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Alcohol Thread
St. Patrick just past so I think it's time for a thread on alcoholic beverage. I know many of you here like drinking while on the net so I think it would be nice to discuss.
What are your favorites?
What are you drinking right now?
What would you like to try that you haven't drank yet?
Have you tried making your own drinks? -
R: 3 / I: 1What does sushi actually tase like?
I need someone to describe to me in detail what eating sushi is like. I've never had it before, or actually an japanese food, so pls be descriptive -
R: 5 / I: 5Kitchen Tools & Equipments
What kind of tools and stuffs related to cooking you couldn't do without?
A friend of mine bought me a silicon spatula for Christmas. I don't feel like using anything else to stir and scrub now. Of course wooden tools don't scratch the pot but silicon is ten times more handy. It's a joy to use it every morning to prepare scrambled eggs.
I currently lack three things in my cooking battery : An oven, a good blender, and a chef knife. While the purpose of the two firsts appears to me as obvious, I'm currently pondering about how much the later will help me to cook better compared to the "office knives" I already have. I'm just a beginner in cooking, so I wonder if putting 50/100€ in a single knife wouldn't be overkill. -
R: 10 / I: 8Daifuku / Mochi / Dango
What are you sushi rolls opinions on these giant sweet boogers? -
R: 31 / I: 16Tea thread
Share your favorites and explain why they are so good!
My long-term companion Fennel shall be elected to the top. The tea offers a smooth taste, that doesn't wear off with time, making preparation of large amounts in one go possible without drawbacks.
You can use fresh plants or dried seeds and store them for years. It is cheap, supports digestion and has sedating qualities. -
R: 35 / I: 22shh, mods are asleep
post some sushi -
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Do you watch cooking shows or have a youtuber that post a dish every once in a while?
Gordon Ramsay when he's not yelling is a total bro and is relaxing to watch. -
R: 4 / I: 3RAMEN
LIFE STORY:
They came in the morning. I went off to work, grabbed my phone, wallet and keys. But wait, something was a little lighter than usual... Fumbling my wallet I found just a fiver. I knew what I was eating tonight.
RAMEN THREAD:
On the way back from town I visited the asian supermarket. There they sold many delicacies from the land of the nippon. Unfortunately I could not afford such treats so I bought a 40pence packet of instant noodles. But surely I could knock it up a notch. My mind meandered into a list of additional ingredients.
ADDITIONAL:- Fried Chicken
- Fried Chicken (seasoned)
- Mushrooms
- Egg
- Chopped Tomatoes
- Peas
- ...
FOOTNOTES:
Ramen every day can be boring. Alternatively you can cook rice which is cheap too. Just remember most cheap food is unhealthy so its important not to think of food as of a means to an end but rather a way to appreciate the world and all of its ingredients. Dont let them go to waste. -
R: 12 / I: 11food
anyone got any good recipes for the poor dumb and hungry? -
R: 10 / I: 4Slow Cookers and You
I got a new slow cooker for Christmas, and it's pretty sweet, to say the least. When you spend all day cooking for other people as your job, it's nice to come home and have something cooked for you. Is there much love for slow cookers here? You can make a tasty Japanese hot-pot meal with it, if you have to be a weeb about it.
So far I've only used mine a couple times; once for a curry and then again for a pot-roast. The curry was great, though I would say some things are best added later when using a crock pot. Peas, tomatoes, those kinds of things, just get ruined if you leave them soaking for seven hours, whereas chickpeas, potatoes, onions etc benefit. I also noticed how much moisture stays in the pot itself; I like coconut milk maybe a bit more than I should, and added more than usual, but even after seven hours it came out a bit runny. I eat it with rice anyway so it wasn't just a big mess, but I'd make a note of it.
The pot roast has been my better experience, though. It took a while to get my hands on some chickpea flour and vital wheat gluten, but once I did, I made a savory seitan to cook with potatoes and onions. I've been experimenting with meat substitutes this last month, as my girlfriend is living with me for a bit and I have to find things that are like meat to sate her. Tofu has been way easier to just buy from the market, but seitan is easier to just make at home, I reckon, and it's wonderful to roast in the crock pot for a meal. -
R: 10 / I: 5Hot Beverages General
What's your favorite thing to drink when you want to be cozy? -
R: 5 / I: 0water intake
How much water do you consume every day and in what form?
I am drinking a lot of tap water in the evening these days, so my overall intake should be around three liters a day, with tea in the morning and juices during midday. -
R: 9 / I: 3soup
What is best soup?
Pumpkin soup is fabulous and has a different taste with a different chef. Cheese-cream soup with minced meat and leek is also really great. -
R: 15 / I: 12Hawt Schtuff
Who here partakes in pepper sauces and the like? I'm personally hooked on pic related at the moment. It's much different than the Huy Fong rooster sriracha. -
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Which do you use?
