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Bean posted:Our farmer's market sells frozen meat. It is delicious, but there's only two of us. Is there a way to reportion and store the meat in the refrigerator without using power tools? I know better than to thaw the meat all the way and refreeze, but I've had some luck with just barely thawing it and then hacking at it with a chef's knife. The best option is to just tell whoever you are buying it from the way you would like to purchase it and they can do it for you before it gets frozen.
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# ¿ Sep 23, 2011 17:41 |
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# ¿ May 5, 2024 00:40 |
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The best way is just to put it in a cooler with dry ice and it will stay solid for hours. Just make sure to leave a vent open.
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2011 06:11 |
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Wandering Knitter posted:I want to make my own greek yogurt at home but I have no idea where to start. Can anyone help me? Make it out of milk and culture or just by draining regular yogurt?
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# ¿ Oct 2, 2011 22:06 |
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LogisticEarth posted:So I recently took a crack at Chicken Fricasee for the first time, just used a recepie that popped up near the top on Google: That seems to come from someone confusing chicken fricasee with a chicken etoufee. Fricasee is just a white stew, so you sear the meat until the fat renders but it does not color too much, then braise it with a bit of chicken stock, celery, carrots and leeks. It's basically a white chicken stew. e- it appears that is a thing in cajun cuisine. My only familiarity with a fricasee is the French type.
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# ¿ Oct 9, 2011 21:45 |
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Nione posted:I thought there was a cast iron megathread, but if it survived the Whirled Peas thread massacre, I can't find it. So I'll ask here.
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# ¿ Oct 19, 2011 21:22 |
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Chard posted:What exactly is a simmer? I know it is "less than boiling" but in practice I find it somewhat difficult to gauge. Should bubbles be forming but not rising to the top? Bubbles should be as few as possible while still being active.
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# ¿ Oct 20, 2011 04:38 |
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Hawkgirl posted:Dear GWS, I simultaneously love and hate you today. You convinced me that chicken thighs are way better than breasts if I simply have to eat boneless, skinless versions. Before I did not know that I was eating terrible dry poo poo. Before I thought chicken thighs were kind of gross tasting. Now here I am, having successfully made coconut milk curry with peas and onions, sincerely regretting having ever bought chicken breasts and definitely regretting putting them in this awesome-tasting curry. God drat are these ruining my meal.
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# ¿ Oct 20, 2011 06:33 |
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Iunnrais posted:I've been trying to cook more and more from scratch lately, but I'm a little stumped how to go about approximating a prepackaged recipe.
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# ¿ Oct 20, 2011 23:44 |
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fatherdog posted:I wouldn't mind eating the pumpkin as well, but mainly I just wanted to cook it enough that some of the flavor would infuse into the custard. The structurally sound issue is likely, I had planned to put it in an oven-safe dish or something while it cooked and while serving. If it were me, I would roast the pumpkin and then just make a stove-top custard, pour it into the pumpkin and then chill it.
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# ¿ Oct 21, 2011 19:58 |
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Junior G-man posted:I made chantarelle mushrooms again this weekend, and I find that they're a bitch to clean/de-grit: Wash them in cold water, change it enough times until they are clean then squeeze them gently and lay them on towels to dry.
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# ¿ Nov 13, 2011 22:17 |
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You could always just pick up a can of aerosol whipped cream.
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# ¿ Nov 18, 2011 21:44 |
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LittleBob posted:Tiny little thing, but - tips for frying eggs? Specifically, how to stop the egg white spreading out so much in the pan? The older your egg the more it is going to spread. The only way to stop this is to do as others have mentioned and cook it in a ring mold or in a smaller pan. Another option is to crack the egg in and tilt the pan over the flame with the egg nestled in the side of the pan. It will set up a bit and then you can level out the pan and it will cook nice and tight.
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# ¿ Dec 9, 2011 05:05 |
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Capsaicin posted:How the gently caress do I cook rice without a rice cooker? Every single type of rice has different needs. Some rice should be cooked at 2:1, whatever kind you have shouldnt be. If its turning out watery check the bag instructions and use less water.
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# ¿ Dec 10, 2011 19:42 |
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C-Euro posted:What sort of blade design should I look for in a bread knife? What everyone else said, with the addition of it being offset.
