Now that we found love what are we gonna do? The Winter 2011-12 Gay Thread

The nice thing about my annoying and/or selfish habits is they don't seem that way if I spend the entire day alone.
--Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius)

the internet is not life. for which you and I can both be grateful.

If you say so.

Lex, have you ever had a patient, cooking-skilled friend go through a few basic things with you, in your own kitchen?

Btw I never cooked rice till WmC shared that rice recipe a couple years ago on the cooking thread - it makes perfect rice and you can skip the saute bit at the start.

no. i miiight be amenable to that but i don't really want to ask because a) i don't think it would end well b) i don't know what to ask or where to start.

man I should have really invited you over when you were last here

Sometimes my commute ends too quickly. Yesterday I was engrossed in a book so I stayed on to the end of the line and then rode back.

― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Tuesday, March 13, 2012 2:46 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I miss doing this. I've taken to podcasting on buses in the past year which is just NOT the same thing and it's a bad habit. Music has taken over headphones at the gym where podcasts once ruled and thus books on the bus have been shoved to the side. Might be the solution to the lack of fiction I've read lately.

Xps just ask, and just be completely honest about your lack of skills. Cooking rice and pasta, sauteing veggies, marinating meats, boiling/steaming veggies, baking and pan-frying meat, roasting - these are all simple techniques that are (usually) easy to learn, and will provide you with many different kinds of meals. Get your friend to do each technique and explain why they are doing each piece of that technique. Then have them walk you through doing it yourself another time.

Just an idea! Also: alcohol should be involved in these lessons, if you think it'll help you not feel so pressured.

the glass of wine you drink while cooking is my favorite glass of wine

^^^ I'm drinking mine now (pouring my second)

Also, Lex, even though I learned to cook at a very young age, I hated it for years bc I had to cook most of the family meals from 12-18. I've only started to really get more into it bc I am fortunate enough to have a v appreciative audience - it has def inspired me to cook much more adventurously than I ever imagined possible.

rice cooker makes perfect jasmine rice btw, i didn't even mind having to use jasmine rice in my burrito. (i had no medium or short grain rice in the pantry and fuck a brown rice burrito imho)

This looks useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEVJHKqWvuI

If we all ever meet, let's do so at the Olive Garden in Times Square.

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, March 13, 2012 11:29 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol hi morbs! i do enjoy checking in on the gays tbh.

I always use jasmine rice in my burritos and I add a little butter when I cook it and ohh my gooodddd so good

my beans are v good, tho. always. i make a mean bean imho.

What do you do? I just saute garlic and onion and pepper and then add the water and soaked black beans and a bay leaf and simmer for a bit

i brown diced onions & jalapenos & minced garlic in a skillet, add tomato paste, adobo, cumin, cayenne, black pepper, let it get all nice and carmelized and sticky, and deglaze with red wine vinegar. add to simmering beans.

always. be. deglazing.

i hate bell peppers but you can use them instead, i guess.

i just buy the cuban black beans from trader joes, they're p good

does Trader Joes sell El Ebro beans?

i have never cooked dried beans before :/

i live right by some small thai and armenian grocery stores, i really need to start taking advantage of that

yeah i've never cooked dried beans before either, don't think i quite have the patience for that yet

it's... not hard.

it just takes a bit of planning bcz you have to prepare the night before. Just sort, soak, and simmer!

I still haven't mastered the art of pressure cooking. When Mom makes vats of black beans for Christmas Eve and see the little plastic tab at the top of the Hitachi going shhhhhh I get scared.

lol usually when i have the desire to cook beans it's like i want these NOW and now TOMORROW

not*

Yeah, I'm far too much an impulse cooker. It was all I could do to make a big batch of noodle salad for my lunches this week.

yeah i never know what i want to eat until...i want to eat it! i don't understand how i could plan meals a day or more in advance.

It would take considerable training to prepare something and then ... gulp ... NOT eat it.

Is that where the glass of wine comes in?

jeez it's just fuel, ppl

you can cook dried benas without a pre-soak, it takes longer tho. also soaking beans allows them to start germinating so they release some of the enzymes that cause gas, so soaked beens are less fart-making. #protip #farts

hmmmmm

farting is one of the best parts about eating beans

After all these years, I finally feel like I know you, J0rdan S.

jeez it's just fuel, ppl

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius)

blasphemer! heretic!

I realize it's quite possible I should have been a monk.

I've had that thought before, and then I realized I was only being vain.

you prob'ly think these vows are about you

so soaked beens are less fart-making. #protip #farts

this is legit good to know

Yes, just make sure you drain and rinse them well after soaking.

my family has always been into cooking dried beans, it's v common in lebanese cooking. we just made some lentils this wknd!

great bean tips you guys, i gotta cook and eat way more beans. i love lentils cuz they cook so fast.

i am a little bit sad tonight

I can but offer one of these <3 and a virtual huggle. I hope you feel cheerier soon.

it's not a terrible sad to be honest, it's kind of heartening