unwritten rules of cooking

[ammy]

butter is preferred, they both work - ice cold water(put ice in the water damnit, cold is key), and don't handle it too much.

[yo soy el mejor]

pre-made

[avian chaos]

Originally Posted by Sepiae

Recipes are just suggestions. Except for in baking.

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[Lucy Sky Diamonds]

Premade is for idiots.

[Lucy Sky Diamonds]

So butter makes tender crust, and shortening makes flaky crusts for pies.

Mark, when are you coming over for dishes? I have pie to offer this time around.

[drmoon]

Originally Posted by Dead

Never use salt instead of sugar. I learned the hard (and crunchy) way.

HAHAHAHA

what the fuck. "well, it looks like sugar..."

[drmoon]

fresh herbs over dried whenever possible.
- growing your own is easy and worth it.

get a decent knife. just one decent, sharp chef's knife and a sharpener. it makes everything easier. Henkells makes a cheapish one at around $30 CAD and it will last you forever.

let meat cool before you cut it. i know you're excited, sitting there looking at it as it seduces you meatily on the dish, but just wait few minutes.
if your steak is almost done cooking to perfection, take it out and put tin foil over it- not too tightly. it'll just finish cooking and then cool a bit so you can cut into it and have the juices stay IN the meat instead of running out. sorry to all vegetarians who just read this.

fresh tomatoes with a little salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar over it is underrated.

when you're frying things like veggies at a high-ish heat and you want to use butter, put in a bit of olive oil first, and then the butter. butter burns at a lower temperature than oil and the oil helps prevent the butter from burning. that sentence didn't make sense, but fuck it.

half a can of condensed tomato soup (don't add the water) with lots of butter and some pepper on macaroni noodles is tastier than kraft dinner.

grilling asparagus after you cover it in bit of olive oil and plenty of coarse salt is 32942094334938 times better than steamed asparagus. you can also broil it that way but grilling is best. i've served this to people who never liked asparagus and they loved it. disclaimer: your piss will still smell fucking horrid after you eat the asparagus.

bonus: if you don't roll the dough thin enough for beef wellington you will have an insanely delicious piece of meat trapped inside a thick and somewhat undercooked crust. THIN. ROLL IT THIN.

[murgle]

asparagus is nasty nasty shit.

no one who eats asparagus is allowed to use my bathroom, ever.

[drmoon]

i cannot stress this enough: if you're having someone over for dinner and you want to impress them, don't go trying to make some crazy shit you've never made before. make something you know how to make and make it well. and supply booze.

[drmoon]

i'm going to eat asparagus while sitting on your toilet.

[murgle]

you and your stinky asparagus piss won't be allowed anywhere near my house, let alone INside.

[drmoon]

okay then here's what i'll do. i'll eat asparagus, piss myself, and then chase you with asparagus pisspants when you leave your house that day.

[drmoon]

i like it when we compromise, murgle. i think this relationship is going to work out after all

[cork_soaker]

Originally Posted by drmoon

okay then here's what i'll do. i'll eat asparagus, piss myself, and then chase you with asparagus pisspants when you leave your house that day.

D-

[benjamin619]

hehehe. cork soaker.

[drmoon]

true. definitely not my best work.

also, craisins over raisins in oatmeal cookies. this is very important.

[spring]

i'm bumping this for inspiration.


i actually went out and bought groceries yesterday, so who knows, maybe i will get an appetite this week and eat more than 1/2 a meal a day.

[barden]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

Interesting method. Mine doesn't make the noodles greasy unless you use too much. It's basically so the noodles don't stick together.

Always stir your pasta directly after adding it to the water, or else it will stick together. Also add a teaspoon of oil to help with that. And the Italians say you pasta water should be as salty as the mediterrianian – so use a lot of salt.

Err….

A little baking power + milk + butter in mashed potatoes is great.

Err…
Peaches go really well with lamb chops.
I have an awesome recipie for quality lamb chops, succulence guaranteed.

I have more.

This is an old thread.

[Kahlo]

I made bread last night, foccacia from scratch. IT worked quite well. I only did it to get into my partners good books(pants) WOOO

[Trotskilicious]

I can't really stir pasta around directly after adding it to the water since usually it sticks out of the water, but I guess stirring it instead of letting it sit would be a good idea.

I have to say though, salted noodles + olive oil enhances the taste.

[barden]

When cooking a steak, you should only flip it once.

[yo soy el mejor]

i made my own crust the other day. and pies. i dont know how it came out because that was the first time ive ever eaten pie. so for now its the best ive ever had

[Trotskilicious]

I made French Dip Sandwiches the other night. That was outstanding. I made alfredo sauce for the first time. Also outstanding.

I have a challenge in the freezer: a whole chicken.

[yo soy el mejor]

r u going 2 eat it all? i bet u r

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by barden

When cooking a steak, you should only flip it once.

I think if you don't know this you shouldn't be cooking steaks.

That goes double for anyone who eats their steak well done.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

r u going 2 eat it all? i bet u r

bonz n al

[yo soy el mejor]

whats wrong with a well done steak?

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

whats wrong with a well done steak?

Everything.

[barden]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

This reminds me of when my family was on a trip to Port Aransas and my mom and my aunt started singing My Way really badly and my cousin started freaking out, screaming and kicking and shit and then when my aunt stopped the car my cousin got out and started running down the highway in the opposite direction screaming "I HATE YOU MOM GOD WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS STUFF OH MY GOD!" It was probably one of the funniest moments in family history.

That is pretty funny.

[barden]

Originally Posted by drmoon

fresh tomatoes with a little salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar over it is underrated.

A few friends enjoy cutting tomatoes in half, filling them with vinegar and a bunch of salt, and then sucking / eating them till finished.

I have not tried it.
But they assure me it’s great.