Alton Brown Quotes - Page 5

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• I do know I'm a control freak.

  Alton Brown

  Freak, Control Freak, Knows

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.

  Alton Brown

  Lows, Factors

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• I don't like to be polarizing. It's not who I am.

  Alton Brown

  Who I Am, Polarizing

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night.

  Alton Brown

  Night, Election, Spokes

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• I played every bad guy in Shakespeare.

  Alton Brown

  Guy, Bad Guys

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.

  Alton Brown

  Mother, Degrees, Broadway

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• When you're touring, you're constantly in motion.

  Alton Brown

  Touring

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.

  Alton Brown

  Details

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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• I keep the "ThunderCats" thermos safely in the kitchen.

  Alton Brown

  Kitchen, Thermos

  Source: www.npr.org

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• 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.

  Alton Brown

  Moving, Air, Skins

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I hate using the word coagulant.

  Alton Brown

  Hate, I Hate

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 24, 2016.

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• The skin is forming because of proteins, just like if you cook milk or anything else that's got a coagulant protein in it.

  Alton Brown

  Skins, Milk, Protein

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 24, 2016.

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• What happens is that in each clump you've got the gelatinization of starches, which happens very quickly at the surface of the clump and it kind of forms a protective skin around this dry hunk of flour.

  Alton Brown

  Skins, Dry, Kind

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 24, 2016.

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• What tends to happen is that people will go - they've got hot broth, you know, they've added some liquid to their drippings, they've brought that up to heat. And then they try to add in a big clump of just kind of a handful of flour, and of course, it turns into library paste.

  Alton Brown

  People, Trying, Library

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, kaxe.org. November 24, 2016.

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• Lumps are caused by one thing and one thing alone - the improper addition of a starch.

  Alton Brown

  Lumps, One Thing

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 24, 2016.

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• It's funny, when you look back in history books or American cookery books, one of the reasons that the quinces and cranberries are used so often is because of their natural jelling properties.

  Alton Brown

  Book, Often Is, Looks

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, November 24, 2016.

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• Cranberries contain a massive amount of natural pectins. They will gel all on their own, which is why you can basically make cranberry sauce out of filling.

  Alton Brown

  Sauce, Natural, Cranberries

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 24, 2016.

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• If I took my turkey out of the refrigerator and, like, threw it in a dumpster or drug it down the street in New York for a while [it will make people sick].

  Alton Brown

  New York, Turkeys, People

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 24, 2016.

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• I want to bring things up to room temperature, especially poultry, before I cook it because I want it to cook faster so that there's less moisture loss.

  Alton Brown

  Loss, Moisture, Want

  "TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 24, 2016.

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• I am publicly apolitical.

  Alton Brown

  Apolitical

  "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

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