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Democratic Pirate posted:Has anyone else run into bad chicken breasts? Setting aside the “yes, every time I eat a chicken breast Yea, it's because common meat chickens have been bred to have ridiculously huge breasts at the expense of like... everything else. For example: quality, consistency, bird health, etc. So that's just a random thing that happens to them sometimes (another common-ish issue is really woody meat) And don't get me wrong I still buy them sometimes cause they're cheap af, but there is a noticeable difference between the quality of supermarket chicken and "heritage" chickens from smaller farms.
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” joke, every so often I get a breast with extreme rubbery texture issues even though it was cooked the same way and to the same internal temp as breasts that come out perfect.
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Democratic Pirate posted:Has anyone else run into bad chicken breasts? Setting aside the “yes, every time I eat a chicken breast Yeah, that’s a thing. Phone posting, but Google “chicken woody breast” for more info.
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Yeah you can even see it in the meat sometines when buying it  I just eat thigh meat instead
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Aug 4, 2022 18:05
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Gross. Thanks all. I never really noticed it until Covid, but that’s also when we switched to curbside services so I haven’t picked out my own chicken in years. Maybe the meat plants also stopped pulling out obvious bad breasts due to staffing issues and the fact that it won’t stop people from buying chicken.
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Democratic Pirate posted:Has anyone else run into bad chicken breasts? Setting aside the “yes, every time I eat a chicken breast "Woody breast" Worse than bloody thighs from a broken leg.
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Aug 4, 2022 19:58
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I have never had this 'woody breast' thing and it sounds absolutely revolting.
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:Worse than bloody thighs from a broken leg. Oh man I didn't realize that's where the blood came from sometimes, that makes so much sense
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Scientastic posted:If you're doing the recipe that came up on Google when I search "almond cream croissant birch syrup" you should probably use a proper recipe and not one from a cookbook based on a videogame That’s the one! And hey, I’m enjoying it so far and it got me to cook with my friends, this is just the first recipe in it that I’ve hit that’s made me go “what the heck is that?” Most of them are just perfectly normal with a video game branding. I’ll leave it out then.
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Pookah posted:I have never had this 'woody breast' thing and it sounds absolutely revolting. It is. Imagine taking a bite of a perfectly-cooked chicken breast and having it crunch in your mouth. It's awful.
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Aug 4, 2022 21:25
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The Midniter posted:It is. Imagine taking a bite of a perfectly-cooked chicken breast and having it crunch in your mouth. It's awful. Ah ah ah that is so goddam nasty I can't even imagine. Holy poo poo that is so so horrible. AAAAA
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Aug 4, 2022 21:49
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Mmm, cheap meat. My son asked for “soup with paneer and broccoli”, so I made a soupy dal with a bit of tamarind and coconut milk, roasted some spiced broccoli, and fried some paneer with spices until it was crispy. He loved it (because it was delicious). And dino., I also did your simple carrot dish with the cumin and mustard seeds (such a great recipe) but did it with a courgette that needed using. It worked really well.
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:"Woody breast"  ...oh, on chicken. Yeah, that's gross too.
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camoseven posted:Oh man I didn't realize that's where the blood came from sometimes, that makes so much sense
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therattle posted:Mmm, cheap meat. Has your son grown up in a paneer household or is he already more foodwise than both my parents in their 70s?
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coolusername posted:That’s the one! And hey, I’m enjoying it so far and it got me to cook with my friends, this is just the first recipe in it that I’ve hit that’s made me go “what the heck is that?” Most of them are just perfectly normal with a video game branding. I’ll leave it out then. There is some fun video game based cooking stuff out there, and honestly, if it gets you having a good time, who cares what the branding is? Here's a FFXV one if you'd be interested. That's It! The Unofficial FFXV Community Cookbook
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AngryRobotsInc posted:There is some fun video game based cooking stuff out there, and honestly, if it gets you having a good time, who cares what the branding is? Yes, yes, I have a Star Trek cookbook, I can’t be a snob, but when the recipe pointlessly includes an ingredient for the sake of fitting the theme instead of being actually good, you should ignore it
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VelociBacon posted:Has your son grown up in a paneer household or is he already more foodwise than both my parents in their 70s? Probably both! We eat paneer every now and again (usually in takeaways which are too spicy and not GF for him), but I have made it a few times and made dishes with shop-bought paneer more than a few times. He loves cheese and enjoys fairly strong flavours so he likes Indian food. He’s asked me to make sag paneer and dal before (he also loves spinach). His requests can sometimes be wacky but sometimes great. This one worked well. He’s also asked for kedgeree (made with smoked tofu) and tofu, rice and spinach with Japanese sesame sauce. In the spring we foraged some wild garlic and he suggested a wild garlic chickpea stew; we found a recipe for exactly that and it was really delicious. therattle fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Aug 5, 2022 |
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Aug 5, 2022 18:34
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Just FYI if you don't already know, but paneer is crazy easy to make if you can get ahold of some cheap milk.
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Pookah posted:Just FYI if you don't already know, but paneer is crazy easy to make if you can get ahold of some cheap milk. Yeah! It’s fun and easy.
