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Some foods are good tasting but not eaten that commonly, or not used commonly. Some of these things are spices or ingredients. Let's talk about ingredients we like that maybe other people haven't thought about lately. I cook with asfoetida sometimes. It is said to smell very bad but taste very good. I find it smells pretty good and tastes good. It's like adding a slightly boorish onion. An onion that has retained some defiance again you. I also like beef tendon a lot. I have to cook it very well. It is supposed to have a lot of good nutrients. I find it an interesting texture. I eat it in soup for the most part. MSG is tasty and imparts a savory flavor. Thick soy sauce isn't just soy sauce that is thick. It is a cooking ingredient. It has a more rounded flavor. Liquid smoke is for lazy people who want 80% of the experience of good smoke flavor done right, for 2% of the effort. Never without it. Even more important is Maggi brown sauce. The recipe is different in different countries, and the European one is the most savory and my favorite (and is the favorite in many non-European countries). You will know it when you taste it if you haven't bought it before, because a lot of restaurants use it. You may find it striking how familiar it is for something you may not have ever been aware of before. At fancy stores, quail eggs are too expensive. At stores that are not fancy they are very affordable. They're punchier than chicken eggs and also fun because they are small. Ceylon cinnamon. This is the traditional cinnamon but it's more uncommon. I genuinely find it tastier. Pickled eggs are great for any application where otherwise you might have used a hard-boiled egg, like a salad. They have more salt and are therefore tastier. Add your own ingredients to help other people, or go to sleep. Either is fine.
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# ? May 31, 2020 06:32 |
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# ? May 11, 2024 10:01 |
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If you have not been adding smoked paprika on your chicken/tuna salad you have been loving up for a long time
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# ? May 31, 2020 06:36 |
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I don't see many people using kohlrabi. Why not? It's good. It's just another brassica so there's nothing weird about using it at all.
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# ? May 31, 2020 06:36 |
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Fiddleheads are actually kind of gross, but a gross I find tasty. You can find them canned which, like, what the gently caress? They basically taste like when you're a kid and you're eating bits of random plants.
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# ? May 31, 2020 06:38 |
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Oca tastes exactly like potato. If you want to support people at the farmer's market or simply have more money than sense, you can eat it in lieu of a potato.
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# ? May 31, 2020 06:40 |
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Head cheese gets a bad reputation, probably for the name. However, I've found it useful to cook with. It tends to have a lot of flavor and a lot of connective tissue, both of which I like. I'm not sure it's meant to be "cooked with" but I do.
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:36 |
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:40 |
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:If you have not been adding smoked paprika on your chicken/tuna salad you have been loving up for a long time
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:44 |
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Pick posted:I don't see many people using kohlrabi. Why not? It's good. that's a weed I'm not eating nothing I don't understand
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:46 |
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Cubone posted:that's a weed it's literally a big glob of broccoli stem (it's the same species). if you like the tender inside part of a broccoli stem, there's a lot of it
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:51 |
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try put a little cardamon in stuff. especially deserts
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:53 |
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I have taken to adding cauliflower to everything. My family is getting sick of it but they can gently caress off.
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:55 |
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The Voice of Labor posted:try put a little cardamon in stuff. especially deserts The best cookies I ever had included cardamon.
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# ? May 31, 2020 07:56 |
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The best cookies I ever had included a little bit of dry earl grey tea sprinkled on top.
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# ? May 31, 2020 08:02 |
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Tahini. Shitloads of tahini. Make a lemon garlic sauce for veg, meat or fish (maybe with a splash of pomegranate molasses). Make a Japanese sesame sauce with mirin, soy and ginger. Mix it with date syrup for the most amazing toast spread. Add it to overly sweet chocolate spreads. Cardamom is indeed delicious. As is smoked paprika. It’s worth paying a bit more for the good stuff. And kohlrabi is delicious sliced thinly, dressed and served with Parmesan shavings.
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# ? May 31, 2020 09:50 |
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Zatar for seasoning. It’s amazing.
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# ? May 31, 2020 10:55 |
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Mushrooms! The most amazing and divisive food. I love them so Thanks for the reminder to get more Maggi I'm out!
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# ? May 31, 2020 11:35 |
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Rat posted:Mushrooms! The most amazing and divisive food. I love them so The black chanterelle is the best condiment there ever was. I have a big jar of it in dried and powdered form. Almost running out tho, let's hope they grow this year. Last year was hosed. The french call it "trumpet of death" so it's also the most metal shroom
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# ? May 31, 2020 11:42 |
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Rat posted:Mushrooms! The most amazing and divisive food. I love them so
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# ? May 31, 2020 12:05 |
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Pick posted:The best cookies I ever had included cardamon. Cardamum is great in any baked sweet. It smells and tastes like how a hug feels. e: Likewise, Cinnamon goes great in most savory dishes. pro tip: mix some cinnamon and paprika into the breading next time you make friend chicken. Takes it from great to orgasmic. DeathCrabForCutie fucked around with this message at 12:35 on May 31, 2020 |
# ? May 31, 2020 12:20 |
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Whoria Discordia posted:Cardamum is great in any baked sweet. It smells and tastes like how a hug feels.
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# ? May 31, 2020 12:29 |
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Fruit vinegar is amazing, a neighbor of mine offered me Japanese pomegranate vinegar with seltzer water and I was leery because I’m really not a fan of kombucha/switchel but it was excellent. I would also like to try crosnes at some point. I’ve been on a gardening kick and they are one of the plants I’d eventually like to acquire and eat.
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# ? May 31, 2020 12:35 |
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gary oldmans diary posted:the texture and consistency of cooked mushrooms never blends in at all with whatever other ingredients there are. raw mushrooms are a fine thing Yeah, cooked mushrooms are really only good in sauces, imo. The only exception is enokitake They're pretty mild, and the texture kind of reminds me of beansprouts or bamboo shoots. They're great in a stir-fry. DeathCrabForCutie fucked around with this message at 13:47 on May 31, 2020 |
# ? May 31, 2020 13:33 |
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im contemplating getting on the black pepper train, meanwhile im looking for something a little more mild to ease into it any thoughts
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# ? May 31, 2020 13:37 |
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I always thought "balsamic reduction" sounded posh and stupid, but it's just "if you cook balsamic vinegar a bit, most of the sharpeness boils off and you just get a sweet delicious juice". Any dish where you start with onions and garlic, pretty much you can start with balsamic (or red wine) vinegar cooked until it's just a nice sweet mess, and then cook the garlic and onions in that, and it will taste amazing.
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# ? May 31, 2020 13:56 |
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stuff is remarkably hard to find..
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# ? May 31, 2020 14:01 |
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Whoria Discordia posted:Yeah, cooked mushrooms are really only good in sauces, imo. Enoki taste like absolutely nothing and you have to chew them forever even if you cook the poo poo out of them. That said, I eat them all the time. I consider them more of a hobby than a food. I like to annoy my friends by throwing a ton of them into the hotpot.
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# ? May 31, 2020 14:11 |
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You eat the enoki first while your undrinkably hot ramen cools down. I'm not a slurper, or have hot slurping technique.
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:27 |
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:28 |
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Its nice they list it, its usually not. 40% actual muscle is a meat product. Enjoy your uterus
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:31 |
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Put this in everything. I squeeze chorizo in to borracho beans when I need a pick me up.
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:33 |
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I kept seeing this at my local organic market but had never picked it up. Well, curiosity finally got the better of me and I grabbed a bucket and took some home and WOW! I wish I'd known about it sooner. I've been using this stuff in my stir-fry, in my baking, even sprinkling some into my coffee in the morning. Highly recommend.
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:43 |
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A Grand Egg posted:Enjoy your uterus username/post combo?
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:44 |
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Hometown Slime Queen posted:
it doesnt really seem like a product that you sprinkle is it a powder
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:45 |
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Statutory Ape posted:
The stuff is actually really handy for making gravy that is delicious.
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:45 |
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Pick posted:The stuff is actually really handy for making gravy that is delicious. yea thats why i look like somebodys hoarder grandma when i find it in the store E: * ok tbh buying 3 isnt necessarily hoarder grandma, it could be considered regular grandma
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# ? May 31, 2020 15:48 |
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Statutory Ape posted:im contemplating getting on the black pepper train, meanwhile im looking for something a little more mild to ease into it White pepper.
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# ? May 31, 2020 16:52 |
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Statutory Ape posted:im contemplating getting on the black pepper train, meanwhile im looking for something a little more mild to ease into it
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# ? May 31, 2020 18:03 |
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tiger sauce is the ultimate in hot sauces. you think something else is better? too bad you're wrong.
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# ? May 31, 2020 18:05 |
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crystal is a close second though
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