/ck/ - Food & Cooking

where are you from?

Try pickled herring. Get it in IKEA i you can't find it elsewhere. Serve with raw brown onions, rye bread and snaps. I can't guarantee you'll enjoy it though.

>>6143652
Switzerland

>>6143655
I go to IKEA fairly often, i'll take a look next time. But i have to agree, i'm a bit reluctant when it comes to pickled fish. I'll give it a try nonetheless. Who knows, maybe i love it.

>>6143655
Apparently, ikea got those. Which one should i try?

>>6143655
Ikea caviar is good tier

>>6143672
They are all made in the same way it's just with a different sauce. I like the curry flavored and the regular one. It's up to you really. I hope you like it!

Currywurst

Kasslerbraten with Sauerkraut, Kartoffelpueree and "griebchen" (last one is just crispy fried pork fat but tastes awesome combined with the other shit)

>>6143720
I'd seriously kill for some great kassler with kraut and potatoes when I'm really hungry. That stuff is the major shit.

Doesn't look like much but damn I've never had the munchies that hard over anything else.

>>6143720 again
I'll take pictures the next time my family does kassler. We always use like 4-5kg of meat because my family is kinda big.
You just have to see that huge slob of meat with the beautiful kraut and all that shit around.
You can smell the beauty through the pictures.

>>6143720
I suppose it is similar to a bernerplatte? I love those...
Please make pics next time.
Uh, fried pork FAT? Do you make those at home?

>>6143720
>>6143727
>>6143736
Example pic taken from wikipedia.
Yes it's as tasty as it looks
Goddamn I want some right now

>>6143743
You can buy pork fat in stores in Germany. It's just a slob of 100% fat that you then cut into small pieces and fry in the pan. We serve them together with the potatoes and the kraut and put the leftover fat juices that come out (it's quite a lot) on our breakfast breads instead of butter.

>>6143745
The meat looks awesome. I would probably prefer the potatoes not mashed up, but i guess it tastes awesome this way too. Jum. Is it some kind of a rollschinken? Because then you should DEFINITELY try a bernerplatte. It is a dish with potatoes, sauerkraut, rollschinken, bacon, saucisson and dried beans. Oh my. So delicious

>>6143751
Sounds like glorious fatheaven. I'll see if they got pure porkfat at the local supermarkets. If not, i go shopping in germany from time to time. I'll bring some with me

>>6143745
couldn't find a page in English on it
it's essentially a roasted ham, correct? looks like that to me

>>6143759
That looks fucking awesome. I have to try that sometime.

>>6143764
The ham is not roasted, it's kind of slow cooked together with the sauerkraut over a few hours while letting the water evaporize.
Takes around 4-5 hours minimum to get it to that stage. It's really tender after that.

>>6143765
When you are at it, try making a berner rösti. So damn good...

>>6143793
>berner rösti
Looks like what we call a Reibekuchen over here. Is there a difference?

>>6143805
That might be. Berner rösti is with onions, cheese and bacon. Shit's awesome

>>6143805 again
Cologne region btw. There doesn't seem to be a wikipedia entry about "Reibekuchen".
It's basically finely chopped potatoes formed into a patty with some nutmeg, salt and pepper and then fried in oil

>>6143817
Oh now I see the difference. I want some of that right now :o

>>6143817
Warum muesst ihr Schweitzer immer die leckersten Sachen haben? :D

Verdammt Ich will das jetzt sofort essen.

>>6143821
Rösti is basically grated potatoe, you first toss it in a big pan with some butter or porkfat until it is crispy brown. Add in chopped onions and bacon and roast it. Then you fold in grated cheese (i suggest gruyere) and form a big kind of a pie inside the pan. You let it sit until it is crispy on one side. Then you put a plate on top, turn the whole thing, slide it pack into the pan and roast the other side. Then you cut it in pieces like pizza. Usually it is served with bratwurst and onionsauce (onions. Red wine and bratensaue).
If i weren't so full from the mac'n'cheese earlier, i'd like to have some rösti too.

>>6143853
So basically it's a Reibekuchen on steroids.

That sounds SO fucking good. Oh man..

>>6143833
well, we are a pretty spoiled country, soo...
You should try luzerner lebkuchen with butter if you like swiss food.

>>6143871
There are a ton ov variations to it. But berner rösti is best. Cheese, onions AND bacon. What more can you ask for. I usually make a big fresh salad with it, because the bratwurst stuff is almost too much for me.

>>6143853
>If i weren't so full from the mac'n'cheese earlier, i'd like to have some rösti too.

I have a selfmade pizza with sour cream, thuna, anchovies, salmon, spinach and shrimps in the oven. :)
Gonna be done in about 15 minutes.
Taste buds will never know what hit them.

>>6143875
>luzerner lebkuchen
Is it different from the Lebkuchen we know in Germany?

Beer battered fish and chips with mushy peas on a Friday. Lush

Apart from all the local advertising, I kind of want to taste the "squid on a stick" snack the japanese have going on.

I have no freaking idea on how to buy that in Europe, though.

>>6143887
That sounds like heaven! Can you post a pic when she's done? Is it a pizza bianco? No tomato sauce? A bit like elsässer flammkuchen. You should try that one day too. Basically the same ingredients as berner rösti. A pizza-like dough with creme fraiche, bacon or ham, onions and cheese. I also add black pepper thyme and rosemary. Pic related

>>6143892
Not quiet sure. It is more a cake. It has the lebkuchen-spices inside, but also cream and lots of honey and birnel (thickened pearjuice). If it is freshly out of the oven and you put on some butter... Oh my. This is a traditional dinner in luzern, my grandma always made it.

>>6143914
It's like that but I can't post pictures because my phone is actually still a dumbphone (Nokia 5110) that I cherish a lot. I've had it for like 15 years now and it's still working fine.
I actually have some tesafilm going around it to hold the akku in place lol.

>>6143908
I guess you would have to make your own. Have you found any recipes? I'm sure you can get squid in your supermarket!
Is it pic related? Just yesterday my son was in awe of the squid in the supermarket. He wanted to buy one kek

>>6143932
What I've seen is even more dried than that.
It's basically a chewy snack that is sold in jars.
Kind of like beef jerky but with squid.

>>6143928
Hahaha, oh god. Now you remind me of my ex. He had this old samsung, the battery was so ruined, that it always turned off. He had to restart it 3 times, everytime he wanted to send a text. And forget about calling him...
But yeah, i have a car like that. The spoiler is hold in place with a bunch of zip ties. Oops. I kissed a wall with it.

>>6143940
Ah, hm... Have you tried asian food shops? Or online? It sounds somehow delicious. Do you know if squid and calamari taste any different?

>>6143947
Lol yes I actually have to put the recharger into that thing every time I want to power it up because the akku is gone again.
Also the display only works when I press on it really hard with both my thumbs :D
But well the thing still kind of does it's job after all those years. I just want something I want to call people and write the occasional SMS with.
My brother keeps nagging me that I should buy a new one but I still love that old thing.

>>6143887 again
Shit is incredible. I should have put more shrimps on it though.
Gonna do that next time.

>>6143954
Kek. That sounds annoying. I tried not to nagg my ex about his phone, but i have to admit, sometimes i just wanted to throw that damn thing as far away as i could. Soooo many times i couldn't reach him because of it. And he always took half a day to respond to texts. Not to neglect the fact that he couldn't get any pics on it. His loss. No whatsapp no nudes. Lol
My suggestion: listen to your brother, your life will be sooo much better. You could keep the old one for nostalgia, but just imagine you really need that fucker one day and it just dies.

>>6143965
Enjoy your meal, or en guete!
The more shrims the better...

>>6143983
Actually deep down.. I use it as an excuse for not being available. I kind of like that lifestyle where I'm only available when I choose it and I don't have to fuck around with people calling me all the time.
Sometimes when I turn that thing on I have like 50 SMS from people trying to reach me for the past few weeks and I always just tell them that my phone is bad but actually I love that they can't reach me when I don't want them to.
I also don't have any accounts on twitter/facebook and the likes.
I feel SO free because of this compared to the people around me. :)

>>6144000
I get you. I am extremely bad with my phone and people always give me shit because of it. Sometimes i take weeks to text back. Oops... I always use 'white lies' for not being available. My phone is always on silent becaus i feel pressured when it goes off lol
I just hate that people think they are entitled to reach me at every moment. I'm a bit weird i guess...

