Thread 21496411

share your food and cooking related tips that you like using

you can use a spoon to scrape the skin off of ginger

if i'm too lazy to wash rice i'll toast the grains in some fat which leaves the end product having better separated grains than if i didnt

>>21496411 (OP)
on that note, freeze the ginger and it will grate easily.

>>21496494
You could also just add a tiny bit of any oil to the rice before cooking to get the same effect. Toasting it isn't doing anything for separation, but it's nice for other reasons.

You can approximate the flavor of fried onions by toasting dried onions

>>21496411 (OP)
you don’t need to bother with measuring cups. a 5 second pour will come out to be 1 cup virtually every time

If you're making pizza with veggies, sprinkle the top lightly with panko bread crumbs. They absorb the water that is cooked out and keeps the pizza from getting soggy. They also add a nice crunch

>>21496411 (OP)
I like to cook with a garbage bowl on the counter. just a big mixing bowl of some kind and its sole purpose is just to catch things like egg shells, wrappers, peeled veggie skins, etc.
going to the trash can is not much effort, but it throws off my groove, and I always feel like I need to wash my hands again after.
dump the bowl when you are done. wa la.

>>21496411 (OP)
I eat cheetos with chopsticks so my fingers don't get all cheesy.

If you freeze hamburger in sandwich bags it will cook to the perfect size for regular bread.

>>21496411 (OP)
I like to drink while I cook so this way doing dishes is fun

When making pasta, grits, or rice after it is done cooking, cook a sunny side up egg and mix it into whatever you finished making. It makes it better.

>>21496411 (OP)
When making cereal, put the cereal in before the milk. This ensures that every piece of cereal is coated with milk.

>>21496411 (OP)
You can make delicious thc butter and use it in all your recipes that call for butter. You can also spread it on toast. It’s great

>>21496411 (OP)
it's almost impossible to overcook celery, so add it to any dishes that require you to cook it first

>>21500526
what's the ratio of bud:butter

>>21503012
1:2

>>21503025
>2
gonna assume you mean sticks, cheers

>>21499405
A MODERN PROMETHEUS

>>21499402
Love this idea. Going to start doing it.

>>21500526
Duuuuuuude

>>21500526
>>21503012
Cannabutter is fucking disgusting even when made with painstaking effort to strain all the solids and cook for the optimal time/temp to decarb and bind the thc with as little plant matter as possible
Don't cook with weed
If you really want an edible just take some RSO

>>21499402
>>21503420
if you do any gardening, keep a bucket outside to throw this vegetable waste in, and fill it with water
use it to water ur plants
keep a lid on the bucket though and try not to breath in the gasses, the smell is horrid and there's probably some disease in there as the vegetation rots/ferments

>>21496411 (OP)
Cold water boils faster than warm water.

Older eggs are easier to pill.

Put olive oil in pasta water so the pasta won't stick.

The quality of the wine you poor in a dish or sauce doesn't matter.

>>21496411 (OP)
>you can use a spoon to scrape the skin off of ginger
You can also just not bother peeling it. It makes no difference

>>21503770
>Put olive oil in pasta water so the pasta won't stick.
this is a myth. the oil floats to the surface of the water and stays there, and only sticks to the pasta after you drain it, which prevents your sauce from properly coating the pasta. pasta sticking only happens if you don't use enough water or use a pan that's way too small. additionally, the solution is to simply stir it at least once.
>>21503774
if the dish requires fresh ginger, or ginger with a minimal cooking time, the skin can be a gross paper-y texture.

>>21496411 (OP)
- instead of cooking chicken, you can put it in a mesh bag and hang it in a tree in direct sun for a couple of weeks

- you can use a kettle as a deep fryer

>>21503770
Cold water boiling faster than hot is a retarded myth, raising the temperature of water requires a set amount of energy per degree. Cold water needs more energy to boil.
You're a retard that failed highschool physics.

>>21503909
additionally: chewing gum is a really good replacement for brown sugar

The brine from olive/gherkin/jalapeno jars make for a tasty drink full of electrolytes

>>21504251
this may be a joke, but throwing your own (washed) veggies into the brine after you've finished the pickles allows you to make your own pickled veg. i often do this with any leftover veggies from dinner.

>>21499402
i usually just pull my trash can over to where i'm standing and leave it open

>>21505421
then you get smelly trash fumes into where you're cooking

>>21496411 (OP)
I don't actually know what I'm doing in the kitchen so I keep my meals really simple. I usually just throw a cooking sheet down in the pan and put a fish fillet on that and start cooking. Doesn't really get greasy and cleanup takes like 15 seconds cuz all the juices and fish stuff stay on the sheet. Then the rice cooker does all the actual work for me and cooks the rice and veggies.
Seasoning? What's that?

Marinate lots of shit in a mix of salt, pepper, soy sauce, a bit of oil, cornstarch, and baking soda, maybe a pinch of sugar or honey too. Whatever meat you're marinading will be tender and juicy and will take considerable effort to make dry and chewy.

Works obviously with stir frys, but also is great for barbecues, fajitas, skewers, etc. Anything with bite sized meat.

>>21496411 (OP)
Gingers don’t have souls

>>21506166
i imagine that one shouldnt be trying to pat dry the meat when its done marinating with this method? or are you saying to cube meat up into bite sized pieces and marinate them like that? im trying to understand the purpose of the cornstarch as an ingredient, and the only thing i can think of is that its meant to affix the marinade to the meat like a glaze and help with browning into a crust

>>21499527
Funny kek

>>21496500
Same works with mozzarella

>>21506281
Yep that's right. You cut up the meat to increase surface area. The oil is so the chunks don't stick together, the cornstarch is to thicken the marinade so it stays on the meat. You can plop the wet marinated stuff into a pan and it'll brown right away, that's because of the sugar.

the heat of the rice cooks the egg

>>21506309
boopadi bapi you freeza the motzerrrella you geta the noose

>>21505715
I put all my cooking trash, like meat trimmings/packaging, veggie or fruit bits, stuff that will decompose etc. And put it in a plastic grocery bag when making a meal instead of my regular trash bin. Then when done, I just take it directly to my outside trash bin so my indoor trash can doesnt start to smell and get nasty, plus makes my trash bags last longer.