/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>3908878
>Now as someone who washes everything that comes in, including groceries, I don't think I'll be able to return them because the package is all twisted.
I lol'd.

Fuck off Sceak, you've been on /ck/ for 10 years you should now about lard and psychic gang stalking RCMP olympic nazis.

Lard > Shortening

You can use it for the same things.

there is no doubt that whatever you make with it will be pig disgusting with your homocooking skills, but I'd go for pie crust, puff pastry or just fry *name anything* in it.

frying your own tacos in lard is SO MUCH better than buying pre-made hard shells.

Wait...you wash the packets that things come in?

>>3908902
this major OCD chinese woman on my street does that. She puts the groceries at the edge of her driveway and washes them with a bucket of water and sponge before bringing them in.

Like the bags and packaging.

It's fucked.

>>3908902

Look this is a weird neighborhood.

I'm vegan, though. I'm not too hot to the idea of cooking with lard and that's A LOT of lard.

>>3908906
there are germs all over that shit

I like to give everything a good spray and wipe with lysol

>>3908878
You've got cast iron, right? Use it to season your cast iron.

>>3908915
Make soap?

>>3908915
>>3908919
What a surprise. The two biggest cocks on this board are also insane.

> this entire thread

>OCD person accidentally buys lard
>Can't return it because he washed the package
>Uses the lard to make soap
>Washes all his future groceries with the soap he made from the lard


The cycle is complete

>>3908915
>vegan
>lard
am i being trolled or are you retarded?

>>3908933
>I like to give everything a good spray and wipe with lysol


The two are not mutually exclusive

>>3908919
>germs
and if you keep isolating yourself from germs, your weak immune system won't be able to fight back when a REAL disease comes by.

>>3908927
Nice.

>>3908945
I've heard about that but i'm just too grossed out knowing that old people who prolly have poop under their fingernails touched my things

there was some study I read about and it said 2/3 of shopping cart handles had fecal matter on them

>>3908922
hahahah THIS.

>>3908919
>I like to give everything a good spray and wipe with lysol
I would be far more concerned with all the untested cleaning products that are pumping your living area full of VOCs (among other things) than small amounts of harmless bacteria.

>>3908963
>there was some study I read about and it said 2/3 of shopping cart handles had fecal matter on them
So? We don't live in a sterile world and we didn't evolve in sterile conditions.

God dammit, you dicks. Now I have to start washing my fucking groceries.

>Now as someone who washes everything that comes in, including groceries

>>3908968
I know this but as long as I live in a environment where stores are ready to supply me with all my antibacterial crap i'll never stop

if I lived in africa or something I would be more concerned with eating and staying alive

OCD/germaphbia is a product of my environment

>>3908984
>OCD/germaphbia is a product of my environment
No it isn't, it is a product of ignorance and lack of education.

>>3908988

Actually it's more like the result of insecurities, one develops ritualistic behaviours like excessive handwashing as a comfort thing.

>>3908994
But the initial belief that sterilizing all surfaces = healthy behaviour stems from ignorance.

Then it becomes a compulsion.

>>3908988
no

I know that I'm not going to get sick from shaking hands with someone who just went to the bathroom and didn't wash theirs

It just disgusts me and I get comfort from using antibacterial gel or whatever method is available at the time

You guys are fucking hilarious.

To whoever needs it: "Grow a pair."

ever been in a public place? guess what ~80% of the "dust" that you're breathing in is? human skin & hair

and a public restroom? the smell is actual poop particles being sucked into your nose. and when you or they flush? a bunch of the poop gets sprayed out into the air.

>>3909002
>I know that I'm not going to get sick from shaking hands with someone who just went to the bathroom and didn't wash theirs
>It just disgusts me and I get comfort from using antibacterial gel or whatever method is available at the time

Ignorance.

>>3909007
Not to mention recent studies have shown that people literally spew off microbes wherever they go. Our body heat acts like thermal drafts for the microbes to ride.

So next time you are in a room, bus, plane, whatever with lots of people, just think of the microbe chimneys over everyone.

>>3908997
I don't think it's really a perception of it being healthy behaviour, more like you know that "sterilizing a surface kills germs" and maybe the compulsion is a desire to have control by not allowing any filthy germs to touch you.

If I was to buy in bulk like restaurants do (i.e. everything shrink-wrapped and in cases it'd greatly simplify my life.

I just wash everything, from produce to boxes. Even paper bags like for sugar.

It's not perfect but it's far beyond average.

I also strip in the hallway and shower every time I go outside.

I live in fairly clean conditions. I think it started after I stopped swimming and moved out of where I was.

My ex boyfiend many times recounted how the cat (who he picked up at the animal shelter right after he was picked off the streets) spend two weeks cleaning himself after.

Today he contorts in dirt like any other cat.

On one hand I see it as really sick. Like, surgical blocks are in many ways dirtier than my apartment. On another hand I see it as more evolved or at least more conscious.

Most people live in squalor and filth reserved for wild beasts. I think that as a human I should be able to live in cleaner conditions.

My place is also very small. I think that it's more a way to isolate myself from "outside", so that there can be an "inside" rather than just something analogous to a bathroom stall.

>>3909010
i'm not surprised. have you seen the disinfectant commercials?

>>3909018
Fuck yeah!
>>3909017
Was right!

>>3909019
Yes, but I don't get my information from advertisements that exist to coerce me into buying their products.

>>3909018
>claims to be a germophobe
>cat
you probably already got a Toxoplasmosis infection from the cat. this could be why you're acting that way. it's known to affect women's behavior more than men. seek medical attention.

>>3909028
>Toxoplasmosis
This. My gf's mom has a Toxo scar on her eye (and changed litter boxes when she was pregnant).

Toxo is pretty common. Maybe that contributed to Sceak's schizophrenia?

excuse my ignorance, but doesn't washing the cardboard and paper cartons of things cause the food inside to go bad faster because the wet carton mildews? you haven't mentioned such a behavior before, are you ok dude? did you just make up some terrible phobia because you want some attention? I wish you would honestly consider that you are probably not a big of a mess/retard/loser/freak as YOU think yourself to be. Sure you have some problems but I don't see you as a "lost cause" I think you have the ability to be OK if you just work at it. Lard is really useful. Make some dough for sure, but maybe use it to preserve some stuff. You say you are a vegan, but I know that you do eat meat on occasion, you just think it makes you "crazy"- It would be a really cool project to try something like this:http://cookrookery.com/?p=640 or some such thing?

Also how difficult is bumsex for you?

>>3909018
>I also strip in the hallway and shower every time I go outside.
I swore I thought I was the only one who did this.
After taking public transportation I've removed all my clothing and dumped it in the hamper and ran to the shower.

When you wash flour bags do the inside contents not get wet or do you just spray it before the water soaks through?

>>3909087
you should just transfer crap like flour and sugar into clean containers like rubbermade or ceramic storage things

It'll be moon day pretty soon.
Make moon cakes.

God tier homemade tortillas require lard. Also consider making cornbread or grits with lard.

>>3908878
>Anything I can do with lard?

Fried food. Oh man, fried food. Fried chicken becomes godly. Flip though old recipes they tend to have the best uses for it.