/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Borneo No.4420162]

Sashimi at home!

Purchase the freshest salmon you can find.

[Anonymous No.4420165]

how do you tell good raw fish from mediocre raw fish?

[Borneo No.4420166]

Cut along the lines and slice off this bit.

[Borneo No.4420170]

Slice the flesh with long, even strokes. If you hack at it or saw back and forth, you'll get ragged pieces like on the left instead of the pretty ones on the right.

>>4420165
Ask the fishmonger. They know their shit. I went and bought this early in the morning so that it would be fresh. In the case of salmon, farmed is better than wild because of the possibility of parasites.

[Anonymous No.4420171]

>>4420162
I will never understand the fuss over cutting up raw fish and dunking it in soy.

[Anonymous No.4420174]

looks lovely. Keep posting bro.

[Borneo No.4420175]

Get some cucumber. Cut out the squishy bits in the middle and slice thinly.

[Borneo No.4420178]

Gently press your cucumber slices between some paper towels to get rid of the excess liquid.

>>4420171
It's tasty, there's all there is to it.

[Borneo No.4420179]

Mix 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar, 1/4 tsp of sugar and a sprinkle of salt until dissolved, then pour over the cucumber slices.

[Borneo No.4420181]

Pour 1 tbsp of sesame seeds into a dry saucepan and gently fry on medium to medium-high for a couple of minutes until golden and toasty.

[Anonymous No.4420182]

Smoked salmon > Fresh salmon.
Deal with it.

[Anonymous No.4420184]

>>4420170
>that fingernail
I seriously hope you're a woman.

Nice thread anyway.

[Borneo No.4420185]

Mix your toasted sesame seeds with the marinated cucumber slices. Arrange the cucumber salad and salmon slices on a plate.

[Borneo No.4420187]

Enjoy!

>>4420182
I like smoked salmon, but the flavour is too strong to eat on its own.

[Anonymous No.4420188]

>>4420187
Doesn't look very filling without rice to be honest.

[Anonymous No.4420191]

>>4420188
I prefer sashimi. Sushi is good and all, but a lot of the time I just want the full flavor of the fish.
Looks good, OP.

[Anonymous No.4420192]

>>4420191
I'm not talking about the taste but that just doesn't look like more than just an appetizer.

[Anonymous No.4420195]

>>4420192
Maybe they just wanted a snack?

[Borneo No.4420196]

>>4420188
It's not meant to be a full meal on its own. I did eat the rest of the salmon fillet, and now I'm finishing up with a tub of ice cream.

[Anonymous No.4420197]

>>4420196
Your webcam is a funny contrast to your nice camera.

[Borneo No.4420199]

>>4420197
Ha, it is surprisingly good for a phone camera.

[Anonymous No.4420203]

>>4420196

Show us your boobs

[Anonymous No.4420205]

>>4420178
How do you stop your paper towels from getting completely saturated instantly? I see people use paper towels all the time to get rid of moisture, but it never works for me. I can only use them to drain off some of the oil from frying stuff

[Anonymous No.4420208]

Oh, cool, you went ahead and made sashimi after that one thread. Did you get the salmon from Sainsbury's like you said you might?

Regarding your cucumbers, I think you could improve the presentation by using a vegetable peeler to make ribbons. I use a julienner. I happened to make a cucumber salad the other day, with black rice vinegar. (Forgive the bad picture.)

[Borneo No.4420209]

>>4420205
By not dumping everything on top. If you do that, the liquid collected in the bottom will get everywhere. I pick them up, jiggle a little to get a few drops off, then dry properly on the paper towel. It also helps if you use good quality paper towels so they don't fall apart as easily and are more absorbent.

[Borneo No.4420212]

>>4420208
I ended up getting the salmon from Waitrose. It seems like they have a higher standard in general, and I needed to get some other specialty ingredients anyway.

Your cucumber salad looks good! I would like to have used a mandolin or something similar, but I only have the most basic kitchen tools.

[Anonymous No.4420256]

That salmon looks too fatty for my liking. I like 'em lean.

[Borneo No.4420277]

>>4420256
But the fat is the best part.

[Anonymous No.4420281]

>>4420212
Waitrose?

I thought you looked like a typical British uni student.

[Borneo No.4420291]

>>4420281
Is it the aura of poverty?

I shop at Waitrose when I want to feel fancy.

[Anonymous No.4420297]

>>4420291
The sort of ill-fitting button up patterned shirt says student female, with less than perfect hygiene.

The bed in the background says student poverty.

