🍱coral-foodies

[noble swan]

i'm officially hungry

[split marsh]

It's early for me, I'm making a quick cup of coffee before I start work, later probably will try to figure out breakfast

[noble swan]

there is no hour to be hungry under my roof

[paper sinew]

What's up guys?

[compact scaffold]

Not delicious food in front of my face and in my stomach.

[paper sinew]

What's wrong?

[compact scaffold]

Nothing. Just thinking of food

[paper sinew]

Ok

[noble swan]

I'm currently making some cause you made me hungry

kimchi rice inc

[neon tendon]

UK, just mince or minced beef are also common here

I know! Fettuccine and Tagliatelle being another example

[split marsh]

Yep!!!

[abstract zenith]

Happy belated valentines to me!

[flint oak]

aaaa looks delish!

[copper raptor]

I'm drooling. All these foods... should I order food?

[blazing pendant]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/677192039678476288/810934394105495552/20210215_190326.jpg

I did. :P

[split marsh]

Looks really tasty!!

[jade forge]

May i have some

😍

[abstract zenith]

medium rare filet mignon, on a bed of rosemary and crushed garlic mashed potatoes, with carrots pan-roasted in a cumin, fennel, and blood orange herb mixture, all covered with a veal demi glace pan sauce

[blazing pendant]

holy shit, you got demiglace? did you make your own? :O

[abstract zenith]

we made our own

[blazing pendant]

amaaazing

[abstract zenith]

https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2015/03/demi-glace-part-1-feel-veal.html

https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2015/03/demi-glace-part-2-half-again.html

[blazing pendant]

oh, I know! adam ragusea also posted kind of a "short-cut" version using chicken stock

I follow a lot of youtubers religiously :B

[abstract zenith]

Psh, shortcuts. Do it right!

But yeah, Chef John is the real MVP a lot of the time.

[split marsh]

That there is just making me hungry!!!

I was going to buy steak over the weekend but ugh weather is horribad right now

[abstract zenith]

😦

[split marsh]

(and buy steak I mean go to the butchers steak but noope bad weather ™️

At least I made chicken and dumplings last night it was good v.v

[abstract zenith]

oh yum

where do you live, bluerose?

[split marsh]

Used leftover chicken and it's just easy xD

Vancouver wa xD so when I seen you mentioned some places around here I was all !!!

[abstract zenith]

oh! yeah, I was born in Portland, lived in Vancouver till I was 7, LOL!

[split marsh]

Haaah

[abstract zenith]

If you ever need an excuse for a food journey in Portland...

[split marsh]

The big asian grocer Ive mentioned is friggen uwajimaya!

[abstract zenith]

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=15mKQZMeqKMemWB5eUZfNmuiGpro&usp=sharing

I miss Uwajimaya.....

[split marsh]

Such a wonderful store

[abstract zenith]

My husband made that when he came out to visit me 5 years ago... he lived with me for like 2 months before I moved out ot Germany

[split marsh]

And it's gotten better over the years too!

Awww

[abstract zenith]

So like I said, if you ever need like a .... cool places in Portland to check out for food, LOL

[split marsh]

Oh hey I spy killer burger

There's one here in vantucky now

If you guys come back, I recommend nyc pizza here in Vancouver btw they have great pizza, the punjab special is so good

Otto's isn't bad either but hot dog places on Portland - franks a lot is delicious

It's a little drive up place xD

And donuts... Annie's off of Stark is really good same for donut world in Gresham

(up here for pasties there's baron patesserie which is super good)

And Larson's bakery too

[abstract zenith]

Yum!

[split marsh]

Yeah if you're over here in the summer Larson's makes a wonderful strawberry cake with whipped cream frosting

That and this one called the beehive is delicious

Or is it the honeycomb either way loads of honey!!

[noble swan]

i can't be mad now that you make me hungry, i just made muffins HA

most of them will end up in the bf's stomach but still

[sonic vessel]

crepes ❤️

[mortal mango]

They look delicious and shiny ❤️

[sonic vessel]

thankies 🥰

[void cairn]

Your crepes are so thin and round 🥰

Mine tear, or are mishapen, or too thick lol it's a work in progress

[gleaming harness]

I can't eat strawberries (no allergies) but this looks good!!!

[sonic vessel]

thank you! ❤️

[sonic vessel]

aww thanks! :3 luckily crepes can be served with a variety of fruits

[gleaming harness]

True! I'd drizzle maple syrup and put some banana slices in there. They look divine! Now I'm craving some crepes xD

[split marsh]

Ooo what type of muffins??

[noble swan]

classic vanilla with chocolate chunk

[split marsh]

That sounds good!

[sonic vessel]

Ooh I should try that!

[burnt lava]

wow, y’all can cook

[compact scaffold]

Crispy beef and fried rice

[wide pendant]

Hey y'all first time sharing food here!!!

Made some korean banquet noodle soup!!! I got inspired by the netflix series called Uncanny Encounter!!!

[abstract zenith]

Yes! That show is so good, and your noodles look amazing!

[wide pendant]

Why thank you

[sonic vessel]

I want to eat your noodles

Please send 😂

[wide pendant]

I'd love to share them... But safety first!!!

[flint oak]

that looks scrumptious!

[noble swan]

Your presentation skills for food are kinda insane, it looks delicious af

[abstract zenith]

mmmm

[remote wraith]

Todays maple bacon pancakes for pancake day

[wide pendant]

I actually forgot it was pancake day!!!! I should've made pancakes yesterday!!!

But @remote wraith that looks yum yum

[full onyx]

IT'S PANCAKE DAY?!

Damn

I would've gotten up earlier

[copper raptor]

Pancake day as in iHop has free pancakes?!?!!

[wide pendant]

IKR!!!

[full onyx]

WAIT

[wide pendant]

I would've made pancakes for dinner rather than noodles....

[full onyx]

Oh right, I don't live by one anymore...

It's Denny's now.

[copper raptor]

Are they even doing free pancakes nowdays!??!?!

Lol, iHop is doing a Pancake Day IOU

They're pushing it back to April 2021

[jade forge]

My pancakes arent going well 😂

[vital vigil]

smores chocolate chip cookie bars 🍪🤤

[abstract zenith]

[quartz lichen]

im surprised to see people making banquet noodles! it looks delicous btw, seems like a food pic taken in a restaurant 😋

[wide pendant]

Thank you!!!! This is actually my first time making it, and i saw a lot of ways to improve it!!!

[quartz lichen]

from where i stand i think the only improvement it needs is adding a slice of kimchi on top of that and its perfect 💯

[naive trench]

Soto with tempe 🥰

The red part is sambal aka traditional chili sauce

[flint oak]

it's been quite a while since i last had soto...

[wary dagger]

Uuuu soto😋

Wonder if dev would put soto in game

Or gado-gado, man i crave gado-gado now

[untold bramble]

A while? It's been couple of years for me🙃

[compact scaffold]

It’s been 28 years for me

[noble swan]

I don't know what it is, but it looks good

The only time in my life i managed to make a dish LOOk good (it WAS good thought but i usually suck at presentation xD)

[compact scaffold]

Looks good

[flint oak]

rameeen!

[blazing pendant]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/677192039678476288/811603217040277535/20210217_152021.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/677192039678476288/811603217519607828/20210217_152003.jpg

[safe field]

Shouldn't stop by at #🍱coral-foodies - you guys always get me hungry again 😂

[upper charm]

Everything here looks so delicious! I want to cook everything I see here

I'm gonna love this community 😎

[noble swan]

those macaron shells omg

so pretty

[tired pendant]

I made ube doughnuts this weekend. They are very purple

[noble swan]

I am trying not to go make crêpes ....

[vivid wadi]

Thank yoou 😊

[noble swan]

I wish i could make macaron too, but too humid here it would ruin the shells honestly, it's probably the most weather/airtype sensitive recipe i know

[compact scaffold]

Is that what they were? I thought they were like, colourful soaps and I still felt tempted to eat them.

[vivid wadi]

I ruin alot of shells myself in my house is around 60% humid ahahahaha

@compact scaffold yes they are macarons

[iron pendant]

They look delicious and very much like a Popsocket that I had once

[vivid wadi]

@iron pendant Thank you soo much 🥰

[haughty onyx]

One of the best things about cooking is the smell of all the spices 😍

[haughty onyx]

Not the most photogenic but I made butter chicken

[boreal yoke]

I tried to cook for my bf for Valentines but I'm not used to cooking since being diagnosed coeliac so it isn't perfect....

[latent vale]

Looks bomb!!!

