And don't bother the cook under the videos with questions like " I want to do the beef with pumpkin and carrots! Can i use pork instead of beef and put peppers and tomatoes instead of pumpkin and carrots? You can do whatever you want BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME RECIPE!

This should be standard everywhere if the restaurants don't want to deal with lawsuits (edit: there are laws in many countries about this thing so yes the lawsuit is logical 🙄)

Also cheap restaurants are much better than those gourmet pretentious restaurants that serve you one meatball and charge you a fortune! I'm wondering who decided that this would be a great experience for anyone

Agree!

Never tried it, but I'm guessing it is still gold when it comes out the other end, so if you are a bit windy after eating, you may end up with golden glitter knickers!

Cooking allows you to experiment and be imprecise. Baking requires precision

Yep

There's never enough garlic

being a dismissive snobb is not a good personality trait, in every area of life.

It's about some weird copyright laws in some countries. Very annoying, most people probably skip the 'biography' part, so apart from the copyright purpose this was wasted time. Ps. yesterday when looking for lasagne recipe I had to skip over world history of lasagne, a personal history of lasagne and author's philosophical exasperations - on lasagne, of course...

And lasagne...and tiramisù.. the next day they are always better...

Its ten times better but it also takes ten times more time and effort. I miss the smoke taste but now whenever I want to grill I just need to push a button.

Also work great as icepacks

My daughter puts the milk in first, then the cereal. She says it keeps the cereal from getting soggy while she eats it. Or she may just be a monster. 🤷‍♀️

This is particularly true of whole chicken - do not be tempted to wash it out.

Honestly i don't know how people eat them without salt! If i ever have heart pressure problem i think i will just die cause i can't

Who does that and why?

This

And not tasty at all :(

I'll say it again: who decided that a ridiculously small amount of food that will not be enough for anyone while being overpriced would be a good deal? Who and why?? Show up and apologize!!!

not my waffle iron u cant

So can fish sauce. Amazing how something that smells so vile can enhance so many flavors.

My cat LOVES whipped cream! She comes running when she hears the beaters, haha. Even though it isn't always whipped cream. She always looks personally offended when it isn't.

Are you speaking as a chef or an A&E nurse?

You can eat it with chopsticks or your fingers.

I implore all of you to hold your judgement on ramen until you try a few of the brands only found in Asian grocery stores - it's next-level quality compared to what we commonly see in the west.

Yes but if you are publishing the recipe admit that its not the original one. I am sick of "traditional spanish" recipes that would make my grandma cry

There are some people who can burn boiled potatoes. There was a BP thread on cooking disasters and there were several of them.

Dry cure and wet cure.

Apple crumble pie is a fruit salad with crouton and change my mind😅😅😅😅😅

I melt a little peanut butter mixed with a tiny bit of soy sauce and add it to stir fry. LOVE IT! Especially if you have chicken in the stir fry too.

I am looking at you, chia...

Unless they're grown in your yard. Then eat them like an apple. Tomatoes you grow yourself are 1000 times better and don't need anything.

A donut has a hole, I see a malasada.

I can't. My eyes actually swell shut. I can't see after the first couple of slices

You can make pastry from scratch, or you can buy it frozen in a packet. Apart from being able to say "I made it myself", nobody at home is going to know, and you just saved yourself a hour's work. ;-)

I'll do things from scratch because I enjoy the process, but if I need it done quick give me the short cuts.

The biggest scam is the use of "fresh pasta" regardless of sauce and cooking method. Fresh pasta has its uses, but by and large it is much better to use packaged, good quality dried pasta. Exception: ravioli, rule: anything thinner than fettuccine (and even those, I prefer the dried variety as fresh pasta soaks the moisture out of the sauce). Also, fresh tomatoes for cooking. Bad idea. The best tomatoes for making a sauce are canned San Marzano (AKA "Roma" or "pear") tomatoes. Fresh tomatoes are way too watery for sauces and need to be cooked forever. Canned tomatoes acquire a distinctive sweetness that makes them ideal for sauces and especially, right out of the can, for pizza sauce. Try it. Get "Crushed Tomatoes" of good quality and spread thinly over pizza dough. Add fresh mozzarella (very little) and enjoy. (Well, cook it first)

It highly depends. Making pizza dough is not that much effort, it just takes time. It tastes 7 times better, so I won't do anything else anymore. But I will never ever make puff pastry from scratch. Not worth it

Honest truth: I grew up in an Italian neighborhood. I've tried hundreds of little old Italian lady's pasta sauces. All runny, mostly rather bland. Store-bought pasta sauce is way better.

Honestly, boxed cake and brownies are the best. You don't have to follow all the instructions, but really all it is is your dry ingredients pre-measured for you. Use butter instead of oil, and you have a pretty normal cake recipe.

I upvoted because you said "just about" instead of "every" time. Baking bread can be therapeutic and fun and delicious but I don't want to have to make it all the time. Life is too short to spend all your time in the kitchen.

Always use the right ingredients; no substitutions. A small increase in cost doubles the quality.

Bake the bread, buy the butter is a great foodie read.

Pie crusts, for example

This! This is the attitude for most workaday cooks too.

Just buy the puff pastry. Making it from scratch is messy and time consuming and it won't taste any better

I'll never make pumpkin pie filling from scratch again. Yeah, it was great, but WAY too much time.

Even the folks at Wilton use Duncan Hines cake mix when decorating their cakes.

I used to make my own pastry but since I've become disabled I've had to buy ready made, the only person it annoys is me. My family still love it either way