Waitrose says "I'd rather spend money on nice salmon than going to the pub because I don't have many friends"

You're cool in my books.

[Borneo No.4420307]

>>4420297
That's spot on. You're a clever cookie, anon.

[Anonymous No.4420310]

>>4420307
Show us your boobs

[Anonymous No.4420314]

>>4420256
For sashimi, I think fat is best.

>>4420297
Q-Quit hitting on Borneo.

[Borneo No.4420323]

>>4420310
>>>/soc/

>>4420314
The lines of fat have the added bonus of looking pretty. I wonder if it's possible to separate only the fat lines and press it into one big piece of salmon fat.

[Anonymous No.4420331]

>>4420323
Morrison's sells salmon trimmings which are full of fat, very cheap, and I believe, the most delicious part of the salmon. They don't always sell it, though. Not sure why. It might have to do with their fishmongers filleting the salmon and packaging the trimming separately.

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420333]

>>4420307

You are probably at university studying something you do like, but you don't enjoy the academia of it and find yourself procrastinating about it. I'm guessing this from your lax attitude, somewhat messy (tidy for a student...) room and using a document as a way to stop your ice cream for leaving your desk wet, because moving your wrist on your desk and getting icey cold water is horrible.

Casual watch says liberal views

USB management says utilitarian views on doing things. You might have an old computer you could upgrade, but it works, so you don't need to.

Probably from the Southern area of England, well, south of Manchester, at least. Thank God.

[Anonymous No.4420334]

>>4420333
Yeah that's too much pseudo-intelligence, shut up.

[Borneo No.4420341]

>>4420331
Morrison's is a 40 minute walk, but I might have to check it out. What else do you make with salmon trimmings?

>>4420333
The watch was a gift, and I'm in the southwest region. Otherwise pretty accurate! Can you tell the future too?

[Anonymous No.4420345]

>>4420341
He just described everyone ever.

[Anonymous No.4420346]

>>4420291
protip, Morrisons has an amazing fish counter and is very fresh. If you got one in your area, take a trip

[Anonymous No.4420351]

>>4420341
Anything that will soften the fat will make a good recipe. Slow cooking will make a melt in the mouth feeling. The particularly nice thing about slow cooking fish trimmings is that you don't really need to cook it for all that long, just keep it at a low temperature. I would also recommend frying it with sugar for a kind of decadent and sticky feel. These kinds of things will highlight the best parts of the trimmings but you can cook it in any way you usually would salmon, such as steaming or poaching.

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420353]

>>4420341
Maybe I can!

I thought the watch may have been a gift, no one really buys and wears watches anymore.

South West seems right to me. I'm going to be moving to the South West for university soon enough. Fits with the sort of liberal state of mind, appreciation of food and distaste for big urban centers like London and Essex.

I could probably have a shot at future reading if I had more information!

[Borneo No.4420363]

>>4420346
I might have to do that. I've only been there once because of the distance, but I do like grocery window shopping.

>>4420351
>frying it with sugar for a kind of decadent and sticky feel
Oh my, more details?

>>4420353
It's a shame, watches are such a classy accessory.

Which university are you going to? It's a nice place to live for reals, people are nice and friendly.

[Anonymous No.4420372]

>>4420363
You can do this with just salmon fillets, highlighting the skin, or any fish skin, or any meat with good fat, but none will get as sticky as fish skin/fat.

You basically just heat oil in a pan, dissolve sugar in it (I find I use about one to two tablespoons for a single portion), sear whatever you want to 'melt', then turn the heat down low to get the sugar to thicken. You can also add different sauces like soy sauce or reduce with wines. The importance is in the searing and the thickening of the sugar and sauce.

I-I'm going to the University of Bath for a week in Summer... N-not that you asked me or anything...

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420373]

>>4420363
Watches are underrated. Getting your phone out of your pocket everytime you want to check the time is annoying, and increases your chances of dropping it. Also, wearing a watch means you can do overexaggerated looks of annoyance at it, tap it and tap your foot when in a queue. All these things are mighty tools in the arsenal of being a Brit.

Exeter, most likely. South Westerners have always seemed much friendlier than other places in England. I guess it is the more relaxed lifestyle. I'm guessing you have great farmers markets? My only worry is the common stereotype of racist country folk. I'm white, but really uncomfortable with it...

[Anonymous No.4420378]

>>4420175
Why would you cut out the center part? Does this has a specific reason?

[Anonymous No.4420383]

Cool thread OP. I've been looking to make some Spicy Salmon rolls, but there's no sushi-grade salmon available where i live.

