Comments on: My baby’s got sauce http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Danielle http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26339 Danielle Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:49:26 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26339 <p>Oh, and often when food needs something, I find that it needs salt, pepper, fish sauce, or ground dried birdseye chiles.</p> Oh, and often when food needs something, I find that it needs salt, pepper, fish sauce, or ground dried birdseye chiles.

]]> By: Danielle http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26338 Danielle Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:47:43 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26338 <p><i>Maybe when a dish “needs something,” it’s MSG.</i></p> <p>Actually, this is pretty spot on. I often find myself saying, "this needs more umami!".</p> <p>My partner instead tends to say that a dish lacks complexity or profundity.</p> <p>This really means that we've watched <i>Tampopo</i> too many times, I think.</p> Maybe when a dish “needs something,” it’s MSG.

Actually, this is pretty spot on. I often find myself saying, “this needs more umami!”.

My partner instead tends to say that a dish lacks complexity or profundity.

This really means that we’ve watched Tampopo too many times, I think.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26333 mamster Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:29:26 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26333 <p>I forgot about the baguette thing, until this morning when I was walking around with a baguette sticking out of my bag, and I noted that it was just like in the movies.</p> I forgot about the baguette thing, until this morning when I was walking around with a baguette sticking out of my bag, and I noted that it was just like in the movies.

]]> By: kitchenMage http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26332 kitchenMage Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:03:19 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26332 <p>We share tastes all the time, Matthew, and if you hold your hand under the spoon whatever it is drips into the palm of your hand where it's seldom hot enough to burn and you can lick it off.</p> <p>At our place, what is most often needed is fresh herbs. Maybe salt, at least when someoneElse is cooking. <i>grin</i></p> <p>For a couple of decades, every bag of groceries has a baguette sticking out of the top.</p> We share tastes all the time, Matthew, and if you hold your hand under the spoon whatever it is drips into the palm of your hand where it’s seldom hot enough to burn and you can lick it off.

At our place, what is most often needed is fresh herbs. Maybe salt, at least when someoneElse is cooking. grin

For a couple of decades, every bag of groceries has a baguette sticking out of the top.

]]> By: Susanova http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26309 Susanova Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:44:45 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26309 <p>I definitely ask my husband to taste soups or sauces while I'm cooking. He's pretty good at determining the need for salt, acid or herbs/spices.</p> I definitely ask my husband to taste soups or sauces while I’m cooking. He’s pretty good at determining the need for salt, acid or herbs/spices.

]]> By: Su-Lin http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26301 Su-Lin Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:42:41 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26301 <p>I do that! Definitely for sauces (to check for salt) and for dishes I've never made before.</p> I do that! Definitely for sauces (to check for salt) and for dishes I’ve never made before.

]]> By: Teah http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26296 Teah Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:37:28 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26296 <p>Just an observation...if you wanted to get past the cliche foodie lines....this blog might not have been the best place to do it. ;-) Where else can all the cliche foodies hang out, but at a great foodie blog!</p> Just an observation…if you wanted to get past the cliche foodie lines….this blog might not have been the best place to do it. ;-) Where else can all the cliche foodies hang out, but at a great foodie blog!

]]> By: Kirsten http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26280 Kirsten Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:41:08 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26280 <p>Those same men that can't tie their ties can't clean house. The exception is if the wife is coming home with a new baby, in which case he mops the floor wearing said tie. I guess he doesn't want to untie it until she gets back!</p> Those same men that can’t tie their ties can’t clean house. The exception is if the wife is coming home with a new baby, in which case he mops the floor wearing said tie. I guess he doesn’t want to untie it until she gets back!

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26277 mamster Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:01:48 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26277 <p>You know, I thought I might be getting sick today, but I was feeling better until I envisioned the Sun-Maid girl getting it on with Kool-Aid Man. Thanks.</p> You know, I thought I might be getting sick today, but I was feeling better until I envisioned the Sun-Maid girl getting it on with Kool-Aid Man. Thanks.

]]> By: heather http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26275 heather Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:42:04 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/01/14/my-babys-got-sauce/#comment-26275 <p>oh! i thought of one!</p> <p>men on tv can never tie their own ties!</p> <p>oh. i guess that's not food. unless, um, the tie was made of froot-by-the-foot. which i'm pretty sure would only happen at the wedding of the kool aid guy and the sunmaid raisins girl.</p> <p>nuts. i'm out.</p> oh! i thought of one!

men on tv can never tie their own ties!

oh. i guess that’s not food. unless, um, the tie was made of froot-by-the-foot. which i’m pretty sure would only happen at the wedding of the kool aid guy and the sunmaid raisins girl.

nuts. i’m out.

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