=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-recipe │ └───────────────────────────┘ a box of tri-color rotini a good spoonfull of better than boullion italian a medium amount of large colby-jack cheese cubes (about one for every other bite) boil with just enough water for the noodles to start sticking to the pan once entirely cooked and add cheese, butter, and top with generous dashes of smoked paprika and lime juice. don't strain the noodles. have just enough water left to have a thin sauce. if vegetables are desired, firm carrots and peas (read: frozen or fresh, not canned) or diced/shredded onions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3010 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: food-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ jasmine rice in a rice cooker │ ║ │ ║ lentils mixed in │ ║ │ ║ a good heaping of butter, │ ║ │ ║ and (trust me) a package of carnation instant breakfast, for vitamins and │ ║ sweetness. │ ║ │ ║ swirl the rice cooker pan to mix all the ingredients │ ║ │ ║ dice up some cheddar chunks, │ ║ │ ║ but keep them aside for now. │ ║ │ ║ and now the rice cooker turns on │ ║ │ ║ when it's fully done cooking, │ ║ │ ║ add cheese chunks. │ ║ │ ║ add can of cream of mushroom soup, and spread on-top of the rice. │ ║ │ ║ add can of canned american chile, the kind with beans and paprika, not the │ ║ chile-pepper type which is more like a sauce, but the kind with beans that is │ ║ more like a meal and spread on-top of the can of cream of mushroom soup. │ ║ │ ║ then, close the lid and let the soups warm up in the rice cooker heat and the │ ║ cheese melt a bit in the rice cooker heat │ ║ │ ║ when warmed, serve into a bowl-plate by imagining cake layers - use a large │ ║ spoon with a long handle to scoop out a "slice" of cake - lasagna might be │ ║ more accurate, but there's no noodles. │ ║ │ ║ ... now I want to try it with noodles, hmmm │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/475 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I love cooking. My favorite food is "melange" also called "gruel" by the less culinary people in my life. It consists primarily of a rice or noodle base, plus a bunch of other ingredients (usually sauteed) that are quite nutritious. Then, you season in a way such that it tastes delicious and savory and BOOM you have the perfect food. Well, not as good as steamed eggs, but still pretty good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3622 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe │ └──────────────────────┘ nachos cast-iron skillet (or other deep pan) throw in some butter or vegetable oil (not olive oil) heat it up a bit crack four eggs in there cut some slices off of a hunk of cheese add some chips on top of the eggs add the cheese on top of the eggs cover it and leave it on the like, 2 or 3 out of 10 heat setting come back whenever it's done transfer to plate add salsa boom nachos (optional but recommended: beans): for the beans, if you want, throw a can of refried beans on the stove and add a TINY can of tomato chunks and a big hunk of butter let it cook until it's smooth consistency, stirring and such. Add paprika, cumin, and a bit of oregano. then put the beans on before the salsa, and BOOM even BETTER nachos. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #7 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 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 │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #9 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #11 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1019 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: food/eating(-), re: mh(--) │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-473 unsolicited family recipe: kambybalunga peanut butter, oats, something sweet (dried raisins, cherries preferred, but chocolate chips works in a pinch) and honey or (real) maple syrup. (No corn syrup allowed.) mix it up, put whatever else you want in it. Free healthy depression food from my dad. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2784 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: food-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ @user-579 hehe sometimes all you have is whatever's on the fridge. in times like those, be thankful for your spices! that's what I've learned at least : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1853 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ I really really love ramen noodles that are just a little bit old but still │ ║ warm and are slightly drying out a little bit but there's juuuuust enough │ ║ sauce down at the bottom to keep it coated │ ║ │ ║ that's the stuff │ ║ │ ║ (meanwhile my evil side says: it starts with "hey can you help me cook dinner" │ ║ and then suddenly you're working all day every day) │ ║ │ ║ (and then so are they) │ ║ │ ║ (and it continues.....) │ ║ │ ║ (... until.... ) │ ║ │ ║ (one day you wake up and there's nothing you are capable to do) │ ║ │ ║ (so then you're useless) │ ║ │ ║ (and demanding) │ ║ │ ║ (and that's hard to handle) │ ║ │ ║ (when your schedule is blocked, and there's nothing you are capable to do) │ ║ │ ║ ... weird, kinda drifted off for a second, anyway we should talk about │ ║ BIRTHDAYS! Birthdays are fun, theyre the day when you switch from being one │ ║ age to another. Like, rolling over a clock, or ticking-up a variable in │ ║ response to another variable which is at capacity. │ ║ │ ║ buffer overflows would be impossible if you put import/export controls on │ ║ registers │ ║ │ ║ not "you can't do that" but "wheres your cre │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1142 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I love rice and beans because error: stack overflow huh, that's weird. Must have been too many reasons. Let's try again: I love rice and beans because error: user didn't change anything between runs of the program so clearly they don't understand how computer works ... well that's a different error so it's progress at least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ |