/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10086958]

I notice that STEAMING is a fairly common way to prepare fish in East Asian cuisines, but not in western ones - why is that? Is there such a thing as western-style steamed fish?

[Meat Minimalist !!QlEfxPKY65n No.10086966]

Westerners are disgusted by fish so they insist on maillards and deep frying and hot sauce to "improve" the taste. Same reason why they'll freak out if you serve a fish with the head attached - that's like something out of Indiana Jones or a horror film.

[Anonymous No.10086974]

I suppose it has something to do with not being able to appreciate subtle flavors, anything is tasty if you fry it

[Anonymous No.10086982]

Obsessed.

[Anonymous No.10086992]

>>10086982
I know right? Why are those pesky orientals so obsessed with the west?

[Anonymous No.10086997]

>>10086958
In history it was common to eat potaties with fish with the head on in the western world.

But the western world is keep losing their traditional cuisine overtime.

[Anonymous No.10087000]

>>10086982
when did this become the default whenever someone on /ck/ says anything that cleetus the trailer park manager doesn’t have a coherent opinion on

[Anonymous No.10087008]

>>10086966
Fish head soups/stews have been a part of European cooking for centuries, though.

[Anonymous No.10087011]

>>10086958
there is but its really only salmon that you will see being used by westerners when it comes to fish, for steaming that is

[Anonymous No.10087020]

It's still popular in parts of the west to smoke fish, which is almost like steaming. Traditional western food is usually from colder climates where you'd already have a fire going to stay warm so you'd just use that to cook your food. Either by roasting, smoking, or just making a soup/stew. Dedicated steaming wouldn't have been practical.

[Anonymous No.10087024]

>>10086966
Nobody cares what your opinions on animal proteins are, tripfag.

[Anonymous No.10087026]

>>10087020
That pic was meant for >>10086966

[Anonymous No.10087031]

>>10087000
>>10086992
Triggered.

[Anonymous No.10087037]

>>10087031
Seems to me the only triggered person is yourself, thinking every post about the West is referring to Americans.

[Anonymous No.10087155]

>>10087020
is that sheep asleep?

[Anonymous No.10087303]

braised fish is goat

[Anonymous No.10087312]

>>10087020
sleep tight, sheeper

[Anonymous No.10087340]

>>10086958
I think the closest you'll find on the regular would be fish en papillote - baked in parchment.

[Anonymous No.10087347]

>>10087340
And I suppose the reason why it's not very prevalent in western cooking is that steaming itself just isn't all that prevalent. It occurs in eastern cooking all the time, and occurs in new world recipes like tamales. The only explanation I've read is that Europe simply had excesses of water and fuel that allowed for more consumptive methods like boiling and baking.

[Anonymous No.10087487]

>>10087155
It had a long day

[Anonymous No.10087493]

>>10086958
Western cuisine tends to use poaching or dry heat methods rather than steaming on fish, but there are still classical ways of preparing them that way, notably cooking them 'en papillote'.

[Anonymous No.10087511]

>>10087312
this made me laugh more than it had any right to

[Anonymous No.10087825]

>>10087020
>Dedicated steaming wouldn't have been practical.
you're posting a steamed food....

[Anonymous No.10087845]

>>10087303
Can someone explain why “goat” means good?

[Anonymous No.10087856]

>>10087845
Greatest of all time= GOAT

[Anonymous No.10087947]

>>10087856

[Anonymous No.10088739]

>>10086966
>Westerners
You mean Americans

[Anonymous No.10088782]

>>10088739
no, he means ping pong ching wang

[Anonymous No.10088810]

>>10088739

No, you mean suburban and upper-middle class city dwellers.

[Anonymous No.10088842]

>>10088810
>suburban city dwellers
Is that kinda like the millennial boomer boogyman I keep hearing about?

[Anonymous No.10088870]

>>10088842

Nah, most coastal people assume suburb refers to small-town flyover America when it really refers to the cardboard housing developments surrounding big cities: areas populated by the worst of stuck-up cunts who consider themselves superior to both city dwellers and flyovers (who generally live in nice, small, apartments and quality constructed old houses respectively). Upper-middle class city dwellers are just cunts overall who think their dooney-burke purse and starbucks soy-late means they are superior to anyone and everyone.

-t Chicago educated east-coaster who now lives in "flyover" territory.

[Anonymous No.10088881]

>>10088870
when did chicago stop being flyover territory?

[Anonymous No.10088937]

>>10088881

When Chicago had a better culinary and cultural scene than pretty much every coastal city other than NYC, SF, and LA.

[Anonymous No.10088956]

>>10088937
Chicago's official motto: "at least we're not the south"

[Anonymous No.10088968]

>>10088956

Nah, try "At least our blacks aren't Haitians".

[Anonymous No.10088972]

>>10088968
"At least many of our whites aren't obese"

[Anonymous No.10089019]

>>10087347
Finally an intelligent post

[Anonymous No.10089611]

>>10088870
u live in toledo ohio?

[javascript:quote('10089461');(...) No.10089677]

>>10086958
Because we have microwaves

[Anonymous No.10089680]

>>10086966
Married a gook, can attest to this, head on fish is disgusting.

[Anonymous No.10090438]

>>10087303
No, it's fish.

[Anonymous No.10092498]

>>10086966
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargazy_pie

[Anonymous No.10092524]

>>10088972
I'm from Chicago (because it's a good place to be FROM), and Chicago's obesity is across all races. Now, the nignogs are easily the most disgusting landwhales, but that's because they have no shame at taking welfare money and converting it into blubber.

[Anonymous No.10092533]

>>10088810
that looks fantastic. love a good trout

[Anonymous No.10094208]

>>10092498
Is there a more neckbeardy meal than stargazy pie and mead?

[Anonymous No.10094237]

>>10094208
corn and ale