[blazing pendant]

oh my god those are adorables

[unborn osprey]

[viscid nebula]

After a bad day at work i could not sleep. So i gave up at 4am and made some pancakes xD

[subtle osprey]

ooo those look perfect✨

[noble swan]

it's amazing !

[dense axle]

urgh i'm in melbourne and i'm missing all of these indo food 😦

I miss my batagor

[flint oak]

i'm in Indonesia and it's also been quite a while since i ate batagor :/

[neon tendon]

I'm afraid Suki and I will never see eye to eye on this...

[compact scaffold]

I would purposely eat pizza in front of her

Who doesn’t like pizza?

https://tenor.com/view/smh-kanyewest-gif-4544077

[abstract zenith]

My beef stew today. :3

[dapper grail]

That looks really good

[sonic vessel]

Mmm bread

[jovial merlin]

Chicken and dumplings

[upper charm]

I just ate but now I'm huuuuungry again

[mortal brook]

That's why i try to stay off this channel most of the time, people got mad skills

[slate monolith]

yeah all of what i saw look so good !!

[neon tendon]

(old pic, from a local restaurant)

[blazing pendant]

Tried out a little take out soup kitchen in my city. Very small business, 4 or 5 people just running a soup kitchen during lunch hours for the workers downtown. I had some very nice chili (marketed as "Mexican beef soup", so as not to confuse the average German country bumpkin), plus big slices of whole wheat bread and a lil' apple.

I'm very fond of places like this who do ONE thing and do it exceedingly well. An entire, pretty healthy take out meal, more flavourful and cheaper than any fastfood place I can think of. Plus, the packaging is great, this stayed really nice and toasty on a 20 minute or so bus ride.

[split marsh]

That sounds and looks tasty

But I did laugh at the Mexican beef soup though xD

[blazing pendant]

I mean it was soupy chili hahah

Beef, beans, chili, bell pepper

Idk what else could have possibly not made this chili

[split marsh]

Cause when you said that I was all 'mmm caldo' is where my brain went to

But that does sound like your average tasty chili components!

I'm going to the butchers tomorrow so I plan on getting a beef shank for some stew next week v.v thanks for the dinner idea!!

[upper turtle]

from now on i will only refer to chili as mexican beef soup

[little aurora]

I made some Lahvosh cracker bread with cheese as a quick breakfast yesterday!
Pretty simple recipe:
Lahvosh cracker bread
Hevarti cheese
Parmesan cheese
Cover cracker bread in as much or as little cheese as desired. I use a slice of hevarti sprinkled in parmesan. Broil in the oven for 3-5 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and the cracker bread is darkening around the edges

[split marsh]

Ooohs yes please

[blazing pendant]

Happy to help! I'll be trying out some tacos on Sunday I think

[split marsh]

Ooohs nice!

Now is it the crunchy shell tacos or like, street tacos you're making?

[blazing pendant]

I am making... tacos. xD

I have ZERO experience with Mexican cuisine. Like. I had chili the first time... last year in winter when I made it! So. I have tortilla wraps. My research suggests to put them in a pan with oil and make them... bendy. And then fill them. With... things.

(I have an actual recipe hahha. Seems to be some homemade variation of refried beans and a salsa with chopped avocado? Probably to emulate a guacamole... ? I assume.)

[split marsh]

Okay so that's crunchy tacos!

They're normally best corn tortillas that are about...six inches diameter. What you would do iscarefully dip the tortilla into the oil so they become flexible (with tongs of course!!!) And then fold them overin the oil to crisp up

Normally we hold them open with the tongs so they don't crack you fill with your ground beef or whatever meat you choose (leftover shredded pot roast or chicken is good too!) Top with tomatoes, lettuce, cheese

[blazing pendant]

I've watched a lot of food wishes/babish/Adam ragusea to kind of learn about the flavours and seasonings and stuff.

I am going with flour tortillas for now because.. that is all I got. One store even only had them burrito sized, so like, twice the size of my biggest pan or smth xD

[split marsh]

And then on the side you have your beans, rice , chip and guac etc

Oh man no that's way too big for tacos

But yeah little bit of garlic salt, chili powder, etc is really all you need for your classic beef tacos

Street tacos btw are corn tortillas, topped with your meat of choice, little salsa or pico de gallo, love having that with radishes on the side xD

No frying but you want a good tortilla for that, not the wraps either

[blazing pendant]

Yeah! I think the recipe i have is fairly... westernised? To an extent. But that is easy and I am still going to use what I learned abt the seasoning and stuff and maybe change up some things

For example, i actually don't like the guacamole l had in the ONE place in the state that made any... but I wanna see if I can make one I actually like

So lots of experimenting

[split marsh]

Yeah tacos that are Americanized are pretty common

Guacamole can be tricky at times when it wants to be it also depends on the avocados

[blazing pendant]

This one is germanized, so even whackier eheheh

[split marsh]

Like if it's not a great avocado...your guac isnt going to be the best we normally do garlic tomatoes, little bit of onion, mush up the avocado with a fork and then mix it all together

[blazing pendant]

Yeah. I think I have ok ones? I squished them for appropriate levels of squishiness

Some give, but not mushy

[split marsh]

Sounds good, normally I do the stem check for mine!

[blazing pendant]

Whats stem check?:0

[split marsh]

So if you pick off the stem of the avocado, you can get a really clear idea on how ripe it is

[blazing pendant]

Oooh ok

[split marsh]

If you. Get underripe avocados,. Wrap them in a paper bag for a day or two and they'll then be perfect for eating too btw

[noble swan]

I have bought two to use in temaki, i'll use that !

[split marsh]

When my aunt had an avocado tree, my parents brought up a big bag worth of them and they were so good v v

And sweet glad to be of help!

I grew up eating eating a lot of mexican food too so xD it's a comfort zone food wise for me

I wish my grandma was a bit more reliable on amounts she uses for recioes because she used to make a great mole and homemade corn tortillas too

[blazing pendant]

I grew up with my parent's cuisine where the most "out there" dish was homemade pizza.

Everything else was like German homecooking but not even the good kind. A lot of boiled veggies in slightly sweet creamsauce. Some form of overcooked meat. Potatoes.

Teaching myself how to cook was a wise decision

[split marsh]

Oh man xD

For us my dad is half mexican half pacific islander so lots of good food there and then my mom's side it was a lot of casseroles and new Mexican dishes but tasty none the less

And my big collection is collecting old cookbooks that I'll sometimes cook from so I love cooking and am always one to leave the comfort zone xD

[neon tendon]

Anyone seen/used one of these IRL?

[split marsh]

Oh a meat grinder right?

[blazing pendant]

Yeah I have only gotten into it in 2020 (not due to quarantine, I was dieting) and I am really glad I invested time in it.

[neon tendon]

Close, but not quite

[split marsh]

Sausage maker?

[blazing pendant]

Not sure what that is no

[split marsh]

Oh big time to investing time in teaching yourself how to cook it's such a valuable life skill

[neon tendon]

It's a tomato squeezer. When I was a child, my (small) neighborhood would come together every couple of years, buy lots of tomatoes in bulk, rent a tomato squeezer and other equipment, and make homemade tomato sauce

[split marsh]

Omg

[noble swan]

I thank my family everyday for enjoying cooking and food so much, i've been cooking for as long as i can remember thanks to them

[split marsh]

Omg!!

[noble swan]

You don't need one to make tomato sauce though, even from whole tomatoes, but i guess it's more work to cut them up

[split marsh]

Can be yeah!

But yeah agreed sehka I was always hanging out in the kitchen with my parents

I'll be making chicken adobo, rice, and some sort of veg tonight

[noble swan]

I grew up at my great grandmother's, she never worked so she was cooking the best meals ever all the time and i was helping, i never really had a bad meal in my life, at least not untill fairly recently (and it wasn't me who made it xD)

when it wasn't her, it was my grandmas or my mum, food is in my blood at this point

[split marsh]

Mmm

Got to love good food

[neon tendon]

Well, I should have said a "passata" rather than "sauce"

[noble swan]

aaaaaah i get it then

[split marsh]

Hey tomato puree is a basis for sauce!

[noble swan]

yeah i always have passata somewhere

i cba to use real tomatoes all the time xD

[split marsh]

Yeah exactly same here we have that as a stable thing so to speak

Sorry my speech to text likes to fail

Especially while I work on cleaning the kitchen so I can make dinner later tonight

[neon tendon]

In some recipes you can use either, but in some other only a passata would work. Like making a beef ragù

So yes! Always good to have some passata handy

[noble swan]

if i have none i'm like "DEAREST GO GET ME PASSATA SO I CAN MAKE YOU FOOD !"

