I would like your gormeh sabzi recipe pls
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie)
here ya go
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 30 March 2023 23:24 (eleven months ago) link
Forgot to add: waffle maker, blender, breadmaker, Foreman grill, sodastream.
I own a blender, breadmaker, sodastream - blender, you can do without but a proper vitamix will make amazing hummus, soups, moles, etc. breadmaker, it's OK (doesn't make great artisanal bread) but it is a great dough mixer, I could live without, you could probably get by with a pair of egg beaters. sodastream, how else are you gonna carbonate water, blow into the bottle really hard? plus they're mostly vertical, don't take up a ton of space.
― 龜, Thursday, 30 March 2023 23:35 (eleven months ago) link
I am against ridulously-specific kitchen items like mini-pie makers, waffle irons, steamers just for eggs, all that crap.
But my benchtops get the toaster, espresso machine**, kettle and Sodastream. The cupboards store the stand mixer, rice cooker, and I have a combo blender/food processor (one stand, blender and FP can be swapped out on it).
The microwave has its own spot on a seperate small island bench thingy.
**The espresso machine is a really narrow form factor, I'm not covering half a bench with a giant Gaggia or anything, its one of these:https://dam.delonghi.com/600x600/assets/223683
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 31 March 2023 00:32 (eleven months ago) link
Oh and to wind it back to the subject of the thread! Despite all I said about rice cookers and instant pots, I too prefer to cook my rice on the stove, in one specific old stainless steel pot Ive had since the 90s that does it perfectly.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 31 March 2023 00:35 (eleven months ago) link
stoves are really good for cooking a lot of things
― brimstead, Friday, 31 March 2023 01:07 (eleven months ago) link
the refrigerator stopped working years ago but the freezer is just about cold enough to refrigerate food for like 5 days. Your cue to post OS Mutantes YT itt, James Redd & The Blecchs.
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 00:30 (eleven months ago) link
til that i don't know how to cook brown rice
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 25 May 2023 00:24 (ten months ago) link
Weirdly psychotic energy itt
― ian, Thursday, 25 May 2023 01:13 (ten months ago) link
pretty sure the secret is to chant "brown rice" in a whispered tone while charlie haden plays a sick bass line
― budo jeru, Thursday, 25 May 2023 01:28 (ten months ago) link
Rice Poll
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 May 2023 01:34 (ten months ago) link
― ian, Wednesday, May 24, 2023 9:13 PM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
seriously. i sort of avoid food threads because no one ever will change their mind about anything but i wish i had been in here talking up bomba rice
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 25 May 2023 01:38 (ten months ago) link
I reiterate that the sautée in ghee brown rice technique I recommend above makes some of the best rice you will ever eat
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:37 (ten months ago) link
don’t even need to scroll up, I have you saying arborio is “for people who don’t really like to chow down” in response to max’s write-in burned into my brain
― k3vin k., Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:51 (ten months ago) link
Brown rice is why I'm not a vegetarian. I tried being one as a teenager and every book was like "bla bla with brown rice" and I hated it so much I gave up.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 25 May 2023 04:16 (ten months ago) link
My mistake in hindsight was buying british hippy cookbooks, but anyway.
i'm not exactly allergic to ghee but very much ghee-intolerant. just the smell of it makes me instantly nauseous. one of my friends relentlessly proselytizing for ghee as a magic elixir (he's a bit of a 'new age healer') has not helped. especially since i was standing in his kitchen as he prepared some during one of these sermons.
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 25 May 2023 18:52 (ten months ago) link
i mixed long and short grain brown rice with wild rice, i think each variety required a different cooking time and water ratio. after cooking it in a covered pot with a measured amount of water didn't work out, i boiled it like pasta for a couple of minutes and strained it with acceptable results. i'm a basmati guy anyhow, rice blends aren't worth it.
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 25 May 2023 18:58 (ten months ago) link
I LOVE wild rice (which isn't actually rice) but we're talking 45 minutes there and it's expensive
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 25 May 2023 19:23 (ten months ago) link
lol k3v
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 25 May 2023 19:48 (ten months ago) link
Slight off topic but whats the deal with ghee? I keep a tub in the fridge, but its thusly impossible to use as it goes rock hard.
I read South Asian ppl just keep it on the bench in runny form, but wont it go rancid like butter would?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 26 May 2023 00:32 (ten months ago) link
i keep it at room temp, lasts forever
― call all destroyer, Friday, 26 May 2023 00:36 (ten months ago) link
I keep it in the fridge and have developed various techniques with spoons and knives for getting what I need but yes it should keep at room temp for a good while
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 26 May 2023 00:57 (ten months ago) link
i think because many of the dairy solids aren't in there it lasts sort of like oil would?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 26 May 2023 05:35 (ten months ago) link
I once threw out some extremely dodgy looking ghee, it had been hidden behind other stuff at the back of a kitchen cupboard for at least a few years though. It keeps fine on the shelf for months ime
― calzino, Friday, 26 May 2023 06:38 (ten months ago) link
Huh ok I will try keeping it room temp. I like the flavour of it compared to just oil in my curries.
I'm still trying to perfect my curry base masala (the whole spices/onions fried down/garlicginger paste/tomates and spice powders/fry into pasty sauce step). I cant get it quite right and I think cooking down the onions/using more than I am might be why.
But! That is not a rice topic.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 26 May 2023 06:57 (ten months ago) link
ime temperature doesn't turn butter rancid, exposure to air does
― two grills one tap (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 May 2023 09:08 (ten months ago) link
oh and cooking brown rice is mostly just adding extra water in the rice cooker, also brown rice is delicious
― two grills one tap (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 May 2023 09:10 (ten months ago) link
made fried rice last night with leftover brown rice, grilled chicken + green onions. didn’t touch the ghee jar :-(
― brimstead, Friday, 26 May 2023 14:18 (ten months ago) link