/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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Aspic. Aspic is a savory gelatin made out of meat stock and was, traditionally, used as a preservative. You'd cook your meat and get the gelatin as a byproduct. You put your meat in a jar, pour the aspic over it, and let it solidify. Since air can't get in, it's safe for quite a long while. This evolved into serving the food in it, because why let a delicious stock go to waste? But of course, making that stock takes a long time - boiling scraps and bones to leech out the gelatin. This why a lot of homemade stock doesn't solidify; they didn't take enough time. So when powdered gelatin became a thing, it was an easy and cheap shortcut. Then in the first half of the 20th century, the middle class was all about presentation at a dinner party. And what looks more impressive (and looks like you too a long time to make it) than a carefully arranged salad in aspic?

Other than these things and buffets, what are some quintessential boomer foods and practices?

I kinda wanna try aspic food now because of this thread