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Dec. 5th, 2010 06:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaitouSo the other day I was talking to a coworker about how cool the Personal Trainer: Cooking "game" was for the DS. Then I tried to find it to show it to him, but...I'm not so good at keeping the game with the box, and...the games are like, postage stamps. Luckily a used copy is only $8. And while I was there I picked up the sequel "America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking."
There are some neat new features in Let's Get Cooking. You can have more than one chef, and designate tasks to different people. And you can send a recipe to a friend's DS so that they can test the game out themselves without buying it, or, together you can make more than one recipe at a time. On the other hand it's voice controls are no better. I was ready to scream at the little chef "WHAT PART OF LAST STEP DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!?" And it's lost the ability to adjust the ingredients automatically by changing the number of servings you want.
Still... the recipes in this one look awesome. Better than the Personal Trainer game. And it has great videos by the Test Kitchen cooks. My onion dicing skills have improved drastically.
So Saturday I made corned beef hash from scratch. The potatoes were blanched with bay leaves, the hash had fresh thyme, cream, garlic and bacon... and then when the cooking was almost done you make little depressions in the hash and crack eggs into it to cook. MMM. Other than the fact that I burnt the bottom a little, it turned out great.
And tonight I tried their French Toast recipe, which uses a little flour, and a few other twists. I used the Japanese bread I brought back from Detroit, which is like Texas Toast, but better, and it turned out fabulously. Will try again.
Next up, Maple/Balsamic glazed carrots. Maybe.
There are some neat new features in Let's Get Cooking. You can have more than one chef, and designate tasks to different people. And you can send a recipe to a friend's DS so that they can test the game out themselves without buying it, or, together you can make more than one recipe at a time. On the other hand it's voice controls are no better. I was ready to scream at the little chef "WHAT PART OF LAST STEP DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!?" And it's lost the ability to adjust the ingredients automatically by changing the number of servings you want.
Still... the recipes in this one look awesome. Better than the Personal Trainer game. And it has great videos by the Test Kitchen cooks. My onion dicing skills have improved drastically.
So Saturday I made corned beef hash from scratch. The potatoes were blanched with bay leaves, the hash had fresh thyme, cream, garlic and bacon... and then when the cooking was almost done you make little depressions in the hash and crack eggs into it to cook. MMM. Other than the fact that I burnt the bottom a little, it turned out great.
And tonight I tried their French Toast recipe, which uses a little flour, and a few other twists. I used the Japanese bread I brought back from Detroit, which is like Texas Toast, but better, and it turned out fabulously. Will try again.
Next up, Maple/Balsamic glazed carrots. Maybe.
