/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Salt the water.

>>12971132
Rinse the rice.

Open your banana the right way.

>>12971132
For pasta is a need.

>>12971148
Nope.

>>12971132
>>12971206

I mean, it does make a difference. It's up to you to determine if the difference is worth the precious salt. Salt the water heavily, boil the pasta in it, and taste the difference. The pasta does not absorb much salt, so some people recommend making your water 'seawater' levels of salt. I don't do that much, but I do make it pretty salty.

I find that it really improves the taste, but no one has a gun to your head forcing you to do it anon.

>>12971236
I thought you salt the water so the pasta doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot. Can't remember where I heard that

>>12971236
>Salt the water heavily
I add some salt, but not much. Maybe half a teaspoon for every liter of water.

>>12971246
I usually cover the bottom of the pot entirely with salt, just a thin layer but still. It greatly improves the taste.

>>12971236
>>12971241
Salting the water really helps with pasta not sticking together, particularly ribbon types like fettucini. Putting oil in the water is a myth that I've often heard circulated though

>>12971124
Egg milk

>>12971124
>If you add oil to pasta water, the sauce won't stick

BULLSHIT!

I tried it, it makes no difference. I just don't add oil because there's no need.

>>12971132
If you want your pasta to taste good, you need to do it

Before the broscience post:
- Adding the right quantity of salt is not enough to rise the boiling point
- event if it was the case, what really matter is the temperature of water (80C - ~176F) which is below the water boiling temperature.

>>12971246
That's why you can't taste the difference.
You need more, a rule of thumb is
1l (water) / 100 g (pasta) / 10g (salt)

>>12971293
Add like a tsp of olive oil to the drained pasta and lightly toss. It will not stick no matter how long it sits. The downside is now you have to wash your strainer instead of just toweling it off and chucking it back in the cabinet.

>>12971763
>1l (water) / 100 g (pasta) / 10g (salt)
that makes it salty
>That's why you can't taste the difference.
I can taste the difference with my measure. You, Americans, have ruined palates.

>>12971777
> that makes it salty
That's the general rule given by pasta makers.
it's not linear, if you change one quantity you need to adjust by tasting.

> I can taste the difference with my measure.

You can't taste half tablespoon of salt in 1l.

> You, Americans, have ruined palates.
Forse sei tu che dovresti crescere un paio di palle e salare l'acqua correttamente, fagotto

salt your spoon

>>12971135
I have never once found dirt or anything in the rinse water when I do that and all it does is mess up my measurement for how much water to add when I'm cooking. The rice always comes out too puffy because I added too much water.

>>12971124
Anyone else want to help her clean up then take her out to dinner?

>>12971241
>>12971257
salt changed the boiling point of the water allowing it to get hotter thus cooking the pasta faster so its cooked more evenly

>>12971124
>Useless tips or hacks
use lube

>>12972010
then just add less water...?

>>12971135
you should always rinse rice, its gross not to, you get all sorts of dirt and sometimes even insects

Calories in calories out

>>12972083
How's that useless?

>>12971124
Fuck off, i'm not doing your school report

>>12972087
It doesnt help with weight loss.

>>12971124
You're mom's fucking lame ass, it wasn't good enough for squirting seeds out so I left it for the plumber, they take care of shit so to speak.

>>12972093
stop drinking soda and sugary drinks is the best advice for fatties

>>12972116
Thats just keto.

>>12972093
that goes against the laws of thermodynamics

eat less and you'll lose weight.

there were no fatties in the gulags .

>>12972093
major fatty cope

>>12972093
No, it doesn't help; because it's the only thing to weight loss.
Fast retard

>>12972124
How was a generation of people who knew of cico end up >50% overweight?
Seems laws of physics are WRONG

>>12971124
"Learn to cook and chicks will swarm to you."

Pretty useless tip in my experience.

>>12972134
>How was a generation of people who knew of cico end up >50% overweight?
By overeating and lying to themselves.

I've been fat, and I know that fat people think their portions are small. Start counting calories, weighing what you eat and adding up and you'll see.

