WOW! Here's that brand, spanking new wok sitting on your counter. You're eager to start. But the instructions say, "Before using, please season the wok". Here's a foolproof way to season your new acquisition.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Five New Ways To Use Aged Balsamic Vinegar
In the culinary world, there are always constantly changing trends in flavors and styles. As the publics openness to new and unique flavors widens, so to must the dishes and chefs who produce them change too. However, despite all the changes, some things always remain the same. The use of quality ingredients for example. Here are five new ways to use aged balsamic vinegar.
5 Essential Tips For Grilling During Winter
Planning to serve grilled food this Holiday season? Follow these 5 useful tips for winter grilling and you're sure to enjoy a hot barbecue even when it's snowing!
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Why Are Restaurants' Profit Margins So Low
and is a part of daily life in America with 57 percent of us eating at a restaurant at
least once a week. In fact, for the first time in recorded history,
U.S. Consumers are spending more money at restaurants than at grocery stores.
With the restaurant industry growing and becoming
more prevalent every year, here are 5 things you need to know about the restaurant industry:
Number one: In 2016 there were more than 1 million restaurant locations in the U.S. And
they generate annual sales of $780 billion. Number two: According to the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics, in 2017 the restaurant industry employed 12 million peopleenough to fill
Chicagos Soldier Field almost two hundred times over.
Number three: 425,000 of the 1 million restaurants
located in the U.S. Are either independently owned or ran by a franchiseewhich means
many of these establishments are considered small businesses. You see, while franchised restaurants are
associated with a larger corporate body, the franchisee who owns and operates the establishment is not much different than the mom-and-pop diner down the street. Number four: The average profit margin for
U.S.
Restaurants usually hovers between 4 and 6 percentmeaning for every dollar in
sales, the business owner only collects 4 to 6 cents. However, profit margins have historically
been known to drop to as low as 1.4 Percent. Number five: 33 percent of restaurant revenue
goes towards paying wages, which means that government mandated increases in the entry-level
wage can be really hurt an independent restaurant owner or franchisee. A business owner can only raise prices so
much before customers start going away.
The restaurant industry plays a vital role
in both the lives of ordinary Americans and the U.S. Economy..
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Whole Fried Chicken at Detroit's Only Senegalese RestaurantCooking in America
you don't have nothing. Here when I open,
everything is my own pocket. Here we serve Senegalese food.
And it's the only Senegalese
restaurant in Michigan. How many years now? Maybe since like six months. So, brand new? Brand new. So as I open it, the
same day, the next day everybody coming and the
Detroit newspaper they come here eat and they say oh man
we gotta put this in the news.
We gotta put this in the paper. That's why I have all the customers. So the name of the restaurant
is named after your wife? (Laughs) Yup, she's right here next to me cooking. Hello.
Hello.
And you also have your
mother in here cooking, Maty? Oh yeah. It's a family thing? Family thing, yup. Like the chicken, it's the
best chicken in the whole town. That's what the people say.
We put a little bit mustard
so we cook it like high. When we done with that we have to fry it. (Jazz music) That's the sauce we dip the chicken. So it's mustard in there,
black pepper, garlic, vinegar, colored peppers.
Season is called like jumbo. That's the magic.
Yup. (Jazz music) We're gonna make like the grilled fish. So that's the whole fresh tilapia here.
So the fish have it's own sauce too. Garlic, mustard, lemon,
pepper, paprika, and the jumbo. So we call it like
"poisson braise" you know, poisson mean like fish. So there was French influence ? In Senegal yeah? We speak Wolof, the
second language is French.
I love cook, he love eat. (Laughter) Look the belly. Peanut butter soup. They're called mafe.
My customers asking me about it everyday. (Upbeat jazz) Peanut buttered stew. Cooked-down with peanuts and tomato paste. Crispy spring roll wrapper.
Some braised chicken?
Yeah. Delicious man. This is the dish that
everyone's been coming here for. Yes.
The chicken yassa.
The crispy chicken, yup. I'm like speechless right now. (Laughs) The onion sauce, that yassa. The lemon and mustard ? Oh that's delicious.
You came to America at what age? I came to America at 25 years old. I have my uncle over there. I come to the New York airport. They put me in a limo.
Cause the guy was limo driver. (Laughter) He come pick me up in a limo. I said oh my god! This is America. (Laughter) The first thing I see,
they have a big chicken in the window and I said
oh my god that's a big tail let me buy this.
In Africa, you cannot eat
chicken like that everyday 'cause only boss people. Oh, okay. The next day I see some
Senegalese people from country. They're selling some umbrella, purses.
