One problem plaguing a lot of people these days, especially burgers like myself, is that many people eat out at restaurants too much instead of preparing home cooked meals. Eating out is frequently both more expensive and less healthy for you than a home cooked meal. Furthermore, many people live with a limited library of meals that they know how to prepare and don't realize the culinary possibilities that are right in front of them.
The purpose of this thread is to try to break that habit of eating out and to make cooking at home become the norm in our lives. Please share meal ideas and how to prepare them here. All meals are welcome, although preferably we should post meals that are easy to prepare so that novice cooks will not be intimidated by the prospect of preparing them for themselves. Even simple sandwiches are fair game. Sometimes that may mean cutting corners with pre-made mixes instead of preparing everything from scratch.
Remember that the goal isn't necessarily to post the most inexpensive meals or the healthiest meals, although those meals are certainly very welcome. The goal is to encourage people to dust off their kitchen appliances and flex their atrophied cooking muscles. I realize that this opens the door to culinary nightmares like /tg/'s infamous meat-bread, but so be it. Let's get cooking!
/ub/ - Überhengst
Becoming better
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fuck it, i need to start eating better this year
and a great way to do that is by making my own meals, here at home
i shall post in this thread whenever i make anything i deem post worthy!
and a great way to do that is by making my own meals, here at home
i shall post in this thread whenever i make anything i deem post worthy!
>>88
I Don't cook my own food but I just ate the best salad, I've ever had. it was a Chef's salad. Sadly there are no pics. its long gone.
I Don't cook my own food but I just ate the best salad, I've ever had. it was a Chef's salad. Sadly there are no pics. its long gone.
Okay, I know the title/theme is "cook your food, but hold on a sec. If food safety standards are in place, you can have a less/not cooked steak; flame kissed (well seared) but otherwise raw in the middle.
Yes, raw. And it was delicious, with only a light dusting of allspice
Yes, raw. And it was delicious, with only a light dusting of allspice
Trying fermented pickles for my first time. Most store bought pickles are made with vinegar, and heated to kill [healthy] bacteria for a long shelf life.
Fermented pickles, in theory, cultures lactobacilli bacteria found in fresh food, and the bacteria's by-product creates lactic acid that is creates the pickle.
Apparently they can be over-pickled too, letting the bacteria work too long and the flavor becomes too strong or the pickles are too mushy. Also supposedly they get a better flavor if pickled at 60-65degrees, so winter/spring/fall in my area is a good time to do it.
I feel like this specific batch I added a little too much salt, but maybe not. Different places I look suggest a slightly different salt ratio. I'll get a pretty good idea in a week. They might be ready to take with me to harmonycon, which would be fun.
Fermented pickles, in theory, cultures lactobacilli bacteria found in fresh food, and the bacteria's by-product creates lactic acid that is creates the pickle.
Apparently they can be over-pickled too, letting the bacteria work too long and the flavor becomes too strong or the pickles are too mushy. Also supposedly they get a better flavor if pickled at 60-65degrees, so winter/spring/fall in my area is a good time to do it.
I feel like this specific batch I added a little too much salt, but maybe not. Different places I look suggest a slightly different salt ratio. I'll get a pretty good idea in a week. They might be ready to take with me to harmonycon, which would be fun.
>>8251
Based. I've been gearing toward a legit pickle experiment. Lactobascillus? anyway, good luck ^^
Based. I've been gearing toward a legit pickle experiment. Lactobascillus? anyway, good luck ^^
>>8251
I'm a dumbass and didn't say how much salt I added.
One place I looked at said to use 2% salt of the combined weight of cucumber and water, another said 3%. I used 2.5%.
In my case it was 8lbs of cucumber and water, 8*0.025=0.2lbs of salt. Or 3.2 ounces of salt.
I just used regular sodium chloride salt, they cost about $5 for a 25lb sack of it at Costco. I didn't see a reason to go all fancy with the salt, its just there to keep bacteria away. As long as its not iodized (iodine added) it should be fine™
Technically that is all that's needed, the stuff being pickled, salt, good filtered water, and something to ferment in. Everything else added is for extra flavors.
Most things I read stress about using special more expensive pickling salt or kosher salt and pickling spice mix and distilled water and special pickling cucumbers... bleh, I just want some pickles, sheesh.
They do make a good point that (some? most?) of the larger cucumbers are coated with a thin layer of wax. The wax messes with the pickling process. I assume they mean if the cucumber is pickled whole though, can't imagine it would hurt anything if they are cucumber slices like I did.