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Rattle what was the carrot recipe? I think you mentioned it a couple times, and I can’t for the life of me recall what it is. Probably mustard seed, cumin seed, hing, turmeric, and carrots, and then you finish it off with an acid? If it was me making that recipe, that’s likely what I’d tell people to do. Maybe sesame seed too?
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dino. posted:Rattle what was the carrot recipe? I think you mentioned it a couple times, and I can’t for the life of me recall what it is. Probably mustard seed, cumin seed, hing, turmeric, and carrots, and then you finish it off with an acid? If it was me making that recipe, that’s likely what I’d tell people to do. Maybe sesame seed too? Even simpler! Heat 1tsp each of cumin and mustard seeds in oil until they pop. Add grated carrot (I’ve done it with cabbage and courgette too, both of which work excellently). What makes it even more delicious is that it’s got such an excellent effort:reward ratio. I bloody love recipes like that. That feeling that it’s not only delicious but really quick and easy adds an extra savour. therattle fucked around with this message at 10:11 on Aug 6, 2022 |
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Ohhhh yeah. If it’s that one, it works for pretty drat near any veg and comes out great.
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I want to make paneer but milk is never cheap here, alas
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Dear livejournal The kitchen is set up (mostly), and I was doing some gentle purging of stuff I never use. Asked the boyfriend if we could put the leftover Huel he had into a jar or something, because that ugly bag was giving me indigestion. He was like, “I’ll just throw it out. Didn’t realise how many varieties of things you always have as leftovers for me to graze on. I do, and I also like to keep fruit in jars in the fridge because then it’s ready to eat, and it looks tempting there, so that you reach for that when you’re having the fridge door open and staring at things. I intend to get some clear containers for cut up veg as well. If it looks pretty and tempting, it’s more likely to get eaten rather than languishing in the back of the fridge. Yes, this means that the boyfriend and I have moved in together.
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dino. posted:Dear livejournal I assume you're the Dino that won season 8 of MasterChef?
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Congrats Dino!
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Great point on repositioning fruit in glass jars - i snack more on fruit and veg after a party when they're in leftover delitainers and I never extended that to daily life!
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Works for dank nugs!
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camoseven posted:I assume you're the Dino that won season 8 of MasterChef? 🤣🤣🤣 no I’m a vegan Dino from New Jersey who’s a gay Indian guy. I was never on master chef. Ramsay’s face gives me the willies.
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I don't post much, but I always pay attention to Dino posts because they are invariably very good, very informative, or just plain nice  .Happy to hear you're doing well and are happy my distant Internet friend.
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dino. posted:🤣🤣🤣 no I’m a vegan Dino from New Jersey who’s a gay Indian guy. I was never on master chef. Ramsay’s face gives me the willies. Dino from master chef is all of those things except Indian!
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dino. posted:Dear livejournal Glad to hear that's going well!
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Hi everyone! Anyone here know anything about curry? I've been making curry for over a year now, modified from the Persona 5 recipe and it's good but I'd like to branch out into different styles. I do a vegetarian curry with potatoes, onion, bell pepper, garlic and curry. The spices are cumin, coriander, turmeric, clove, cardamom, nutmeg, cumin, cocoa powder, salt and pepper. The base is vegetable stock, soy sauce, honey and yogurt. It's good, but it's the only curry we eat. I'd love to try out different styles but other than grabbing random recipes off the internet I don't even know where to start. Also while I can eat chicken, I don't like chicken curry and my diet is mostly vegetarian these days.
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There is at least one Thai curry paste that is vegetarian - Aroy D green - and it's available on Amazon. Not sure if their red is. Or you could make it yourself. But I heartily encourage you to try out a Thai curry.
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Any recipes online for a decent Thai curry you'd recommend? I tend to stay away from pre-made spice mixtures and pastes. Until recently my son was allergic to cinnamon and it's only in the last few months he stopped showing symptoms when exposed but I don't want to push my luck.
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Serious Eats is always a good starting point. There are a ton of good Thai cookbooks out there as well, and frequently, your local library will have a few. Anything written by Leela Punyarata is a good bet.
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Mintymenman posted:Serious Eats is always a good starting point. There are a ton of good Thai cookbooks out there as well, and frequently, your local library will have a few. Anything written by Leela Punyarata is a good bet. That's awesome, thank you. I'm definitely grabbing the ingredients for panang and maybe a green curry as well.
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Mintymenman posted:Serious Eats is always a good starting point. There are a ton of good Thai cookbooks out there as well, and frequently, your local library will have a few. Anything written by Leela Punyarata is a good bet. should also add that leela's blog, shesimmers.com, is basically an encyclopedia of thai food, she covered so much over so many years
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I tried a little pack of tteokbokki the other day (it was in one of those things like a ramen bowl, kinda cool) and I really liked it but it was a) too spicy for my sister to enjoy and b) four bucks for something smaller than your average ramen packet. Anyone have any good non-spicy recipes for tteokbokki that I can just buy a big pack of 'em and toss them in a from scratch sauce instead?
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