The original Chef's hat was a floppy style of hat. Later cardboard was put into the hat to make it stand tall. The toque is supposed to have one hundred pleats, to represent the minimum number of ways a good chef can prepare eggs. The Culinary Guide, master chef Escoffier lists 202 ways to prepare eggs, excluding omeletts, which are another 82 recipes and a not that "using the basic recipe for Omelette Norvegienne it is possible to produce an almost infinite number of variations of this type of omelette. Friday, October 21, 2011
The Chef's Hat...Toque!
The original Chef's hat was a floppy style of hat. Later cardboard was put into the hat to make it stand tall. The toque is supposed to have one hundred pleats, to represent the minimum number of ways a good chef can prepare eggs. The Culinary Guide, master chef Escoffier lists 202 ways to prepare eggs, excluding omeletts, which are another 82 recipes and a not that "using the basic recipe for Omelette Norvegienne it is possible to produce an almost infinite number of variations of this type of omelette. 
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment