Mylegsbig
Head Chef
Next time i'm going for that meatloof mixture of beef, pork, and veal! Small tweaks like you all said will come next. Finding out the perfect spices
jennyema, I save all my left over parm rinds and put some into pots of minestrone..YUMMY.. I love that stringy soft cheesejennyema said:It gets really soft and melty and sloughs off into the sauce. But stays in one piece so you can fish it out in the end.
It gives a great layer of flavor to the sauce!
jenny, haven;t had the chance to read all this thread, but so far find it interesting..My m-i-l was Italian and my mother french and irish..but both have ravioli sauce almost identical..They both use either 2lbs. of stew meat or a 2 lb. chuck roast (fat removed) onions, garlic, thyme,rosemary, marjoram,basil, parsley, evoo but their main thing is imported porcini muchrooms..The broth from these mushrooms gives our sauce a distinct "brown" color..I find that most people who say they don't like Italian, are those who have only eaten the canned sauces or those restaruants where the sauces are "RED" you know open a can of tomato sauce add nothing and dump it on types,... what a shame, wish they could have tasted my mom's or m-i-l's or my home made ravs and sauce...what a treat.jennyema said:Yum, kadesma!
I put it in pasta fagioli, ribollita and other Italian bean soups, as well.
Parmesan is another source of UMAMI, the "fifth taste" (savory), which is why it makes such a nice addition.
UMAMI http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Taste.html
buckytom said:do you always add ground beef? try adding browned pork sirloin chops or rib ends instead, and simmer until they are falling apart. a totally different meat flavor, better imo.
jpinmaryland said:if savory is the fifth taste, what are the other four?
mudbug said:beer, salt, grease, and chocolate
Sodium is the only thing that tastes salty. There's nothing else that can do that. Only sodium. The other 3 senses on our toungues, can be a combination of things or come from different places. For example, sour can come from vinegar, lemons, etc. But salty tastes comes from salt.jpinmaryland said:what is the difference between salty and bitter? I thought salt was the source of bitterness?