[shell sandal]

Fresh and warm 🥰🥰

[vivid wadi]

looks soooo goood

butter one for meeee

[shell sandal]

Ofccc, fresh scones and butter is amazing!

[flat vale]

Couldn't get the snapchat filter off oop.

[blazing pendant]

found the recipe now @split marsh these are definitely not authentic, but seems like it's an attempt to make refried beans? except not really refried... just first-time-fried xD and a salsa with a bit of avocado.

it's definitely a simplistic version, but probably a good place to start

[split marsh]

Omg xD

Well refried beans are generally your pintos, black beans, etc that were once whole they are then mashed up and cooked down so it's not really..refried over and over again

[blazing pendant]

yeah that's what they do here

cook some pinto beans including the liquid, season, onions garlic etc. and then mas the shit out of them

[split marsh]

So I'd considered it refried :3

[blazing pendant]

yeee. I definitely wanna branch out into different techniques and options eventually, but this sounds good enough for a first attempt.

it's funny cuz the recipe also calls for

"mexican seasoning"

[split marsh]

It sounds right and omg that is funny

[blazing pendant]

thankfully I at least learned what is in there

[vivid wadi]

yall making me want refried beans

[split marsh]

We normally use um..menudo seasoning?

That's a mix of some chili flakes, oregano..mm

[blazing pendant]

yeah

from what I gleaned so far it's usually a mix of

[blazing pendant]

chili powder, paprika, cumin, oregano

[split marsh]

Is what it looks like

[blazing pendant]

seems the usual culprits

[split marsh]

Yeo about riggt

Maybe not so much paprika though

[blazing pendant]

I just kinda refuse to buy these like

"mexican seasoning" "chinese seasoning"

like nah bruh tell me what goes in the thing

[split marsh]

Oh yeah especially caus theres five billion combos of each

[blazing pendant]

yep

[split marsh]

Even classic five spice powder is composed of different stuff

[noble swan]

Hearty salmon soup

[flint oak]

gah i crave warm food now lol

that looks delicious.

[vivid wadi]

that literally made me get up and start soup myself

[noble swan]

it's a super easy one, it has leek, potatoes, carrots, salmon and cream xD

[neon tendon]

Oh I love salmon!

[noble swan]

So do i ! fav fish by far

[severe tundra]

Coincidentally, I’m having salmon sushi for lunch lol

[vivid wadi]

that sounds AMAZING !!

[noble swan]

haha, spicy salmon temaki is planned for sunday

i hope i can find sushi grade salmon though, else i'll have to cook it first

[vivid wadi]

ooooo I need you to feed me your foood

[flint oak]

my house has leek.
get it? cause it's flooding.

[noble swan]

xD

[neon tendon]

Made some salmon and seafood risotto just the other day

[severe tundra]

That looks so good

[vivid wadi]

ooooo 🤤 😭

[noble swan]

Risotto is pog ! so many variations you can make

i never tried fish one oO thanks for the idea, it looks great !

[burnt lava]

it’s almost 3am, i’m hungry, and this channel is a torture

[split marsh]

Looove risotto it's so good Dx

[noble swan]

Where i come from, there is only one time to eat : when you are hungry

[neon tendon]

You're most welcome 🙂 The traditional Italian recipe (Risotto alla pescatora, or Fisherman's risotto) also adds a bit of tomato. And trust me, it makes quite the difference. So delicious!

[noble swan]

i trust you on that !

i hope someday i can visit Italy and try ALL THE FOODS

[neon tendon]

It might still be a while before that'll be possible I'm afraid

[noble swan]

Q.Q

[split marsh]

Unfortunately, I miss travel so.much v.v but I know I'm looking forward to making some stuff this weekend, adobo one day, steak and risotto another

[noble swan]

I have temaki, poutine and dumplings planned in the near future

[jade forge]

👀

[manic crest]

We're out of spuds in my house so I'm making garlic bread to go with my would-have-been cottage pie. XD

[noble swan]

garlic bread is ALWAYS a good idea !

[manic crest]

I'm not sure it's gonna work well with what is now basically a stew, but dammit if I'm not gonna try!

[split marsh]

Oh that looks good

[noble swan]

i know from here that it works well ! look so good !

looks at garlic "you are lucky, i can't make bread today anymore but tomorrow, you DIE !"

[vivid wadi]

curry

[brittle path]

cheesy chicken and broccoli pasta

[flat vale]

Alfredo pasta made with homemade sauce of butter, heavy whipping cream, and parmesan cheese with some garlic and herbs

[vital vigil]

omg that looks so good 🤤

[flat vale]

I found the recipe for the sauce online and it's literally better than any alfredo I've ever had it's sooo good 😍

[brittle path]

eyyy that sounds like the alfredo sauce I make

stick of butter, cup of cream, heat til at least sorta homogeneous then add 7-10 oz shredded or cubed cheese of choice and stir over medium low heat until smooth

[vivid wadi]

sounds. . . . like an amazing way to die of a heart attack

can we add bacon?

[brittle path]

I've done it with bacon grease instead of butter actually

it is Super Bacony and u gotta use like, a good sharp cheddar or the bacon flavour is overwhelming

also it takes like 2 pounds of bacon to get enough grease so there's that

I actually wrote down the recipe
https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/914115

[flat vale]

this sounds like literally the exact recipe I use to make the sauce, except I just do a pint of the heavy whipping cream bc it comes in a pint size. I don't do shredded or cubed cheese though cause when I did it didn't melt properly, I have to use like freshly grated parmesan

[wary dagger]

Lumpia basah from Bandung, Indonesia

[vivid wadi]

oooooo I need that 🤤

[quasi galleon]

Beansprouts!!

[halcyon saddle]

Oooo do you wrap it? Or do you eat it as is?

[wary dagger]

Eat as it is😊

[quasi galleon]

Eat with hands

*proud 😂

[halcyon saddle]

Ooohhh wow that is new for me! I guess there are things I don't know about our culture, even though we're from the same country/island 🥺 👀 ✨

[vivid wadi]

cutlery in general is interesting concept 😂

lots of places don't use it

[wary dagger]

Only apply to nasi padang i guess

Im using chopstick for this dish

[quasi galleon]

Ahahhah I eat everything with hands.. Duhh more practical

(*honestly, I am too lazy to use cutlery) hhahahha

[halcyon saddle]

I eat wrapped lumpia basah, we're supposed to fry them but my family likes lumpia that way

[halcyon saddle]

This is lumpia from Semarang, another city on Indonesia, located in the same island as Bandung, but different culture, ethnicity, etc. I guess haha

[quasi galleon]

Have you ever heard of popiah? I think it also resembles lumpia.

[wary dagger]

Honestly i never heard of popiah

[quasi galleon]

You can also wrap it or fry it.

[halcyon saddle]

Nope the first time I ever heard of them

[wary dagger]

Is it originally Indonesian dish? Or SEA dish?

[quasi galleon]

Chinese food

But halal

Hahahhaa

[wary dagger]

Thats why i was puzzled when Cactus said "We even have Popiah in game" as if Popiah is quite popular dish

Never heard of it before until Cactus said so

🤣

[halcyon saddle]

Ooooooooo

[quasi galleon]

Haahha truee

[halcyon saddle]

What's popiah made from? The fillings I mean

[halcyon saddle]

Whoaaaaa

[quasi galleon]

. I only love to eat with ahahha..
But mostly the fillings are turnip, carrot, tofu, shredded omellete, and some even put bengkuang

Bengkuang inggrisnya apa ya? (I forgot the English of bengkuang)

Hahahahha

Ohhh Jicamaaa

[compact scaffold]

Pork Thai yellow curry

[ripe token]

oh damn that looks really nice

[solar lark]

I made French Silk Brownies ❤️ they were amazing!

[vital vigil]

that looks so good 🤤

[wide pendant]

Made these thai flower dumplings recently!!!

[shell hemlock]

😍

[wide pendant]

They're filled with sweet and savoury chicken filling

[noble swan]

I need to know the folding technique for those ! 😮 it's amazing

[wide pendant]

Ohhh!!! I'd send the timelapse video of me shaping them... But it's too large to send!! Lmao!!!

I made my own tweezers out of popsicle sticks coz the brass tweezers for them are expensive as heck and very hard to come by

[noble swan]

Q.Q I need to know the secret

[wide pendant]

Ooohh i tried changing resolution!!!

Tadaaa

[noble swan]

Aaaaaaaah thanks !