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2012 08:24 |
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plaguedoctor posted:
No, you will be lucky if you can even get them to hold the bar itself for fifteen minutes.
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# ¿ Jan 7, 2012 16:47 |
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PokeJoe posted:Anyone have a good biscuits and sausage gravy recipe? More specifically the gravy, but every time I seem to follow one it ends up tasting a bit off from what I want. I can't quite describe what I'm looking for but the average recipe I see just ends up kind of bland. I don't use a recipe, but the basic technique is to brown off whatever sausage I have, add butter if there is not enough fat left and add in a good quantity of minced onion. Cook it down until very soft, sprinkle in flour and cook it out. Then hit it with milk and simmer it for ten minutes or so. Then add in the sausage, season pretty heavily with salt, pepper and hot sauce and finish it with a bit of cream. Butter, sausage fat, onions, hot sauce and dairy are the main components, they just need to be in enough quantity to make it rich.
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2012 14:31 |
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kiteless posted:I did read it, I just had to huff into a paper bag for a while afterwards and take a walk around the block. Thanks for doing the sperging for me.
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# ¿ Jan 10, 2012 16:07 |
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WanderingMinstrel I posted:So I've been looking at the stuffed baguette recipe from king arthur flour ( http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/classic-baguettes-recipe )and I was wondering if it were possible to half bake it and keep it in the fridge or freezer so it can be heated up whenever. Would I bake it for half time or just until it starts to look cooked but not brown?
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# ¿ Jan 11, 2012 05:45 |
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Mammon Loves You posted:Can somebody help me with an ice cream problem? I want a simple easy base ice cream recipe to add flavors to and I keep messing it up somehow even though I swear I'm following the same recipe each time:
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# ¿ Jan 12, 2012 00:41 |
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Hawkgirl posted:Hey can I sub kale for spinach? Specifically I once made shrimp risotto with garlic and spinach, but I don't have any spinach. Think it would work? It would but you should blanch it first and then chiffonade it before adding it to the risotto.
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# ¿ Jan 12, 2012 02:47 |
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Gerblyn posted:200g-300g is a nice amount of steak for one person, in my experience. Assuming you have enough veg and stuff to go with it. Your cherries will be fine. For the cream, just heat it until you see bubbles rising and then pour it over the chocolate.
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# ¿ Jan 14, 2012 17:49 |
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Yehudis Basya posted:Another question. Last week, I made mayo for the first time using an immersion blender. I dumped 2 egg yolks, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, 3/4 tsp coarse salt, 1 tsp dijon mustard, and 1.5 cups of canola oil into the container and it whirrred away into yumminess. It was ALSO supposed to have a tablespoon of lemon juice, but my lemon had gone bad and since the vinegar is already acidic, I figured it would be okay without the juice. It tasted a bit vinegary, but was nice.
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# ¿ Jan 15, 2012 02:39 |
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CzarChasm posted:Looking to make some hummus and having trouble finding tahini in a reasonable sized container (found some 36oz monster, which might be overkill for only using a tablespoon at a time). I have a few local markets that I'll check out later to see if their selection is better. Making my own tahini is not an option at this point. If there is only a tablespoon of tahini in your hummus you're doing it wrong.
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# ¿ Jan 18, 2012 23:14 |
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Honestly, the way I do it is just dump it into a clean dish towel, tie it together with some butcher's twine and then tie it to something to hang over my sink for an hour or so.
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# ¿ Jan 19, 2012 16:40 |
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Gerblyn posted:I tried making this last weekend: e- I generally wouldn't even touch a braise like that for a minimum of 2 hours.
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# ¿ Jan 21, 2012 04:24 |
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Braised shortribs in borscht are pretty bomb.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2012 07:16 |
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scuz posted:They were deep fried. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilaquiles Just make them extra wet.
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# ¿ Jan 27, 2012 23:37 |
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Seriously you can't walk ten minutes to the grocery store? You motivate yourself to walk ten minutes because the other option is eating ramen. That's your motivation.
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# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 18:10 |
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indoflaven posted:Is there a cheese that is good on a fish taco? I usually just top them with a cabbage slaw and a sour cream sauce. Cotija or queso fresco are both Mexican leaning and good options. Feta if I have some in the fridge and someone is begging for more dairy. Xandu posted:Thanks. I was thinking about chili specifically, so the meat should already be basically cooked by the time I add everything else to the pot?
