#sometimes cooking is a science

[foxghost]

Had an odd argument with DH bc he wanted fried potatoes in butter. In butter. Not ghee. We have red potatoes. You see my problem. I explained the smoke point of butter and the high moisture content of red potatoes, and that the butter will burn before the potatoes will brown

i mean if you cut them real small, dry them with a towel, and then toss it in some baking powder and salt they MAY brown ... in lard? or peanut oil?

But no, he just went big slabs of potato in pan with butter. I declined to partake in the experiment, and Kidlet has not eaten their share of the experiment. We're all pretending we didn't notice the burned on the outside, raw on the inside potatoes on the plate.

[lesbiancolumbo]

and before anyone comes to me asking for cooking tips and tricks, my blanket recommendation is always to check out salt fat acid heat by samin nosrat and to learn the science of cooking. when you understand the cause and effect of techniques, the why versus the how-to, you instinctively become better at cooking. i will also say that start here by sohla el-waylly is a great cookbook as well, very beginner's basic technique driven and conveniently the introduction was written by samin :)

[funky-sea-cryptid]

BROKE: finral can't cook bc he's a noble WOKE: finral can cook bc he was neglected the man has got to eat something. BESPOKE: finral can bake. like a motherfucker. cupcakes, cookies, cakes, pastries? finral's who you go to. he does beautiful icing art too. everything he cooks tastes super bland because he's a baker first and a chef second.

[sirensongster]

I'm thinking of starting a Substack for posting my silly little hobby essays on food and disability advocacy. Would anyone be interested at all?

[the-ren-and-stimpy-fan-club]

Ren is usually a bad chef. Stimpy is trying to teach him to make a cake, but Ren somehow keeps messing up. These are their finished cakes.

[lwieserce]

Feeling deeply sad about uhmmm uhm. Not havijg an easy time connecting with people and not being resourceful. How are losers like me supposed to make it in life.

[wormieapple]

hello my friend!!! it occurred to me that i have like……never been in ur ask box. so here i am!!! i hope u had some good food after all that booping today 😴

thank u 🥺 welcome to the box!!!

i did have some good food!! i made a feta tomato pasta sauce with penne rigate and spinach. i don’t even like cheese but man the tangy savoury flavour from the feta pairs so well with the sweet acidity of the tomatoes, and spinach is. spinach. i just need plants in my diet so. spinach. overall doesn’t detract from the dish so it’s overall delightful.

[niamnomas]

Not to sound like a hater I used to watch matpat videos all day long but honestly I’m at the point that I just want to watch Ann Reardon debunk his videos all day

[arctic-hands]

I love looking up the histories and backgrounds of poverty food, mostly past but sometimes present. Seaweed/channel wrack during the Irish Famine, acorn flour in North America both in Native communities and by European occupiers. Wartime "roof rabbits" (depressing, don't look up if you're sensitive about pet death). Depression-era and WWII rationing as a whole topic in and of itself. Various nuts around the world that are otherwise shunned in times of plenty because of the association with Bad Times. And of course the history of lobster going from being considered water insects in attitude to an expensive gourmet cuisine.

The one time I ever got pissed off by this was watching a Townsends video where he made colonial-era rice bread, because rice was cheaper than wheat at times. Anyone who's forced to be gluten free will tear our hair out at that statement, because most of us have to forgo bread entirely because rice bread and other gluten free bread at this point is 4 times more expensive than white wheat bread and you only get like a third of the portion in both size of the loaf and the amount of slices within (this has only gone up even more with the corporate price gouging of regular food).

[failfemme]

i gave measurements for my apple pie filling but honestly those are rough guidelines, i just measure with my heart.

[alex-just-vibing]

sometimes I wish I wasn't the academically gifted child...

[adrianastrix]

*cries in Chemistry teacher*

something you don't learn until you get really far into the making and tinkering life is that there's no such thing as "glue" really. there are so many kinds of substances that stick other substances together and they are all very different and if you just go look at the adhesives aisle in the hardware store the packaging never actually tells you anything useful. it's like "this is SUPER T-REX POWER GLUE" and the fine print says "good for use on wood metal and plastic". okay. but WHICH PLASTICS MY GOOD BITCH,

because SURPRISE, there's no such thing as "plastic" either. every kind of wood is basically the same on a chemical level, but the only thing every plastic has in common is "some of its molecules are long" and that is NOT a quality that determines how things stick together.

I just ordered some stuff I hope will permanently stick a circuit board to a steel sheet and withstand temperatures up to 150 degrees. by the way circuit boards are made of epoxy-bound woven glass cloth which is cool as hell but what the fuck do you glue that with? can any of the 12 kinds of adhesives I currently own do that? no of course not. if I want to stick two pieces of acrylic together so hard they become watertight to a depth of 3000 metres I have some shit that does that, but it does literally nothing else.

anyway. once you start learning how many kinds of sticking things together there are, the people at 3M start to seem like witches and I don't know if they're the kind we can trust with that level of arcane knowledge

[sepiasys]

Lowkey

I get the feeling that I need to draw or indulge in creative stuff to relax

Which honestly I don't think I've ever ACTUALLY FELT like this. Like "hoo boy, real stressful stuff, I need to take a minute and just *draw*"

But I mean. Not unpleasant of a thought/feeling. Kinda deserved actually since I have one more stressful-ish thing confirmed this week to do (it's Sunday so kinda, kinda not this week?)