[wide pendant]

@noble swan it's a bit fast tho

[noble swan]

i still get the idea 😮 it's so smart

and the popsicles are actually insanely effective xD

[wide pendant]

I love making them even tho i ain't thai

[noble swan]

you can make food from other places even if you don't come from them

else only chinese could eat noodle and maybe even pasta xD they got the idea first

[abstract zenith]

Is that corn starch you're using?

[wide pendant]

Yess!!! IKR!!! took me a while to figure out how to make them popsicles effective substitute for brass tweezers

[wide pendant]

Indeed!!!

[noble swan]

i actually cook a lot of foreign food xD very little french (except the bread, that, i make a lot of)

[wide pendant]

Tapioca starch with rice flour

[abstract zenith]

AHA! Awesome

[wide pendant]

Same here!!! I love making international dishes!!

[abstract zenith]

Yeah, I cook a lot of foreign foods too, and eat a lot of foreign foods. I loooove food, especially from other places that use different spices and herbs and stuff from what I'm used to

[noble swan]

I mean, i'm french, but from Strasbourg, so very germanic influence in the culture and food, my dad is half from algeria, so i've had a lot of "foreign" influences growing up xD

[wide pendant]

Guess we got that in common!!!

FOOOOOOD IS LIFE

[abstract zenith]

@noble swan Oh man, I bet the food your dad knows or makes is deLICIOUS

[wide pendant]

I'm pure filipino and i grew up mainly with filipino food... But when my culinary awakening happened.... I went and made whatever i felt making

[wide pendant]

Ahh yes!!!

[noble swan]

And my grandma, who's from Strasbourg spent years in algeria so she can make both cuisines very well too, it's just heaven xD tbh cooking is a religion in my family xD we all love it, and often gather around lots of dishes, it's such a big part of myself, it's weird to me how my BF's family just doesn't cook ever (they use a microwave and call it cooking, i almost fainted when i saw it)

[noble swan]

I need to learn filipino dishes, i have no clue what it could be

[wide pendant]

Honestly... Filipino dishes have deep roots coming from spain and china

[abstract zenith]

My husband said to me he was so happy I was a fat kid and that I enjoyed food and appreciated it, because he loves to cook (so do I, it's in my blood too) and he was like "If I was in a relationship with someone whose default response was "Yeah, it's good -shrug emoji" I'd die"

[noble swan]

When people tell me "ugh i don't have time to cook !" i'm like "you don't have time for the one thing that brings joy in life and litterally keeps you alive ?????"

[abstract zenith]

LUMPIA!

Banana. Lumpia. GIB

[flint oak]

Lumpia is also what we called that dish here.

SO YEAH! LUMPIA!

[noble swan]

it was a challenge for me cause, because of his parents, my bf had a very bad relationship to food, he told me he only ate to survive but he didn't like it and basically ate only pasta. I made him so many things, he loved all of it and now is excited when i make something, my biggest victory ever. his problem wasn't food, it's his parents, as always xD

[wide pendant]

Adobo is basically croque au vin (not sure about the spelling) but minus the wine

[abstract zenith]

Well yeah, that's the unfortunate part. I have a friend who.... it's a long story, but although she likes the taste of food, she never grew up appreciating it, or understanding the satisfaction that comes from having cooked something yourself and having someone else enjoy it.

She visited me end of 2019 here in Germany and we really helped fix her relationship with food... And now she's moved in with some friends and she's in charge of dinner. They do Hello Fresh (or some equivalent) where they send you the ingredients portioned out and all that, and the recipes with guides... And she's like "I REALLY like to cook now!"

[noble swan]

coq au vin ? the rooster thing ? xD

[wide pendant]

I saw a while ago!!!

[noble swan]

coq is rooster, croque is to bite

[abstract zenith]

Like... she just needed someone to teach her HOW, show her the steps, and like... She's so proud of herself and it makes me so happy!

[manic crest]

I like cooking, I just don't like eating.

[abstract zenith]

What? Why?!

[wide pendant]

I think that is it!!!

[noble swan]

Germany dude, spaetzle and maultaschen and all, i miss that (i can make the spaetzle here though xD i stole the spaetz grater when i left france xD)

[wide pendant]

This is actually my mood sometimes

Sometimes... You just wanna cook for others and not eat at all

[manic crest]

Because food is weird and takes time and makes me nauseous and god, you have to eat multiple times a day.

[noble swan]

if i'm not hungry, you can start worrying about my health (mental or not xD)

[cerulean vortex]

I hear Spätzle and Maultaschen

[manic crest]

And then you poop, and then you gotta eat again!

[noble swan]

I MISS MY ALSACE

[wide pendant]

I'm super happy to be reading this!!! Inspiring people to cook is the best!!!

[noble swan]

biebeleskaes... that's one thing i can make here, sort of

[wide pendant]

Hear hear

[abstract zenith]

I literally looked up like 3 different spätzle recipes and then hobbled one together myself from the three of them, but they come out so good so I'm proud

[noble swan]

i just asked my grandma xD cheat code

[abstract zenith]

I can't imagine not liking to eat. XD

I mean, I LOOK like I can't imagine not liking to eat, so there's that

[blazing pendant]

My colleague does Marley Spoon and gifts me her recipe cards after. I can't afford the actual box, but it's a wonderful source of inspiration and taking me out of my comfort zone, cooking wise.

[manic crest]

I've also found that by the time I'm done cooking, I'm not hungry. XD

[cerulean vortex]

I moved to my own place last September and made Spätzle myself for the first time in years and 🤤 so good

[wide pendant]

This is one of my dilemma as well

[wide pendant]

What is spätzle?

[abstract zenith]

German noodles. 😛

[cerulean vortex]

It's an egg based noodle that originates from southern Germany (Swabia)

[abstract zenith]

They come in different forms

[cerulean vortex]

It's our national food 😛

[blazing pendant]

Yep

[noble swan]

soon i'll have to start making my dumplings, and probably the temaki already too, tomorrow i have some Call of Cthuluh roleplay game all afternoon, i need to eat something that's ready xD

[abstract zenith]

oh!

[wide pendant]

Gorsh, do i want to know loads of international dishes

[manic crest]

I've been told I make restaurant level lasagne, I just hate every minute of eating it. XD

[noble swan]

I'm so glad i grew up in the "german" region of France xD the food man, i get the best of both worlds

[wide pendant]

Hear hear

[noble swan]

i mean Alsace is basically germany but people speak french tbh xD

[abstract zenith]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/148jFwWESyao2FW9y46OanvYfNJGzG2rbSn51L7u1Eog/edit?usp=sharing

[wide pendant]

Oh man!!! Now i wanna make

[abstract zenith]

There you go, my friend.

[cerulean vortex]

Omg yes. I really love German food

thank you for recipe, Shlee

[wide pendant]

OMG!!!! THANK YOUUUU

[abstract zenith]

spätzle

[noble swan]

grumbeere kiechle too is childhood food

it's a lot of work though

[manic crest]

nudeln

[noble swan]

in Alsace you can have this in restaurants along with you main dish instead of potatoes or fries, i love it

[abstract zenith]

ps, spätzle are so good and I could eat them with everything and love them with just brown sauce on them and mmmmmm

Since moving to Germany I've had to learn a lot of German dishes and i love it

[wide pendant]

I read the instructions and I'm loving it

[noble swan]

they are also their own dish in winstubs and such everywhere in town xD

like with cream, bacon and mushrooms

[blazing pendant]

Hang on hang on

You grew up in alsace?

[noble swan]

i'm from Strasbourg yeah

born and raised

[blazing pendant]

Wicked

[noble swan]

i only left last june to live in england xD

[blazing pendant]

That's not too far

[noble swan]

yeah i lived so close to germany my whole life, there is no border to me xD

[wide pendant]

Sharing this corgo bum buns that i also made recently

[blazing pendant]

We also call them Grumbeer Kiechelcher so I just

Cuz that is such rare slang

[manic crest]

Schnitzel is the German food I have most experience with.

[noble swan]

it's probably spelt differently in the local dialect, but i can't write (nor speak) it

[blazing pendant]

I am from saarland and moved to rhineland palatinate and no one understands me anymore

XD

[noble swan]

STREUSEL KUCHEN (my spelling might be off, it's all spoken to me sorry xD)

[abstract zenith]

Mmmm, schnitzel...

[manic crest]

Marco's always complaining that he can't get the right breadcrumbs here to make it. XD

[abstract zenith]

streußel but yeah

[noble swan]

i can't type that on my keyboard

[abstract zenith]

@manic crest We use panko...

Even though most Germans just use regular breadcrumbs

[cerulean vortex]

You make me hungry

[abstract zenith]

Panko stays nice and crispy, so my husband and i cheat. 😛

[manic crest]

Can't find it here!

