/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19033678
Anyone else use a donabe to cook rice?

>>19033680
I'm sorry. I do not cook rice in donabe.

>>19033700
No need to apologize, bud.

>>19033713
>bud
spotted the sissy fag

>>19033718
Projection. Lmfao. Ye mum sure don't think that, bud.

>>19033823
Are these all meals you have either made or have had at restaurants?

>>19033837
Prepared foods were bought at the supermarket.

>>19033680
I don't. It sounds like a silly thing to use just to make rice.

>>19033678
It is indeed. I wasn't sure I'd like the sweetness if the broth, but it's actually really nice.

>>19034017
It makes incredibly good rice.

>>19034017
炊飯器メーカーの人達は土鍋で炊いたごはんを目指して研究開発してるよ

>>19034017
>>19034229
If you're really particular about your rice, or if you're a major foodie and want to experience your rice in its (arguably) most delicious state, a donabe might be worth it. For me, I find it much more convenient to throw the rice and water in a rice cooker, set it, and go take care of other things around the house with the peace of mind that it'll be cooked well and warm no matter when I go to eat it. Tey both have their pros and cons - just depends on your personal needs and priorities.

Got some imo dango for the first time in years yesterday. Red bean paste and chunks of sweet potato in a dumpling. It doesn't look too appetizing, but I swear, it's delicious.

>>19034229
Have you heard of 雲井窯? I'm getting one of their donabes that I will review on here soon.

I have no japanese/asian markets near me so if I want to cook nipponese I have to order stuff online. What are some pantry staples that can allow me to gain access to the biggest amount of japanese dishes? So far I'm thinking
>konbu
>katsuobushi (really fucking expensive???)
>mirin
>sake

>>19034531
Surely mirin and sake will be available at your local grocery stores unless if you live in the middle of nowhere.
Whole foods usually has kombu.

I recommend dried mushrooms. Shiitake mushrooms are most common in Jap cuisine but any dried mushroom will taste basically the same. But you can probably find dried shiitakes at your regular grocery stores too.

Other stuff that you should check your local stores' inventory for are panko breadcrumbs, miso paste, ramen noodles, and udon noodles.

>>19034534
>unless if you live in the middle of nowhere.
yes
>I recommend dried mushroom
what are they used for? Soups and stews?
>udon noodles
any brand recommendation?

>>19034531
tonkatsu/chuuno/okonomiyaki/yakisoba sauce. you can make your own using worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, starch, sugar, and other common stuff. japanophlies will tell you they're different, but they're pretty interchangeable.
ginger
rice vinegar. can use for pickled ginger as well. can use as an ingredient for jap mayo if you don't want to buy that overpriced shit.
you can use dashi that comes in packets but aren't as good.
they often use starch by itself or with flour when frying stuff.

>>19034534
i don't live in the middle of nowhere and can only find crap mirin with sugar added in the asian store. no sake either.

>>19034621
Cute box.

>>19033678
>delicious
>raw egg

>>19034542
yeah dried mushrooms are for making stock for soups, stews, or curry.

What you do is you put the dried mushrooms into a bowl of hot liquid (you can use water but I like to use chicken or vegetable stock), cover the bowl, and you let the mushrooms soak in that hot liquid for at least 20 minutes. Then the mushrooms will be rehydrated and soft, and the liquid will be strongly flavored and highly delicious mushroom stock that you can use for making soup or stew.

>any udon noodle brand recommendation?
No brands come to mind. I usually just get whatever noodles look good at the store.
When it comes to ramen noodles (not udon noodles) though I make sure to look for ones that have alkaline salts listed in the ingredients because if they don't have alkaline salts then they aren't ramen noodles.
Alkaline salts used to make ramen noodles are any of the following: sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium chloride, or calcium chloride.
Udon noodles don't need to have alkaline salts but ramen noodles should have them.

>>19034795
Nootbaar has completely won my heart.

>>19033678
Word.

Here's mine.

>>19034850
Why is there no meat in it?

>>19034742
yeah raw egg is not redpilled or "cultured." Anyone who loves it just has shit taste.

Looks like shit all of it

I would rather eat a Japanese person than Japanese food.

>>19034954
They'd be small and stringy full of parasites, mostly bone

>>19034959
Why during ww2 on the islands south of Japan where they were left to starve they would drag dead Americans to butcher and eat

>>19034959
At least I'll be full. Couldn't say that about the bird food they make.

>>19034964
Probably ended up as the first nips capable of full erections in generations.

>>19034895
Our family is kind of weird. We put the fat in and after it renders we cook one piece of meat each, and eat it with no sauce or anything (ostensibly to gauge the quality of the meat). Then we load up the nabe with the veg and sauce and whatnot and boil it down a bit before adding the meat. That's the stage I snapped the picture at. There's a plate of beef and bottle is nihonshu just out of frame.

Here's shabu shabu night.

>>19035418
Japs in general are weird just not your family bro.

>>19033678

>>19035418
That's just the Japanese way of doing it, it's not weird at all.

>food pics from japan

>>19038098
>Japan Food pics, but not in Japan

>>19033680
>>19034200
oh look it's the donabe autist again
didn't spare ANY time at all huh

>>19037230
what's this called? looks like a poke bowl but way better.

>>19033680
Who's Don Abe?

>>19033678
More like sucky yucky. Fuck weird foreign foods. People only eat it because they're yuppie punks thinking they're trendy. Give me good old fashioned steak or a nice pizza pie any day.

>>19038178
Probably kaisendon or ryugudon.

>>19038197
>More like sucky yucky. Fuck weird foreign foods. People only eat it because they're yuppie punks thinking they're trendy. Give me good old fashioned steak or a nice pizza pie any day.

>>19038163
:D post some rice, pal.

>>19038185
Shinzo Abe, but of course. Rip. :[

>>19038234
>Rip. :[
i crie everytiem

>>19033678
Fine, but none of that raw Jap shit. Eating raw fish is for retards.

>>19038551
Edamame really are great for snacking. Here's hoping Murakami does better tonight.

I've made some gyoza today. How do I cook them to perfection? Last time I managed to get the crust but after steaming them it got soft; should I put less water or steam them for less time?
Also my pan fucking sucks, it always gets hot spots and the dumplings in the center end up sticking to it (which should be basically impossible)

>>19034969
Kek.

Japanese food is much like the Japanese themselves, bland and soulless.

>>19038745
you mean sweet and complex

>>19038751
lol lmao

>>19038745
you mean well dressed and innovative?

>>19038745
based, weebs are cringe BUT it's still better than korean street food.

>>19038551
I like edamame.

>>19038745
You mean small and yellow

Mushroom chicken and rice all in one beautiful pot. I really hope the amount of goodies I put in this donabe will mess up the cooking.

>>19041202
********WILL NOT!

Pretty sure I have burnt the rice. Learning and refining every time I use this new thing.

I will cry now. The rice is undercooked because I over packed it. Time to try and save the rice.

Atleast I can be happy to have learned something.

>>19033678
Going to have my weekly authentic Japanese dish tonight.

Gyoza
Kinpira gobo
Cheese Hamburg steak
Boiled egg

>>19041916
I do love me some kappa maki.

>>19033678
How do they do this?

when did it start to be "cool" to hate japan on 4channel?

https://youtu.be/Zz-uAb-EMVA

can someone help id my sushi knife manufacturer? i got it as a gift, it needs sharpening and light refinishing. iirc the us distributer is in SF, and offers this service.
Or if anyone can recommend a good service.

What do Japanese people call this type of restaurant? They seem to serve mainly ramen and other Chinese-Japanese food. What’s the specific name for it?

I’ve got really into making sushi rolls lately but my girlfriend refuses to eat any kind of seafood as ‘all seafood tastes like the ocean’ so I always make chicken Katsu rolls for her (pretty annoying extra effort since I just want salmon or tuna as the protein). Other then teriyaki chicken which she also won’t eat, what are the best seafood free rolls I can make?

>>19043135
Cucumber.

>>19043118
izakaya?

>>19043527
no?
isn't that just a normal Shokudo?
Izakayas have a very distinct L-shaped table around the cooking area

bump

Any suggestions on what I should do this with jar of really expensive Jap salmon I got? I was thinking onigiri, but that's kinda boring.

>>19043949
is that a jar of salmon in oil?

>>19044019
It is hirasho grilled salmon. Never had it before, but I hear it's delicious.

>>19042712
The heat of the rice cooks the egg

>>19043135
Kappamaki (cucumber roll) or tamago.

>>19044106
I think onigiri is a great idea. Lightly seasoned rice and high quality salmon with nothing else to get in the way sounds nice

>>19042990
December 7th, 1941

>>19044106
so yeah
shredded salmon in oil
i think I had the same shit back then as a gift from a local shop

>>19042990
when you started fellating it while beating down other cultures

>>19042712
i really shouldnt say the line... i promised martha i wont!

>>19045205
Komeda Coffee is great. Their ogura toast and cafe au lait really hits the spot.

https://youtu.be/UFdENoMFDfY

i just got home from work an hour ago so i'm waiting on some pork to defrost. nothing special tonight just pork chops in a pan with a daikon-carrot salad. in fact i might forego the salad entirely and just eat the daikon and carrots plain if i'm feeling lazy. which i am.

i met for a tabehoudai with some friends last weekend and i must've polished off at least 10 ebi-frys and an untold amount of various kushiages, not to mention like 2 pitchers of beer so i'm taking it real easy this week