderloin a bit dry.
 
@Jolenealaska That's very comprehensive, thanks.
 
You're very welcome.
 
@Jolenealaska I don't recognize the "primal cut" terminology.
 
It means the big cuts that smaller cuts are made of.
 
@Jolenealaska Oh. So the loin and the tenderloin are from the side of the pig? The flank, so to speak?
 
2:52 AM
"Canadian bacon" is loin.
@FaheemMitha Almost. Look closely at the second picure.
It's more the "back" than the side.
 
@Jolenealaska If you say so. It's not that clear from the image.
So, up a bit, in other words.
 
The tenderloin isn't a part of the loin, but right next to it.
 
@Jolenealaska ok
 
Tenderloin is often sold as a roast, loin is more often sold as chops (steaks).
 
@Jolenealaska Ok. I'll print out your diagram, I guess. Hopefully the shop people will know what is what. Thanks.
 
2:58 AM
Commonly, chops are sold mixed. That's a terrible way to buy them because different types of chops are best cooked differently.
 
Is there a lot of difference between the loin and the tenderloin?
And is a pork chop usually very fatty then?
 
Yes. The tenderloin is even leaner than the loin. It's also much smaller.
 
@Jolenealaska Oh. Hmm. Probably more expensive too.
 
It depends on the primal cut. Loin should have a perimeter of fat, but the interior should be lean.
Yes, tenderloin is more expensive, but not astronomically so.
 
From the diagram, it looks like full loin and pork loin are different.
The diagram printed well.
 
3:02 AM
"Pork loin" means loin, tenderloin is different.
 
@Jolenealaska and full loin?
 
The most expensive cut of beef is also called tenderloin, or fillet if cut into steaks.
"Full loin" just means that it hasn't been cut into smaller pieces.
 
@Jolenealaska Oh. Ok.
Thanks for the education. Time to go back to sleep, I think.
 
Your butcher should have every primal cut plus smaller pieces of each.
CYA!
 
@Jolenealaska Take care.
 
3:12 AM
Different countries cut meat differently, I've been speaking of cuts found in the US.
@CrazyNinja That sounds like something I'd do!
 
 
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4:23 AM
Dragon rocks!!
 
4:51 AM
Up until now I've only said what the tutorial told me to say.
 
5:01 AM
what the flying fuck now
LOL!
It does not appear to handle Shakespeare well :)
My big monolog from Othello makes very little sense :)
 
 
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6:29 AM
Microphone on one that optimal with the shoulder. The docks of months has tested to the end by the Debbie being in speech to quarter but for chewing engendered is the fuel and the present with us what the product but are talked about the crop
It's not very good at Middle English either!
Mark Bird and his producer were waiting for us at the office the producer gasped when Brenda walked through the door how did it go she asked her attention caught on Brenda's hair the bounty Hunter thing is getting harder than I thought I ladies room there is the powder room straight back,"
That's almost legible!
I need to get used to saying punctuation.
It's not hard, just weird.
 
6:45 AM
Mark Bird and his producer were waiting for us at the office. The producer gasped when Brenda walked through the door. "How did it go?", she asked, her attention caught on Brenda's hair. "This bounty Hunter thing is getting harder than I thought."
Getting there
Damn thing took three hours to download over DSL.
It's a steep learning curve, but relatively intuitive.
It's definitely a better typist than I am.
 
 
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7:56 AM
What has happened to everyone's sense of humour? The world needs to chill the fuck out.
 
FFS
A felony.
Any minute now the final episode of the Chopped All-Stars Tourney will be available an Amazon. Go Anne!!
I was rooting for Madison, but he was eliminated in the entree round of the first episode.
Go Anne!
There was an all Brit episode of Chopped a couple of years ago.
I had never heard of bubble and squeak. That was also my first glimpse of a spotted dick.
In Iowa a driver can get a ticket for allowing a child to sit in the front seat. It's up until 16 I think. The same age that he or she can get a drivers license.
It's a wonder any of my peers survived.
 
8:19 AM
Hi everyone!
 
