/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>spaghetti
>pasta was dry & came from a box
>sauce came from a jar
>parmesan cheese from a plastic container instead of real parmigiano reggiano
>herbs come from a tiny container of "Italian Seasoning"
>meatballs are frozen

>>19320464
Like you make your own pasta, you poseur.

>>19320483
I even grow the durum wheat to make my own 00 flour, you madharchod.

>>19320499
I quarry my own stone to mill my wheat you fucking useless clos

>>19320450
believing that only cooklets use great value items is a sure sign of a cooklet

There's a bakery near me called Kouklet.

>cooklet
It's called being poor anon.

>>19320655
what? I don't remember seeing any great value products in her recipes

>>19320499
good morning sir, do not use bad words

>>19320563
i bet you don't even have a stabilized nuclear fusion reactor you use to provide light to your crops, bunch of fakes in this thread

When telemarketers call me I tell them my name is Benjamin Chaud, but they can call me Ben.

They never get it and still try to scam me.

Using any brand of flour other than picrel.

>>19321122
>not pappy o'daniels

cooklet

>>19320464
>herbs come from a tiny container
As opposed to a giant container where they're all stale and flavorless?

>>19320916
would happily serve as her footstool

>>19320450
So what your telling me is that if your poor you cant cook?
Guess i shoulda starved years ago then

>>19320464
The sad thing is, you could use Rao’s homemade, some chili flakes, and go without fresh seasoning and be better than most restaurants.

There’s no saving frozen meatballs though.

>>19320450
Great value PB powder reconstituted with water is the healthiest peanut butter you can get, less carbs than PBfit and other brands

>>19321771
>hey guise, check out my "poverty meal"!
>*kraft mac and cheese with ketchup and hot dogs on cold tortillas*
You fags always conflate being poor with not knowing how to cook. Walmart isn't even that cheap; you just like convenience food.

The funny thing is store brand is just made by the same companies and brands that make name brand stuff.

>>19321791
Various businesses (plants, factories, farms, etc) compete for private label contracts.

I've noticed a lot of cases of kroger's dry grocery product is stamped "Made in China."

>>19321759
As opposed to buying them fresh or even growing them yourself, you clueless pinoy.

>>19322040
Yes, that was obviously the point you were trying to make. You just sounded like an idiot trying to jam in as many details as possible when one of them was completely nonsensical.

>>19321789
But he’s great value as an example. That includes fundamental stuff like flour

>>19320916
damn

HOLY Shill, is every board like this? All these brands need to buy ads

>>19321782
Can you add this to curries?

Sounds like a next level secret ingredient for Thai and Jamaican food.

>>19322382
No. That is expressly forbidden and would violate several laws.

>>19322040
Thinking that fresh herbs are always better than dried is midwit tier cooking.

>>19320450
I thought about learning to cook but you guys sound like such faggots jerking yourselves off. I can just buy a hot dog and a soda for $1.50 and not have to worry about buying ingredients, prepping and cleaning; all for some terminally online autist to make fun of me for not buying the right ingredients or not using the right equipment.

>>19322456
you're a hog in a lard-assed "human" body lmao

>>19322097
Indeed.

>>19320916
fucking jews and communists are trying to get me to race mix.

>>19320464
>herbs come from a tiny container
dried herbs and spices have different flavors and different uses, fresh garlic has to much bite compared to garlic powder
if you don't know this then you're the coklet

>>19323297
True

>>19320450
>Red flags that immediately scream, "this anon is a cooklet"
buying overpriced gourmet versions of the same exact product thinking they're getting a better quality product

>>19323318
I refuse to ever eat a truffle, or anything with truffles in it. What a scam.

>>19320450

>>19321122
KA is good but you can get unbleached/un-brominated Gold Metal for much less money and the only difference is about 0.5% lower protein

>>19323318
Truff sauce is overpriced as hell, but to be honest it's pretty fucking delicious, and there is no cheaper "same exact product".

>>19321771
poors are almost always better cooks because they have to make do with what they have and often simpler recipes allow each in ingredient to shine

>>19322500
Proving the point anon

>>19323353
i lacked a good example but i stand by my point that cooklets will buy a $7 jar of tomato sauce thinking its any different then the $1.50 can sauce

>>19320450
Imagine being so bad at cooking that you can't compensate for poor ingedients and have to let the ingredients do all the work for you.

>>19323358
That's total bullshit. Same with the myth that fat people know good food. They're both retarded and useless in the kitchen.