Most of you people come across as frooty loopers.

seasoning your cutting board. Utter stupidity.

>>12972124
Laws of thermodynamics only apply yo closed systems you idiotic fucker. Im going to filter the word thermodynamics, it's nothing but an idiotic buzzword used by retards

>>12972246
keep lying to yourself.

I would lick the sauce off her feet, is that a tip

>>12971124
Stupid fat white whore

>>12971836
Spoon your salt

>>12972093
macro vs micro anon, yes calories in and out is the base, but your whole physiologicaly goes against you, which is why you need to eat meals that make you feel full and refreshed, so you stop the calorie gorging.

>>12971132
>>12971135
>>12972083
You people are either retarded or trolling.

>>12972018
Imagine having a mental breakdown after dropping some ragu on the floor

>>12972010
You don’t rinse it for dirt, generally you’re trying to rinse off excess starch. That being said I don’t notice a big difference either way but I have made mushy rice after rinsing if i add the “right” amount of water.

>>12971257
salt is literally just used to give the pasta some salt taste

>>12972836
You get perfect rice by taking a cup of rice and using same cup to take 2 cups of water.
Rinsing is pointless, literally. People being afraid of bugs or something are just paranoid. Everything you eat has bug parts, but you never get sick.

>>12971763
>1l (water) / 100 g (pasta) / 10g (salt)
what a waste of salt, just season the sauce

>>12972010
measure two containers of rice and cover with three containers of water, boil on lowest heat until no more water

>>12972119
apparently I've been on a keto diet my whole life, thanks mom

>>12972857
>You get perfect rice by taking a cup of rice and using same cup to take 2 cups of water.
Depends on the variety. For long grain white rice, it's fine. For brown rice it's about 3 cups at least. For Asian sushi-style rice, it's 1 to 1 1/5 cup.

>>12973139
Make sure you dont eat sugary soda in the form of rice/pasta/potato/bread either.

>>12971132
Are you stupid?

>>12971124
Adding vinegar to water to poach an egg. Either it's so low of a concentration that it does nothing to help denature the proteins and hold the egg together, or you put enough that it affects the flavor of the egg.
Doing that thing where you stick the knife a little bit into the avocado to twist it out. Fucking pointlessly dulling your knife, half the time you split the pit, and it's just as easy to use the spoon to knock it out when you scoop out the flesh for guac.
Double boiling some sauces to avoid burning them. Half the time I can't even get a good simmer, and desu if you're not whisking when it needs to be you're fucking up anyway.

>>12972857
>Rinsing is pointless, literally.
If you don't rinse off the extra starch your rice turns out mushy. I'm not a fan of mushy rice. To each their own I guess.

>>12971236
>precious salt
How are you posting on 4chan from 100BC

>>12973831
>buying cheap cyanide salt

>>12973910

>buying expensive pink or grey salt
>eliminating the only source of iodine in the western diet

Enjoy your thyroid issues

>>12972890
>how to make your dish taste like shit

>>12972727
It's like how all the comedians talk about how if you're depressed it's never large stuff that causes you to collapse, it's small stuff.

cut the foreskin

>>12973198
>If you don't rinse off the extra starch your rice turns out mushy
only if you overcook it

>>12974372
Stop spreading lies. Circumcision makes food taste way better.

>>12971124
About 90% of Alton Brown's """"""cooking tips"""""" on Good Eats are pure bullshit.

>>12971124
anything Alton Brown says

>>12974480
holy fuck. I just posted this without reading the thread.
based

sanitizing hams

>Ctrl-F "Bay"
>Phrase not found
What the fuck /ck/. That shit is a fucking scam perpetrated by Big Spice.

>>12974630
what bay?

>>12974646
Old Bay

>>12971257
Adding oil to water isn't too prevent the pasta from sticking it's to prevent it from boiling over.

>>12974646
>>12974654
Bay leaves, you niggers. Of course, the real niggers are those who advocate bay leaves. Leave the cooking to the white man. "The flavor is subtle, but trust me, it tastes better when you add bay leaves!" We should have kept them in chains.

