Listen to how a perfectly baked loaf

of bread sounds hollow when its top is

tapped. Or how a simmering chowder
or custard sounds diferent than the
glurp-glurp-glurp of one boiling too
vigorously en route to a scorch.
Being aware of such subtle sounds
is what chef Brendan Walsh calls the
nuances of cooking. It involves all of
the senses. But sound is often ignored
until acrid smells or smoke plumes
alert you to a bigger problem.
Anyone can follow a recipe, and
it will come out diferently for each
person that does it, says Walsh, dean
of culinary arts at The Culinary In-
stitute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.
But the nuances that each individual
person adds brings beauty to dishes.
This is where great chefs separate
themselves from mediocre chefs.
And where home cooks can become
great home cooks.
It begins with good technique, put-
ting all senses on high alert and pay-
ing attention to what youre cooking.
To understand some
sounds, Walsh
suggests starting
with a few funda-
mental cooking
techniques. Here are
his tips:
SWEATING
VS. SAUTEEING:
ALMOST NO NOISE
VS. SIZZLE
Generally when you sweat, you
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SUE GLEITER, PennLive
Dewz Dogz in Wormleysburg stuffs its specialties with everything from bleu cheese and bacon to pickle spears and tomatoes.
A
hot dog with ketchup is not a hot dog.
At least thats how Steve Ensminger, co-owner of
Dewz Dogz in Wormleysburg, views it. At his shop, hot
dogs are stued with everything from bleu cheese and bacon
to pickle spears, tomatoes and avocado.
Ketchup is for hamburgers, not hot dogs, he said.
My eyes roll when people come in a say, I
want a hot dog with ketchup.
July is National Hot Dog Month, and the
peak season is Memorial Day through
Labor Day, when Americans typically
consume 7 billion hot dogs. Tats 818 hot
dogs consumed every second, according
to the National Hot Dog and Sausage
Council.
Its one of Americas staples, said Randy
Gross of DK Dogs in Swatara Twp.
Before you toss your dogs on the grill, check out the following
tips from Ensminger and Gross.
By Sue Gleiter | sgleiter@pennlive.com
Te best dog, roll and toppings, on Page B2
Inside
Dos and donts
of hot dog etiquette.
Which city is the
holy grail of hot dogs?
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8 ways youth
soccer is
nothing like
World Cup
Im not just an every-four-
year fan of World Cup soccer.
No siree, Im a regular hoo-
ligan at the old town pitch.
Tiny Tots soccer, U-6 co-ed
soccer or tween-age travel
soccer Ive cheered for
them all.
But watching the big guys
in Brazil, Im beginning to no-
tice some diferences between
the football on the screen and
the Beautiful Game my kids
are playing.
1. Passing the ball versus
kicking each other in the
shins
World Cup soccer is a game
of passing the ball. For much
of the game, the players stand
far away from one anoth-
er. When a player from the
opposing team approaches
a player with the ball, that
player does a few fancy foot
taps and then passes the ball
waaaaay across the eld to a
teammate.
Youth soccer looks more
like a rumble.
In youth soccer, a player
gets the ball, and then one or
two or sometimes all 10
players rush at the ball in
a mob. Everyone proceeds to
kick each others shins until
the ball pops out, another
player stops the ball, and the
shin kicking recommences.
At higher youth levels, play-
ers will run at one another
one-on-one to get to a loose
ball, very often using their
heads as brakes.
If youth players actually
did play more like World
Cup players, wed have less
talk about concussions and
rightfully redirect the conver-
sation toward torn ACLs.
2. Soccer tournaments
In the World Cup soccer
tournament, teams play one
tough game. Before the next
game, players rest and recu-
perate for a few days. Players
eat lean protein and complex
carbs, and maybe answer fan
mail from American soccer
moms.
In youth soccer tourna-
ments, 10-year-old athletes
play three to six games over
two blistering hot days. Be-
tween games, they hang out
under tents and eat brownies
and concession stand hot
dogs. By game six, the sport
is less about scoring goals as
it is watching kids stagger
through the nal laps of an
ironman triathlon.
Then everyone goes home,
and mom complains that no
housework got done over the
weekend.
3. Minivan tailgate parties
Where are the World Cup
coolers lled with juice
JOSETTE PLANK
BY JUDY HEVRDEJS | Chicago Tribune
You expect a kitchen to be noisy. The tap-tap-tap of a knife mincing
mounds of fresh herbs. The rhythmic beat of a wooden spoon mixing
a batter. Fries sputtering in oil. Beyond such obvious noises, there are
many subtle sounds of cooking that can help you become a better, more
intuitive cook.
Learning to listen: Cooking with all of your senses
Please see LISTEN on Page B2
Please see PLANK on Page B8
BY THE NUMBERS
150 average calories in a regular
meat hot dog.
100 calories in a hot dog bun.
30 percent of Americans favor
mustard on their dogs.
22 percent of Americans prefer
ketchup.
13 grams of fat in a regular hot dog.
12hot dogs were devoured by Babe
Ruth between innings of a doubleheader in
1926, according to popular baseball legend.
0calories in a teaspoon of mustard
(but there are 65 milligrams of sodium).
Sources: National Hot Dog and Sausage Council,
Te Associated Press, CNN.com
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