What do

[Anonymous No.4420387]

>>4420203
mynigga.avi

[Anonymous No.4420389]

>>4420196
Totally thought that said "Clever Kikes"
Hahahahaha

[Anonymous No.4420390]

>>4420378
Some people say it tastes better, sometimes its for presentation, but I think when it comes to salad, removing the centre part is best because it can get very watery, especially if you're using salt.

>>4420383
'Sushi-grade' means pretty much nothing. Borneo actually made a very similar comment in a different thread a couple of days ago. Just ask your fishmonger regarding the freshness of your fish.

[Anonymous No.4420395]

>>4420390
I've understood that it kind of did when it comes to salmon though. Salmon is exposed to more parasites when it's in the air.
Specifically from what i've understood, it needs to be cured beforehand.

[Borneo No.4420397]

>>4420372
>>4420372
Sugary soy sauce salmon, that sounds disgusting yet delicious.

Cool, what are you going to be here for? I c-c-could show you around or something if you l-like.

>>4420373
I Brit now. I've never been to Exeter, but I imagine it wouldn't be much different from here. We do have a nice little weekend farmer's market with lots of interesting stuff. I'm asian and haven't met with any racism in Bath if that helps.

>>4420378
I read somewhere that the seeds are where most of the bitterness is. But if you have a cucumber that isn't bitter, you could leave it in.

[Borneo No.4420400]

>>4420383
I asked about this in a thread a couple of days ago, and the general consensus was that the salmon is fine as long as it is fresh. The fishmonger told me that sushi grade refers to the cut of salmon, more specifically the belly.

>>4420389
Oh u.

[Anonymous No.4420402]

>>4420395
Don't they usually brush sushi in some kind of vinegar? I could be wrong, but that would help kill some of the bacteria and whatnot due to its acidity.
Plus, fresher salmon = less exposure to air
Once again, I could be talking out of my ass right now.

[Anonymous No.4420403]

>>4420397
Sugar is often used in Chinese cooking and pairs extremely well with soy sauce.

I'll be studying Psychology there as part of my distance-learning course. Can I e-mail you (I don't really want to talk non-/ck/ in /ck/)?

[Anonymous No.4420405]

>>4420402
Yeah, i'm not very experienced, but i've looked into it a bit because fuck yeah spicy salmon.
Guess i'll go talk to the local butcher.

[Anonymous No.4420407]

>>4420397
I-I-I'd like that

[Borneo No.4420408]

>>4420403
I usually use much less sugar than that. I thought the purpose was to make the food look glossy.

Email i-in email f-f-field.

[Borneo No.4420414]

>>4420405
Post pics when you do make it.

>>4420402
The vinegar is in the rice. I think the wasabi is supposed to be antibacterial. But yeah, fresh = GOOD

Also that meal was a few hours ago, and I haven't diarrhea'd myself yet so that's a good sign.

[Anonymous No.4420417]

>>4420408
Sugar is a great complement to many savoury items and can highlight the sweetness of a meat which is why it goes so well with fat, I believe. I certainly hope you try it. It's also particularly good with pork or duck fat.

[Borneo No.4420442]

>>4420417
Oh, I did try a recipe recently for braised pork belly that asked for one whole tablespoon of sugar. I'll have to try duck with sugar.

[Anonymous No.4420459]

>>4420414
There we go. I knew vinegar was involved in some way or another.

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420502]

>>4420442
Gamey meats go really well with sweetness. Duck and hoisin sauce is a really common but sickly one.

Salmon skin, cut to open it up a bit, rubbed with a sea salt, chilli, ginger, garlic vinegar and agave nectar marinade seared in a really hot pan is amazing.

University of Bath has the best employment rate for the course I want to do in the country. Tempting...

[Borneo No.4420537]

>>4420502
Hoisin sauce isn't that great imo. I think cantonese roasted duck is amazing though, and from what I remember some sort of sugar syrup is used in the glazing.

That does sound amazing. I'm going to try this.

It's a pretty good university and has the best department in the country for my course. I'm surprised I even made it in.

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420544]

>>4420537
Hoisin sauce is too sickly, I really can't stand the stuff.

It's one of the best uses for salmon IMO. As long as you make sure to get a really nice glaze coating it, and get it into the skin, and make sure the pan is as hot as you can get it. It should crisp up quickly and be delicious. I recommend liberal sea salt just to get some of the moisture out, so that it can crisp up as much as possible.

