What's cooking? part 4

i've done:

1 minute high heat w/vegetable oil
2-4 minutes med heat
flip
another couple minutes, keep an eye on 'em

After I take them out, I like to deglaze the pan with just a bit of white wine and toss in some fresh thyme (I have a ton of it out back so it's my go-to herb), reduce a bit, drizzle over scallops, PROFIT.

ur next level, dude

that sounds like MAJOR PROFIT!

it's so lol. in my youth, i was always so scared of ANYTHING sticking to a pan bc i hated the thought of trying to clean it off later. then i discovered the joys of deglazing!

ehhh i missed out on going to the farmer's market today, and won't get there next weekend cuz of big event thing, but DEF the week after.

I know, right? I used to be terrified of any cookware that wasn't nonstick. xpost

now i'm getting more and more terrified of nonstick cookware! i am concerned about it overheating and seeping nonstickiness into my food.

yeah, i need to deglaze more

to do list
- deglaze

i need to buy a cast iron pan still! i keep staring at things like BEEF in the market but not buying it bc fuck if i'm gonna waste it on a nonstick pan. guess i could do it on stainless steel if i was doing a stew or something but...

to do list:
stew

i don't have a cast iron pan either! what the heck!

omg guys here is a complete list of cooking gear that we own:
1 x very small nonstick frypan
1 x large stewing pot
1 x baking tray
1 x roasting dish

my husband hadn't even used that frypan before i moved here

i need to buy a goddamn wok

never understood the super tiny frying pan thing---every dude i've lived with seems to have one and it's like uh are you gonna fry exactly one egg in that? i mean, i've had a couple, i guess, and i'm not sure why??

i chalk it up to the fact that most ppl's initial cooking stuff is inherited/garage sale/second hand. at least mine has been

I kinda want to get a 2nd cast iron skillet because I want to keep the one I have for cornbread only, but I'm not sure how much use another one would get because I have the grill outside for steaks/burgers and a cast iron dutch oven for braising and stews and such.

Just1n3, you don't need a LOT else...maybe just a good saucepan or two and a big frying pan.

i wanna eat at yr house WmC

Don't get a wok...home stoves can't generate enough heat for really good stir-frying.

Come on over! Downside: you have to enter the state of Mississippi.

tbh i kinda want to go to mississippi

I will cook for all visitors 2 my humble adobe.

I just realized tiny nonstick frying pans accumulate because of 3-packs of assorted sizes.

oh totally! hence the garage sale pickups

i have had a cheap ikea wok for years. i used it a lot in college but in the past few years i've rarely used it at all. i don't know why i even brought it with me cross country!

i use my baby skillet a lot! but i cook for one, so. it's perfectly sized for a corn tortilla, too.

i would really like to have a wok. i use my tiny skillet a lot too. it fries two eggs perfectly and you can use it to saute a small amt of vegetables if you need for a recipe.

my mom gets points at work she can buy things with but she never uses them (because they also pay her in real u.s. dollars), that's how i got le creuset dutch oven, skillet, and saucepan and good knives. otherwise i'd have just inherited/garage sale crap.

god i reallly want a le creuset dutch oven! love my parents'!

i bought a knife sharpener the other day and i think i somehow lost it in the zip car!!!

i inherited a lot of crap when i had my 1st apt but when i left roch i gave it all to goodwill bc i did not feel like moving it.

the little frypan is okay for cooking single meal things, but if i'm cooking - like, actually cooking - it's usually a big big thing that i'm planning to eat for lunches over the course of a week, so i def need something bigger.

husband's mum wants us to have a wedding shower so that we double up on gifts - i think because she's had to fork out so much on her friends' kids' engagement showers + weddings - so i've just registered on target. this is good, because i don't actually want to spend my own money on this stuff!

also: the only thing my husband EVER cooked on the stove top was pasta.

i want a kitchen-aid stand mixer, can you put it on your registry for me? lol

i can't wait to get married just for the housewares alone!

agghhhh yes kitchen-aid!

also cuisinart food processor.

i could actually use suggestions for basic kitchenwares i should put on this bitch - and then specific brands or whatever - since i don't really know what the hell we need/want

i have cuisinart blender/food processor. it's good, i think? it makes a funny plastic smell sometimes though.

random q: how long do hardboiled eggs keep for? if i leave them in their shell?

like a week maybe?

ok that's good. i want to take them in lunches, but fuck boiling up one every night.

Time for pan-seared challops: a Sunbeam stand mixer is just as good as a Kitchenaid for 1/4 to 1/2 the price, depending on the model.

Super handy: a stick blender aka a "boat motor."

i have a braun multiquick that i use ALLLL the time. i just want a 'real' food processor for bigger things.

i think my mom's kitchen aid is a couple years older than me, but i don't know if they make them the same now

There was a thing about Kitchenaid on NPR a couple of weeks ago -- their factory runs three shifts at full capacity. I gather the basic design hasn't changed since the mesozoic era.

i've got a full set of G. LeClerc copper pots (inherited!) but the largest two are fucked up: the metallic lining of the largest is weird and bubbly and probably not safe to cook in, and the second one down is weirdly corroded or something. the smallest three are fine, though, and they're all i need anyway since i live alone.

they're real purdy lookin

the martha stewart cast iron pots at target are pretty awes - bright vintage style. but i don't think i would use them :(

i didn't know ms was at target now! i thought she was k-mart lady? did k-mart die? and i guess she's at macy's, too!

oh wait it was macy's! i thought a registry at macy's would be really nice but their selection is really shit and really expensive. target is way better!

what do you think of this set:

https://www.target.com/KitchenAid-Porcelain-Hard-Base-10-pc-Cookware/dp/B000LZ7EJO

or this one:

kitchenaid stainless 10pc cooking set