The winner of tonight's Chopped wins $75K to their pet charity.
Hey Jude!
 
@Jolenealaska how is your health? Hope you are better
 
I am fine. I went a little nuts for a while, but that always happens this time of year.
The sunlight thing here is very extreme.
 
what does actually matters is 'I am fine. '
^_^
 
I am fine :)
I'm even sleeping most nights!
 
8:23 AM
hey, would you be able to find out a good image which i asked you yesterday.... ?
 
I haven't actually looked... Do you know the term "selfie"?
 
yes. people take a photo of themselves using mobile phones
 
I assume from your telling of the story that the photo wasn't a selfie, but the funny/embarrassing stuff applies.
I changed all my passwords to Incorrect HA!~
 
of course... it was a video of my friend's girl friend ----- totally nude one :P
 
Trying clothes on, do you like it?
I’ll do me
What do you think of the view?
 
8:29 AM
what do you mean? I don't get what you are talking about
 
They are captions, not images.
Like this:
 
ahh yes. I want something like this.. (caption)
 
looks like many are there.... wanna swim in it to grab the one that i'm looking for
 
Nope! :)
You've seen the video, you know your friend!
me? not so much
 
8:39 AM
whatever...
 
I just mean that you are much more qualified than me to pick a caption.
I'm at a loss for images, but the internet isn't big enough for all the memes.
 
hmm.. but the one you just showed me, might have a suitable one for me
 
The link I posted just does the artwork. Writing the caption(s) is up to you.
 
hmm... so can you just give me a help to build really hilarious one ?
 
I really think I've done all I can. You know your friend, I don't.
Besides, you don't want it to sound like me, you want it to sound like you.
 
8:45 AM
umm.. yes. you are correct. i'll try to built a one
thanks for the memegenerator link.. appreciate that help :D
 
I doubt you will find it hard, it's just cracking a joke.
And the subject is already funny.
 
yeap. totally
 
9:02 AM
Hmmm...American curry powder (not masala, but that weird American stuff) coating (really, really coating) a rare duck breast over a giant, piped, phallic looking sweet potato mash. Hmmmm... I don't think I'd like that.
 
9:15 AM
@jolenealaska who's offering?
 
That is Anne's foil on Worst Cooks in America (which is not nearly as bad as it sounds). Robert Ervine
Anne Burrell. She's a Food Network regular I really like.
A lot of people who like cooking shows don't like her, but I always have.
She has a few shows and she's a sous chef to Iron Chef Mario Batali.
She has been on Chopped every season, and she hasn't won yet.
You know Ervine, right?
Even though he's a Brit, he does an American version of Gordon Ramsey's restaurant saving show.
From Worst Cooks..."Why would anybody even invent a pan that isn't non-stick?"
There is a non-chef winner, kind of a "most improved" award, but the big competition is between the celebrity chefs as mentors.
The problem is that a few times it has been obvious that one of the contestants cheated. They already knew how to cook.
But they get eliminated.
They never come out and say that the contestant is cheating...but...If someone claims to have no clue but within 5 minutes are going through tasting spoons like crazy... she's lying.
 
9:37 AM
Never heard of Ervine, no
 
That surprises me. I don't know long he has been on the American scene, but he's definitely from your neck of the woods.
 
There are 65 million people in my neck of the woods...
 
He had a scandal of some kind a few years ago and almost didn't reappear. Something about padding his resume or something.
Sure, but he's a pretty big celebrity chef name.
It may be that he's just been here longer than I thought.
 
Not big enough to have made it back over here I'm afraid
 
That reminds me, I'm digging Jamie Oliver.
Yay YouTube!
 
9:43 AM
Yeah I like him. I've never made a recipe of his I didn't like
 
And he is charming!
 
And his recipes are always well balanced, tasty and pretty simple
 
Paul Hollywood too.
That grating frozen butter thing is just ingenious.
 
Yup, he knows his stuff
 
I enjoyed all of the judges on The British Baking Show thing, but I didn't know the other two.
 
