Unpopular opinions

[DoYoon Kim]

The overuse/incorrect use of "W1" and "W2" here on the BST forum...
yeah I get you mean white #1 and white #2
but W1 and W2 are actual different steel grades
maybe I'm over sensitive but I feel like I'm seeing this abuse more and more

I’d like to think its less abuse, but just more people are being interested home cooking and nice cutlery… and being a little overconfident with some internet research. I think fairly recently realized they were different when a maker listed w2 and white paper 2 separately in their website so i am guilty of this too.

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

W t f is up with those fingers

It's an AI-generated image, hence the weird fingers and lumpy looking tomatoes

 

[DitmasPork]

I've eaten chicken feets. No bones in any of them, just those crunchy cartlidge things. Definitely trim the nails....

Gotta be a little careful to avoid the razor sharp bone shards that’re sometimes lurking. I love chicken’s feet, a go-to when dim summing.

 

[DoYoon Kim]

dim summing.

Is this a word now?

 

[DitmasPork]

Is this a word now?

Just woke up, morning coffee colloquialism.

 

[daddy yo yo]

Is this a word now?

...makes perfect sense for me!

 

[nhb22]

Gotta be a little careful to avoid the razor sharp bone shards that’re sometimes lurking. I love chicken’s feet, a go-to when dim summing.

But they don’t serve deboned. At least not in New York! Deboned chicken feet is like shelled pistachio.

 

[ian]

dim summing

Is this a word now?

 

[DoYoon Kim]

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If i have to define it it would relate to the effort and death threats you need to coordinate / txt your group of friends / family to make sure they are 10 min early and in line at your fav dim sum place before it opens.

 

[DitmasPork]

But they don’t serve deboned. At least not in New York! Deboned chicken feet is like shelled pistachio.

You can get almost anything in NYC.

 

[daddy yo yo]

You can get almost anything in NYC.

Exactly!

 

[nhb22]

You can get almost anything in NYC.
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Congee village is a great restaurant, but not a proper dim sum place…agree with you on you can get just about anything in NYC…

 

[aporigine]

Is this a word now?

summing like dat

 

[DitmasPork]

Colloquialism, gnome sayiin.

 

[esoo]

The overuse/incorrect use of "W1" and "W2" here on the BST forum...
yeah I get you mean white #1 and white #2
but W1 and W2 are actual different steel grades
maybe I'm over sensitive but I feel like I'm seeing this abuse more and more

Throw in A2 for aogami#2 and I right there along with you getting annoyed.

 

[HolyDiverScallop]

Deboned chicken feet is like shelled pistachio.

Which is to say, super convenient, easy to eat, and avoids the culinary speed bump that is shelling? In other words, awesome?

 

[nhb22]

Which is to say, super convenient, easy to eat, and avoids the culinary speed bump that is shelling? In other words, awesome?

I can see why someone would think that

 

[Naftoor]

On the unshelled subject, I’m a bit bug averse since chitin is a sensitizer and developing an allergy that broad would suck, but I hear the cicadas that are going to be popping up in the next month or so are supposed to taste pretty good, and not just by bug standards

 

[DitmasPork]

Which is to say, super convenient, easy to eat, and avoids the culinary speed bump that is shelling? In other words, awesome?

This is my typical order when dim summing solo—feet, tripe, shrimp dumplings, pork dumplings.
I prefer the fun of eating chicken's feet unboned, but see the value of boning them out from a culinary perspective—the versatility of the boned meat has a lot of possibilities. FYI, there're lots of videos online on how to debone chicken's feet. The boned variety is not just about speed and convenience.

Congee village is a great restaurant, but not a proper dim sum place…agree with you on you can get just about anything in NYC…

Regarding "proper dim sum place"—I dig dim summing, whether in dim sum specialty joints, or in little hole-in-the-wall Chinese bakeries sitting amongst the old folks eating cut-rate dim sum while sipping tea from styrofoam cups. One of my fave places is a takeout only spot. But, you're right, boned out chicken's feet is a difficult find in NYC Chinese restaurants, gotta look hard.

 

[DitmasPork]

Throw in A2 for aogami#2 and I right there along with you getting annoyed.

I'm guilty of often referring to J-steels as w1, w2, b1, b2, etc.

 

[Heckel7302]

Congee village is a great restaurant, but not a proper dim sum place…agree with you on you can get just about anything in NYC…

I loved congee village. I first went there in 2000 and then many times over the next decade I lived there. They have a chicken and mushroom rice in a bamboo pot that I just loved.

 

[DitmasPork]

I loved congee village. I first went there in 2000 and then many times over the next decade I lived there. They have a chicken and mushroom rice in a bamboo pot that I just loved.

What's the Chinese food scene like in Indianapolis? Last month a friend was in town from Lafayette, IN, he and his wife were thrilled to eat in NYC Chinatown.

 

[nhb22]

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[nhb22]

This is my typical order when dim summing solo—feet, tripe, shrimp dumplings, pork dumplings.
I prefer the fun of eating chicken's feet unboned, but see the value of boning them out from a culinary perspective—the versatility of the boned meat has a lot of possibilities. FYI, there're lots of videos online on how to debone chicken's feet. The boned variety is not just about speed and convenience.

Regarding "proper dim sum place"—I dig dim summing, whether in dim sum specialty joints, or in little hole-in-the-wall Chinese bakeries sitting amongst the old folks eating cut-rate dim sum while sipping tea from styrofoam cups. One of my fave places is a takeout only spot. But, you're right, boned out chicken's feet is a difficult find in NYC Chinese restaurants, gotta look hard.

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I can’t do dim sum by myself. I’m too greedy…I need at least 15 things…when the steamed cart comes around, I normally just ask for one each…

 

[DitmasPork]

I can’t do dim sum by myself. I’m too greedy…I need at least 15 things…when the steamed cart comes around, I normally just ask for one each…

I solo dim sum fairly regularly to fuel up—I'm usually in Chinatown about 3 times a week for grocery shopping, etc.

 

[Heckel7302]

What's the Chinese food scene like in Indianapolis? Last month a friend was in town from Lafayette, IN, he and his wife were thrilled to eat in NYC Chinatown.

There is a really good authentic dim sum place. Never had anything but dim sum there though. Otherwise it's pretty much just your standard hole in the wall Chinese-American food type places. Some decent places, but nothing to write home about.

 

[SharpestToolintheShed]

Pattern welded Damascus are just cosmetic. They serve no purpose. They’re the bimbo of the knife world.

The Japanese just made a slimmer chefs knife and called it cow sword - everyone loses their mind.

Carbon steel is really kitchenknife tamagotchi.

 

[nhb22]

Pattern welded Damascus are just cosmetic. They serve no purpose. They’re the bimbo of the knife world.

The Japanese just made a slimmer chefs knife and called it cow sword - everyone loses their mind.

Carbon steel is really kitchenknife tamagotchi.

 

[Chopper88]

The Japanese just made a slimmer chefs knife and called it cow sword - everyone loses their mind.

https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/no-such-thing-as-a-cow-sword.52047/

 

[panda]

we be dim summin'!!