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Tycho, you're the best. Subscribed. Speaking of simple, I've been watching Chinese Cooking Demystified and I have too many kidney beans and they combined to the first Chinese dish I've ever made with kidney beans: https://youtu.be/D2BSrIXrpNU Guizhou pickled mustard greens. Like everything that's got the holy ingredients of garlic, ginger, shaoxing, sugar, soy sauce, black vinegar, it's insanely flavourful for how little goes in, plus it's pretty dang healthy (I used mustard oil instead of lard.) Also MSG ftw. 
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We recently bought a house and although most of it needed a lot of work and renovation, it also came with a surprisingly fancy grill. This week is the first time we've been up to work on it when it wasn't snowing heavily so I've been going a little crazy. I grilled a bunch of asparagus for lunch with a balsamic and smoked onion mustard sauce.  And for dinner, a bunch of ramps, some pineapple, and two flavors of tofu-- maple and mole for my wife who doesn't like spicy stuff, habanero for me. Not pictured, a bunch of onion and serrano peppers I also grilled.  And here's all that stuff as a taco.
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May 6, 2021 00:02
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Made a few tacos for lunch. Protein is crumbled tofu, diced mushrooms, scallions, and a load of Mexican spices. After the tofu started to get a fair bit of browning on it I squeezed in some tomato paste, gluten free flour, and water to make the mixture a little saucy. Came out very good. Would make again.
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May 6, 2021 02:43
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Normally I like that vegan cooking naturally leads to healthier cooking, but yesterday I found out that certain flavors of Doritos are vegan and knew I had to do something disgusting with that knowledge. So here you go, Doritos Locos fried tofu. Very tasty in a taco with pickled cabbage and some diced onion, great if you are desperate to remember what heartburn is like. I fry things the old fashioned way very very rarely but I think these were worth it just to try out.
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May 12, 2021 19:14
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How Wonderful! posted:Normally I like that vegan cooking naturally leads to healthier cooking, but yesterday I found out that certain flavors of Doritos are vegan and knew I had to do something disgusting with that knowledge. Utterly brutal. I keep making dumplings in big batches and freezing them for later and every single time it kills my back to roll out all the dough and fold it and it never stops me I just whine about it and question if I should get a higher table or something. Cannot tell at all if it's fun or miserable but it isn't neither.
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May 13, 2021 03:48
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I don't know much about Indian food other than that I love it and cook a lot of dals. How do I dive deeper? Are there some like seminal blogs or cook books that you guys know? I'm looking for heavy dal dishes, spicy, obviously vegan (which I think is North Indian). I have access to many indian grocers so ingredient finding shouldn't be a deep problem.
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May 24, 2021 22:33
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gay for gacha posted:I don't know much about Indian food other than that I love it and cook a lot of dals. How do I dive deeper? Are there some like seminal blogs or cook books that you guys know? I'm looking for heavy dal dishes, spicy, obviously vegan (which I think is North Indian). I have access to many indian grocers so ingredient finding shouldn't be a deep problem. Vegan food is most common in South Indian cooking but it can be found all over India. North India often uses ghee and/or cream.
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May 25, 2021 02:41
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TychoCelchuuu posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3900381 You can generally substitute the ghee for oil, or if it's using both just forgo the ghee. I am north indian and growing up my parents barely cooked with ghee.
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May 25, 2021 02:50
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AnimeIsTrash posted:You can generally substitute the ghee for oil, or if it's using both just forgo the ghee. I am north indian and growing up my parents barely cooked with ghee.
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May 25, 2021 03:22
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On the subject of Indian food and veganizing recipes that use ghee etc, I love this dum aloo recipe but it uses ghee and also calls for soaking cashews in milk and then making that into a purée. It says you can use water instead of milk — is that the best play, or is there something better to use? Also, since I’ve had a devil of a time finding cashews that isn’t a huge bag, is there something good to substitute in place of the cashew purée?