What course is that? It looks like a nice university from look at the website and people talking about it in such. I'll definitely keep it in mind

[Borneo No.4420555]

>>4420544
Hnnnnnnngh crispy salmon skin. I tried to make fried salmon skin strips with the leftovers from the sashimi but I left them in too long and they got burnt.

Mechanical engineering. The uni has lots of links with the industry too, so that's helpful if you want to get an internship.

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420566]

>>4420555
Yeah, it never turns out right without the actual weight and juices of the salmon cooking with it.

Ah, that's cool. I'm doing something in politics and international relations, and I've only heard good things about it for that. I'll probably be going to its Open Day!

[Anonymous No.4420567]

>>4420537
Have you had Peking roast duck? I think between the two, I prefer Peking roast duck but I do like Cantonese roast duck. I think my favourite meat is duck, though, so what can I say. I love duck.

>>4420544
I'm just wondering if you know that the hoisin that one buys is to be watered down before using it in things such as pancakes, etc. I personally like it very much but have not found it too sickly.

[Anonymous No.4420571]

>>4420353

I just started collecting watches...

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420572]

>>4420567
I just don't like some of the flavours of it, having a bad experience with a really horrible hoisin sauce dish when I was young.

I prefer peking roast duck to Cantonese. You can get really good quality duck in Britain. You can get extremely cheap game in general.

If you live in the South West, you wouldn't have a hard time finding some, less than reputable poachers who sell rabbit, pheasant and all sorts.

[Anonymous No.4420573]

>>4420571
Don't take what he said to heart, Anon. He doesn't understand you like I do.

[Anonymous No.4420575]

>>4420573

Thanks anon~

[Borneo No.4420579]

>>4420566
Sweet, remember to book early so you can get cheapo tickets, and spare some time so you can explore the town!

>>4420567
Peking roast duck is alright, but Cantonese style has that amazing flavourful skin and you get more meat to bite into. My favourite meat may be duck too, I like your taste, anon.

>>4420571
How does one collect watches? How does that work?

[Anonymous No.4420583]

>>4420579

You buy watches you like.

[Borneo No.4420592]

>>4420583
S-s-s-shocking!

[STARMAN !op26ZDqtNM No.4420628]

>>4420579
What's the town like?
The University of Bath website has led me to believe the entire universities is only inhabited by happy Asian women. You're further evidence of this. Seriously. It's wall to wall happy Asian women...

This university sounds better and better the more I find out about it!

[Anonymous No.4420648]

>>4420628
When I visited Bath, as a Londoner, I found it to be quite expensive but the air is fresh and the environment is attractive. It's a bit posh, though.

[frgsp No.4420659]

>>4420187
Simple but tasty.
...and the sashimi looks quite nice too. (huehue). ;)

The ice cream is 100% student life right there. I'd never eaten Ben & Jerry's before uni, or at all since leaving. But I'd have it about once a month whilst studying. Weird that. Props on the Waitrose thing too. My gf at the time once flipped out when she saw I'd done the shopping at Waitrose instead of Jackson's. Grumpy cow.

[Anonymous No.4420664]

>>4420659

> ...and the sashimi looks quite nice too. (huehue). ;)

Get a load of this faget.

[Anonymous No.4420696]

>>4420659
What's Jackson's? I've never heard of that before...

[Anonymous No.4420709]

>>4420696
Sainsbury's

[Anonymous No.4420718]

>>4420170
>dat nail

Woman or genuine faggot detected.

[frgsp No.4420720]

>>4420664
>talking to girls is gay
It's like I've died and gone to Public school.

[frgsp No.4420727]

>>4420696
It's a Hull-based supermarket which is all over the city and nowhere else in the world. Absolutely inexplicable dirt cheap prices like £1 for a whole frozen chicken. Used to do a week's shop for 2 for £20 and still eat pretty well. For students...

[Anonymous No.4420728]

>>4420720

You know exactly what I meant. You're acting like you're in highschool and it makes you look asinine.

[frgsp No.4420742]

>>4420728
>asinine
Nobody takes me less seriously than I take myself.

Most of life is a bad joke anyway, so why not add to the noise a little and have some fun?

[Anonymous No.4420843]

>>4420742
>Most of life is a bad joke anyway, so why not act like a beta and throw on a trip so I can suck up to this girl on 4chan

>Oh my lord are you really eating ice cream? Wow you are truly a student I ate ice cream once as a student can you believe it what an incredible coincidence

[Anonymous No.4420854]

>>4420727
£1 for a whole frozen chicken... truly is inexplicable.