>>19323378
the $1.50 sauce is garbage with basedbean oil instead of olive oil. good sauce is absolutely worth it

>>19323347
Why would you file your nails like a woman if you are so obviously a man? Just look at your hands dude lmao

>>19323378
You could also just make it yourself, a decent tomato sauce isn't that hard.

>>19323378
If you're going to be lazy and buy jarred sauce then paying more absolutely makes a difference. The fact that you're even using jarred sauce as an example pretty much confirms you're a cooklet.

>>19323391
i buy cunts tomato sauce which is just tomato and add my own EVOO
those tomatoes are all sourced from the same farm and processed into tomato paste by the same factory, you're paying 9x markup for a dash of garlic powder and and a splash of commercial grade olive oil

>>19323412
Apparently good nail health is a turn on for a lot of women. Its very strange. I pick off my long nails and a handful of girls have said that they appreciate I have trimmed nails. Such an odd standard.

>>19323442
>girls appreciate good nail health and trimmed nails
Gee, I wonder why that could be. It truly is a mystery...

>>19323445
don't scare the virgin

>>19323442
It's important for courting women but they'll want you trimmed for once the courting succeeds

>>19323449
I'm already scared girls are yucky :(

>>19323347
This gives an actual example of something a cooklet would do: buy pre-sliced mushrooms.

>>19323412
>Just look at your hands dude lmao

>>19323463
He's obviously trolling. Just look at those clothes; he's like 15 years old.

>>19323412
>womens don't exist
I know anon, I know. you've been deprived of the feminine touch your entire life, the idea of it existing in a world so close yet so far away from one self can seem impossible...

>>19323463
>pre-sliced mushrooms.
a lot of Americans only shop once or twice a month so fresh mushrooms are not a option and commercial flash freezing is far more effective the cutting your own and sticking them in your cold'ish freezer where ice crystals with destroy the texture

>>19323499
>a lot of Americans only shop once or twice a month so fresh mushrooms are not a option
That's fair. If you live in the countryside, it can take up to a 30 minute drive just to get groceries; I too would only shop once or twice a month in that case.

>>19323518
it's about a 50min drive for me but i hit ALDI, walmart and publix in one go so i have to bring a cooler and ice packs

>>19323378
just make your own

>>19323496
Hi, Emily.

>>19321122
13.7% GFP, excellent for bread.

>>19322447
gotta say this now, that pre-ground herbs and spices only retain their flavor for a limited amount of time. some stuff should be purchased in bulk as whole material, like peppercorns, cardamom, and mustard, while others can be purchased pre-ground if used frequently (like granulated garlic / onion). fresh herbs are best for garnishes, oils, butters, and as a touch in some light sauces, otherwise, if the flavor is comparable in a properly preserved dried herb (i.e., the herb was dried w/o too much light and thus retained most of its flavor), the dried herb is usually preferable.

>>19323318
truffles are a meme, good but a meme. you can find them under old stands of birch in some places.

>>19323378
or you could just grow tomatoes for relatively cheap and make your own damn sauce, it's fairly easy (though it can be time-consuming).

>>19323708
>(though it can be time-consuming).
yea i've posted my homemade sauce it was ok but not worth the effort
im in zone 10 and decent tomatoes don't grow here

>>19321072
Lmao, this dude hasn’t even created the universe yet.

>>19320450
Comes home with something they just reheat.

Nothing wrong with cheap brands
pre made Pasta
And even frozen meatballs.

Only pretentious faggots think you have to makr everything from scratch. Mom and Dad who work two jobs and still manage to cook a decent 30 minute spagetthi for their two kids every day is a meal worth more than some single 23 year old spending 3 hours prepping his own pasta and sauce.

Although anyone who is using Faberware Knived and teflon pans. Or anyone believing in Brand names that aren't Swiss or Japanese is a cooklet in my opinion.

Tools > Ingredients

>>19323412
>Tfw grow my nails out but work manual labor
>always worried about chipping or breaking a nail
>always have a bunch of dirt to scrub out from under them
>>19323455
I keep the nails on my left hand trimmed neat for fingering

>>19321122
>King Arthur Baking Company
>Not from England

>>19320499
I made the device you made your post from using items and tools I creates from scratch, anon. Wa-La

>>19320450
crock pot
air fryer
any expensive coffee maker
electric stove of any kind
wine fridge

>>19320450
>thinking that there's a quantifiable difference between expensive brands and generic store brand
In some cases there is, but most of the time they're all literally the same shit.

