=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ adding salt to the water makes your noodles and rice taste better. I wonder if the same is true if you boil it for longer than necessary, to reduce the H2O component and increase the amount of leftover salts and minerals? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1522 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-cooking-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ dry ramen is not the same as dried ramen. For dry ramen I strain the noodles and add the seasoning with butter. Wet ramen is similar minus the butter and plus noodle water. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3481 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ instant ramen noodles are an ingredient, not a dish ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/3611 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I wish they sold ramen noodle seasoning by the jar and ramen noodles by the package (without seasoning) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/922 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-sorta-cursed-i-meant-saline │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ the best thing about ramen noodles is how much of them you can eat. they're so cheap~! why would you not make like four packages oh wait now my blood is salty T.T guess I'll just have to cry it out ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1435 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ picture this: ramen noodles, but there's more of them, and they aren't bad for you. They taste slightly less salty. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2164 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I completely lack noodles in my home at this time! That hardly ever happened before! I should go to the store. I wonder why fate won't let me go to the store these past few months except for like once or twice? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1955 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I like cooking at home because I can just double each recipe and think about food half as often. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1304 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-sodium-lament │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ wish I could buy ramen noodle seasoning without the sodium. Like, the same flavor, but let me add my own salt... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4534 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ "better than boullion" is a great way to turn flavorless broth into something tasty. heck you could just use boullion, but "better than boullion" is better. Just don't use broth. Takes up too much space. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/606 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ try putting butter and broth/boullion in the rice cooker. trust me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5130 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I don't know why, but I like to put mustard seeds in my pasta marinara. Maybe it's a texture thing? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1796 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ I'm just now realizing that my favorite ramen seasoning is essentially salt, MSG, and a fuckload of smoked paprika. I don't know how to feel about that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3539 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: disordered-eating-food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-192 Good point it's sooooooo salty I have fond memories of eating a spoonful of that instead of making food back in college because... hey, it's got vegetables in it, right? turns out it's mostly just salt with flavor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2239 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I didn't think about this until finishing the last sandwich, but a dash of instant coffee can be a nice invigoration spell. Might make the PB&J taste a bit funky, but I already put hemp hearts and nutritional yeast in them so nobody's gonna eat them unless they trust me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ |