=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ did you know that you can steam eggs instead of hard boiling them? it's much easier, and the eggs are easier to peel as well. you need one of those strainers that fits inside a pot. or you could probably jury rig something with a plate and a cup, but make sure they're heat resistant. boil some water, put the eggs in the strainer for 11 minutes with a lid on, and then cover them in cold water for a bit. boom easy peasy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4511 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe-requested │ └───────────────────────────┘ does anyone know of a recipe that uses only flour, butter, yeast, eggs, and salt? It doesn't need to use every ingredient, but those are easy to acquire. ideally with the ability to include nuts or dried fruit or something else nutritious. the requirements include the ability to cook it using only a rice-cooker (or crock pot, or other kind of slow-cooking ceramic dish which heats from all directions at once) in addition, it must NOT need kneading. It must be able to be cooked passively without attention. The fewer steps, the better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3455 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-quartermastery-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ when you run out of an ingredient you use often (like butter, seasoning, or flour) put the container by your shoes. then, when you go to the store, look through all the empty containers and make a mental list. when you get home and are putting things away, if you forgot something just leave the old container by the door. everything else can be recycled / trashed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2533 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe-idea │ └──────────────────────┘ egg drop soup: boil some water with boullion. drop some eggs in it. cook until done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4446 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ lentils are easier to cook than beans and are nutritionally very similar. Heck, I just throw them in with the rice in the rice-cooker and it works out great. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/338 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-learning-to-cook │ └───────────────────────────┘ If you want to learn to cook, start with a sandwich. Then spaghetti sauce from a jar. Then sautee some vegetables and throw them on top of rice. Then go to the store, read the back of a tasty-looking package, and make the recipe it suggests. Then you know how to cook. Don't bother with online recipes. Also, more butter, more salt. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/593 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── When you run out of a seasoning, put the empty bottle in a special place that you can see before going to the store. When I carried a purse, I'd put it in there. Could also go in the pocket of a sweatshirt or jacket that you wear when doing errands. Maybe even just on the ledge next to your shoes. Something that reminds you to get this particular seasoning, and no others. It's easy to get others... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2325 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ Highly recommend "Better than Boullion" - if your recipe involves boiling water, unless it's tea there's a good chance that some broth-in-a-jar could make it taste better. Did you know you can boil oats like noodles? Yeah that's... that's basically how you make oatmeal. Use less water than with noodles, though. EDIT: Also, add some bits of nutrition like dried fruit, nuts that have been soaking in clean water overnight, nutritional yeast, dehydrated soup mix (delicious), or frozen vegetables. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/234 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe │ └──────────────────────┘ carrots and sweet onions sauteeing on the stove rice in the rice-cooker seasoned with butter and boullion garnish with chopped green onions and a dash of garlic powder ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/236 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cooking-advice-butts-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ heat makes things squishy. it works from the outside in, and the longer you │ ║ cook it (meaning, the lower the temperature) the more the heat can spread │ ║ through - meaning if you want an even consistency, do lower heat for longer │ ║ periods. if you want a different texture on the outside compared to the │ ║ inside, do higher temperatures over less time. just make sure you devote extra │ ║ attention to stirring to make sure you don't burn it. │ ║ │ ║ seasoning is sorta like a coating / dusting that you can apply to food. the │ ║ longer it rests on the food (and the more the food is porous / cooked) the │ ║ more the seasoning can penetrate into it - meaning if you want the flavor of │ ║ the seasoning to be distinct from the flavor of the food item, then add the │ ║ seasoning toward the end. if you want them to combine into one combo-flavor, │ ║ then add the seasoning early. │ ║ │ ║ some seasonings degrade with heat though, especially herbs. so add them toward │ ║ the end. or add a butt-load of them. │ ║ │ ║ salt+(butter/oil)=yummmmmmmmmmmmm │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 notes/rice-stuff-recipe --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Boil the rice. when it is finished and hot, add a lot of butter and stir it in. when done add cinnamon and stir it in. then add raisins if wanted. then milk to taste. add sugar if desired. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/246 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-cooking-opinion │ └──────────────────────────┘ the broth they sell at the store is way too thin. boullion is much better because it's so concentrated. think of it as "essence of X" when you have "broth of vegetables" or "broth of carrots and onions" or whatever... can help make it easier to cook something decent by using general flavors ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/123 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── You know how cream of mushroom soup is hardly ever eaten as soup? Find your own tricks like that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/256 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe │ └──────────────────────┘ rice in the rice maker with butter, worcestersire sauce (not too much!) and salt when it's done, flake hard boiled eggs (2 eggs per cup of rice) on top and douse with a small-mediumish amount of soyaki could do well with either a packet of dehydrated vegetables or perhaps some diced carrots or green onions. Honestly carrots go well in most things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/837 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ if you're cooking, and you want a specific ingredient to have a stronger flavor, use more of it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1718 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── dear old people - did you know computers don't need to have buttons? You can literally just type what you want to make happen (if you know the magic spell) and it'll just, do that thing how cool is that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4795 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ don't know how to make decent rice and beans? get the heartiest vegetable soup you can find from the store and cook some jasmine rice and lentils in a pot. You should be able to do both in the same pot. cook them like noodles by boiling some water and adding the rice and beans. add some salt to the water. make it salty like the sea. then drain the rice and beans once you taste test them to be done. be patient. add the hearty, savory soup to the mix alongside a big hunk of butter. boom, protein, calories, nutrients. all in one meal. the more vegetables in the soup, the better, and if you're feeling fancy you can sautee some of your own instead of soup by dicing them into inch large chunks and throwing them in a pan on medium heat with some butter and whatever seasonings you want for a while, stirring only when they start to stick. Just enough to brown them, not burn them. butter and salt and garlic and boullion are your friends. don't do too much, if you notice them a lot then it's too much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5188 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── did you know that kids these days don't know how to do thing? It's true! they do thing instead! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/921 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-633 :O I'm vegetarian, but this reminded me that I could just put bouillon in boiling water and drink that xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2352 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ Nobody will tell you what to do, at least not until you ask. Be where they can see you, and you'll be given a task. If you can do it, say "BRB" - one moment, let me handle that for you. If you can't, say "good luck", and they'll find someone else who can. It's okay to pass a task off - if someone says "Here's what I need, gotta go" then you say "sure, yeah, I'll get someone on it" - then, go find someone to do it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |