Comments on: The Risotto Challenge ‘09 http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/ Consuming Les$, Eating More Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:11:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jen http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-98328 jen Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:39:13 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-98328 more pics anywhere? more pics anywhere?

]]> By: Not Eating Out in New York » Urban Chicken Raising 101 http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-92860 Not Eating Out in New York » Urban Chicken Raising 101 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:13:32 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-92860 [...] I’ve hosted, made a dish using their own backyard chickens’ eggs (most recently at the Risotto Challenge). Who knows, maybe a home-grown food and urban chicken cook-off is almost ripe for the [...] [...] I’ve hosted, made a dish using their own backyard chickens’ eggs (most recently at the Risotto Challenge). Who knows, maybe a home-grown food and urban chicken cook-off is almost ripe for the [...]

]]> By: Lauren C. http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88285 Lauren C. Wed, 27 May 2009 15:33:25 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88285 Congratulations, Noah! I will be reporting back on whether my version has 'its own unique flair'...or 'lack thereof'. Oh...and LET'S GO, METS! :-) Congratulations, Noah! I will be reporting back on whether my version has ‘its own unique flair’…or ‘lack thereof’. Oh…and LET’S GO, METS! :-)

]]> By: Morta Di Fame http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88284 Morta Di Fame Wed, 27 May 2009 14:59:33 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88284 Congrats! Thats awesome that you raised so much for your cause! Congrats! Thats awesome that you raised so much for your cause!

]]> By: PB http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88253 PB Wed, 27 May 2009 06:43:44 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88253 [...] will let Cathy explain the rest of the contestants and their dishes along with the winners over on her blog. She will do a much better job [...] [...] will let Cathy explain the rest of the contestants and their dishes along with the winners over on her blog. She will do a much better job [...]

]]> By: RichardOn http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88227 RichardOn Tue, 26 May 2009 23:52:21 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88227 Interesting site, but much advertisments on him. Shall read as subscription, rss. Interesting site, but much advertisments on him. Shall read as subscription, rss.

]]> By: Noah B http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88218 Noah B Tue, 26 May 2009 22:20:31 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88218 Cathy: Thank you for posting my recipe and fixing my various typographical errors and lack of spelling and punctuation. SP: My sincerest apologies. In my experience with both making Risotto and of other Risotto recipes 1 lb of rice yields four servings, no more and 1 lb of shrimp means about 3 shrimp per person, one gets more than that in a shrimp cocktail. Further I imagine the confusion that you seem to have in regards to the recipe is that I state "Follow a standard risotto recipe for the rest." Now as Risotto is "one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy"* and follows a very well documented method of preparation it seemed that simply stating to cook it like you would cook any other Risotto the recipe would seem less erudite and less cluttered and thus more readable. This is similar to instructing a cake baker to follow the "creaming method". If you are unable to find a suitably basic Risotto cooking method I'd direct you to follow the reference to the wikipedia article where you will likely be able to make this recipe almost just as I did, but with your own unique flare or perhaps lack there of. If you still have trouble understanding the recipe I will gladly walk you through it step by step. Cheers Noah B *<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risotto" rel="nofollow"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risotto </a> Cathy: Thank you for posting my recipe and fixing my various typographical errors and lack of spelling and punctuation.

SP: My sincerest apologies. In my experience with both making Risotto and of other Risotto recipes 1 lb of rice yields four servings, no more and 1 lb of shrimp means about 3 shrimp per person, one gets more than that in a shrimp cocktail. Further I imagine the confusion that you seem to have in regards to the recipe is that I state “Follow a standard risotto recipe for the rest.” Now as Risotto is “one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy”* and follows a very well documented method of preparation it seemed that simply stating to cook it like you would cook any other Risotto the recipe would seem less erudite and less cluttered and thus more readable. This is similar to instructing a cake baker to follow the “creaming method”. If you are unable to find a suitably basic Risotto cooking method I’d direct you to follow the reference to the wikipedia article where you will likely be able to make this recipe almost just as I did, but with your own unique flare or perhaps lack there of. If you still have trouble understanding the recipe I will gladly walk you through it step by step.

Cheers
Noah B

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risotto

]]> By: sp http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88209 sp Tue, 26 May 2009 21:40:05 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88209 So the functionality of the recipe is discarded? What's the point then? Is it meant to be read as literary prose? So the functionality of the recipe is discarded? What’s the point then? Is it meant to be read as literary prose?

]]> By: cathy http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88203 cathy Tue, 26 May 2009 20:59:35 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88203 Cecily: I know, that was part of the "challenge" aspect of the RC! But I'd say they turned out great despite the sit, and many chefs added more stock and kept stirring as time went by at the event. SP: I don't edit guest recipes heavily, for the sake of preserving the author's unique voice, which I think is more fun than preserving recipe-writing standards sometimes. Cecily: I know, that was part of the “challenge” aspect of the RC! But I’d say they turned out great despite the sit, and many chefs added more stock and kept stirring as time went by at the event.
SP: I don’t edit guest recipes heavily, for the sake of preserving the author’s unique voice, which I think is more fun than preserving recipe-writing standards sometimes.

]]> By: sp http://noteatingoutinny.com/2009/05/25/the-risotto-challenge-09/comment-page-1/#comment-88202 sp Tue, 26 May 2009 20:51:27 +0000 http://noteatingoutinny.com/?p=3087#comment-88202 This is one of the least helpful and most poorly written recipes I think I've ever read. And, with one pound of rice and one pound of shrimp, this would make enough risotto to easily feed about 10 people. This is one of the least helpful and most poorly written recipes I think I’ve ever read. And, with one pound of rice and one pound of shrimp, this would make enough risotto to easily feed about 10 people.

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