9:46 AM
His blueberry muffin recipe is the best
There's only one other judge
2 presenters, 2 judges
Mary Berry is the other judge
 
You've mentioned that before. There was Hollywood and two women.
She's the dark haired one, right?
OK, I thought she was a judge, but apparently not.
 
No, she's the old lady
The dark haired one is Sue Perkins
 
Gotcha.
Sue Perkins is the one I was thinking of.
I got a kick out of, "Baaaaaayeeke"
 
And I will never forget the moment that I realized they were making filo for Baklava.
They had like 2 hours!
 
9:56 AM
I know... Far too lenient
 
Who can't knock together filo in 2 hours?
 
I didn't even know you could make filo. I thought it was like Panko - don't even try.
That's what freezer sections are for.
The 2 hours included the Baklava! It would take me longer than that to choose a recipe.
Alton Brown did a really good Good Eats about baklava too.
I followed along with him the first time I made it.
I made quite a bit of headway learning Dragon today.
I should be using it right now, but I've had enough for one day.
MBE is like a junior knight, right?
I just noticed that Jamie Oliver has the title.
 
10:11 AM
no, it's not a knighthood
Member of the Order of the British Empire
 
Is it bestowed, or born into?
 
bestowed
only ranks of nobility are hereditary
Knighthoods aren't
nor are MBEs etc
 
Americans enjoy giving Sir Patrick Stewart flack :)
 
do they? why?
 
Have you seen Brent Spiner imitate him? Just because it befuddles us :) Honorary Doctorate, OK, but kneeling in front of the Queen thing is just bizarre.
 
10:16 AM
Yes, I've seen it. Uncanny.
Personally I would refuse one if I was offered it
 
Do you have any idea how often that has happened?
 
The following is a partial list of people who have declined a British honour, such as a knighthood or another grade of honour. In recent times most refusals have been for appointment to the Order of the British Empire. In most cases, the offer of an honour was rejected privately; others were rejected publicly, or accepted and then returned later based upon future events, as with John Lennon and Rabindranath Tagore. Nowadays, potential recipients are contacted by government officials, well before any public announcement is made, to confirm in writing whether they wish to be put forward for an honour...
quite a lot
 
I see.
 
However, as I am an ornery old git I am unlikely to do anything 'worthy' of one anyway
 
I'm a bit lost on Prince Charles declining a barony in 1999.
 
10:23 AM
> As a part of the House of Lords reform in 1999, relevant members of the Royal Family were offered Life Peerages, which would have given them the automatic right to sit in the House of Lords, but all declined
he has enough titles as it is anyway
> His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Grand Master and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight of the Order of Australia, Companion of the Queen's Service Order
> Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Aide-de-Camp, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.
 
Is being in the House of Lords too much like a real job?
Noble Order of the Thistle!
 
@Jolenealaska no, but it gives you a vote with regards to legislature
 
Charles is an artichoke!
 
those are just his British titles
> Manitoba
2001 –: Leading Star[5]
> Nunavut
2001 –:
In Inuktitut: Attaniout Ikeneego
In English: The Son of the Big Boss (loosely translates to heir apparent)
> Tanzania
2011 –:
In Maasai: Oloishiru Ingishi
In English: The Helper of the Cows (literally he whom the cows love so much they call for him when they are in times of distress)
 
How old do you suppose you'd have to be to realize that your life isn't normal?
 
10:27 AM
He's also a Marshal of the Royal Air Force, a Fleet Admiral in the Royal Navy, and a Field Marshal in the Army
Fun Fact: the Army isn't called the 'Royal Army' because it was established in the interregnum (the gap between Charles I and Charles II when England was essentially a republic)
 
I wondered about that with the princes. Wouldn't it be a big time security issue if they got captured or something?
Are they sharing barracks?
 
No. Harry isn't in the Army any more (AFAIK) and William flies an air ambulance in Norfolk
 
But he was.
Harry, I guess, not William.
 
oh, I tell a lie
he is still in the Army, the Air Corps (he flies Apaches)
 
And flying an Air Ambulance is not exactly cushy.
 
