He is a chefs chef imo. He really cooks good simple food,using great local ingredents which is what makes for good eats.This dish looks great! I like the idea of poaching the chicken and then quickley finishing it to insure the breast meat is not dry! His technique is flawless in everything he makes. Watching Hell's Kitchen does not do him justice that is all for ratings. The kitchen nightmare program really exemplifies his expertise. He alwasy does the same thing, tells owners to have 8 or so really good items instead of 45 bad ones.
KawRyan is a great cook as well, his knowledge has alwasy blown me away. He says things about cooking I would not expect, he even knew what a simatar(scimitar) was? Who knows that besides a chef or a butcher? If you want to cut your own steaks I recommend one. www.webstaurantstore.com/victorinox-12-s...Co77ACFbEBQAodCUt2uQ

I dried a lot of my morels this year and have found a super way to rehydrate them, seems simple but to do them well is not.

Soak in COLD water not hot, put a paper towel over the top so they stay down and you don't get any dry parts left from them sticking out of the water. Let them sit for about 1.5 hours and then drain them in a colandaer with the stems down so that all of the water drains out, takes about another 1.5 hours after that they really look and taste just like they did the day you picked them.

Also a tip from ShroomMate on drying is to string them up using weed eater line and hang them, they keep all of their shape and look awesome!

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That's because I only read cook books and my only magazine subscription is to Cook's Illustrated and I do all the cooking (to order) for the family of six.

I'm also a knife junkie. When butchering I prefer Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe (Cimeter) www.dexter-russell.com/sani-safe.asp?group_name=sani-safe.asp I like to stay NSF compliant.

In the kitchen it's Wüsthof classic or nothing! www.wusthof.com/desktopdefault.aspx/tabi...w-121/categories-121 (I prefer the Wüsthof Grand Prix II filet knifes grip)

In the field I only carry a Kershaw Tyrade www.kershaw-knives.net/Kershaw-Tyrade-1850.htm

For the keeping the blade this, www.worksharptools.com/sportsmans-sharpener.html dominates them all.

Remember to hone your knife before and after each use!

As for Ramsay. I like how he left the bone in for the searing to further hold the moisture. But why would you toss the morels after you strain the morel/mirepoix cream sauce? Why not serve them with the sauce? Crazy bastard. I remember watching him as a pro soccer player back in the day.

he probably strains to get all the bits out not just the morels, theyre just innocent bystanders in his quest for a smooth sauce. im so glad that no one is slamming Ramsay, ive been a huge fan of his for a long time. i would scream too if i had to work with the semi-talentless baffoons that appear on hells kitchen. my only complaint is that tv execs never allow for more actual food info, and spend more time on the dramatics! the real story is in the food, come on spend more time on the recipes, and techniques. would love to eat in one of his restaurants some day.

I have been a cook for over 30 years and totaly understand where he is coming from. I do not ever watch hells kitchen, It is to over the top , unreal. I do love kitchen nightmares, like I stated before it show cases his khowledge. As for removing the morels since he mixed them in with the seeds, mire poux and peppercorns he had no choice, but I would have used the stems for the sauce and then sautead the rest in the pan after the chicken was done, then added in the sauce to deglaze the skillet and finsih the sauce with a tab of real salted butter. I find it hard to Critique chef of his caliber tho. He makes millions and I make........ well not millons!

Hell's Kitchen sucks because it's fake / fixed as all "reality" shows. voices.yahoo.com/foxs-hells-kitchen-fake-462900.html

You saw the pilot for the mushroom hunters. Do you really think Chris found more mushrooms than Jeff in his home town???

I agree. Iwoulda said it sucked but I didn't want offend anyone.
And no I don't think he could out pick jeff,surprised he can get up and down the hills really. Bad knees and big bellies make for hard walking.

P[quote="KawRyan" post=17050]Hell's Kitchen sucks because it's fake / fixed as all "reality" shows. voices.ya

Did not think kitchen nightmares was fixed tho...Damit a guy can't trust anyone. A great man once said "trust but verify " I guess that still is true.

i dont think n is fixed, but either way its still really good info for restaurant biz, did not see mushroom hunter pilot? it kind of worries me that shroom hunting could become too mainstream though. first off, youll have too many idiots wandering through every inch of woods the first nice day in feb. and second youll have a bunch of idiots eating every fungi they find,oh well survival of the fittest!