Controversial Food Opinions - The Béchamel Test

I am reading all about bechamel in lasagne now and have come to the conclusion that it's best if it's well integrated and subtle. I think a lot of restaurants/markets cheap out on cheese and just slather it in there.

I will never allow bechamel to get into my lasagna.

I suspect that many people who think they have never tried bechamel on lasagne have in fact tried bechamel on lasagne.

i’ve only ever made lasagna with bechamel
it’s the way my mum made it & the way i like it best

red sauce + ricotta lasagna just doesnt ever feel as substantial as a good rustic meat sauce + bechamel

and per outdoor miner - the bolognese sauce is thick, and the bechamel is thick, it’s not a soupy mess at all. maybe a ~little~ runny on the first night but once the leftovers set up in the fridge overnight it’s 👌🏻

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People who order extra sauce on pizza *shudder*...I think I have issues with too much sauce. I sense a pattern.

my partner once ordered extra sauce for everybody's pizza without asking anyone. there was an awkward initial sampling of the pizza wherein I kept wondering aloud why the pizza was so saucy and bad before she finally admitted her crime. she thought it wouldn't be noticeable and was apparently mortified that I kept talking about how saucy the pizza was to everyone.

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It's a good point that recooked lasagne > freshly made

a few years ago my grandfather lovingly cooked hot dogs for the whole family.
he also DRESSED them for everybody. and he included MAYONNAISE!

man, pre-dressed dogs. what a time saver. UNFORGIVABLE

no you don't understand he dressed them all the same, with everything

the first part was the sarcasm and the last part was sincere

i am on your side

lol sorry

my partner once ordered extra sauce for *everybody's pizza without asking anyone*.

tbf nobody was expressing a strong opinion on toppings, and i think it was a gambit to impress everyone with her ordering skills. she was just the only one who liked extra sauce. she is also my favorite person, though, so the others maybe (probably?) haven't moved on.

The next time I want to get fired from a job I might try repeatedly ordering pizza with extra, extra sauce for everyone.

what is wrong w sauce, sauce is good, the more the better. is it because it makes it too gloopy? i had a friend who would order pizzas "well done" because he felt, with some justification, that the middles of most pizzas are too gloopy

I’m on board with extra sauce and have been known to inflict it on others.

if you want pizza sauce just eat spoonfuls of sauce, I've never had a pizza and thought "I wish there were about twice as much pizza sauce on here"

"it would be great if instead of sitting between the bread and the cheese, the sauce were oozing out on my fingers"

a few years ago my grandfather lovingly cooked hot dogs for the whole family.
he also DRESSED them for everybody. and he included MAYONNAISE!

― brimstead, Friday, March 23, 2018 10:36 AM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love mayo on hot dogs - based on going on vacation to chile as a child and that being a thing there

http://www.tipicochileno.cl/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/completo11.jpg

For some weird reason I associate extra sauce with the 1980s. Like, not knowing any better.

Ugh, I am in Chile now and the mayo is out of control here.

pizzeria uno used to offer "extra oil" for 50c

Ugh, I am in Chile now and the mayo is out of control here.

― Yerac, Friday, March 23, 2018 11:09 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

chilean food is weird. i have a strong affection for it but i hesitate to describe it as good

Roberta's has on every table their bottle of hot oil. It's super good.

The food in general in Chile is very average. They don't like spices.

It probably depends on how sweet and acidic the pizza sauce is tbh. Ideally, a pizzeria has some idea of the balance between the sweet/sour/dairy and has already chosen the correct proportions for you.

The food in general in Chile is very average. They don't like spices.

― Yerac, Friday, March 23, 2018 11:11 AM (sixteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i mean i guess merken and aji chileno appear here and there but yeah, in general quite bland. i like the seafood and the bread i guess

When we have people over, I make everything super basic and put all the spices, herbs on the side.

For every bechamel-in-lasagna person, I beg you to try this instead just once.

4T butter, a small onion or a couple of shallots minced fine, 3T flour, 2C milk, 2 egg yolks, 1C grated parmesan cheese.
Soften onions in butter; blend in the flour, then the cheese; whisk in the milk and cook/stir until it's the thickness of heavy cream; temper the beaten yolks with some sauce and add it all back to the pot; cover and cook on very low for 10 minutes.

Your lasagna will be in the oven going OMG THANK YOU before you pull it out.

chilean food is weird. i have a strong affection for it but i hesitate to describe it as good

― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Friday, March 23, 2018 1:10 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah my limited experience with it was very unimpressive, esp since, like, it's upside down california the food there should be insanely good

I figure it's because the water is so salty/minerally it's destroyed everyone's tastebuds, that a lot of stuff is just starting to get imported, the milk/cheese situation is stupid and the traditional food is pretty bland.

They do put bechamel in their lasagna here too. It's bad.

this is a picture of locos mayo which is probably my favourite dish. this looks utterly revolting

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2588977.jpg

I have never seen this before. That looks terrible.

genuinely the worst looking food i have ever seen my god

I've never had it when it looked that bad tbh, but almost all the images on google look just about as terrible as that one

Pastel de Choclo is one of the weirdest things I have ever eaten. Who would have thought a mashup between chicken stew and creme brulee would be so awful? (Said no-one ever.)

I was watching an Anthony Bourdain on Chile and he goes to Fuentes Alemana which is supposed to have the most amazing lomito. I ordered it with half mayo because otherwise they put a huge scoop on top. I should've gotten the full mayo because it was seriously very bland. I wonder how many times he has average food and is just too nice to say anything.

i love the fuente alemana - well did i suppose as i haven't eaten meat in 5 years - and would usually get the chacarero. i find that the meat you get in chile can be quite bland as well tbh, like bistek a lo pobre is a boring and bad bit of meat with a fried egg on it

I had a conger eel a lo pobre the other day. It was ok. I was at Liguria the other day and got a pernil sandwich ( I only sometimes eat meat when I go out in Chile. It was so gristly and bland I took it home and recut the meat and added more stuff to it.

Every food opinion is controversial to someone.

I don't like Korean food very much. I think it's bad.

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My dad is from a neighboring country to Chile & he puts mayo on hot dogs too. terrifying.

Ugh, I am in Chile now and the mayo is out of control here.

― Yerac, Friday, March 23, 2018 2:09 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it really is