>>6144000 again.

My gf uploads her nudes on my ftp server because she knows her way around computers and I have a bot running on IRC where people can leave me messages. It's not like I'm unreachable.
It's just how we people did it in the early 2000s and I like to keep it that way and the people I really like know how to do it.

>>6143646
>Today i made mac'n'cheese (stovetop and very minimalistic, but i liked it).

You really gotta bake macaroni cheese. It's like so much better than just doing it on the hob.

Also, my secret to a good macaroni cheese: english mustard powder and bay leaves.

>>6143646
Akutaq is pretty delicious, but I'm not sure if you'd be able to get the ingredients to make it correctly.

>>6144014
No you're not "a bit weird'. You're just like everyone was before fucking shit like facebook and the whole web 2.0 thing hit big time.
It was just 10 years ago that people would have seen this "always available" bullshit as extremely disturbing but nowadays it's somehow bad if you don't flow with it and teenagers already get depressed over it.
I call bullshit on that in the long term.

>>6144016
Well, that would just ruin the mood, right? I don't make a fotosession for noods. I take them in the heat of the moment and they need to be receives in an instant. If you know what i mean...

But yeah, i guess it's ok. You can live in whatever year you feel comfy. I only own a smarphone because my brother gave me his old one. It's pretty neat actually.

>>6144026
What are the ingredients?

>>6144034
Chatting over IRC and uploading files via ftp can also be instant.
In fact even more instant than having to go over a third party service concerning the file uploads.

>>6144018
I'll keep that in mind. I got a big batch of leftovers. Can i warm them tomorrow and add in some bay and mustard powder? Should i but in bacon and broccoli and but it in the oven?

>>6144039
Ok. You win. But i like to lie in bed for 'those occasions' and not in front of my pc. But yeah, personal preferences kek

>>6144037
Back fat from a moose, seal oil, snow, and fresh berries. You could probably use reindeer fat instead, but moose taste's better in my opinion.

Tacos! If you can find taco shells in your country, all you need is ground beef, cheese, lettuce, and some seasonings.

>>6144043
You can use your PC in bed :)

Actually, I have my PC hooked up to my TV and also to a webcam that points to my bed and another one that comes from the other wall so I can just roam my room and use it whenever I want.
There's really great stuff you can do with a PC you just have to try it.

I have my PC set up so that when I turn it on, the whole room is involved.

>>6144027
Eh, i guess you just have to be reckless enough to handle it the way it feel right to you. I deleted my fb again and i don't miss it a single bit. But i like my smartphone. It's very handy. Then again, i don't have a pc so i do my online banking and stuff on my phone. Never thought i would be able to handle my finances (lets not forget 4chan) on my PHONE. Fucking 2015...

>>6144050
Enchiladas are better, my friend

>>6144041
Naw, the bay leaves and mustard powder need to go in while you're still making the mornay sauce. Mustard in the roux and bay leaves after the milk goes in.

>>6144044
That - sounds a bit difficult to get,i agree...
And how do you prepare it? There is still snow left here, i could atleast get that. I have frozen berries. Would some other fat work too? Butter? Pork? What do?

>>6144054
You're in the US i guess?

I live in Germany and over here it's pretty normal for everyone to have a desktop PC.
Hell, we even play games more on PCs than on consoles. We fucking love PCs

>>6144050
Tacos are a staple already, althought, we do fajitas more often. Shit's delicious

Squash blossom quesadillas are pretty good

>>6144053
Sounds awesome. But then again, i don't even own a tv. And i'm pretty fine with my tablet and my phone. But yes, i know, you can do awesome stuff with a pc. Basically every male in my family is an it-freak. They build those seethrough-led-selfmade-masterrace stuff kek

>>6144058
What a shame... I could still try to sneakin a bit before i put it in the oven, right? I though about adding some nut meg too.