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# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 21:37 |
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anachrodragon posted:I decided to try preparing dried beans, as I eat a lot of beans and I'm getting tired of canned. This way I can have healthier beans, and I'll freeze them in small portions so they'll be handy for the next few weeks. I got a bunch of dried black beans and soaked them overnight. Now cooking them on low heat, in a big pot with bay leaves, shallots, garlic, a couple habanero peppers, and a little dried cumin. The thing is, the broth smells delicious, and over the course of the last couple hours I've decided I must save it and do something with it. Honestly you should just cook it down until the beans are almost dry so that your delicious spicy bean stock adds its flavor to the beans.
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2012 00:53 |
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It depends on how you cook them, I usually throw them on the back burner and top them off with more water depending on where they are at and the let them reduce down until they are almost dry.
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2012 01:47 |
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Cowcatcher posted:Does anyone have a tried and tested beef wellington recipe? I don't have a recipe, but you most definitely need to sear the meat. You could skip the refrigeration, but only if you're looking for a medium-well to well done piece of meat. Warm meat will also gently caress up your pastry, the butter will start to melt from the residual heat before the heat from the oven can set/puff the layers.
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2012 19:18 |
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Mister Macys posted:Does sriracha sauce need to be refrigerated after opening? Depends on how quickly you use it. It degrades faster at room temp.
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# ¿ Jan 30, 2012 07:36 |
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Irish Revenge posted:Whenever I buy crumbled feta cheese, like President or Athenos, it is always dry. However every time I go to a restaurant and get a salad with feta on it, it is always very moist, almost like cottage cheese, and it tastes 10 times better. What are they doing differently with their feta and how can I get mine to taste like that? Its going to come in to restaurants in large square hunks packed in brine. If you want moist feta, then buy it in chunks packed in brine. Cowcatcher posted:Beef Wellington trip report: it was easy to make but unfortunately I overcooked the meat (not bloody==overcooked). Not sure if my pastry was too thick or if it got cooked while I was searing it Did you chill the meat between steps? Also, how big of a piece of meat did you use?
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2012 19:35 |
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Sutremaine posted:ginger This sounds kind of terrifying me. It looks like you were going in the direction of chili but then added a bunch of disparate ingredients to it.
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# ¿ Feb 3, 2012 05:45 |
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St. John Coltrane posted:How do you make a nearly finished dish less salty? I'm talking about immediately before plating, you taste, and something got hosed up and it is way too salty; what do you do?
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# ¿ Feb 12, 2012 15:27 |
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cereal eater posted:Can anyone tell me the differences between different oils for cooking/frying/deep frying? As in when I want to use vegetable vs olive oil vs bacon grease vs butter, and what I should be considering when making this decision. Your main concerns are smoke point and flavor. Generally speaking the more flavorful, the lower the smoking point. Safflower, grapeseed, and peanut oils are all good for high temperature cooking and deep frying. The other fats are more delicious but they require a bit more attention or else they may burn. Bacon grease, butter, duck fat, are basically entirely interchangeable, it just depends on what flavor profile you are going for. Psychobabble fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Feb 14, 2012 |
# ¿ Feb 14, 2012 03:57 |
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Niwrad posted:It was a family recipe from a friend originally from Europe who recommended using it. But it seems to happen with any thick sauce or fatty meat. Some meatballs I made did the same thing. If it doesn't matter, I won't worry, it just looked sort of weird to me in the slow cooker and wasn't sure if I was doing it right. It's just your sauce breaking. Just stir it back together to re-emulsify.
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# ¿ Feb 15, 2012 19:51 |
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Gerblyn posted:In a probably misguided attempt to impress my girlfriends grandmother, I've been trying to make a Dutch pastry called Tompoes, which is thick custard between two layers of flattened puff pastry, with icing on top of it. The problem I'm having is I simply can't get the custard to be thick enough; as soon as I spoon it on to the pastry, it goes to liquid and drips off the sides, and I'm reaching my wit's end here.
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2012 03:28 |
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Turkeybone posted:Yes -- one of the "classicly awesome" CIA recipes is for a guava-paste based bbq sauce.. it takes heat really well, too. That is such a great sauce.
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