Is this what normal people deal with regularly? Like. How do people manage just day-to-day responsibilities? (Atleast I'm experiencing it myself for once. Normal types of daily stressors, and not what I dealt with at home.)

[iamnotlookingidonotseeit]

sometimes I tell my parents things. often then i wonder why i even open my mouth. but when I keep it light I end up wondering why I can't seem to connect on any real kind of level. and I add another thing to the list for therapy

[burnforyou]

DATING LUIGI MANGIONE

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ before you started dating, he had the biggest crush on you. he'd stare at you from across the lecture hall for three hours straight, never looking away. he once paid a chemistry professor to partner you two up for the lab.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ before he met you, approaching a girl never made him nervous. but you, you were different. you just made him so flustered and he hated it so much that he had to have you.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ he's a simple man: he just loves looking at you. when he wakes up in the middle of the night he admires your features under the moonlight.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ he's so touchy. he wants to be touching you 24/7. he constantly has his arm wrapped around your waist or shoulders. he holds onto your hand and guides you through crowded spaces. he plants his hand on the small of your back and rubs shapes on your skin beneath your shirt. he holds onto your thigh as he drives. when he can't hold you, he's whispering in your ear how badly he needs you.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ when he makes a joke in a group, he looks at you first to see you laugh. his eyes on you make your skin glow.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ in a group setting, he's pulling you into him and kissing you in front of everyone, so they all know you're together. even before you were officially together, he made sure everyone knew you were his.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ he taught you how to surf because he wants to share his hobbies with you. sometimes you'd "go surfing" with him, but you really went to watch him wet and shirtless for hours. he pretended like he didn't know that, and still fuck you every time. he takes you on his trips internationally to explore the world with you.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ you attempted to study for your chem final together, but it ended in him eating you out on the desk, your papers scattered and computers shut. you'd sit on his lap while doing flashcards and everytime he'd get one right you'd reward him with a kiss.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ you're both jealous and possessive. often, you see him talking to his girl friends and can tell they're into him, but he's clueless. so you show them he's yours by leaving dark marks on his neck or kissing him in front of them. when he sees you talking to another guy, he'll interrupt your conversation and steal you away from him.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ he loves to listen to you talk for hours, even if it's about something he truly isn't interested in. you're english/history smart and he's math/science smart, so you talk a lot about the latest book you're reading, your fun history stories, or psychology. you can convince him any theory is real. he doesn't necessarily believe in every one, but because it's you, he believes it.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ he constantly showers you with gifts, more than you could've ever imagined. he pays for everything and you can't remember the last time you paid for anything.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ when he cooks for you, he calls you over to taste test the sauce. he holds his hand under your chin and the spoon to your lips. he watches your face closely to study how you react to the taste.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ he begs you to wash his hair for him. when you do, he gets down on his knees in the shower and holds onto your hips. its not sexual, he just purely loves how it feels when you take care of him. when you massage his curls with conditioner, he feels like he could die right there and his life would be complete.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ at night, you both read under the warm light from your lamps and you rest your head on his shoulder.

[trashbagmike]

Been rewatching the Deadpool and Wolverine movie on a loop for about three days now (cause I’m insane)

Here are my favorite lines (in order of appearance):

Look, I´m not a man of science but you seem INCREDIBLY passed away

I hope fire finds your body and finishes the job god didn’t have the nuts to do.

Pegging isn’t new for me friendo, but is IS new for Disney.

*chuckle* are you OK?! (To crucified Logan)

I´m eating my feelings...

not ALL of you was asleep

*snort* OH are you?!

YES! Yeees, let this man cook!!

MY GOD! Read the room

Jesus just ASK sometimes…

No! Stop! Piss off!!

Welcome to the skull fuck club, paradox! You know she doesn’t wash that hand

He has risen, babygirl!

Alright! Put your greasy tits away, you preening slut

AND my fav interactions:

- You trying to kill me, motherfucker?! - I’m not the one dousing everything on salt, motherfucker _____________________

-(...)and where the TVA sends people ♪that. dont. play, nice with the rest of the multiverse♪♪ -like you? -AND you _____________________ -shh, shh shh, almost done -almost done WHAT?! _____________________ -Gambit?

-I never knew my daddy but I know I shot out of his dick ready

_____________________

- There’s only ever been ONE blade. There only ever gonna be one blade

*stares at the camera like in the office*

_____________________

-whats it gonna be girl? Original recipe? Or van milder here

-oh that’s funny! I can gently tap the fourth wall too 👁️👄👁️ the proposal

-what the fuck was that?! Bitch! You think that’s what I do?!

_____________________

-what’s the wind resistance on those blowjob handles?

-grrr