10:32 AM
he's on detachment with the Australian Defence Force at the moment... not much chance of being captured there, unless the kangaroos have smartened up some
@Jolenealaska no, but it's unlikely to result in capture by islamist militants, even in Norfolk
 
Well! You couldn't be the child of a sitting president and have a job like that.
 
that's because you are far too precious about your presidents
they are essentially elected monarchs
 
The Secret Service would get really pissed off!
True.
 
I'm pretty sure that Harry was surrounded by some rather serious chaps from a certain... special regiment at all times
 
Slimy bunch, too.
(presidents)
 
10:34 AM
indeed
almost elected dictators... at least our monarchs lack any actual power
 
Making him more of a liability than anything.
 
¯_(ツ)_/¯
 
Yep, that is a point.
 
I think they are keen to contribute
or at least, be seen to contribute
 
It seems that way (to Yanks who don't know any better)
 
10:36 AM
I have the least quarrel with those two as it happens. They at least make an effort to be halfway normal and contribute to society
whereas Andrew and Fergie's daughter (i forget the name) has had 14 vacations this year alone, by all accounts
 
I actually kind of like them.
Shit! That's more than Obama!
This is MY recipe!
Bisquick, not self rising flour, but other than that...
 
boo, never put mushrooms in to stew
they go all slimy
fry them and add them before serving
 
And just try to find someone in an American grocery store that can point you to the celeriac.
 
philistines
:)
 
I saute them until good and brown.
(shrooms)
 
10:43 AM
is his chilli recipe there? Because with a couple of tweaks it's brilliant
use beef stock instead of coffee, don't use the optional beans
 
I found it just as you linked to it.
 
also, any recipe from this series... oh, why did we start slimming as it came on TV?
the steak sandwich
the chicken kiev
 
Chicken Kiev is a fave of mine.
 
oh christ, I need that chicken tikka now
@Jolenealaska yeah!
 
I have veggie soup for dinner. nooooooooooooo
Luckily, I have no car, so there is no good way to cheat right now!
I could make cocoa!
I still have some cocoa that I didn't send to rumi!
I have never used brisket for chili or stew.
 
10:51 AM
It's fantastic
it breaks up into thick, meaty strands
 
I do like brisket, but I've never used it for anything like that. Corned beef, Reubens, New England boiled dinner, Corned Beef and Cabbage, and as a roast. Never as a stew.
 
try it now, thank me (and Jamie) later
 
Have you ever heard of the Southern US brisket recipe with Dr Pepper?
 
How it is so good I have no idea :)
it just is.
brb
My show has arrived!
WooHoo!
 
11:03 AM
?
 
Go Anne! Juvenile Diabetes Research! (Chopped, Anne Burrell is who I am rooting for)
It showed on TV several hours ago, it just arrived on Amazon.
75K to their charity is the grand prize.
 
16, down to last 4.
You can tell that this is not just another day at the office for these chefs.
And it's weird, because they are being judged by their peers... but the judges are really good at it.
Do you know of Ted Allen?
 
He's written a few cookbooks, but I've never actually seen him cook. He's a foodie and a charmer. He's the host, there are 10 or so judges that rotate. 3 per episode.
Very distinct personalities, and very polarizing. I like them all, but that puts me in a tiny minority.
"I'm Chef Anne Burell, I'm a bad ass girl chef!" :)
 
11:17 AM
the video won't play, but she has funky hair
I may be biased, but it seems our female chefs are all considerably better looking than yours
 
Yes...she and Guy Fieri hit it off the moment they met.
 
He's a monumental dickhole if ever there was one
I've seen Diners, Drive-Ins etc
 
He has had his moments, but he is low on my list too.
 
i still chuckle at the NYT review of his Times Square place
 
Diners, Drive ins and Dives was enjoyable at first, but way overplayed.
YES!!!
HA!
He won a season of The Next Food Network Star, and he appeals to quite a few people, but I have never learned a thing from him.
He had a instructional show for a while, but it was lame.
Anne, on the other hand, knows her stuff.
 
11:23 AM
douse everything in garlic powder! bam! flavour town!
 
