What's cooking? part 4

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

i would probably go for the stainless set, just bc i think you can do more with that than with the nonstick.

yeah, i would def prefer the stainless.

like it's good to have A nonstick but i probably wouldn't want ALL nonstick .

thanks!

if u would like to have a lol at some of the shit i have added to our registry, go to target and search my full name

'faux leather antique suitcases'

<3

fyi i have put a lot of cheap basics on there but it is mostly expensive stuff cuz the friends of the in-laws are all rich

anyone know someone who needs a green card? i wanna register, too!

DEAR INS: JUST KIDDING!

lol ;)

i can't find a decent bedding set on there. currently we have 2 really manky green blankets; one pale blue cheap-ass duvet; one set of sheets.

Just1n3, do you have a big kitchen? If you have limited space, I would skip the rice cooker. Perfect rice is E-Z even in stainless steel since you have the temperature control of a gas stove.

dissenting opinions: i have limited space but i make breakfast (quinoa, steel-cut oats, etc.) in my rice cooker every day. sometimes i make rice in it.

I pieced together a set of pots and pans over a couple of years from closeouts, sales, etc. and I've got pretty much everything I need. Most of it's All-Clad stuff, including an 8qt stockpot that i got for $40 instead of $250 for some magical reason. Also I love my 10 year old $12 cast iron skillet and use it all kinds of things. And cheap big non-stick frying pans that I just replace every 3-4 years when they stop being non-stick. I've got a small All-Clad skillet that I use a lot, actually, for things like toasting nuts or cooking one chicken breast.

Maybe too late for the scallops but I'd heat a little oil until it's smoking, dry them well, salt and pepper, and sear them for a couple of minutes on one side, add a little butter, and flip them over. You could deglaze the pan with wine or make browned butter for a sauce. Nothing too complicated.

I'm pretty excited about finding huge bunches of broccoli rabe at the farmer's market today for $3.

we don't have a big kitchen, but also it's pretty empty. and a rice cooker is the kind of thing i'd never buy myself in a million years!