Thursday, January 20, 2011
Fire
We boil beef stock over night for our gravy and sauces in the restaurant. The person closing is supposed to turn the burners down really low so it doesn't boil down. This didn't happen, so today I walk in to find my boss swearing a blue streak over a black pot. It didn't just boil down, it burned, caught fire and bellowed black smoke for a few hours. the fire got so hot inside the pot that the bones actually popped and cracked. We let the night guy clean the pot. Bugger left a tar mess in the sink. Out of everything the only thing the boss was angry about was that the bones can't be salvaged, we have to start over.
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they have blackened fish...why not blackened bones?
ReplyDeleteblackened is just really dark caramelization. You can also have blackened butter. If you boiled the bones as they were, in the pan they were in, you would make an alkali so powerful it could strip skin. basically pure liquid lye. If you really want, I could make you a batch...
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