:)
She has a show called Secrets of a Restaurant Chef which is among the best I've seen.
It's in a league with Good Eats.
 
@Cindy howdy
 
The one I don't care for in this group of 4 is the long-time personal chef to Oprah Winfrey.
 
@Jolenealaska she still looks like a soccer mom, as all female American TV chefs do
cooking is only half the appeal of cookery shows for me
:D
 
Yes, even with the spiky hair!
She's a force too.
 
11:29 AM
those are TV chefs!
 
I like her!
I know the middle one a little...
I don't know the first one at all.
 
Rachel Khoo at the top runs a restaurant in her tiny Paris apartment
her kitchen is virtually a closet - she has one power outlet
 
jeez
 
I had a bigger kitchen in my dorm room!
 
11:33 AM
welcome to Europe
 
That is one thing about this move that I can't stand. My new kitchen will be 1/3 the size of this one.
 
I always smirk at reviews for London hotels on Trip Advisor - you can spot the Americans because they always whine about the size of the room
 
@ElendilTheTall An American in Paris, by the sound of it. Though Gene Kelly is absent.
 
many London hotel rooms have about a foot either side of the bed, 5 feet at the end, and an en-suite
 
Now imagine Americans used to 1 square mile per person!
 
11:35 AM
when we went to NYC, we were amazed at the size of the room. It was almost the same size as our then-apartment floor plan
and that was just a Holiday Inn
 
I've spent enough time in the US that American voices sound "normal" to me.
 
How much time have you spent here?
 
@Jolenealaska From 1996 to 2009. 14-15 years, approximately.
 
If I didn't know better, I would think from your writing style that you were born and raised here.
 
On second thoughts, that woman might be British. I'm having difficulty telling.
 
11:37 AM
she is British, ya nut
lol
 
Slightly less time than I have been in Alaska.
 
'I've spent enough time in the US for the accent to sound almost British'
 
@Jolenealaska Well, I acclimatized.
It helped that my home life (in India) sucked.
 
Don't look at me, I only looked at the pictures :)
 
11:39 AM
@ElendilTheTall You should know.
 
@FaheemMitha I should and do
 
What is her name in the red dress? She's well known here too.
 
@Jolenealaska Nigella Lawson
 
Yes!
She is fun to watch.
 
Yes, she does sound English, actually. But sometimes I get confused. Especially when they talk loudly.
 
11:41 AM
@Jolenealaska you're not wrong
 
LOL!
 
I wonder what is takes to become a TV chef. Being photogenic probably helps. Also, being able to cook.
 
Voluptuous and naughty!
Being able to cook is a bonus.
 
@FaheemMitha the former apparently applies only to British female TV chefs
 
@ElendilTheTall Someone went to a lot of trouble to piece that together.
 
11:46 AM
in my experience American female TV chefs look like your mother in law
@FaheemMitha yes indeed
 
Actually, there are only a handfuls of celebrity chefs that I don't really like.
 
Well, there is Julia Child. Who wasn't especially, um, voluptuous.
 
She was special.
 
Or is that was?
Yes, it's was.
 
Yes, she is no longer with us.
 
11:47 AM
There was a weird film called "Julia and Julia".
 
Two Julia chefs. My mother was watching it.
 
I liked it
One chef, one blogger.
 
it was about Julia Child and a woman who blogged her way through her recipe books @FaheemMitha
 
Here's a sad little bit of trivia.
Child was not amused.
Never mind that the move probably sold tens of thousands of her cookbooks.
And that it was complimentary.
Child died shortly after the movie came out.
 
11:53 AM
I believe there should be some kind of reward (preferably financial) for having the top 5 starred comments
 
Yeah....
 
somewhat involved eh?
how involved can it be? marinate meat in wine and herbs
transfer to pot, stew, add mushrooms and shallots
or thereabouts
 
0 servings :)
Funny thing about the starred comments...in every one of them you're talking to me!
 
@ElendilTheTall Yes, I vaguely remember something about that. Based on a book, possibly.
Yoga time.
 
And I starred 3 of them!
 

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