Food Hacks - Cool tricks for dear frens

[melty]

This is a controversial one, because its definitely not healthy and health faggots (usually Yankees) hate it.

Health faggots are gay, pork fat is healthy

 

[DankSmoker]

thanks! Understood, I was searching the general thread and I didn´t find anything, I hope is not my autism because I really didn´t find it (?

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/learning-to-cook.68268/

 

[WhiskeyJack]

Simple food hack: If you scratch out "buddy" and write in "bars" on a Nutty Buddy box, they'll taste better.

 

[MembersSchoolPizza]

I don't know if I would really class these as "hacks", because i generally find that term stupid, but since apparently "tip" is outdated and uncool...

Almost any time you're making a sweet desert with chocolate, add cinnamon, vanilla, or both. Not a lot. The point is not to make a "chocolate cinnamon" flavor. But even a tiiiiiiiny bit of either vanilla or cinnamon add a world of depth to chocolate and really bring it alive. Most pople are doing this already to some degree - a lot of chocolate chip cookie recipes have vanilla in the cookie dough, for example. But examine the places where you aren't. A quarter-tsp of cinnamon in a batch of chocolate chip cookies, maybe just an 1/8th if it's a small batch, even with vanilla already in the recipe? You won't really taste the cinnamon, but you'll notice it's there in what it does to the depth of flavor of the cookies.

If you're not being a purist about authenticity, the same trick applies to savory dishes that have soy sauce in them, but with butter. A simple fried rice? Put some butter in it right at the last few moments when you're stirring it up. Not a lot. Just a little bit. Uncle Roger might complain, but butter and soy sauce play off each other amazingly well. You won't specifically notice the butter, but it adds something all the same.

There's a lot of places where a tiiiiny bit of something you might not ordinarily think to add can have a pretty substantial impact on the result. Black pepper in pumpkin pie is another example. Don't tell people you do it, it weirds them out, but it absolutely works.

 

[56 others]

If you follow the recipe, and dont make any retarded substitutions, the food created will taste pretty good.

Tax:
The most important part of a delicious stew is getting the amount of salt just right. Always go light on the salt until the end, when you spend a good 3-5minutes stirring salt in slowly and tasting the broth frequently.

 

[toilet_rainbow]

If you hate big chunks in your banana bread, mash the ripe bananas with a potato masher.

If you had to melt or soften butter for a dish and have to grease a pan to bake said dish, grab a paper towel and wipe up the excess butter left in the bowl/plate you replaced it in and use that to grease the pan.

If you place a moist towel or a small cup of water in the microwave and nuke it for about ten seconds, it'll be much easier to wipe it clean if you left crud stuck inside.

If you have to measure peanut butter, shortening, or other particularly sticky ingredients for a recipe, line the measuring cup or bowl with clingwrap before adding said ingredient to the cup. When you're ready to add the ingredient, just pop the liner out and dump it into the mixing bowl.

 

[AnOminous]

If you have to measure peanut butter, shortening, or other particularly sticky ingredients for a recipe, line the measuring cup or bowl with clingwrap before adding said ingredient to the cup. When you're ready to add the ingredient, just pop the liner out and dump it into the mixing bowl.

That's a good one. I hadn't ever even thought of that.

Honey would still be an annoying one.

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

i am almost 21 and have discovered that garlic powder is the secret of the universe. put that shit in your mac and cheese, your mashed potatoes, idk what else because that's all i've tried it with so far. but it makes stuff taste so much better and gives it kind of a depth without the intense, sometimes dish-overpowering funk of just raw garlic.

 

[Pierre D'Olnique]

i am almost 21 and have discovered that garlic powder is the secret of the universe

Don't do this, man. This is quite literally niggerthink. Learn to season your food properly.

 

[Mister Baranavichy]

This might not be the most glamorous advice but I'll leave it for the needy:

Learn how to make things with flour.

It will unronically open the door to so many good tasting, easy to make recipes; it's super easy to use when you know what you are doing as some times all that is needed is to add water and seasoning; and it's incredibly cheap, so is yeast, so it's the best cooking learning ingrdient for pastries, pies, pizzas, sweets, the whole yard.

 

[felix o]

man I am not installing Linux onto a cucumber

not surprised.

 

[Pissmaster]

not surprised.

That was a long time ago and I am now a different man. I will install Linux on every cucumber I can.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

Melon

That’s a great hack to open the doors to Moria, but is it a food hack?

That was a long time ago and I am now a different man. I will install Linux on every cucumber I can.

But can you make it run Doom afterwards?

 

[feral cat #6385]

- This isn't a hack, but if you're some kind of ravenous fruit fiend who hates the idea of peeling oranges, the peels are totally edible and won't cause you any problems, you can eat right through the peel. A lot of people don't realize that.

Why in the fuck would someone want to eat an orange peel? They are bitter and have a shitty texture.

 

[polar bear]

Why in the fuck would someone want to eat an orange peel? They are bitter and have a shitty texture.

Candied orange peel is my crack. Goes amazing as a topping on vanilla ice cream (prob chocolate too if you like chocolate).

Preserving stem ginger in syrup is dead easy, and it's so useful too keep. Ginger itself can be used for all sorts of desserts and for chewing on when you suffer from nausea (pregnancy, hangover, chemo), and syrup can be used for drinks.
I recently started adding miso paste to a lot of non-asian dishes - pasta sauces, stews, even mashed potatoes - it's nice.

 

[Camo Fox]

Why in the fuck would someone want to eat an orange peel? They are bitter and have a shitty texture.

They're interesting to chew on

 

[feral cat #6385]

Candied orange peel is my crack. Goes amazing as a topping on vanilla ice cream (prob chocolate too if you like chocolate).

Preserving stem ginger in syrup is dead easy, and it's so useful too keep. Ginger itself can be used for all sorts of desserts and for chewing on when you suffer from nausea (pregnancy, hangover, chemo), and syrup can be used for drinks.
I recently started adding miso paste to a lot of non-asian dishes - pasta sauces, stews, even mashed potatoes - it's nice.

They're interesting to chew on

You are both deviants. I reward you both Balldo Emojis.
@polar bear this balldo is for you,

@Camo Fox this balldo is for you.

 

[${Sandy}]

Chop up spam, onion, and garlic, throw it into melted butter and simmer it on low heat for 30 minutes.

Add a small can of el pato, let it simmer for another 30 minutes.

You got pork tacos, and it doesn't even taste like spam.

The texture isn't as good as authentic tacos though.

 

[CallmeCicada]

If you need tomato sauce for a recipe go to your favorite pizzeria and ask to buy a deli container of their tomato sauce, its cheaper, tastier, and better than 95% of the tomato sauce at the store.

 

[Sweetie Kitty]

As gross as it may sound, add mayonnaise into chocolate cake or brownie batter for a more moist and fluffy product. Some people say that it enhances the chocolate flavor, but I personally can’t tell a difference flavor wise. Mayonnaise is essentially just oil and eggs that have been emulsified. Obviously don’t add any flavored mayo as that would throw the taste off, you should opt for a pretty bare bones brand that doesn’t include vinegar or msg. The fat in mayo does a great job of keeping everything nice and locked in. All you need is a few table spoons.