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Alder posted:Hehehe I thought about the soup but my cooking level is closer to sandwiches and pasta. I don't even know how to make stock unless you meant store-made brands. Although Google is my friend I tend to mess up all but the most simple recipes. Chili is a very good thing to learn since it mostly just amounts to throwing a bunch of red stuff in a pot and simmering for several hours. Main thing with learning cooking is that the range for acceptable is pretty big in most cases, so there's plenty of margin for error. You don't need to make some super subtle flavor profile and control things with high precision. Baking on the other hand you have to follow to the letter.
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Learn how to stir-fry, you can make all kinds of stuff with it. I don't even follow recipes, just make sure you put things in in the right order of how long they take to cook through and watch to make sure things don't burn.
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Just read Shinmai Shimai and learn how to make Egg Fluffy.
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chumbler posted:Chili is a very good thing to learn since it mostly just amounts to throwing a bunch of red stuff in a pot and simmering for several hours. Main thing with learning cooking is that the range for acceptable is pretty big in most cases, so there's plenty of margin for error. You don't need to make some super subtle flavor profile and control things with high precision. Thanks will check out the cooking forums. Tarezax posted:Learn how to stir-fry, you can make all kinds of stuff with it. I don't even follow recipes, just make sure you put things in in the right order of how long they take to cook through and watch to make sure things don't burn. Pretty much how I cook my vegetables atm. It does get tiring a bit because lentils but it's edible mostly.
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I should probably make this into a proper GWS post, but I've long held that the perfect way to learn how to cook is to make grilled cheese sandwiches. You learn: * The importance of lubrication * Browning * Listening for cooking noises * Mise en place * The importance of ingredient temperature before cooking * heat management * food manipulation in the pan * timing * texture and how it changes the end product * thicknesses and how they affect heat transfer. And then once you've got the basic grilled cheese sandwich down, you can start throwing poo poo into those grilled cheeses and experiment with flavor and ingredients. Also, there is something seriously satisfying about even the dirt-nastiest cheapo two slices of white bread with butter or margarine on the outsides with government cheese in the middle. SwissArmyDruid fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Apr 21, 2016 |
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Apr 21, 2016 03:00
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I remember a cooking show making a grilled cheese sandwich with two frying pans. I think it was to press the sandwich.
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Yeah, that was an episode of Good Eats, but  =P
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SwissArmyDruid posted:I should probably make this into a proper GWS post, but I've long held that the perfect way to learn how to cook is to make grilled cheese sandwiches. Look at this fucker not buttering both sides of the bread.
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My husband introduced me to putting mayo inside, and now grilled cheese without it tastes so dry and lifeless. I like mayo on the outside too (a thin layer) since it gets nicely crusty and a little tangy.
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Mayo is the best condiment, it basically goes on everything. This may be a derail but it's a derail I can get behind.
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Nate RFB posted:Mayo is the best condiment, it basically goes on everything. This may be a derail but it's a derail I can get behind. Japan agrees with you, much to my chagrin.
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Nate RFB posted:Mayo is the best condiment, it basically goes on everything. This may be a derail but it's a derail I can get behind.
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When I was vacationing in San Francisco recently I was upset that the In-and-out burger didn't have mayo for my burger and fries. Fries are especially great with mayo, way better than sugary tomato paste.
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Mayo is delicious with big belgian fries.
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Mayo is good when used the right way
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besides complaining about stupid plot decisions people regularly talk about food in the shokugeki thread and make dishes from the series if anyone's interested. the wakako-zake thread also had some good anime food discussion
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Compendium posted:Mayo is good when used the right way Pretend I posted a .gif of Kamen Rider Beast slathering a doughnut with mayo. 
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Sorry to derail mayo chat but new Colette!
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I want to read something where the couple ends up together, it happens before the end of the manga, and the manga is actually finished and it was a good ending. Basically, the rarest possible type of manga. I have read: - Kare Kano - Lovely★Complex - My Love Story!! (not finished but it's great, they are together!) - Kimi ni Todoke (not finished in real life but in my heart it ended when it was still good) - Bonnouji And that's it. Any recommendations? EDIT: Ha, apparently I asked the same in 2012. gmq posted:What (completed/finished) anime/manga is like Kimi ni Todoke, Lovely Complex or Kare Kano? lunar detritus fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Apr 22, 2016 |
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Everything Burrito posted:Sorry to derail mayo chat but new Colette! Doesn't Tama translate to lightning or sth? poo poo, how did i not figure that out
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Pastrymancy posted:Doesn't Tama translate to lightning or sth? poo poo, how did i not figure that out That means 'sphere' or 'ball', pretty sure.
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gmq posted:I want to read something where the couple ends up together, it happens before the end of the manga, and the manga is actually finished and it was a good ending. Basically, the rarest possible type of manga. bonnouji
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gmq posted:I want to read something where the couple ends up together, it happens before the end of the manga, and the manga is actually finished and it was a good ending. Basically, the rarest possible type of manga.  In that case I'll answer how i did back then a kitten posted:You might look at watching or reading Paradise Kiss it's by the same author as Nana, but is way shorter, complete and while still being a drama is less full of the huge drama that is prevalent in it. I haven't read the manga, but I completely love the anime. However I will add that I have since read ParaKiss (easily purchased and everything) and only 3 volumes long, and it is completely wonderful and has become one of my favorites. And also add the Girl Friends by Morinaga Milk to my old suggestion as well.
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gmq posted:I want to read something where the couple ends up together, it happens before the end of the manga, and the manga is actually finished and it was a good ending. Basically, the rarest possible type of manga.
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I just read Orange and it was cute and good and it made me cry.   It kinda has the opposite problem of Kare Kano though, I'd love to have read more about what happens with the side characters. Anyway, I'm going to check out My Little Monster, Taiyou no Ie, Girl Friends and Para Kiss. Thanks!
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gmq posted:I want to read something where the couple ends up together, it happens before the end of the manga, and the manga is actually finished and it was a good ending. Basically, the rarest possible type of manga. my little monster comes to mind.
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Horimiya fits the criteria, though it has weird moments with the girl, Hori, having a thing for being (apparently) abused and the boy, Miyamura, being intensely uncomfortable with doing that.
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ReRe Hello is also great in the whole "cute couple gets together early on" aspect, but it's still an ongoing series and the English translations are behind. 
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Yeah I can think of several ongoing series with couples that are together early on and being cute, finished is a lot harder. e: in Hibi Chouchou they start dating pretty early and the ending is cute but the pace is glacial because both of them are incredibly shy. It might be a better read all at once vs waiting on chapters though. On my phone, I'll come back to this when I can better look up titles. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Apr 22, 2016 |
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Apr 22, 2016 14:54
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Is it really too much to ask that people spoiler tag these titles?
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is that another joke like the girls kissing thing was
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Everything Burrito posted:is that another joke like the girls kissing thing was No, I just prefer not knowing if they end up together or not before it happens. It's like people asking for titles where the partner dies, and then I have to pray I've already read everything suggested.
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There is like zero mystery in most shoujo romance. You know from the beginning who is going to end up together because they're usually on the cover holding hands or whatever.
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yes, this comic in which the title is the names of the two protagonists combined into a single word, like branjelina, has a chance of them not ending up together
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Everything Burrito posted:is that another joke like the girls kissing thing was That one wasn't a joke either, I'm pretty sure.
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Like 75% of shoujo romance is all about Will They End Up Together Or Not, and if you mention a bunch of titles where the initial premise isn't specifically "A Cute Couple", then it constitutes a major spoiler. One blatant example would be Taiyou no Ie, to me. Is it so surprising that there are readers who like not knowing until it happens? It's one thing if it's dealt with in like 2-3 volumes, but some of the titles mentioned are quite late development spoilers.
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I'm having trouble thinking of anything where I had some sort of concern or uncertainty that the two characters identified as The Main Couple in the first chapter wouldn't end up together, even if for the bulk of the story they aren't. Every now and then one might throw you a curve or have a really well-constructed (or annoying and frustrating) love triangle that creates some uncertainty but I don't think anyone in here has ever openly spoiled one like that. The ones mentioned all had pretty well telegraphed couples, even if there was a rival present. Asking for spoilered titles in a list where the big reveal is "they started dating" is kinda like asking not to spoil the name of a manga where the good guys win. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Apr 22, 2016 |
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