yeah definitely cosigning the cook beans separately approach
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 November 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
Been cooking dried white beans with carrots, celery, onion, garlic, thyme, arbol, parm rind. Then take all but beans out. Add some cooked homemade italian sausage and kale. Good winter meal.
― Oxnard Jeweler (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 20 November 2021 04:24 (two years ago) link
update: i am a bean cooking wizard since this thread set me straight i have made at least three batches of EXCELLENT beans and found a local farm stand selling their dried beans for $2 a pound! š
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2021 04:27 (two years ago) link
whoa, that is not a lot of beans for beans
― Oxnard Jeweler (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 20 November 2021 04:29 (two years ago) link
compared to fuckin $6 a pound for rumplstiltskinās rancho gordo its a STEAL
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2021 04:30 (two years ago) link
update: i am a bean cooking wizard since this thread set me straight
i have made at least three batches of EXCELLENT beans and found a local farm stand selling their dried beans for $2 a pound! š
ā terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, November 19, 2021 11:27 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Hurray! Beans4life.
I made red beans and rice last week with a bone in ham shank that was very good.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
i bought mr veg an air fryer for christmas after my brother in law was talking them up at thanksgivingwe need another gadget like a hole in the head but we also eat at home like 95% of the time so hey, why not give it a whirli can see it being useful in summer when we dont want to use oven/stove
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 December 2021 07:39 (two years ago) link
i got one as a prize for doing a good job at work (there were like 10 choices and most of them sucked) and it's ok. i have a tiny kitchen though so most of the time i forget it's in the basement and i just roast things anyway. it's so big!
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 17 December 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
They are too big. We were given one for free and use it for frozen fried foods for breakfast or the kids.
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 December 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
i still donāt know what an air fryer is
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 17 December 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
it is just a plastic convection oven
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 17 December 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
Going to controversially say that air fryers are good (I do not own one but would if more counter space)
― mardheamac (gyac), Friday, 17 December 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
the air fryer is too big and spaceship like to be kept on the counter. Got to store it under the stairs or in a shed until breakfast potato time.
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 December 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
Found out our oven is completely unreliable wrt temperature in early November. I immediately started getting hit with ads for the Anova Precision Oven (I own the Anova sous vide thing). It's a convection oven with very close temp control and steam. Proofs dough, does bagless sous vide, is an air fryer. Slightly larger than our microwave and I was able to squeeze a 15 lb turkey in there (which turned out better than ever imagined a turkey could). Haven't air fried anything yet, but all other functions are great. Fortunately I was able to make counter space for it, and will probably get rid of the toaster oven.
― Jaq, Friday, 17 December 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
can you bake in it?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 17 December 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah, baking works great, also roasting and all the usual oven-y things. I'm still working out how much faster it roasts with the convection going, it's a work in progress.
― Jaq, Friday, 17 December 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
one thing you may want to try is adjusting temperature, not time. i usually go 25 degrees cooler with convection and plan for roughly the same time suggested.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 December 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
Oh that sounds like a great approach, will do that tonight.
― Jaq, Friday, 17 December 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
my regular oven has a convection setting but i've literally never used it and don't know what it's for lol
it also has random other stuff like '3D convection' 'pizza' etc. i use none of them.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 17 December 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
Convection will allow you to cook at lower temp but will dry out food surfaces that aren't covered.
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
pizza setting makes everything pizza iirc, go nuts with that one
― bitter brutal brittle (cat), Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
holy shit
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
My understanding of air fryers is that you can make your oven or toaster oven do the same thing by elevating the food off a tray and onto a rack so the air can move around it?? My oven is old, not convection, and the heat goes off and on so I havenāt used it for years. Our toaster oven has a āturboā setting, no idea if that means convection though.
― just1n3, Saturday, 18 December 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
It might be like the turbo button computers used to have that either did nothing or made them go slower!
If there is no actual fan moving the air around inside the oven, the only convection currents will be near the walls unfortunately and the food will still rely on conduction and radiant to heat.
― Jaq, Saturday, 18 December 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
Duh why didnāt I think of that? Iām almost positive thereās no fan in there
― just1n3, Saturday, 18 December 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
Why is tomato paste in a tube suddenly so hard to find? I've gone to half a dozen supermarkets this past week and even the ones that used to carry it don't anymore.
― Born Sleeepy (Nuxx) (Leee), Friday, 22 April 2022 18:23 (two years ago) link
because they want you to suffer through scooping out the contents of dumb tiny cans & freezing the lumps or just forgeting the half used can in the back of the fridge bc god forbid we ever have convenient packaging
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 00:42 (two years ago) link
aren't the tubes generally more concentrated than the canned stuff?
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 April 2022 02:31 (two years ago) link
i dont think so?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 02:52 (two years ago) link
usually the tubes are sold as "double concentrated" but what does that really mean tbh
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 23 April 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
i always use the same amt lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 03:00 (two years ago) link
Double concentrated tomato paste in a tube is meant to be used in small amounts, when cooking or substituting for canned paste. Cento Double Concentrated Tomato Paste in a Tube has a more robust flavorful taste than our other canned tomato pastes. When substituting for a recipe that calls for traditional canned paste, follow a 1:1 or equal parts substitution. Double concentrated tomato paste provides a more robust flavor than that of traditional tomato paste.
lol it's all contradictions
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 April 2022 03:00 (two years ago) link
used "in small amounts," i.e. the same amount
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 April 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link
it all tastes the same imo its not like ppl spread it on toast lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link
yeah it's pretty meaningless afaict. the tube is just easier to store.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 23 April 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
i enjoy opening a fresh tube with the pokey thing on the cap
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 03:06 (two years ago) link
yes!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 03:52 (two years ago) link
it all tastes the same imoits not like ppl spread it on toast lolā terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, April 22, 2022 8:01 PM (fifty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
ā terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, April 22, 2022 8:01 PM (fifty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
My swedish friend does this with what looks like tomato paste tubes with added reindeer meat. And the toast is more like a seed covered cracker.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 April 2022 04:01 (two years ago) link
listen
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 04:37 (two years ago) link
and the cracker is more like a steak, but
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 23 April 2022 09:07 (two years ago) link
sounds good to me tbh
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 11:49 (two years ago) link
ā towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, April 22, 2022 11:06 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
things you were shockingly old when you learned
― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Saturday, 23 April 2022 11:50 (two years ago) link
you weren't "today years old" were you ;_;
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 11:52 (two years ago) link
No, but I was probably in my 40s!
― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Saturday, 23 April 2022 11:57 (two years ago) link
and the cracker is more like a steak, butā Tracer Hand, Saturday, April 23, 2022 2:07 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
ā Tracer Hand, Saturday, April 23, 2022 2:07 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
"toast" leaves room for interpretation. Could be covered in cinnamon and milk in a bowl. Melba toasts have cracker DNA. But I understand my post was a tangent.I am going to refocus, double concentrate. Much less of that from me now -- only the exact same amount as before.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 April 2022 12:44 (two years ago) link
be that as it may iām sensing a noticeably more robust tone in your posts sufjan
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 23 April 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
i've been making large pots of turkey white bean chili to subsist on for the past few weeks.
my issue with turkey white bean chili is that it always somehow comes out a little bland no matter how much of the usual "make it flavorful" stuff i add into it.
so i literally googled "how do you make turkey white bean chili not bland" and someone suggested soy sauce or worcestershire sauce.
not having any of those, i opted for fish sauce, in the neighborhood of 1 tbsp maybe a little more. i hesitated before i did this.
folks, it is delicious. everything that was blurred and blanded together is now in perfect alignment. worth doing if you're making chili and you need umami.
― ź® (map), Monday, 7 November 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
Bold move, map
Iāve been making this vegan bowl regularly. My husb was ordering a ridiculously priced salad from a bougie health and wellness restaurant so I decided to try copying it:
Wild rice mix (I just use the frozen bags from Trader Joeās)Roasted shredded cabbage Sauerkraut (since it already has cabbage, some other kind of fermented or pickled veg would be better)Diced avocadoPan fried tofu (Hodo brand is the absolute best)Crushed honey roasted peanuts (some kind of sweet roasted cashews would be better)Chimichurri sauce from Trader JoeāsLil splash of balsamic vinaigrette
― just1n3, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link
ooh sounds good i might try that out
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 00:57 (one year ago) link
seconding Hodo being godheadlike. i like the bowl idea, too
― Half Japanese Breakfast (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link