further evidence in support of my policy of not taking cooking advice from people who advocate for putting food on paper towels
I’m a bad cook. Why should I not do that?
my understanding is that most kinds of paper towels are not food safe, and can contain bleaching agents, formaldehyde, and other such things. i’ve yet to find a great drop in replacement for them though. so i’ve just been avoiding/altering recipes that ask for them.
There are recipes asking for paper towels?
ive seen quite a few tofu-related recipes say that tofu should be put inside a paper towel and then pressed to get all the water out. i think i’ve seen some non-tofu recipes advocate for paper towels but i don’t remember them as vividly
I see. I’m not a big fan of tofu, so I probably won’t have seen enough recipes to make a sample size.
Fuck, for a supposedly rich country, the US is full of as many weird traps as a some war rawaged place. You guys have to be on a lookout all the time, eh?
Yeah well, that’s why we can’t get healthcare. Then they could detect our diseases and toxins and we could class action sue. The class action lawsuits alone make corporations shake in their boots enough that they say we “can’t afford healthcare for all.” We can, but the rich corporations cant
yeah it is extremely frustrating how many traps there are. i think it’s because the US has a culture of thinking things are “safe until proven unsafe” instead of “unsafe until proven safe”.
learning about the paper towels, microwave popcorn, and silicone cookware made me go nuclear on my kitchen. at this point i only let food touch glass, stainless steel, wood, or ceramic. it’s annoyingly difficult to find non-plastic versions of certain things (e.g. blenders) but after doing it once i don’t have to worry about it again for 5-10 years so it’s not too bad in that context. and i haven’t had to deal with any of the traps since then.
altering recipes that ask for them.
What’s your preferred alternative? I’m looking for something that gives me the same great taste and texture but is also 100% organic.
i still haven’t found a great alternative to be honest, but at the moment i just try to see if i can somehow use a strainer/colander to accomplish the same task. but its a bit of a half-measure and doesn’t work in all contexts
you want all the lard to cool and make little fat puddles in your bacon. it’s healthy!
Wrapping corn in a damp paper towel and throwing it in the microwave for five minutes is so much easier than boiling it in a big pot for 20 minutes.
Corn needs 1m in boiling water. Not 20.
I don’t think it needs a whole meter… Maybe 10cm of water at most
Minutes, wise guy. Who measures water in meters? Liters, maybe
TBH the best corn on the cob I’ve had the pleasure to encounter was fire grilled {in husk, resheathed after silk removed}, but the standard I’ve known for home grown sweetcorn is ~90s in low boiling water. Any longer makes it dull and unnecessarily mushy.
i think it’s even easier to use a microwave and a colander. the colander will also last a whole lot longer than a roll of paper towels.
Not in the microwave it won’t.
Idk how well that would fit. Also, you’re not keeping the steaming water close to the corn if it’s just sitting in a colander.
Maybe you could do it in microwave safe tupperware?
i meant microwaving it in a regular bowl and then putting it in a colander afterwards
Give it at least 9 minutes on broil in your oven.
9 minutes
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The lazy way to cook salmon I know is to wrap it in foil and bake it in the oven for a bit. Wrapping it means that there is no surface browning and I imagine it cooks very similarly to microwaving. It’s not like meat or bread where you want to sear the outside, or sauce or soup where a longer cooking time imparts a deeper flavour - raw salmon is tasty after all.
I haven’t tried it, but I also suspect everyone horrified by this also hasn’t tried it, and it seems like it would work just fine. Microwaving fish is such a meme at this point that I think there’s a short circuit in people’s brains where they think it magically ruins food and creates a smell that would not be created by heating it equivalently using some other method.
So does anyone know for a fact whether this is terrible?
The salmon will be fine, pretty much the same as steam-cooking it. Just put some spices and a lot of lemon so it would not be bland.
The microwave, on the other hand, will gain a subtle and mysterious fish aroma, that will only become stronger with the passage of time.
Just have it for lunch at work.
The microwave, on the other hand, will gain a subtle and mysterious fish aroma, that will only become stronger with the passage of time.
Sounds suspicious 🤔
Wasn’t he supposed to be off drugs?
What kind of sicko (positive) pays for such expensive food then microwaves it like its a hot pocket? Wtf. I grew up far too poor to even try this.
Also for the UK tories out there Stephen King is an english major and makes more money than any programmer or trade worker.
Want to mention, from his In Writing book, he was writing Carrie in his laundry cupboard (didn’t sound like enough to be called a room more like a closet with appliances). Also even if that’s is his preference, sounds like he was suggesting a simple dinner. Make some fish for a quiet date, good suggestion if you’re not familiar with the oven. I don’t believe fish was always so expensive either, prices skyrocketed at one point, my mom used to buy chicken wings when money was low (80s), now they’re expensive as shit comparatively.
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While corporate is visiting.
Remember to warp it in tinfoil to up the crispness.
And as usual, the ending sucked.
Oof. Go find the original post on twitter and say that directly to Stephen King.
God damn…
What the hell is with the culinary advice in this thread, do you people not own stoves?
waste of good salmon that.
Waste of a good microwave
Do it at work for maximum coworker rage
been a salmon fan ever since I moved to the pacific northwest. we get amazing salmon here.
aloha spice company seafood rub on fresh or thawed frozen, in a metal pan on the stovetop. it’ll take 8 minutes from cold to done, so start some rice (long grain works especially well with this palette) and brussel sprouts broccoli green beans or asparagus a bit ahead. finish with a tiny bit of soy sauce to taste.
if you’re feeling fancy, a ginger and garlic green beans works especially well with the savory umami of the salmon.
I adore, nearly worship King. But goddamn bro… just… naw…
for a second i thought that “garlic green beans” were a real thing and got excited.
grab a gene splicer and follow your heart
it’s so good, try it: https://www.smalltownwoman.com/stir-fried-green-beans-with-ginger-and-garlic/
Yeah I used to do this with low budget frozen fishies when I was in college pulling long hours.
Just buy some warm smoked salmon and eat it as it is. Add some of that lemon you mentioned.
Or just air fry it for 5 minutes instead of microwaving for 3. I’ve done this to great success.
I’d broil it but I just really like using the broiler.
I’ve never done this, I know nothing about cooking. What’s the result?
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