Transformers FIRST TOY IMAGES - Optimus Prime and Starscream "Protoforms"...

Avangarde X said:
Thats a myth, the best way to avoid clumpping is to constantly stir. All salt does is increase the boiling point of the water.




I'm a chef :woot:

He is absolutely right...And it also true that enough pasta will tranform any hottie in to a cellulite infested fatty...
 
Avangarde X said:
Thats a myth, the best way to avoid clumpping is to constantly stir. All salt does is increase the boiling point of the water.




I'm a chef :woot:

The salt is for flavor. I prefer to always use sea salt myself, but kosher will do. Oil doesn't do ****, and the more water the better. The right pasta shouldn't clump anyway, and should take longer than cheap pasta to cook.
 
bluejake01 said:
The salt is for flavor. I prefer to always use sea salt myself, but kosher will do. Oil doesn't do ****, and the more water the better. The right pasta shouldn't clump anyway, and should take longer than cheap pasta to cook.

Hats off, sea salt is the best to use, you seem to know what your doing.



Have a cookie.
 
Avangarde X said:
Hats off, sea salt is the best to use, you seem to know what your doing.



Have a cookie.

I am formally trained, but for me cooking is a passion, not a profession.
 
What's the best name brand pasta to use? I know nothing and normally use Barilla.
 
nosebleed said:
What's the best name brand pasta to use? I know nothing and normally use Barilla.


You are ahead of the game then. Barilla uses durum semolina and cooks up very well. Some chefs will argue that Italian brands of dried pasta are the only way to go, but there are some very good American brands. I find most "fresh" pastas they sell in the refrigerator sections lack flavor and character. They are too moist to begin with and tend to get over done and soggy easily. There are a few shops in San Francisco that make fantastic dried pastas on site, and I tend to buy pasta there a lot. Your best bet would be sticking with Barilla, or trying Garofalo which you can pick up at Costco, if you have one nearby (membership is worth it). Garofalo has great mouth feel, flavor and texture. It's rough surface really holds the sauce well, and it's well balanced.
 
theohoff said:
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WTF???

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...what the hell happened in here while I was gone:confused:
 
Well, we got these pics of the Cybertronian forms of Optimus Prime and Starscream. Looks like Hasbro is gonna milk this movie for all it's worth.
 
From the sound of things it's going to be like Beast Machines with the same characters getting released in several sizes classes.
 
That's good old American capitalism for you.
 
Mal'Akai said:
That's good old American capitalism for you.

What did you expect from Transformers, a series that was primarily created to sell repackaged Japanese toys?
 
bluejake01 said:
What did you expect from Transformers, a series that was primarily created to sell repackaged Japanese toys?
Would expect nothing less.
 
The face on that seems to be a combo of the old proto toy pic, and that cardboard thing.
 
He kinda looks like a gobot. And whats with the hot pink?
 
The alt-mode looks like the insect machines in the Matrix Revolutions that were flying up to Neo before the Deus Ex Machina came into view.
 
That's not hot pink, those are like those red redlight glasses thingies when exposed to a bright light source (like a camera flash, for example).
 
It seems to be a very low quality molding. I hope the actual movie toys aren't that cheap looking and are more on par with the classics or alternators line.
 

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