I couldn't eat out every night. Never mind the expense -- I couldn't control sodium, cholesterol and additive content. On weeknights I restrain my sugar intake to "Cosby Show" reruns.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
you have to watch rice a bit more carefully than pasta so it doesn't burn/stick to the bottom of the pot
90% of the time i cook pasta it burns or sticks to the pot. i have no hope
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
My perfect-every-time-rice (no sticking, even in stainless steel):
1. wash a cup of rice if it’s basmati, don’t bother if it’s generic long grain (rinse it in a strainer until the water runs clear)2. saute the rice in your saucepan with olive oil (or canola I guess) until the rice starts smelling like popcorn3. add 2 cups of water and a good pinch of salt4. cover and drop the heat down to VERY LOW5. set a timer for 20 minutes and fuhgeddaboudit6. when the timer goes off, turn the heat off, don’t take the lid off, set the timer for 10 more minutes and fuhgeddaboudit7. PROFIT
(don't fluff the rice until after the 20+10 minutes; don't bother washing it; use as little oil as you can get away with and still coat the grains, just a teaspoon or two)
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
i would rather just skip a meal than cook tbh. or just eat some bread and cheese and an apple
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
mmm i'm wit you
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGR65RWwzg8&ob=av2e
this thread officially got great again
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
2. saute the rice in your saucepan with olive oil (or canola I guess) until the rice starts smelling like popcorn
impressive, very first step and you've already lost me
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
bread/cheese/apple was my default meal when I worked at walmart (and stole my food)
― tanuki, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
i actually - my favorite meal to have when i have a day off is a toasted 8 grain baguette sandwich with cheese and sliced granny smith
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
my lunch is usually pb&j/piece of fruit (usually apple)/handful of cookies
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
I need to investigate apples. I want juicy and tart but with some sweetness too. Braeburns aren't bad. What else?
― Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
WINESAP, but i only ever find them at the orchard
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
braeburns are good, so are galas
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
you can't really go wrong with golden delicious
pink ladys taste nice but are too small
lex, you claim to have tried hard for 10 years to learn to cook and you wouldn't know where to begin to cook rice and you burn pasta 90% of the time... i wonder what you think "try" and "learn" and "cook" mean.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
one of the best appliances i ever bought was a rice cooker
lex you should just buy a rice cooker, honest
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't eat out every night. Never mind the expense -- I couldn't control sodium, cholesterol and additive content
Understood, but I'd rather chop 10 years off my life than spend 70 years cooking. I have no feel for it and detest it.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
i never said i tried hard. i gave up pretty quickly after being reduced to breakdown territory a few times.
morbz otm
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
i'm ok with not eating rice at home, whenever i'm in that carb-heavy mood i just have pasta
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
i happen to enjoy small kitchen appliances but then again i also have a embroidered yarn waterfall in my kitchen and lots of measuring cups so i am just kinda the domestic gay type i guess
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
I thought rice cookers were silly b/c you can cook rice in a pan, but the thing was, I NEVER cooked rice in a pan. If I ever did cook rice at all, it was Minute Rice or even pre-cooked frozen rice from TJ. But now I cook tons of rice + other things in the rice cooker. It is fool-proof: measure your rice, measure your water, cover, press one switch, walk away, and 15 minutes later: RICE.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
i defrosted the fridge today
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes i feel guilty at how little i care about interior decoration or domestic aesthetics. my room has bare walls and no ornamentation apart from a penguin paperweight that fell on the floor about 3 weeks ago that i still haven't picked up yet
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
i found a seriously heavy panini press at a catholic charity shop and it's the best thing.
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
buying a rice cooker with a timer legitimately changed my life
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
i think i maybe would care about these things if i was rolling in cash because i don't like the DIY aesthetic enough to, um, do it. i'd rather just buy expensive shit that looks nice. but i can live without it.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
if i cooked rice i'd have to think about cooking sauce which...no. pasta you can eat with frozen peas and pesto and no hassle whatsoever unless i burn it all.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
It would be a plus to find some 30-year-old culinary whiz who's into me.
I make spaghetti with Ragu Light sauce once a week.
hi cad! damn, you never know what topic's going to bring the nice straight boys into the thread.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Easiest meal ever (learned from ILX's Jenny): throw rice in rice cooker, put Trader Joe's tuna curry packet on steam basket, press Cook. Pet cat, check ILX, exfoliate T-zone, listen for rice cooker to sound all-clear. Combine rice + tuna, chow down.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
indeed, at this rate i think it's more likely that i stumble into money and hire a full-time chef though
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
i am lucky to have Ryan's cooking in my life, he is like my very own mama celeste !
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
the banginest snack for me is crackers + almond butter + apple slices. mmmm. easy enough for both lex and i.
otherwise i'm stuck with frozen pasta dinners (trader joe's has some that aren't gross) or turkey burgers or some kind of pitiful sandwich. over and over and over. at some point i'm going to have to focus some energy on finding something new. preferably less carbs!
the best is when my dad brings me a bunch of stuff he's made that i can freeze and treat myself to on special occasions.
― handy ban (lou), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
guys you should all come over tonight, i'm making veggie burritos
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
You never know what paprika's gonna perk up the gay thread's cock.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
would do! xp
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
i'm such a vulture when people offer to cook for me. YES PLEASE
i eat a lot of soups like http://www.newcoventgardensoup.com/ and similar ranges - healthy, light but filling, really tasty, varied, just pop in the microwave and accompany with a bit of bread or toast
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
beer or red or white wine?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
make some cuba libres, Soto
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
My pa is the mojito expoit. I can't stand there and crush mint leaves and sugar three minutes per drink.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
i host an annual port & stilton evening so i'd just bring something along those lines
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
beer plz
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
please let's stop talking about Stilton, mojitos, burritos, and rice thirty minutes till lunch.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
micheladas, maybe
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
wow some of you guys are INSANE
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
and by some of you guys i guess i just mean lex
cooking rice is pretty easy, also insanely cheap and pretty filling
idk how y'all profess to eat out all the time, aside from the expense it can be more time consuming/tiring than just baking some chicken and making some rice
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
- i am hardline w/r/t being controlled: my attitude is always "this is how i live my life, if you don't like it the door is that way". fuck a compromise!
ALSO THIS IS NUTS
lol jordan i love that u cook
love some baked chicken
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link