Food Temperature Quotes

We don't yet call it 'Thxgvng,' because any holiday whose centerpiece sits in an oven for four to six hours, after having sat out for as long to reach room temperature, must be spelled all the way out. Cook a turkey. You'll see. This is to say that you're not just roasting a turkey, obviously.

Scrambled eggs are so simple, but they don't wait or taste better cold!

I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That's why I turned out the way I am.

That's one thing I get neurotic about: I need my soup to be crazy hot.

The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.

I do not believe in eating fish hot. People always insist on hot fish, but that leaves it dried out.

I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food.

You know, [skin] happens at the gravy boat stage - right? - or this happens when you're trying to keep it warm. So the way that I avoid this is I keep my gravy - the second it's done, I put it in a thermos, which will keep it hot and will prevent air from getting to the surface. And I keep it there till the last moment. The last thing that goes out to the table is the gravy, and I pour it out of the thermos and immediately move it in.

Steakhouses serve these big steaks. The first piece is hot, and the last piece is cold. The way I like to eat is to try three or four cuts of meat. People should actually be eating less meat, and the meat they eat should be special.

Do not, as you value the health and happiness of those who sit at your table, place before them hot leavened bread or biscuit.