Foodie Tips and Tricks

[livius drusus]

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?

[Beastwars]

How come nobody ever replies to this thread?

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

[LadyShea]

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

[Beastwars]

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

[LadyShea]

Originally Posted by Beastwars

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

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

[Ronin]

Put a crescent of ice in hot ramen and stir.



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.

[curses]

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.

[lisarea]

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.)

[livius drusus]

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

[Qingdai]

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



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

[erimir]

You use Asians?

[Qingdai]

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

[erimir]

Oh. I thought the Asians were your minions.

[lisarea]

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.

[livius drusus]

And made in the USA.

[curses]

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

[Ari]

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

[livius drusus]

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

[curses]

You guys just saved dinner. Thank you.

[Qingdai]

Pomegranate time!

The fastest and easiest way to eat, take seeds...

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

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

[lisarea]

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.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Hear me out. Tiramisu carrot cake.

[Crumb]

But have you considered just carrot cake?

[vremya]

Carrot cake is a frosting delivery system