[abstract zenith]

And we deep fry it in our fryer..... Do you not have an Asian supermarket anywhere near you?

[noble swan]

i buy panko by the kilo so anything coated in breadcumbs becomes coated in panko

[manic crest]

And he complains that the soft crumbs are just too soft.

We do, but they also don't have panko.

[noble swan]

try online stores ?

[abstract zenith]

What the what. Check Amazon

[manic crest]

We hate Amazon.

[abstract zenith]

Or online stores. Just order like 5 kilos

[manic crest]

He just brings back a ton of it whenever he goes over to see his dad. XD

[wide pendant]

Yep;!! They never go bad!!!

[abstract zenith]

I haven't eaten yet today, and now I'm desperately hungry

[cerulean vortex]

Do go eat

[noble swan]

i need to move my ass and prepare food soon

[manic crest]

His dad is a grumpy Bavarian living in Austria, who occasionally sends us breadcrumbs.

[noble swan]

am i gonna have enough plates to put it all in the fridge though ?

[abstract zenith]

Where do you live, @manic crest ??

[noble swan]

i mean if you really need, you can make breadcrumbs yourself, if you have a food processor

[wide pendant]

To put what in fhe fridge?

[manic crest]

Ireland! But my boyfriend is German.

[noble swan]

i gotta make temaki and dumplings but i have a tiny kitche, a tiny fridge and very little plates xD

[abstract zenith]

My husband was born in Germany, but his mom is from County Mayo in Ireland, and he's lived in Ireland for like half his life, so I find that hilarious.

[manic crest]

Marco was born in Ireland, but both parents are German. He also hates Mayo with a passion. XD

(He went once and has never shut up about it since.)

[abstract zenith]

My husband: "And where the eff is he from?????"

[manic crest]

County Cork.

[wide pendant]

Oohh i just made a kilo of gyozas, and i just freeze them by batch (raw and for storage) with enough space... Then once they're completely frozen, i try to fit as much as i can in a plastic container

[abstract zenith]

(He got so offended, rofl)

[abstract zenith]

Can you please ship me some? I don't want to make the gyoza, but I want to eat so many of them

lol

[noble swan]

since i had to part with most my earthly posessions when i moved here, i don't have a rolling pin here, i had to buy wrapper since i can't make them aaaand i never tried them, so i dunno how they'll react to being frozen especially sinc ei bought them frozen Q.Q

[manic crest]

Just put them on a conveyor belt and ship them directly to Shlee's mouth.

[wide pendant]

As for the temaki tho..... I'd rather eat them freshly made than refrigerated

[noble swan]

it's only for tomorrow

[wide pendant]

Oh my!;! I usually make gyozas with store bought wrappers

[noble swan]

and i have a game so i need smth ready

[neon tendon]

💯

[abstract zenith]

Binging with Babish did an episode on making "potstickers" where he used store bought ones, and they should be just fine. Also Adam Rageusa on YouTube makes them with store bought ones (even frozen ones) and then fills, folds, and freezes them

[wide pendant]

Well... Uhm i recommend clinging them with plastic wrap individually for smaller space consumption

[noble swan]

i couldn't find any sushi grade fish close (i would have had to go further and it's not possible in that cold xD) so i'll have to cook the salmon anyways Q.Q but i'll make a spicy mayo so it will be good

[noble swan]

i know of Babish ! And Josh Weissman, he's my favourite

[wide pendant]

OMG!!! DELISH!!!

[abstract zenith]

Mr. WhiteMan is a staple in our house too

[manic crest]

pffft

[noble swan]

xD that name, and i always pronounce it the german way

not the english one

[trim steppe]

nice. now i'm hungry too D:

[abstract zenith]

I mean ,yeah, it's Weissman, but because it translates to White Man, and he IS a white man... We call him that in our house. 😛

[wide pendant]

Here's how my frozen gyoza looks like

[noble swan]

xD

[abstract zenith]

My husband and I speak a lot of English, German, and ESPECIALLY Denglish

[noble swan]

dumplings are a blessing from the gods, no matter what kind

[abstract zenith]

@wide pendant

[noble swan]

the only god i recognise is the dumpling god

[abstract zenith]

[wide pendant]

IKR

[abstract zenith]

ok. I really need to find some food.

[wide pendant]

Go get em

I am curious as to what these mean

[noble swan]

kimchi dumplings inc i guess xD i'm starving too

[abstract zenith]

It's from a painting, but if you notice... the one guy's hand is out, the other hand is pointing at it, and the other hand looks like it's showing off that he wants something

It basically just means GIVE IT TO ME

[wide pendant]

OMG!!! I JUST MADE 3 TYPES OF KIMCHI!!! now i wanna make dumplings again

[trim steppe]

these mean give it to me right now, i think 😄

[wide pendant]

Now i can confirm that my initial thought about it is correct

[noble swan]

i made my kimchi vegetarian so the BF can have some, turns out it way too spicy for him xD i mean, i have a very high tolerance to spice but i might have really overdone it this time xD

[wide pendant]

Ooohhh!!! How to make kimchi vegetarian???

[noble swan]

i can still eat it, but i can feel it's spicy xD

[wide pendant]

I used fishsauce

[noble swan]

i used a maangchi recipe

[wide pendant]

Can't seem to find vegetarian substitute for it

[noble swan]

if you type vegetarian kimchi maangchi you'll find it xD

[abstract zenith]

I. Love. Maangchi!

[wide pendant]

Same

[abstract zenith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLdvLt8XQ3Y

[noble swan]

this one exactly

[wide pendant]

I followed maangchi's recipe for the banquet noodle that i made

[noble swan]

korean food too is to die for

[wide pendant]

Thank you!!! And man!!! How can u search and share links so fast?!?!

[noble swan]

two screens i bet

[abstract zenith]

I type 105 words a minute?

[wide pendant]

I have a korean friend who's been giving me recipes to try out!!! And I'm loving them

[abstract zenith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cACd0cF92Q

I want to make this next

[wide pendant]

Damm... Amazing!!! I only use my phone... That's prolly why

[noble swan]

ah yeah on keyboard it's easier xD

[wide pendant]

Heck yeah!!! This is delish!!!

[noble swan]

my phone i'm far slower cause it always feels drunk on autocorrect

[wide pendant]

Same

[noble swan]

it never know if it should correct english or french or just leave my bullshit as it is

@abstract zenith i opened youtube to play some music while cooking, first video suggested : babish potstickers

[wide pendant]

I thank @abstract zenith for the noodle recipe

[manic crest]

Went hunting and found the time I made gyoza. These were also from frozen wrappers!

[wide pendant]

Yum yum yum!!!

[noble swan]

that's it, i'm gone, i'm gonna cook xD i'm dying rn

[manic crest]

XD

[wide pendant]

Same... That's why i rarely check #🍱coral-foodies hahahaha

Last one! I saw someone share their seafood risotto before... Here's my entry!

Risotto ala Milanese and osso bucco

[noble swan]

i swear i'm cooking but my appartment is so small i can see the screen ez from my micro kitchen xD

[flint oak]

considering muting this channel again

[wide pendant]

Awe man.... I can't imagine living without my kitchen equipments

[wide pendant]

I'm sorry for the inconvenience... Feel free to ask for more food pictures

Hahahaha

[noble swan]

i now have a ton of dumplings ready

some in the fridge for tomorrow, the rest in the freezer xD

[compact scaffold]

Balut 🤢

[wide pendant]

Actually same... Though I don't really hate it... I rarely eat it... Last year, i only ate once and it was a gift LMAO

[compact scaffold]

We have different definitions of the word gift

[wide pendant]

Yey!!! Congratulations!! They could last for a month if properly stored.

[noble swan]

a month, lol, i'll eat them in two sittings max

[wide pendant]

Uhhmmm yep!! Uhhh.. gift... Someone gave it to me hahahha

[wide pendant]

Hahahahaha!!! Yes!!! But if u ever plan on making loads for future consumption, the can last a month

[noble swan]

There was some stuffing left, but not enough to justify opening the second pack of wrappers so i'm just having it pan fried rn, i'm happy

no dumplings can last a month under my rule ! xD

[compact scaffold]

Just joking 🙃. I’ve never tried one. Just looks..... strange

[wide pendant]

Ahhh same same!!!!

