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Old 01-13-2010, 01:40 PM   #65904
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Originally Posted by Oakes View Post
Your face has a million ingredients and is too complicated.
wow. did you come up with that one yourself nick? ouch...

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Originally Posted by grimm View Post
indeed he does sometimes complicate things, but it's usually for a good reason. and his food is always fantastic. But none the less thanks! I appreciate it! simple, healthy, and good works for me.
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Originally Posted by Scapegoat View Post
Alton doesn't use a ton of ingredients. He uses the right ingredients. He does make it seem complicated though because he goes into detail about the main ingredient, what to use and why to use it. But i like that approach better than, "you throw all this into the pan for 5 minutes, then the oven for 5 minutes, then you jerk off into the dough and it just works!"

With Alton... if you follow his recipe and it comes out wrong you know why haha
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Originally Posted by CHAOS View Post
if anything he does is too complicated you shouldnt be near an oven.
Apparently, "complicated" wasn't the right word. I understand and appreciate how Alton Brown breaks things down scientifically and to show the fundamentals of cooking to help his viewers understand processes, why, how-to... all that jazz. What I was getting at is that he sometimes just goes too far. There's a known statement in cooking and baking that basically explains that less ingredients is more. Sometimes, I just want a recipe that's easy to make, with few ingredients and huge flavor. When I have time, sure, throw a big, huge, complicated, long-list-of-ingredients recipe at me and I'll knock it out no problem. I like cooking and baking. No need to tell me to get in the kitchen... I'd probably already be in there.
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