Gravy's Cooking Thread
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While I agree that the idea that low fat is healthy is outdated, it's really more about added fat quickly adds a ton of unnecessary calories. If you can get a crispy french fry without an additional 40% of calories from oil, I'm all about that. Not having a shitload of oil to dispose of and your house not smelling like an old black lady's fried chicken emporium are also added bonuses.
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I also fucking hate ketchup, so maybe I'm not the best person to discuss what makes a fry good.
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Someone just told me about a place that supposedly has good poutine in south FL. I need to try it. I only had it once, in Niagara. It was ok, but I imagine there is much better in less touristy locales.
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I think it's more the problem is that people eat carbs instead of fat AND don't count calories. Carbs are much less filling than fat.
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Some people get too worked up about trying poutine the fist time.
It's just fries, cheese, and gravy, dawg. Everyone's eaten those things separately.
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man how do you ppl cook rice w/o a rice cooker? ha. Since i'm in temp housing i'm just using a regular pot to cook my rice, i haven't used this way for like 30 years, get that layer of rice stuck on the bottom.
Still tastes the same, ironically i knew Walmart would have asian stuff. I mean i could also just buy a rice cooker, but eh we're un-asianing ourselves and getting off rice (have been for a while), i just needed rice to make congee cuz we both came down w/ like travel flu or something. White ppl make chicken noodle soup when they're sick, asians make congee, diet be damned.
Still tastes the same, ironically i knew Walmart would have asian stuff. I mean i could also just buy a rice cooker, but eh we're un-asianing ourselves and getting off rice (have been for a while), i just needed rice to make congee cuz we both came down w/ like travel flu or something. White ppl make chicken noodle soup when they're sick, asians make congee, diet be damned.
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I like my kitchen toys as much as anyone, and if I had more space, I might have a rice cooker. But I don't, and I don't really miss it. Rice is just too simple; you almost have to work at it to fuck it up.
white rice: measure rice and water into pot. turn on high till the start of a high boil, then cover and turn the burner off. Come back in 30-40 minutes.
Brown rice. Same idea but turn burner to very low and let it go for an hour.
Brown rice method 2 (my preference). Measure water, put into the electric kettle. Measure rice into thick bottom pot. Turn burner to high, and stir or toss the dry rice until you get as much browning as you want. Turn burner to low, by now your kettle should have boiled or be damn close. pour just enough water into rice to cover, it will boil VIGOROUSLY for a min or two. Once it calms down enough that you won't get rice all over the kitchen and end up in the emergency room; put the rest of the water in, cover, and come back in an hour.
white rice: measure rice and water into pot. turn on high till the start of a high boil, then cover and turn the burner off. Come back in 30-40 minutes.
Brown rice. Same idea but turn burner to very low and let it go for an hour.
Brown rice method 2 (my preference). Measure water, put into the electric kettle. Measure rice into thick bottom pot. Turn burner to high, and stir or toss the dry rice until you get as much browning as you want. Turn burner to low, by now your kettle should have boiled or be damn close. pour just enough water into rice to cover, it will boil VIGOROUSLY for a min or two. Once it calms down enough that you won't get rice all over the kitchen and end up in the emergency room; put the rest of the water in, cover, and come back in an hour.