[wide pendant]

It tastes weird if u didn't really grow up eating it... Most of my friends (who are filipinos as well) don't eat balut

[noble swan]

kimchi pork, with glass noodles 👌

[wide pendant]

I usually stir fry them then add bunch of other seasonings to it... Then add day old rice!!! Super good

[noble swan]

i was considering rice

but couldn't be asked to wait for the rice cooker

so i'm just having it like this xD

and i did add seasoning, like garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil and stuff i already forgot xD

i'm on autopilot when i cook

but the kimchi has quite a lot of flavour already so

didn't want to add too much

[wide pendant]

I love it when ur brain and body foes auto pilot when cooking

[noble swan]

i've been cooking for pretty much my whole life xD i'm glad i don't have to focus too much on it (except when cutting veggies cause i sometimes get lost in thought aaaaand my fingers paid the price)

so when people ask me "how much of this would you use ?" i'm like " eh i dunno, i eyeball it dude"

[wide pendant]

Exactly!!! People be lik :" how many cups of this do u add?"

Uhm.... I don't use cups....

[noble swan]

unless i'm baking or unless it's a recipe i never made ever, i just eyeball everything xD

[brittle path]

I tend to stick to recipes for major things like ratios of meat to starch, and components of sauces, but spices are eyeball and taste test every time

[abstract zenith]

My heart attack on a bun

[vivid wadi]

ooo looks good . . . but this table caught my eye. What is on the table if I may ask?

[abstract zenith]

It's an XXL mouse pad with Sailor Moon on it. It's my desk. XD

[vivid wadi]

yaaaaas I need one where I live

[abstract zenith]

Looks like the one I go to in Augsburg, lol.

[abstract zenith]

Local

[compact scaffold]

🤤 curry tastes even better cold the next day.

[wide pendant]

Made these goldfish dumplings today

[vivid wadi]

that's amazing

whats in it? I haven't had dumplings yet

[wide pendant]

It's got pork, leeks, white and black pepper, onions, shiitake mushroom, and shrimp

[vivid wadi]

ooooo my gosh 🤤 😭 your soo skilled it sounds amazing 🥺

[wary dagger]

Omggg looks cute and idk if i could eat it cause its too cute...

[halcyon saddle]

gasp goldfish dumplings? I can't even make regular dumplings!

[wide pendant]

Here they are after steaming

[wide pendant]

Thank you for the kind wordsಥ‿ಥ

[vivid wadi]

aahaa lol look at them all shiny like water that is amazing sooo awesome

[shell sandal]

THEY LOOK SO REAAAAL

[vivid wadi]

but doesn't it make you want to eat it

[shell sandal]

Yes and no, I'm almost scared they will flop in my mouth 🤣🤣🤣

[vivid wadi]

😂

[wide pendant]

IKR!!! MY MOM WAS AFRAID TO EAT THEM

But when she took a bite... She didn't think again to munch on more pieces

[vivid wadi]

I'm soo jealous I need to find a dumpling house

[wide pendant]

Go get them dumplings!!!!

[vivid wadi]

@wide pendant I'm flashing them your photo when I do go imma be like "I want this"

[flint oak]

Martabaks!

peanut fillings?

[halcyon saddle]

WOW sweet martabak

[noble swan]

Had to cook the salmon cause couldn't find sushi grade one, but it's still good xD

Has avocado, cucmber and spicy mayo salmon

[quasi galleon]

Bright moon

[blazing pendant]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/677192039678476288/813026757316706324/20210221_133747.jpg

Itried.png

[halcyon saddle]

Welp yea I know they're called "terang bulan" = "bright moon" in some regions!

[halcyon saddle]

Tacos? 👀

[blazing pendant]

More or less, yeah! I'm scared all of mexico is coming after me if I call them the real deal

but it's a tortilla wrap with refried beans and a tomato salsa with some extra avocado

[quasi galleon]

Tortillas

Or is it tortilla?

[compact scaffold]

Do you actually put creamed corn in these?

[halcyon saddle]

Ohh myyy they look tasty! I LOVE Mexican food!

[flint oak]

@sonic vessel here's pempek

[halcyon saddle]

Pempek 🥰 🥺 😍

[flint oak]

Technically, you could. But the usual fillings are chocolate, chopped nuts, and cheese.

[sonic vessel]

It looks like chicken nuggets in soy sauce

[quasi galleon]

Don't forget chocolate 🥰

[sonic vessel]

These are chocolate?

[halcyon saddle]

Nopeee

[quasi galleon]

Noo hahaha I meant the one I posted hahahha

My bad

[sonic vessel]

Ohhh

[flint oak]

Martapak is actually a blank canvas, you could put any sweet things inside.

[quasi galleon]

Those black thing Rafael posted is supposed to be vinegar sauce @sonic vessel

[sonic vessel]

I am trying to hold out in sweets today cause I am planning for some carrot cake later but y'all making it hard

[sonic vessel]

That sounds delicious

[flint oak]

Pempek is my dad's hometown dish. it's fishcakes made typically from mullet or spanish mackerel, flour, fried, and served with spicy sweet vinegar sauce.

[halcyon saddle]

Those are fishcakes with sweet and spicy sauce

[sonic vessel]

So fish and chips minus the chips

[halcyon saddle]

This is a better explanation

[quasi galleon]

Indeed. You need to dip that fishcake into sweet vinegar sauce .. Without it, it tastes less tasty hehe

[flint oak]

being a dough dish, it's also a blank canvas. i've seen producers put sausages, eggs, cheese, chiken nuggets, etc. into their pempeks.

[sonic vessel]

Lol these are so simple

[flint oak]

lol

[sonic vessel]

Then in america you have stuff like garbage plates

[compact scaffold]

Indonesian fish sticks

[flint oak]

i've seen garbage plates!

the look incredible lol

[quasi galleon]

They also name it differently.
One with eggs in it called submarine pempek

[halcyon saddle]

OMG just googled garbage plates... I'm full just by looking at them

[sonic vessel]

Lol yeah they have beans macaroni salad home fries and spiced hamburger with grilled onions and sausage in it

It's an entire picnic on a single plate

[compact scaffold]

it was basically a plate piled high with fried potatoes, baked beans, hot dogs, onions, mustard, and a chili-like meat sauce.

Can I get that without the beans 😶?

[flint oak]

also, pempeks with different shapes have different names.

[sonic vessel]

You can get it how you want it really the garbage plate is basically the same concept as going to a buffet with one plate..its for people who really dont care if their food is touching

[flint oak]

lol that's also how Indonesians eat 😂

[sonic vessel]

The thing in the banana leaf reminded me of it actually

[flint oak]

yep!

[sonic vessel]

Like a casserole

[quasi galleon]

Hahaha you should try eating Padang Rice, Indonesian does that a lot..

[sonic vessel]

Why are different shaped pempek called different things?

[compact scaffold]

I’m sure it tastes great but that looks like someone vomited on a ball of rice

[quasi galleon]

Bahahahaha yess that one

[flint oak]

Because it's just different shapes just pronounced in the local language. Kinda like, i'm eating circle pempek, long oempek, etc.

[sonic vessel]

Oh ok

[flint oak]

lol wait till you see how people eat this.

gosh now i'm craving Padang rice.

[compact scaffold]

The first search result was Nasi Padang ASMR

[halcyon saddle]

I think it was in around 2010, the meat dish called "rendang" was given the title of the most delicious dish in the world

[flint oak]

but some of them also differs in name by how they're cooked (grilled in banana leaves, soup, steamed), or ingredients (with eggs, from the fish skin, etc.)

[halcyon saddle]

Ooo it was 2011, by CNN

[quasi galleon]

Please.. If you happen to visit Indonesia.. And see this thing on the Padang rice restaurant's table.
Don't drink it.

[halcyon saddle]

But rendangs aren't the most visually appealing dish

[sonic vessel]

Rendang looks a lot like pulled pork barbecue to me

[flint oak]

it's difficult to describe how rendang tastes to foreign tongues though. My aunt is from Padang, and everytime she's on a family gathering, we always waiting for her 2kg container full of rendang xD

[flint oak]

maybe. but with a lot more spices? lol

i also never had a pulled pork before (or pulled anything, really)

[compact scaffold]

Just grab it with your hands and shove in as much as possible?

[sonic vessel]

That depends on who makes it? It's usually sweet

[flint oak]

yes, but people also mix those into an even unappetizing mess 😂

[flint oak]

ah yes!

[sonic vessel]

Its slow cooked pork left to cook til you can pull ribbons out of it with a fork. Hence pulled.

[flint oak]

aww i wanna try!

but maybe pulled beef? lol

[pine yacht]

Won't work with beef

[sonic vessel]

Yeah you can do it with any meat you want to slow cook. We just cover it in paprika chili powder cinnamon pepper onion and brown sugar and let it sit in a crock pot

[quasi galleon]

Beef is too tough maybe?

