/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15043794
Watch any meme youtuber that goes through the "basics". Basics with babish is a good start. Maybe some culinary books, but I haven't seen ones that hit that sweet spot of difficulty. Restaraunt chefs usually go too fancy for a home cook.
Basically, you need to learn techniques, like braising, learn about ingredients, like what happens with meat under heat and how shoulder differs from tenderloin, traditional food and spice pairings, and then you can competently cook any produce you get.
Google a bit about your tools - teflon vs stainless vs cast iron pans, how to handle a knife (and sharpen it).

Then experiment. Recipes makers lie about cooking time contantly, their ingredients and tools differ from yours (gas vs electric stoves, for example, brown vs white rice). Taste. After cooking a stew, for example, taste and add some salt or vinegar if it tastes bland. Taste again. Repeat.

>>11751998
I've always wondered. Does (wild) Jigglypuff always have a microphone and if so, where/how does it get it? Is it even a microphone, or some weird fleshy appendage that just happens to look like one?

pic unrelated, but thread relevant