Anyway, that is some of the stuff I read and what I did. Figured I'd try it out and see what happens.
[Read more] I'm a dumbass and didn't say how much salt I added.
One place I looked at said to use 2% salt of the combined weight of cucumber and water, another said 3%. I used 2.5%.
In my case it was 8lbs of cucumber and water, 8*0.025=0.2lbs of salt. Or 3.2 ounces of salt.
I just used regular sodium chloride salt, they cost about $5 for a 25lb sack of it at Costco. I didn't see a reason to go all fancy with the salt, its just there to keep bacteria away. As long as its not iodized (iodine added) it should be fine™
Technically that is all that's needed, the stuff being pickled, salt, good filtered water, and something to ferment in. Everything else added is for extra flavors.
Most things I read stress about using special more expensive pickling salt or kosher salt and pickling spice mix and distilled water and special pickling cucumbers... bleh, I just want some pickles, sheesh.
They do make a good point that (some? most?) of the larger cucumbers are coated with a thin layer of wax. The wax messes with the pickling process. I assume they mean if the cucumber is pickled whole though, can't imagine it would hurt anything if they are cucumber slices like I did.
Anyway, that is some of the stuff I read and what I did. Figured I'd try it out and see what happens.
>>8254
This is also why I dont fuck with bread. Fucking percentages and ratios? If I cant adjust with a pinch of salt, sorry no
This is also why I dont fuck with bread. Fucking percentages and ratios? If I cant adjust with a pinch of salt, sorry no
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An interesting view on food.
The trick to getting 'fermentation' on ground beef is the lactobascillus. The easiest way is to get one of those fermented Leche drinks that mexicans love so much.
Let the meat soak, and then let it re-dry on a cooling rack. It will be fine, it only takes 2-3 days, not near enough for the meat to spoil
Let the meat soak, and then let it re-dry on a cooling rack. It will be fine, it only takes 2-3 days, not near enough for the meat to spoil
>>88
Something I did, a neighbor has a bunch of prickly pear cactus on his front lawn and they were all fruiting. I asked him and he let me pick em and I used them for Kompot and Prickly Pear jelly. It was so good, honestly the two are super easy to make with most fruits and I highly recommend it sometime!
Something I did, a neighbor has a bunch of prickly pear cactus on his front lawn and they were all fruiting. I asked him and he let me pick em and I used them for Kompot and Prickly Pear jelly. It was so good, honestly the two are super easy to make with most fruits and I highly recommend it sometime!
Oh something else for everyone that can help with your onions and giving you a growable harvest of em in the future.
If you get grocery store onions and youre gonna cook them, only use the bottom 3/4ths of it and make sure you leave the last 1/4th have the little bits of roots on the top.
If you remove the outer husk and soak it roots down in water until you start to see shoots, you can plant them as some free onion starters and reuse them!
If you get grocery store onions and youre gonna cook them, only use the bottom 3/4ths of it and make sure you leave the last 1/4th have the little bits of roots on the top.
If you remove the outer husk and soak it roots down in water until you start to see shoots, you can plant them as some free onion starters and reuse them!
There needs to be an ESRB-type organization in charge of spice-level certification. Sometimes you get something labelled 'spic' and it just tastes like there was once spice involved in the process. Then you get other shit that melts your goddamn face off, and that's coming from a self-described spice lord who eats habaneros like candy.
I'm just saying, scoville units don't work as a standard unless everyone is advertizing it, but if you've every tried all the different ramen and "maybe korean, but also ramen" types, you may know what I'm talking about. It could actually work, in the same way Dave Portnoy did his thing with "one bite" pizza reviews.
I'm just saying, scoville units don't work as a standard unless everyone is advertizing it, but if you've every tried all the different ramen and "maybe korean, but also ramen" types, you may know what I'm talking about. It could actually work, in the same way Dave Portnoy did his thing with "one bite" pizza reviews.
Alright you foodie faggots. Its finally happened. There's a youtuber named ChefPK. In addition to having done more Food Wars recipes than anyone on the internet, he also did a complete reaction series to the entirety of Food Wars. But for copywrite reasons, the series was removed years ago. Well, it's back. It's on his patreon, and if you like anime, cooking, and authoritative reactions, check it out.
This is THE way to watch Food Wars
patreon/com/chefpk
This is THE way to watch Food Wars
patreon/com/chefpk
>>8383
>Food Wars
Nah, I pass.
When you have an East European granny from the countryside cooking online I would be more interested.
>Food Wars
Nah, I pass.
When you have an East European granny from the countryside cooking online I would be more interested.
https://youtube.com/shorts/fAcLHXdxQW4?si=248s1sKTQ4Sgvgg2
While a slight variation on several styles, this is a new one not previously considered Pleat gained
While a slight variation on several styles, this is a new one not previously considered Pleat gained
Ah yes, food.
>>8254
>>8251
I forgot to update the pickle project!
Actually there was a reason why I never updated. They sucked.
The pickling process went perfectly, the flavor was fantastic, but the pickles were extremely soft. Apparently I was supposed to add bay leaves or leaves from an olive tree. There is a chemical in them that keeps the pickles crunchy.
I thought bay leaves was for flavor, but it is actually to keep them crunchy and firm.
Also, apparently Calcium Chloride is used to keep pickles crunchy when pickling, but shouldn't use it when fermenting
>Some people advise that if you want to try calcium chloride with fermented pickled products, add it into the jars when you are actually canning the pickles or sauerkraut, not into the vat during the fermentation process.
Oh well, it was a cheap test, I'll try again later but with a lot of bay leaves.
At the very least, my process was spot on.
[Read more] >>8251
I forgot to update the pickle project!
Actually there was a reason why I never updated. They sucked.
The pickling process went perfectly, the flavor was fantastic, but the pickles were extremely soft. Apparently I was supposed to add bay leaves or leaves from an olive tree. There is a chemical in them that keeps the pickles crunchy.
I thought bay leaves was for flavor, but it is actually to keep them crunchy and firm.
Also, apparently Calcium Chloride is used to keep pickles crunchy when pickling, but shouldn't use it when fermenting
>Some people advise that if you want to try calcium chloride with fermented pickled products, add it into the jars when you are actually canning the pickles or sauerkraut, not into the vat during the fermentation process.
Oh well, it was a cheap test, I'll try again later but with a lot of bay leaves.
At the very least, my process was spot on.
Idk who needs to hear this but that’s what an Italian sub is supposed to look like
That's it. From now on, I'll only cook with extra virgin olive oil and butter. I can't believe I ate so many seed oils.
>>8546
use the seed oils you have leftover to make into soap.
coconut oil, lard, and tallow are good too. though that is not quite true either because it depends on how the animal was raised. ideally grass fed for optimal beef fat. cattle grains are leftover things from processing seed oil typically.
use the seed oils you have leftover to make into soap.
coconut oil, lard, and tallow are good too. though that is not quite true either because it depends on how the animal was raised. ideally grass fed for optimal beef fat. cattle grains are leftover things from processing seed oil typically.
>>8547
Retard, olive oil gets saturated or some shit at high temperatures, I forgot exactly what but basically it turns into a shitty unhealthy fat if you cook with it. The entire point of virgin/extra virgin olive oil is that it's cold-pressed, so it's never heated up during processing, keeping it good.
If you're gonna use it for cooking just buy cheap non-virgin olive oil. It will literally not make a difference after you heat it up. Or even better, use something like coconut oil, which IIRC handles high temperatures great. Or animal fats.
I think even sunflower oil is healthier when cooked than olive oil. Olive oil is only good when not heat-treated, that's why you buy virgin oil in the first place.
Retard, olive oil gets saturated or some shit at high temperatures, I forgot exactly what but basically it turns into a shitty unhealthy fat if you cook with it. The entire point of virgin/extra virgin olive oil is that it's cold-pressed, so it's never heated up during processing, keeping it good.
If you're gonna use it for cooking just buy cheap non-virgin olive oil. It will literally not make a difference after you heat it up. Or even better, use something like coconut oil, which IIRC handles high temperatures great. Or animal fats.
I think even sunflower oil is healthier when cooked than olive oil. Olive oil is only good when not heat-treated, that's why you buy virgin oil in the first place.
>>8550
Thats one way, you can get a smoke tray that works in any oven or grill, cold smoking (no heat source) or hot.
Thats one way, you can get a smoke tray that works in any oven or grill, cold smoking (no heat source) or hot.
>>8551
uh, I don't understand what you are complaining about, I never said to cook with low saturated oils. I generally advise against it actually, because yes, it basically turns into plastics at basically any cooking temp. It is why I advise against using avocado oil and olive oil and a few others because even though they are healthy if purchased fresh.
Good for making into mayonnaise and salad dressing, not much else.
pan oil is best with lard, tallow, or coconut oil. castor oil should be good too, but doesn't have much of a flavor.
uh, I don't understand what you are complaining about, I never said to cook with low saturated oils. I generally advise against it actually, because yes, it basically turns into plastics at basically any cooking temp. It is why I advise against using avocado oil and olive oil and a few others because even though they are healthy if purchased fresh.
Good for making into mayonnaise and salad dressing, not much else.
pan oil is best with lard, tallow, or coconut oil. castor oil should be good too, but doesn't have much of a flavor.
>>8551
Hmmm...I looked it up. Gonna use butter from now on since coconut oil is too expensive where I live.
Hmmm...I looked it up. Gonna use butter from now on since coconut oil is too expensive where I live.
>>8556
>castor oil
please, no one try this.
With the exception of vegetable shortening, if the fat you're cooking with is solid at room temperature, you're safe. American 'olive oi' is a cheap lie, just like walmart bread. Peanut oil is how you weed out the weak ones, but is second only to avocado oil for smoke point. You can keep butter from burning by mixing equal volume of olive oil (even the cheap shit). Canola/vegetable oil is how you get soibois.
>castor oil
please, no one try this.
With the exception of vegetable shortening, if the fat you're cooking with is solid at room temperature, you're safe. American 'olive oi' is a cheap lie, just like walmart bread. Peanut oil is how you weed out the weak ones, but is second only to avocado oil for smoke point. You can keep butter from burning by mixing equal volume of olive oil (even the cheap shit). Canola/vegetable oil is how you get soibois.
>>8556
>castor oil
DO NOT INGEST IT
Before the pharmaceutical companies seized the market, I am talking 80/100 years ago, castor oil was universally used as a strong laxative to relieve constipation.
>castor oil
DO NOT INGEST IT
Before the pharmaceutical companies seized the market, I am talking 80/100 years ago, castor oil was universally used as a strong laxative to relieve constipation.
Addendum to >>8558
>the fat you're cooking with is safe
Beef tallow or lard should be refrigerated, especially if previously smoked. Cooking oil is among the only shelf-stable solid-fat.
>the fat you're cooking with is safe
Beef tallow or lard should be refrigerated, especially if previously smoked. Cooking oil is among the only shelf-stable solid-fat.
>>8560
I think castor oil was like that back in the day because it wasn't filtered as good as it is now. The way they filter it now is with diatomaceous earth in a multi-stage press.
If it is not filtered, the leftover proteins from the castor bean will for sure cause diarrhea (not necessarily a bad thing).
Also, a lot of people freak out from 'but ricin protein kills!' argument. It really doesn't. Chewing up and eating castor beans never hurt anyone, and castor oil never hurt anyone. Supposedly only soviet russia managed to kill somebody with ricin. The ricin protein is very very fragile, and the simple act of pressing castor beans to extract the oil destroys that harmful protein.
Castor oil at the beginning of the industrial revolution was used to lubricate engines because it is stable to a very high temp (about 500f). They stopped using it because it left a residue, but kept it as an oil additive for a while longer with the idea that the residue helps seal imperfect valves.
So no, I don't see what the problem is to cook with castor oil. It is quite unlike any other plant extracted oil because it is (the only?) source of ricinoleic acid. One of the only liquid fatty acids that is as stable as tallow.
Never deepfried anything with it before, but I have used it as cooking oil without issue.
[Read more] I think castor oil was like that back in the day because it wasn't filtered as good as it is now. The way they filter it now is with diatomaceous earth in a multi-stage press.
If it is not filtered, the leftover proteins from the castor bean will for sure cause diarrhea (not necessarily a bad thing).
Also, a lot of people freak out from 'but ricin protein kills!' argument. It really doesn't. Chewing up and eating castor beans never hurt anyone, and castor oil never hurt anyone. Supposedly only soviet russia managed to kill somebody with ricin. The ricin protein is very very fragile, and the simple act of pressing castor beans to extract the oil destroys that harmful protein.
Castor oil at the beginning of the industrial revolution was used to lubricate engines because it is stable to a very high temp (about 500f). They stopped using it because it left a residue, but kept it as an oil additive for a while longer with the idea that the residue helps seal imperfect valves.
So no, I don't see what the problem is to cook with castor oil. It is quite unlike any other plant extracted oil because it is (the only?) source of ricinoleic acid. One of the only liquid fatty acids that is as stable as tallow.
Never deepfried anything with it before, but I have used it as cooking oil without issue.
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