Gabriola Jack

During the OYSTER episode Alton declared that PEARLS do not grow inside OYSTERS but rather, grow in MUSSELS. Sorry but I beg to differ................................ MUSSELS rarely produce a pearl. The mussels that produce pearls are fresh water. The value of fresh water pearls is significantly lower than Salt water oyster pearls. HOW IT'S DONE: The oyster receives a granule of sand as an irritant and the nacre produced by the oyster "will a pearl make". By-the-way, Japanese pearl divers harvest OYSTERS not MUSSELS. Check the internet for clarification if you doubt my knowledge. I watch most of Alton Brown's shows and learn related cooking sciences & physics. Personally, I would prefer eliminating the comedy & associated interactions - the fish monger - butcher - the Chinese utensil store & the characters related to the time period of the recipe. These all detract from the show. Thank you.

Today I watched Guys Big Bite "Hash out the beef" S-15 Ep-2 I was surprised to see Guy pull 1 asparagus spear to find the snap spot then cut all the others at the same spot. Every chef knows that every spear has it's own snap spot and one cannot judge 15 spears using the spot found on one spear no matter if all the spears are of similar length. A few weeks ago I watched Guy cut a cauliflower into steaks. I have been doing that long before Guy was born & only the very centre of the cauliflower will hold as a steak.The smaller sections fall apart. When that happens I take the bits and cement them together with egg whites otherwise you have bits & pieces. F Y I