Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Fugettaboutit! Suport the troops that support you.

Perhaps being a USAF veteran and having a father that was a US Marine have influenced me a bit but I am always humbled and honored when I meet a United States soldier.

 Taking the oath of enlistment: "I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." is a big deal. 

 Enlisting, moving far away from your home and family with the distinct possibility of becoming a prisoner, mamed or killed in action in as even bigger deal. On occasion we at Goodfella's get to take care of these fine people that are sacrificing for our freedom and we consider it an honor to cook  pizza in our brick oven for them and do what little we can to make their lives a little more comfortable or enjoyable while letting them that we care and respect them. 

When we received this photo from the Commander telling us he " got our backs" it was very touching and is one of those great moments. God bless America and all it stands for. 

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

1000 year old brick ovens stand the test of time.

 Marc and Scot Cosentino of www.goodfellas.com were researching brick oven design when they came across these magnificent examples of medieval ovens at the Beseno Castle in Trentino Italy. The larger one had a gigantic cooking surface of about 12 feet. Interestingly the brick surface was at a  fairly steep incline sloping down from the rear towards the front(this probably made it easier to see and control the cooking). Cooking on such a grand scale required an artisan of both skill and strength to work the extra long tools required while ensuring the food was "fit for a king".  Fortunately ovens today such as the NY Brick Oven Co. wood or gas fired ovens www.ovensforsale.com
 are a lot more user friendly requiring only the ability to see if the pizza is cooked and then removing it without having to spin the pizza and estimate temperature and really work the oven. Having cooked about a million pies between them the Cosentino brothers agree modern technology has its advantages.
brick ovens
12 foot deep oven.

                                                  Marc Cosentino in front of the ovens.
                                                               Smaller wood fired oven.


Castle Beseno,  Trentino Italy