>>6144064
Nah, switzerland. I don't know anybody else who doesn't own a pc. I am completely nuts. And broke, that is

>>6144074
>it-freak

It's just normal where I live. Having a PC is the minimal setup, then comes a good TV. Tablets and the likes are just gimmicks.
Even my oldest brother who is 46 has a good PC and a 40 inch TV but no cellphone at all.

>>6144073
Never heard if that combination. I like fried squashblossoms. This might be to my taste

>>6144061
here's a basic recipe. I've seen people replace the fat with crisco, but that sucks. I guess the closest thing you'd be able to get would be either deer or cow fat. You can also mix meat into the recipe, and I once tried it with polar bear and that was probably the tastiest thing I've ever had. But that's not really allowed any more.


1 cup reindeer, caribou, or moose fat (back fat)*
1 cup animal oil (seal, walrus, or whale), divided
1/2 cup water or 2 cups loose snow
4 1/2 cups fresh berries

Grate or grind fat into small pieces. In a large pot over low heat, add fat and stir until it becomes a liquid (the fat should never get hotter than it is comfortable to your hand). Add 1/3 cup seal oil, mixing until it is all liquid. Remove from heat and continue stirring the fat in big circles.

While continuing to stir at a steady rate, add 1/4 cup water or 1 cup snow and another 1/3 cup seal oil. As fat slowly cools and starts to get fluffy and white, add remaining 1/4 cup water or 1 cup snow and remaining 1/3 cup seal oil, continuing to stir.

When the Akutaq is as white and fluffy as you can make it, fold in berries. Form into desired shape. Cover and freeze to firm up.

>>6144081
Mate you can get a very decent PC for like 400-500 eur or whatever that is in Franken

>>6144082
Yeah, they really are. My mom and her SO just bought a house and wired everything so you can controle it on a tablet. The heat, the light, the shutters... And they are programmers, they really are it-nuts lol
But yes, it os pretty standart to have a pc and a tv in switzerland too. It is just me that's weird. But i like it that way

>>6144092
I could get it for free, but i'm fine the way it is

>>6144098
Still in the long run.. get a freaking PC mate. There is just SO much you can do with even a mediocre PC that you can't do with a tablet.
It will be a revelation.
Just save a few bucks here and there and you will be glad. It will be a whole new world to explore.

Anyways, I'm off now. Schlaf gut und schoene Traeume mein unbekannter schweitzer Anon :)

>>6144090
I can actually imagine that to be quiet tasty. Could you not add some sweets in too? Honey? I imagine that to be a bit like eiskonfekt, which is made from coconut oil. It feels almost cold when you eat it because of the fat that melts.

>>6144113
Oh und lass uns hoffen, dass der gute Simon wieder auf die Beine kommt. Ich will den wieder beim Skispringen sehn. :)

>>6144113
IF i get one, i want to help buil it so i learn something on the way. I might even get into it. Yeah, we'll see.

Schlaf gut und träum von gutem essen mr. Deutsch-anon. vielleicht kreuzen sich unsere wege ja wieder einmal auf /ck/.

>>6144119
Maaann hast du mich jetzt erschreckt kek mein bruder heisst simon. Aber ja, ich hoffs auch...

>>6144115
traditionally the only sweetener you would put in is fresh berry's (mostly because that was the only sweetener my people had), but you can add sugar and other sweeteners and it would turn out pretty good. The english term for the dish is eskimo ice cream. But like I said before, you can also make it with meat instead of sweets and it'll be good.

>>6144120
>>6144126
Hab dich auch lieb und lol mit deinem Bruder :)

Aber jetzt gute Nacht.

>>6144130
I'll search for some strange fat to try this. It looks good. Any other strange alaska food?

>>6144153
I don't think there are any you would be able to replicate. Most native alaskan food is pretty basic, and revolve around the local wildlife. But there are some weird recipes where you leave seal meat soaking in blubber for 2 weeks and then eat it raw. And if you can get your hands on some fresh, properly prepared muktuk (whale blubber) I recommend you try it out.

>>6143948
Calamari is squid. It's the name for the dish not the animal used.