The first day I sell
like almost 400 dollars. I said wow, this is a lot of money. I wake up six in the morning the next day and as soon as I started selling it, one guy come say, he said oh police. I was very scared when I was in jail because I don't know nothing.
When I go to the courthouse,
the judge told me you're gonna do community service. What day you wanna do it? I said no, I wanna do it today. 'Cause I wanna leave this today. That must have been a lot
of emotion going through it.
From this high of being in America and then what prompted you to say I gotta move to Detroit now? I have a friend of mine here
and he said man come over here you get two jobs. So when I come here I work
in a Applebee's restaurant. And I work at Tim Hortons, it's a bakery. I work Applebee's 2 to
11 and go to Tim Hortons at one in the morning till
10:00 am in the morning.
Sleep like four five
hours and Uber come out. Uber I drove for one year
and Maty kept telling me why can't we open a restaurant? And everybody in Michigan love their food. Actually all the African
people here, they know them. We come here and open this one.
The city is still a long
ways from where it was. Yeah but back in the around 2008, and ten to ten to eleven man, it was crazy. But now it's coming back up. A lot more Africans are coming to Detroit? Yeah so we're gonna make big
change here in this area.
When you come back here
next year or two year you're gonna see it's
gonna be African town. And you're right in the center of it. Right in the center. First restaurant in Africa town.
(Laughter) That's history. It's a great introduction
into Senegalese food. Thank you very much man. Thank you.
I'm gonna eat here and put my face down into the rest of this food. Thank you. - [Man] The poblano, the one
we make it has 22 ingredients. We have cinnamon, oregano, all the seeds, chocolate, raisins, garlic, nuts..
Monday, February 11, 2019
What Was The First Ever Fast Food RestaurantDolan Life Mysteries
the reason why grease is so bad for you, we answer some of your most burning questions
about life. Hey there, my name is Melissa, I'll be
reading out the questions and answers I'm Danger Dolan and I'm here to blow
your mind with truth 10 Elijah Ramos Since sharks cant breathe
without moving then do they ever sleep? Of course sharks sleep! Dont be ridiculous. That whole sharks never sleeping
is just a rumour. Look at this one, its soaking up the sun rays,
getting a nice tan.
Just having a relaxing day. T-time to get back in the water. Mr. Shark? Hello?
Dolan.
Umm That shark isdead... Uh I think its
time we roll it back into the ocean. We need to move on. No..NO- hes not dead, hes just sleeping! Its just a prankits..Its just
a prank.
Most sharks do not sleep, but instead
have restful periods. They still move during this time but parts
of their brain will be less active. Sharks are able to do this since their movement
is controlled from their spine rather than their brains. Although sharks cannot sleep, certain sharks
have been known to stop moving for periods of time, usually on the sea floor, such as
the nurse shark.
9 Friend Fun Duo Why is the earth called
the earth? Ahhh yes, Earth. This was a name passed down from its original
people that inhabited earth before it was taken over. They called them Earth-lings, such simplistic
creatures its a shame, they really had no chance. Even the name, Earth, its named after DIRT,
thats real smartHey Doopie, remember that time you SLEPT in EARTH?!? Heheheh? The word earth is derived from Anglo-Saxon
(erda) and Germanic (erde) words meaning ground or soil.
In Old-English the word became ertha
and then evolved to the word we know today. It is not known who coined this particular
name but is estimated to date back approximately 1000 years. 8 11_O Why are there waves in the sea? Thats an easy one- its because of
the Big Baby of the Seven Seas! If you were to go to the very center of the
ocean, deep below the salty depths lives the Big Baby himself! **
EhhWHAAAAAA!! EhhWHAAAAA!!! THAT GROSS SHARK BUMPED INTO MEEEeee-tThats
it, now Im going to unleash the ultimate tsunami across the land wounding and killing
countless people. In addition causing devastation to homes and
the lives of all coastal communities I wreck, costing them millions of dollars in damages-EehWHAAAAAAAA!!!!! Commonly waves are caused by wind that
blows across the surface of the sea.
The friction between the wind and water creates
energy that passes through the water. It is this energy that travels, not the water
itself. The size of waves can depend on wind speed,
duration and surface area. Waves are also caused by natural disasters
such as hurricanes or seismic movement.
7 Deez Nuts What was the first fast food
restaurant? The first fast food place Was LadyBots
Bird Frying Emporium, where she had trucks worth of birds delivered and clips their wings,
throws them on the ground and tosses them all in the greaser. THAT IS THE MOST DISGUSTING THING YOUVE
EVER SAID!!! Wha- STOP EATING THAT RIGHT NOW!!!!