[compact scaffold]

I’d be too slack to make proper rendang but I could always give this a go I guess

[flint oak]

depends, i think.

[sonic vessel]

It could be done with a rump roast

Crock pots can make anything fall apart

[pine yacht]

Might work with beef but works best with pork tenderloin.

[flint oak]

yeah in a pinch, u can use this. I don't even know what spices to use to make rendang lol

if u have it, definitely try Indofood or Bamboe rendang seasoning, since i'm afraid that Malaysian and Indonesian rendang might taste different.

[quasi galleon]

Even different padang rice restaurants have their own unique taste.

[flint oak]

trueee lol

[quasi galleon]

secret family recipe, like Krabby Patty

[flint oak]

i personally like my rendangs to be tender and more on the sweet side, basically like how my aunt makes it.

also, back to pempek, different family have their own ratio of fish and flour lol.

[sonic vessel]

Lol sounds like my grandmas recipe for turkey soup, I added shallots to it

This is as you can imagine a punishable offense

[quasi galleon]

Don't tell me, it's like this?

Or you just put that shallot into the soup?

[sonic vessel]

Lol I added them to the soup

Which has turkey onions celery carrots and home made egg noodles in it too

[flint oak]

i eat them as is to accompany rice lol

[halcyon saddle]

Shallots?.?

[flint oak]

i also eat raw garlic too

yep, shallots

[halcyon saddle]

👀

[quasi galleon]

Fried Rice with shallot! Ftw

[flint oak]

YEAAAA i always tell the vendor to double the pickles!

[sonic vessel]

Shallots are a veggie that tastes halfway between garlic and onion and looks like an onion on a diet

[flint oak]

trueee!

[quasi galleon]

Couldn't agree more

[flint oak]

also, fried shallots on everything?
dead

[sonic vessel]

I love raw garlic and pickles too lol

Sounds like I need to move to Indonesia

They get me

[flint oak]

xD

in my house, we can down 1kg of fried shallots in like half a day (and that's only by me lol)

my breath after that is ~heavenly~

[quasi galleon]

Dragon breath (hypothetically)

[flint oak]

lol yea

[sonic vessel]

Lol everything smells like shallots after I make soups.
But it's likely due to the fact that I make in bulk so end up eating it every say for 2 weeks

Tends to keep the house smelling like onions

[compact scaffold]

Looking for indofood and this is all I’ve got 😶

[flint oak]

onion and shallot is one of the best smells in the kitchen, though xD

[quasi galleon]

the mother of noodle!!

[flint oak]

oh "export product".... poor thing....

[sonic vessel]

Yeah the closest we are likely to get is Filipino stuff

Which isn't the same at all

[flint oak]

yeah, Indonesian stuffs is quite hard to get in the US.

[compact scaffold]

I mean, I can get that online for $1 but then it’s $11 postage

[flint oak]

i heard there's a famous Indonesian shop in Queens, NY that has been covered by Great Big Story

[sonic vessel]

And here I am on the opposite end of the country

[flint oak]

lol

[sonic vessel]

Tell me about that soup from yesterday lopek or something?

The one surya likes?

[flint oak]

lodeh ?

[sonic vessel]

Yes

That

[flint oak]

i typically looks like this

[quasi galleon]

full of coconut milk.. My stomach can't handle it

[flint oak]

kinda simple tasting, but it's one of the staple soup in Indonesian meal

[sonic vessel]

Looks..like green bean chowder..

[flint oak]

yeah, visually!

but lodeh is more watery

i think the one on the picture has red bellpepper, green bean, tofu, carrot, maybe corn?, chayote (?)

gosh some ingredients i had to look up on how to say it in english 😂

[sonic vessel]

You guys have better food than the us all of our stuff is junk or bastard versions of someone else's stuff

[flint oak]

yeah, it helps to have soo many regional cultures going on in this country.
I haven't even tasted food from east Indonesia.

speaking of regional food, you know what the other food from my dad's hometown is?

tempoyak. It's chilli relish mixed with durian.

two of my nightmares in one.

[compact scaffold]

America seems to be obsessed with cold cuts and sandwiches

[sonic vessel]

Well it's more of something you can eat on the run almost no one has time to cook because we all work. Sandwiches are cheap and portable and easy to do when you can't brain

Its a lot of the reason many americans don't or can't cook, never had time to learn or if they did it's expensive.

[compact scaffold]

I don’t get me wrong. Nothing wrong with meat. I could probably live off of just doner kebabs 🤤. It just seems like a big thing. You always see cooking shows etc with everyone eating cold cuts.

[sonic vessel]

Well that is true americans sat meat with almost every meal... but yeah the obsession over sandwiches starts with accessibility and price and then got sophisticated with trying to make the best possible ones? It doesn't help that due to that same time constraint most all american kids get sandwiches for lunch every say until they can make something for themselves. So we're kinda raised with the sandwhich being as staple as rice

[abstract zenith]

Who makes pulled fucking pork out of the leanest, most expensive cut of the pig!? Tenderloin?!?!?!

https://tenor.com/view/shame-go-t-game-of-thrones-walk-of-shame-shameful-gif-4949558

Pulled beef is sort of a thing, but generally is brisket, which is in chunks, not ribbons. However, barbacoa is a spicy pulled beef with I BELIEVE Mexican origins.

If you want to make pulled ANYTHING you get a CHEAP, FATTY cut of the animal and then braise it for hours. Or use a pressure cooker for like 30 minutes. Either way, it should have a lot of fat and be a cheap, rough cut, because those come out the most juicy and tender after a long cook.

[sonic vessel]

Lol I think we lit a fire under shlee

[abstract zenith]

Don't ever listen to anyone give cooking advice if they tell you to make pulled pork out of a fucking tenderloin oh my God im having a heart attack right now.

[sonic vessel]

I’m actually horrified myself, Shlee!!! It’s the cheapest and fattiest cuts that we slow cook, usually on a really really low heat

I just said pork lol I didn't specify a cut if that saves me wrath

[abstract zenith]

No, someone else did.

[sonic vessel]

It’s like slow cooking a steak filet and pulling it apart why

[abstract zenith]

Pork tenderloin is the filet mignon of pork. Like. No.

You make medallions or steaks out of it. Quick sear. It's the cheap cuts you cook for a long time so they become tender, you don't need to tenderize the most tender meat oh my God my inner hobby chef is having a stroke

[sonic vessel]

I mean don’t get me wrong. We slow cooked the cheapest cut of beef and turned it into a gourmet dish. Slow cooking can be amazing for transforming food but why would you slow cook a perfect cut that just needs a tiny bit of love and seasoning abfjkrjfjf

[abstract zenith]

I had to skip over all the delicious talk of Indonesian food just for this rant because that advice was SUPER bad and I don't want foreigners getting the wrong idea about how to make something

[sonic vessel]

That’s like... I had a coworker try and tell me she used filets for her beef chili and I was horrified

Why

[blazing pendant]

Ahahaha

Yeesh

[sonic vessel]

Just because you can doesn’t mean that you should
Most expensive pot of chili I stg and for what

I am from a family where I am the only one that can cook half way decently so I feel this

[sonic vessel]

SAME. I had to learn to cook to save us from an eternity of baked beans with hot dogs, spaghetti, or mac and cheese. This is giving me some serious childhood flashbacks 😂😂😂

[sonic vessel]

That is an example of my sister trying to make a precooked honey ham

[abstract zenith]

......

Lordt

[sonic vessel]

....I...

[barren skiff]

Love the toothpicks, adds to the presentation

[sonic vessel]

I feel an compulsive need to cook for everyone immediately

Like this is one of my dishes

(Pre oven)

[abstract zenith]

Yum!

[sonic vessel]

Yes that horror is only one small example. That girl once tried to make cheddar filled drop biscuits and confused powdered sugar for flour I came home to a molten charred black muffin tin and an explanation of "I dunno they just lit on fire"

[abstract zenith]

Lit. On. Fire.....