>>12974688

just add bay leaves for the lulz you cranky fart

>>12974688
Try drinking bay leaf tea. Then you can eat your words for dessert.

>>12974726
Fuck off. I'm not paying Big Spice (shalom!) just "for teh lulz".
>>12974730
I don't eat dessert, because I'm not an obese nigger.

>>12974737

>big spice
>shalom

Worst federal agent ever

>>12974737
>Fuck off. I'm not paying Big Spice (shalom!) just "for teh lulz".
FBI needs to stay on /b/. I also strongly suggest you update your pre made sentences (lurk moar!) You stick out like a sore thumb. I'll give you points for actually talking about food though

>>12974765
>>12974780
Alphabet soup is pro big X, for just about any X which is controlled by large corporations, so I don't you thine point. Thine, not your, because I know "you" are the same person, "you" piece of shit.

>>12974794

Agent compromised. Bay leafs are essential to human cookery. Feds don't know shit. Enjoy your microwave meals cuckboi

>>12971763
What a waste of water and salt and electricity and time. You just need enough water to cover the pasta by one or two centimeters once it's all in. I regularly boil in no more than half a liter per hundred grams. Boils faster, uses less fuel to do so.

>>12971206
I can instantly tell the difference of the pasta water has been salted or not

>>12975037
It doesn't taste better unless you don't know how to sauce your pasta. The sauce is supposed to bring the flavor out, not the water.

>>12974121
is this true?

>>12971801
no man big pasta can't keep getting away with this

>>12972246
>Laws of thermodynamics only apply yo closed systems
No, that's only that part about entropy.

>>12971124
A woman in the kitchen.

>>12972134
What people know and what they stuff their faces with are two different things

>>12975403
So an a cooking advice its somewhat useless

>>12975593
As a dietairy advice it's excellent. People are just too stupid to follow it.

>>12971124
Never could tell the difference between those pizza pans with the holes in the bottom and a normal cookie sheet (unless the cookie sheet was double-layered with an air pocket to prevent browning on the bottom)

>>12975680
>eat lots of fruit and avoid fat!

>>12972093
based obese anon

>>12974688
Bay leaves have a very pronounced flavor and smell. Use dry ones.

>>12975373
yes, pink salt has no iodine, so if your diet is deficient you might end up with gout and other things.

>>12971124
Is sifting a meme?

I hardly bake anything other than bread, so I don't know.

Blunt the knives

Preheating the oven, just take it out when it's done my dude.

>>12976026
True. Unless your making a pizza, there's no need to preheat the oven at all.

heres an actually useful one, oil in the pot prevents pasta from boiling over foam. pour some in when its about to foam and youll see

>>12975872
sifting is not a meme, unless you stir wrong and ruin the point of sifting.

>>12972083
Useless only if attempted incorrectly. A severe calorie reduction like 800-1000 will result in a 30% loss of metabolic potential as well. Muscular atrophy and organ failure will also happen in that large of a deficit.

The sweet spot is maintaining metabolism through excercise/strength training, keeping digestion running with regular small meals, and at most a 300cal deficit.

>>12976171
The sweet spot is to count calories with your hunger hormones during a keto and exercising.

>>12975736
Who are you quoting?

>>12973184
>whisk a sauce
?

>>12972727
According to most of the fags here, that was chili she dropped

>>12975373

Yep, iodine is added to table salt artificially, it's actually a legal requirement iirc

>>12976590
>>12975809
That's why I supplement with Infowars <R> Survival Shield <TM> X-2 <TM> Nascent Iodine.

>>12972075
Where do you get your fucked up rice? I've cooked all types of rice dozens of ways throughout my life and the only time it was ever dirty was when I made dirty rice

>>12971801
>Forse sei tu che dovresti crescere un paio di palle e salare l'acqua correttamente, fagotto
yo that's pretty fucked up that you called him a 'bundle' dude

>>12974480
I'd also like to add I really like the taste of my own cum. Cant get enough of it.

>>12971132
should be salty like sea water