>>19323318
Bought a 2 pack of oversized bottles this stuff at costco a few months ago that was about the same price as a single bottle.
>still haven't tried it

>>19324661
I feel called out

>>19320450
The "chef" is from a first world country

>>19324661
Eat my ass, my air fryer is great for things like brussel sprouts.

>>19323760
>still using branes collisions to cause big bangs
lmaoing @ ur lyfe dimensionlet

>>19324691
oh thanks for reminding me.

brussels sprouts.

They're white

>>19323358
As a poor, it's a mixed bag. I know people that could struggle a lot less if they learned how to cook but they think it's too hard or they're addicted to fast food. Then some people just don't have the time to do something like make their own sauce.
I try to be the type you described but in my early 20['s I lived on fast food, ramen, microwave meals, junk food.

>>19323358
dude... what?

>>19323842
new* england, anon

>>19320464
>looking down on dry pasta
cooklet

>>19320464
All of those things are shelf-stable and/or keep for months, and are available to use whenever you want. Fresh ingredients have a shorter shelf-life, which means you have to plan what you're going to cook just a few days ahead. A successful restaurant going through high volumes of fresh ingredients can manage it because nothing sits around for long enough to go rotten. Home cooking is a different beast with different expectations.
(You should definitely be growing your own herbs though, the rosemary plant I bought a few months ago has doubled in size and i've watered it maybe twice)

Defending fake products like american cheese is a dead giveaway

>>19320464
>not knowing when to use dry pasta vs fresh pasta

Yeah no you don't know shit. Fresh is for northern Italian dishes, dry for central and southern Italian.

>>19324828
Cooklet post. Fresh pasta takes an hour at most and sauce can be made while you're waiting for the pasta and cooking up some vegetables

>>19324828
I mean yes for some things like dry pasta. Jarred sauce is not more stable than canned tomatoes, parm cheese last forever in the fridge and isn't really more expensive when you take into account fillers and whatnot in the cheap stuff, and frozen meatballs are no more shelf stable than frozen ground meat to make your own.

>>19323378
This is all you need and it only costs $2.79 a jar.

>>19324834
The best way to make grilled cheese is to use mainly American and add a small amount of grated higher quality cheese (sharp cheddar, Parmigiano, gruyere, etc) over the sliced American for taste. It gets greasy and doesn't melt properly if you only use higher quality cheese. American is so mild that it'll mostly take on the taste of the better cheese but will still have the nice melty texture of American.

cooking sober

>>19320450
turns on the stove burner to random settings but never paying attention otherwise. also never tasting the food being cooked at any point.

>>19325478
holy shit, those shrimps are havin' a party!

>>19323737
What grows/doesn't in those zones? Is there a chart?

>>19320450
He owns any Anthony Bourdain books or other media

>>19325236
>he doesn't rest his pasta

>>19325623
i can grow tomatoes but a shitty variety that doesn't turn red
most peppers
pineapple
dragon fruit
bananas
star fruit
cassava
vanilla beans
coffee
sugar cane
squash

pre shredded cheese

He eats carbs

>>19325478
i unfortunately can keep walking. and it ends up at some shawarma stand. then it gets into allahu akbar and if jesus is the son of our lord and savior and whether muhamad was just a kiddie diddling trader (aka jew). anyway, yeah looks good mate.

>>19325639
>POV: you're a prebuscent 10-year-old thai boy

>>19325702

>>19325645
what?

>>19325824
>>19325702
Kek

>>19321122
>cucked out and changed their logo

>>19325878
I hate the antichrist

>>19320464
Fresh pasta is a waste of time unless you're making raviolis.

>>19323708
>wait 2months to make a sauce
Unless you already grow and jar your own tomatoes/sauces for months, it is not worth the time for the average person who doesn't do that.
or
>buy 1-1.1lbs of tomatoes for $3.5~$4/lb to make 1 ~16oz jar of sauce
vs
>buy a 24oz jar of pre-made sauce/can of crushed tomatoes for ~$2 and seasoning to your liking

Even Trader Joe's basic basil sauce that they usually have for $2-$2.5 is good enough as a base, tryhards.

>>19320464
Marcella Hazan's cookbook expands on the debate between homemade vs box pasta. Her point is that it's easier and the quality difference is negligible to go with box. I tend to agree with her. In Italy they're all buying box pasta too. The exception is for ravioli / any stuffed pasta variety. It behooves you to make the pasta sheets then. But if you're making spaghetti at home you really fell for the meme

>>19325926

>>19325940
>mama mia not my pasta
>we used to hang jews upside down
>now they send all the marinara to israel

>>19326222
omegalul