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-falls-pass-out-faints-gif-8604193

[sonic vessel]

Well yeah she made a dough consisting of powdered sugar and cheese she essentially made caramel fire in my oven

[blazing pendant]

Oh my god

[sonic vessel]

So yeah tl;dr I do all the cooking

[compact scaffold]

man this flour tastes good

[sonic vessel]

She got mad at me and said it was my fault for putting it in a flour tin

.....the sugar was in a blank Mason jar

[blazing pendant]

Hahahah

How little does one need to know about food to make that mistake is what gets me

[sonic vessel]

And I hadn't used it since rolling fondant for a wedding cake so I don't even know how she found it in the pantry

[blazing pendant]

Even if you don't taste it

They have different textures

[sonic vessel]

Good god that was like my mom. Every time she cooked she ended up at the ER

Well she did make the hilarious comment of it was" stirring so much easier this time" when she tried take 2

How do you even manage to confuse sugar and flower. The consistencies are totally different 😬

Hopefully take 2 turned out better

Take 2 didn't go well either the recipe was not specific about how much rosemary to sprinkle on the biscuits so she put a teaspoon on each before baking

[compact scaffold]

She then used desiccated coconut /s

[sonic vessel]

🤦‍♀️

This kid has no sense 😂😂

Please tell me that she’s been permanently banned from all kitchens ever

She was also 22 at the time

https://tenor.com/view/faint-wow-surprise-omg-reaction-gif-5020456

Her boyfriend does all the cooking for her for good reason and I do holiday stuff she isn't even allowed to put paprika on deviled eggs

I am not saying I am the best chef in the world but I have never made something inedible smh..

Jesus my sister isn’t a good cook but she at least understands spices and seasoning. My brother and I were always the better cooks tho

She gets it from our mom, who actually causes a small fire burning water

All I’m going to say is I was an adult before I realized that my mom’s one dish, chicken cacciatore, isn’t supposed to be a soupy watery pasta with little flavor

My mom is the same way..and so is my aunt.. the only two people in my family that can cook are me and grandma

My dad at least learned after 50 years, but both my parents were former rich kids who never learned

[sonic vessel]

I learned that via my dads bad cooking that spaghetti bolognese wasnt supposed to be made with campbells tomato soup

[barren skiff]

Once my dad (who is normally a good cook) put cinnamon in a meatloaf insead of chilli powder, it was the weirdest meatloaf ever hahah

[sonic vessel]

I once added cardamom to spaghetti because I misread the label 😬

[sonic vessel]

This sounds like the start of a mince

I mean if you add in enough ketchup any meatloaf is edible really

[barren skiff]

Thats what we did hahaha

[sonic vessel]

My grandma has a recipe for peanut butter jewels that is basically peanutbutter mixed with almond bark put in the bottom of a glass dish with melted semisweet chocolate chips over the top then put into the fridge to set up it's like a home made reeses

As long as the food is edible, that’s the most important thing 😂

And my aunt decided to make it by nuking semisweet chocolate chips in the glass container both burning the chips and making it so the chocolate was on bottom she put just peanut butter on top neglecting the almond bark and after it set up passed it off as grandmas recipe and bitched about not being able to get it out of the dish

No one in my family is safe around food except grandma ..

WHY

Just... why

[pine yacht]

Food is complicated. It's like science for hungry people

[sonic vessel]

You gave shlee an aneurysm

[burnt lava]

whoever made this, what possessed them?

[sonic vessel]

Ah that would be my sister trying to help easter Sunday cooking by being fancy 😃

[burnt lava]

i’m trying to not judge something by its looks, does it taste good?

[sonic vessel]

Well....it tasted like meat textured salty pineapple. She poured the juice e into the bottom of the pan so it soaked up pineapple juice like to the center

[abstract zenith]

Baking is complicated.

Cooking/food isn't super complicated. Like... obviously you don't want 100g of salt on a single beef filet, but like...

Cooking/food is a lot more forgiving if you get ratios a little wrong than baking for sure.

[blazing pendant]

Cooking is also easier to fix as you go

Like adding liquid or seasoning later down the line

With baking you gotta have all your eggs in the basket before it goes in the oven

[sonic vessel]

Agreed! And if you taste as you go, it’s easier to catch issues earlier and correct then too

[blazing pendant]

I love both about equal tho

[flint oak]

"Cooking is an art, baking is a science."

[blazing pendant]

Baking can be fun chemistry

[sonic vessel]

I love doing all of it the first time I made a roux without messing it up was a lot of fun for me

I usually follow a recipe exactly once to see how it turns out and then tweak it forever until I die

[abstract zenith]

My beef stew started out following a recipe and I've made a BUNCH of changes to it over time and now it's like... everyone asks me for my recipe. 😛 (I also eyeball all the spices as they go in so it comes out slightly different every time, but consistently good)

[sonic vessel]

Oh my stroganoff has that problem I always eyeball the seasoning so I have no idea how to write it down

[sonic vessel]

I do this too!!! I can’t give anyone anything but the basic recipe and the go “idk I add lemon sometimes” or whatever the spice is and gesture vaguely when they ask how much😂

[wide pendant]

Made some kimchi mandu (king sized) tonight

[sonic vessel]

So pretty!

[noble swan]

I'm in love

[wide pendant]

It was my first time making them!!! Even the wrapper!!! And i enjoyed every bit of it!!!!

I followed maangchi's recipe for the wrapper.. and i just put together some ingredients for the filling... Using my homemade kimchi of course

[sonic vessel]

Your pleats look great!

[wide pendant]

Thank you!!! Took about 6 dumpling to get the hang of it!!!! But it was crazy fun!!!

I love dumplings so much

And making them makes me extra happy, even if it takes me hours to make them

[sonic vessel]

I think they turned out really well no bursting even! That's amazing for a first go

[abstract zenith]

Breakfast sandwiches at 5 pm

Your mandu look so good!

[burnt lava]

i always love your cooking content, so pretty

[wide pendant]

Semkyu

[wide pendant]

Semkyuuuu!!! I live for pleasing ur eyes... (Amd making your mouths water)

[wide pendant]

I just ate mandu, and now i want a sandwhich

[burnt lava]

haha keep going, it’s working!

[dusky ocean]

omfg

[wide pendant]

OMG!!! I'M CURRENTLY TRYING MY BEST TO SLEEP!!!

Now i see this!!!

[dusky ocean]

I am so
Wow
I want to cry

[wide pendant]

Hahahahaha

[wide pendant]

I wanna cry as well

[dusky ocean]

That made me immediately hungry

[wide pendant]

@foxy this is the first deonjangjjigae that i made!!!

Now i wanna try to make this with kimchiii!!!!

Awe man... That's a bummer, what do u usually add to your soup???

This is a recipe by maangchi!!!

She used seafood

So i haven't tried other protein

[dusky ocean]

I was about to ask for recipe

[wide pendant]

Oooh!!! Sounds goood!!!

[dusky ocean]

Maangchi is a queen

[wide pendant]

My kimchi recipe was from the mother of my korean friend

She gave me their traditional kimchi recipe... And i freaking love it;;;

[vivid wadi]

🥺 🤤

[wide pendant]

A killer for your fridge space as well

[vivid wadi]

I just want to try all these cultural foods

[wide pendant]

I haven't checked the kimchi recipe by maangchi?

Or maybe i have, but forgot

Ohhh!!! I think she uses vegetarian broth

So it is vegan friendly

My friend used anchovy soup or fish sauce

[vague steeple]

well, to be clear, some people are so sensitive to taste that any amount of fish, regardless of freshness, will have that feel to it

of course, if you develop a taste for this kind of thing, it stops being a major factor

[abstract zenith]

I don't really like fish. My husband only eats fish sticks, lol. But my family loooooves sushi and sashimi so I know all abou thow fresh it should be and stuff

[vague steeple]

yeah, it's kind of sad that my friends that don't like fish live with families that are like very japanese and love fish

[sonic vessel]

Everyone is making soups and stews tonight lol

[flint oak]

Padang riiice!

[sonic vessel]

Lmao you couldn't contain the craving from yesterday huh?

[flint oak]

Yea lol

[sonic vessel]

Looks good

[vivid wadi]

what is with the rice?? it looks sooo goood 😭 🤤

[sonic vessel]

From what I read about padang rice yesterday? All the things..it looks so good...

Seems like you can put anything in it like a fried rice

[halcyon saddle]

U make me want to order Padang Rice

[flint oak]

The side dishes were rendang and padang omelette. I also added some basil leaves for.munching

[sonic vessel]

Oo the craving hit you hard you had rendang too

Sounds really good tbh

[flint oak]

XD

XD

XD

[blazing pendant]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/677192039678476288/813405118678564894/20210222_144109.jpg

tossed some leftover veggebles together for sort of kind of asian style wraps maybe

[sonic vessel]

Looks spicy

[blazing pendant]

it was although that's just the atrocious lighting in my kitchen making the carrots look devil red

the actual spice was me being a wee bit overzealous with the obligatory shake of cayenne for chef john

[sonic vessel]

Lol I thought they were huge peppers

[blazing pendant]

nop! haha. it was meant to be teriyaki sauce but yeah, my hand slipped

[sonic vessel]

Lol was it still edible?