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May 25, 2021 03:34
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Yes, definitely. But if you're willing to substitute things, then pretty much any food can be vegan! That's the secret big meat doesn't want you to know. 
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May 25, 2021 03:36
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mod saas posted:On the subject of Indian food and veganizing recipes that use ghee etc, I love this dum aloo recipe but it uses ghee and also calls for soaking cashews in milk and then making that into a purée. I've never tried, but I imagine that natural (peeled) almonds might do the trick. I can't think of any other nut that doesn't have a distinct flavour. In that particular recipe, though, I suppose you could use vegan yoghourt or sour cream, or coconut cream as a substitute. You might need to adjust the thickness in that case, but it shouldn't be hard.
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May 25, 2021 05:15
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Yes, that ^
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May 25, 2021 13:39
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Lady Disdain posted:Yes, that ^ Soaked cashews blended with about a cup of cilantro, a glug of olive oil (about a tablespoon), a splash of vinegar (about 1/2 Tbsp, maybe?) and some salt and/or a bit of onion and a clove of garlic makes an absolutely killer sauce for tacos or beans. It's infinitely variable, you just use whatever amounts you want.
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May 25, 2021 16:36
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I made tofu jerky it’s ftw
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May 25, 2021 16:40
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Don’t substitute cashews with anything else in a curry type dish. The texture will be wrong. Just get the giant bag, and freeze the leftovers.
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May 29, 2021 16:08
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How long can I store self made Hummus in the fridge? And can I freeze it?
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May 30, 2021 13:31
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VictualSquid posted:How long can I store self made Hummus in the fridge? And can I freeze it? Cover it with a thin layer of olive oil to extend it's lifespan, but i think it'll start tasting funky and sour after a few weeks. Never tried freezing it...
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May 30, 2021 14:06
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Has anyone made any light summer soups yet? I know zucchini & corn & tomatoes are in season, any recommendations?
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May 31, 2021 02:40
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VictualSquid posted:How long can I store self made Hummus in the fridge? And can I freeze it? LemonLimeSoda posted:Has anyone made any light summer soups yet? https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018825-gazpacho?action=click&module=Global%20Search%20Recipe%20Card&pgType=search&rank=1 http://www.clovegarden.com/recipes/dov_gazpb1.html https://www.seriouseats.com/ajo-blanco-spanish-bread-almond-cold-soup-recipe https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes...gion=all&rank=4 https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes...pe=tag&rank=259
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May 31, 2021 04:44
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Very curious about the ajo blanco soup, will try and report back
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May 31, 2021 09:07
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LemonLimeSoda posted:Very curious about the ajo blanco soup, will try and report back Its very good but imo gets sickly pretty fast. Better as a smallish starter.
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Jun 1, 2021 11:38
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Some random videos to liven things up. Not all in English, but the non-English ones have English descriptions, or subtitles, or whatever. Except for the Spanish one but it's pretty straightforward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Pp1FS9IqE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro7gK3b3WBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDP0KaZo6fc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb9cef65Bw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1gSLNjoTcs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x-h0A5Ikfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVv2Mge4f6c
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Jun 3, 2021 15:26
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The nice weather has arrived here at last and I want to cook outside, do you have any favourite vegan grill recipes that aren't just fake meat burgers or vegetables on a skewer?
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Jun 4, 2021 15:29
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big scary monsters posted:The nice weather has arrived here at last and I want to cook outside, do you have any favourite vegan grill recipes that aren't just fake meat burgers or vegetables on a skewer? I'm interested in this too. When I grill out it's always vegetables and fruit, tortillas. Then I eat tacos. I like to grill onions for my tacos too. I put asian sweet potatoes on the grill a lot and eat them like dessert.
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Jun 4, 2021 15:34
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I'm gonna try my hand at smoked tofu this summer.
