Foodie Tips and Tricks
 

Here are some of the most tipsy and tricksy threads in the Food & Drink forum, some active, some historical, but each of them a treasure-trove of information.

Getting started:

• Basic Pantry
• Easy Recipes
• Favorite cookbooks?
• The Kitchen Gadget You Can't Live Without
• French Rolled Omlets

General Foodly Goodness:

• What's for tea/dinner/supper whatever you call it?
• Thanksgiving Recipes
• Crock Pot
• Southern Food Recipes
• Steak
• Bolognese

& Drink:

• Perfect Food & Drink Combinations
  
• Do You Juice?

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How come nobody ever replies to this thread?

Surely people have their own tips and tricks they wish to share?

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This thread is more of a directory to other discussions rather than a topic in and of itself

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True, and what I meant is, don't other members have their own threads, or places outside the site, they wish to share?

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Yes, and they do so throughout the Food and Drink forum, including in the specified threads of the OP.

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Put a crescent of ice in hot ramen and stir.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/for...3/3/ramen8.jpg

Warning: There might still be a pocket of lava hot noodle water hidden in the bowl even after the ice melts, so just be prepared for that possibility.

You're welcome.

Answer the phone.

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I just came across this link on my interwebs travel. Mind=blown.
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tip...and_mason_jar/

Yep, you can use a Mason jar on your blender instead of the regular pitcher thing.

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BIZZAMP.

This is a TIP OR TRICK REQUEST, and not a tip or trick.

Does anyone have recommendations for a small spice grinder suitable for grinding up hard things like pods?

I have a pretty terrible mortar and pestle that is good enough for leaves and stuff, but it doesn't do much for anything actually hard to smash. I don't need anything heavy duty, because I usually only need maybe half a teaspoon tops.

I was thinking maybe I would get an "herb" grinder for that, but it's not like the "herbs" in question are even pods or anything, so I don't even know if that would work.

Like is there such a thing as a crystal meth grinder maybe? Maybe something like that. Maybe just a better mortar and pestle? (The one I have is just wood, and I don't know where it even came from. I've even entertained the idea that maybe it's just supposed to be ornamental.)

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I bet the "herb" grinder would work, as long as you get one of the hardcore metal ones instead of the cheaper wood kind.

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This is what I use to bust up pods, cardamom mostly, also good for the joke, "crush my minions, crush!"

http://www.travel-images.com/pht/hong-kong553.jpg

Also we used a dedicated cheap assed coffee grinder (electric) for herbs.

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You use Asians?

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No the mortar and pestle with the leather top so stuff doesn't go flying out.
Asians use me.

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Oh. I thought the Asians were your minions.

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Ha ha, I just realized I totally posted in the wrong thread. I'm going to pretend it was on purpose.

After further consultation with some jazz musicians, I think I'm going to go with this grinder. It's titanium, about the right size, and only two pieces.

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And made in the USA. :eagletear:

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I don't know where to ask this question, so I'll ask it in this thread. Does vinegar go bad?

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Nope.
Specialty types of vinegars can change % over time, but won't go bad.

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Acids are hard to kill. The worst I've ever seen is wine vinegar getting dreggy, which is gross but not bad.

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You guys just saved dinner. Thank you.

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Pomegranate time!

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“It’s teflon, no way those will stick.”

:glare:

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Don't make me go all cast iron hipster on you.

Cause I can. Sort of.

Thanks for bumping this thread, though. It's a good one.

PS: If you're making marinara or something like that, make at least twice what you're going to use and freeze the extra to buy yourself a cheat day later.

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Hear me out. Tiramisu carrot cake.

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But have you considered just carrot cake?

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Carrot cake is a frosting delivery system