But it tastes so good! Yeah it tastes amazing!! Nom nom nom nom nom
White castle would be considered the first fast food restaurant. Although the term fast food was not
introduced until 1951, when Jack-in the-box opened the first drive-through. White Castle opened in Wichita, Kansas in
1916, as a hamburger restaurant that was low-cost and high volume.
McDonalds, though, was the first to use
an assembly line system for fast food. 6 Devin Kimlick How did colors get
their names? Well, they were made by the old earthien
people, the same idiots that named themselves after dirt, with colors they were simply named
after random numbers and letters like BD7676 or 91A6FF, So strangein New Earthian- colors
names Not Red or Worse White Most of the English color names date back
centuries and were usually named for certain qualities, some of which had nothing to do
with color. Black for example comes from the word for
dark but also for ink. White meant bright; green meant young and
immature.
The English words are derived from older languages
such Proto-Indo-European, proto-germanic and even French, which is where we get the word
blue, spelled bleu, and orange, spelled dorenge, which comes from the fruit. So does that mean your skin color is a
Worse White? WOW- that is SOOO RACIST- especially coming
from a Not even pink bird like yourself. GEEEZ, what nerve! 5 Shirley Why do we have balloons for
parties? Its to ward off the clowns and distract
them from the kids!. Parents dont hire clowns to show up to
parties, theyre naturally drawn to them to feast on the children there! The balloons are the only thing keeping the
kids safe as long as they dont pop.
Dont let it pop Jimmy! HOLD THAT BALLOON TIGHT! DONT LET IT POP!! There is no major reason beyond the novelty
factor of watching something float into the air. It is commonly used to mark occasions such
as New Years. The first rubber balloon was invented in 1824
for use in laboratories, but it by 1873 it had become a common amusement at parties. 4 Twin Gamer567 Why do we need water to
live when our body is made mostly of it? Phhtt, Cmon isnt it obvious!? Its because were constantly peeing all
the water out of our bodies- if you want to not have to drink water anymore the key is
just dont pee and keep the perfectly good liquids in your body, I use ducktape to keep
mine in! This is because our body uses up 2.4 Litres
a day and so it must be replaced, either through the foods we eat and/or liquids we drink.
We sweat out 0.5 Litres of water a day and
the rest is used for many bodily functions including: lubricating joints, protecting
tissue, brain and the spinal chord; for expelling waste, maintaining body temperature, and carrying
oxygen and nutrients to cells. 3 LonesumForSumTime If grease is so bad
for you, why does it taste so good? UGHhhh! But its so GOOOD. MMMMm! I just want to eat more!! More! Eghhhhhplease stop- Im gunna be sick
MMmMMM! SOOOO DELICIOUS!! No really like you need to stop. MmMM Mmmm, why should I bother to stop
its- Oh..
This is because fat has always been necessary
for our survival, especially when food was much more scarce. It is a calorie dense food that is converted
into energy, which was suitable since overeating was not a problem for most of mankinds
existence. The reason why it tastes good is it creates
pleasing textures in the mouth, such as the crunch of a potato chip or the creaminess
of an ice cream. It also makes other flavours taste better
and prolongs their flavour.
2 Gdog101 How can it be cold when the
sun is out? When the moon takes over for the night
shift the Sun gets turned off and isnt turned on for a few hours it can take a little
while to boot up. Its like my old PC, sometimes it lights
up and just wont run at all and do what its supposed to. Not to mention the heavy lag also since its
so dang far away! The reason why it is cold in winter even
the sun is out has to do with the angle of the sun. In winter it is much lower which means the
rays spread out more.
They also have more of a chance to bounce
off the atmosphere. Since the sun isnt out for as long during
the winter months the sun also has less time to heat the air. 1 Shirley Why do people have different
accents, even if theyre from the same country? Every single person actually has the same
voice and no accent at all. Its just an act people put on to make themselves
sound unique and special.
Dolan, thats not true at all. Theres so much that goes into why accents
sound the way they do and why so many voices are distinct and stand out. So many people have voices that no one else
has or can even replicate sometimes. Oh no? Here Ill prove it- Check it- *****
Owww! My sandwich making arm I use that for making sandwiches! Geez
Language changes, not just based on geographical separation, but from many social factors.
Local accents are the result of the mixing
of different nationalities. For example the Boston accent occurred because
of the Irish accent mixing with the American. This commonly happens within social groups
for no other reason than groups will subconsciously differentiate themselves, and people isolated
within that group will take on those characteristics. It is why different classes often speak with
different accents.
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Owww! My Ice cream eating arm! I use that to eat Ice cream with! Geez- no respect around here I swear.
Monday, February 4, 2019
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