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Jun 4, 2021 16:34
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You can grill tofu up pretty nice but it's finnicky. I just got a nice grill and I'm also curious about what I can do on it. I've been grilling a lot of corn and I want to do something fancy with eggplant in the near future. Oh if you like making sauces and salsas and have an electric oven, they're also a nice way to char peppers. Ramp season might be over now but about a month ago I had a lot of fun grilling ramps and just eating them as a side. Ditto asparagus.
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Jun 4, 2021 17:16
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For grilling tofu I have to do a lot of pre-prep in the form of squeezing it out & freezing it to get an incredibly firm texture. I sometimes end up using one of those grill skillets with the holes in it, which begs the question "Why am I not just cooking this indoors on my stove?"
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Jun 4, 2021 17:26
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Smoked tofu is excellent! You can buy cold smoked tofu from the shops around here (it's good) but I had some my friend had smoked themselves and it was delicious.
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Jun 4, 2021 17:33
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BBQ ideas: https://www.seriouseats.com/grilled-cabbage-ginger-miso-dressing https://app.ckbk.com/recipe/burm54139c08s001r001/kachin-salsa (replace the shrimp powder with powdered tua nao discs) And, sorry, that's all I've got. Mostly when I grill I do some sort of vegan burger or sausage, or some kind of vegetables on a skewer, which is what you don't want.
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Jun 4, 2021 17:50
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Thanks for all the replies! I like burgers and skewers fine too, but I think I have a pretty solid idea of how that goes and wondered what other exciting things you could put on a metal grid above a fire. Potatoes cooked in the embers and grilled corn are other basic ones that I usually end up doing. That grilled cabbage looks really good. I was also thinking of trying the jackfruit/seitan ribs someone posted a while back, although the recipe wants you to finish it in the oven which takes something away from the grill idea for me.
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Jun 4, 2021 18:08
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Android Apocalypse posted:For grilling tofu I have to do a lot of pre-prep in the form of squeezing it out & freezing it to get an incredibly firm texture. I sometimes end up using one of those grill skillets with the holes in it, which begs the question "Why am I not just cooking this indoors on my stove?" If I'm being honest with myself, when I grill tofu it's because I like standing around outside and because having a grill is still novel to me. I think it tastes great and has a really great texture but it is a fair bit of extra work. I also, you know, keep hearing really great stuff about grilled lettuce wedges as a salad base. I'll try that tonight and report back.
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Jun 4, 2021 18:11
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Grilled corn is simple but IMO the best way to cook corn. Grilled Romaine lettuce is way better than it has any right to be - here's a recipe, but experiment with whatever seasonings you want, the real joy is in the grilled lettuce itself. https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/grilled_romaine_lettuce/
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Jun 4, 2021 19:30
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I haven't tried grilled lettuce yet but I can see how the latent sugars being caramelised adding another layer of flavor being appealing.
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Jun 4, 2021 19:43
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Notahippie posted:Grilled corn is simple but IMO the best way to cook corn. You have almost convinced me, the #1 lettuce hater, to give this a shot. Don't have a grill so that is an obstacle.
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Jun 4, 2021 20:30
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If you have an oven with a broiler you can approximate the effect, as a broiler is just an upside-down grill.
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Jun 4, 2021 20:35
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Android Apocalypse posted:I haven't tried grilled lettuce yet but I can see how the latent sugars being caramelised adding another layer of flavor being appealing. It's a lot like good roasted brussels sprouts - the grilled pieces get crispy and identifiably "grilled" tasting. They taste kind of smoky, and I think you're probably right that it's the caramelized sugars. The rest still tastes like lettuce, and if you don't grill it too much then the inside is still crisp. With just a little olive oil and salt you can end up with a pretty awesome salad in a whole (or half, which is how I've done it) head of lettuce.
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Ok, I grilled some romaine hearts and they were wonderful. I just halved them, brushed the flat side with oil and herbs, grilled for a few minutes on each side, then topped them with cherry tomatoes, sliced radish, and lime juice. Very very fast, very simple, very tasty.
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