>>4420843
Th-That's pretty funny... Good one.

[Borneo No.4420860]

>>4420628
What >>4420648 said pretty much. But It's not that expensive if you don't eat out often and are wise with your money. The happy asian ladies part is true, the asian ladies I've met here are all cheerful and friendly. If you're into that, this here university is the place to be.

>>4420659
Oh u. I think B&J's are some sort of student lifeforce, the campus store is almost always out of the cookie dough. What's Jackson's?

[frgsp No.4420863]

>>4420854
The ones that didn't make sense were things like mars bars and coke which have a pretty much fixed price, but they were cheaper in Jacksons too. I don't know if they realised you're supposed to mark your prices up from wholesale or what.

[Borneo No.4420865]

>>4420718
Why not both?

[frgsp No.4420869]

>>4420860
Jackson's = a cheap as shit shop up north:
>>4420727

[Borneo No.4420874]

>>4420869
Woah. I didn't know it was possible to be cheaper than Aldi's.

[frgsp No.4420884]

>>4420874
Isn't Netto cheaper than Aldi? It's definitely shitter.

Same with Iceland. At least half of the stuff in that shop isn't even real food, it's just frozen batter.

[Anonymous No.4420896]

>>4420884
>>4420874
Netto is the cheapest you'll find not in bulk. I dread to think what the contents of Netto food is, but the price point is so incredibly low that it cannot possibly not cause cancer.

[Borneo No.4420898]

>>4420884
>Netto
I haven't seen this. Iceland really is cheap, for a long time I bought my chicken and salmon from there until I found out how much better fresh is. Frozen chicken skins always turn out rubbery and nasty.

[Anonymous No.4420903]

>>4420898
Netto pulled out of Britain a few years ago, got most of their stores bought up and changed into ASDAs.

It was similar to Aldi. A European store that sells European and own brand stuff on the cheap.

[Borneo No.4420922]

>>4420903
Ah, I think I remember seeing the word Netto in red and yellow font when I was in Germany. Does this mean that ASDA and Netto are owned by the same company?

[frgsp No.4420933]

>>4420922
Asda is Walmart-owned now. I don't think Netto is/was though.

Aldi has some pretty ok produce. None of the others mentioned in the last few posts have anything resembling good quality food though.

>the price point is so incredibly low that it cannot possibly not cause cancer.
pretty much sums it up.

[Anonymous No.4420934]

>>4420922
ASDA got ownership of the UK branch, well, apart from like forty stores because of competition laws. They just rebranded the properties as ASDA and treated them as such.

Netto still operate in the rest of Europe, but I remember Netto being distinctly a sickening shade of piss yellow and black.

[Borneo No.4420955]

>>4420933
For poorfag students, it's paradise though. I remember my housemate being so shocked and happy when I took her to Iceland and she saw how cheap the eggs were.

>>4420934
Yeah... it looked really garish and sleazy.

[Anonymous No.4420956]

it was a girl

[Borneo No.4420960]

>>4420956

[Anonymous No.4420964]

>>4420960
oh, is

[Anonymous No.4420973]

>>4420170

>Ask the fishmonger

This isn't 1274 A.D. Japan, those don't exist in 21st century America

[Anonymous No.4420978]

>>4420973

Sure they do. You're just too busy stuffing your face with McMeat to know of any.

[Anonymous No.4420990]

>>4420956
Yes!

[Borneo No.4420996]

>>4420964

[Anonymous No.4421034]

>>4420996
are you trying to put sex on me

[Anonymous No.4421042]

>>4421034
she want your :DDD

benis :DDD

[Borneo No.4421044]

>>4421034
No anon you are put.

[Anonymous No.4421045]

>>4421042

[Borneo No.4421102]

>>4421045

[Anonymous No.4421117]

>>4421102
more food

[Borneo No.4421124]

>>4421117
i posted food in another thraed

[Anonymous No.4421207]

>>4420333
cringed hard

[Anonymous No.4421208]

>>4421124

[Borneo No.4421285]

>>4421208

[Anonymous No.4422491]

nice sashimi

[Anonymous No.4422499]

>>4420395
WHAT THIS GUY IS SAYING
you need to freeze sashimi at commerical levels of cold to kill parasites. you don't just use 'fresh salmon', even if you caught the damn thing yourself.

[Anonymous No.4422598]

>>4420973

[Borneo No.4422783]

>>4422499
I read that commercial fishers freeze the salmon as soon as they catch it.