Just saw this quote in an old interview I did from 2006. Note the Trump reference- it’s hard to remember when Trump was “just” a reality-TV host. And before that, a well-known rich guy.
(I’ll post the article below if you find it interesting)
This part was referring to an internet-based “cat reality show” I had hosted around that time-
Int: Was there a particular pun on the show you enjoyed most?
Tom “My weekly catchphrase "You are Meowta here!" Not that it's not a stupid thing to have to say every episode, but I always wanted my own TV catchphrase, like Fonzy or Freddie Prince. Or Trump.”
What a trio huh? Fonzy (Aaaaaayyyy!) Freddie Prinze (Looking Good!) and Trump, (You’re Fired)
Here’s the rest of this (remember, it’s from 17 years ago!)
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/tom-shillue-comedian
“Reverse Sear”
I’m a big fan of Sous Vide.
It’s extremely easy to make a mostly perfect steak. I say mostly perfect because it’s not always easy to get a good crust on it.
Mostly because of the way it is cooked. Once you remove a piece of meat from its Sous Vide vacuum bag, it’s ‘wet’. You have to dry it with paper towels. Although it doesn’t get it dry enough to put a good sear on it. The residual moisture has a cooling effect.
I therefore have tried the ‘Reverse sear’ method.
You cook the steak via indirect heat, around 250 F, and then sear the steak when it gets ‘close’ to your target temp. The searing and ‘carry over’ will get you to your target temperature, making it perfect.
I’ve a propane pizza oven. It was just $150 extra when I bought a 36” Blackstone griddle. It was normally $350.
I fired up the pizza oven on the lowest setting and loaded the steaks on a 1/4 sheet tray and rack. I had to continuously play with the oven’s controls to keep it at or near ...