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 Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: Dan90210 ☮]
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10/12/18 02:20 PM
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Kattelyn
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Please excuse the mini rant:
As a bachelor, I do the cooking around here.
I bought a book titled, How to Instant Pot. Figured it would be pretty basic and have some decent things even a bachelor can cook.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why those writing cook books feel compelled to include things like 1/4 cup Brazilian leopard frog lips, or some cheese even a Frenchman has never heard of. Why cant someone just write simple recipes using things normal families have in the house?
Rant over.
You hit on something in modern cuisine that drives me nuts. I know "exotic", and I'm quite adept at using a lot of things most folks have never heard of. But there's a trend over the past 15 or so years to use these weird trendy quirky ingredients that even if you can find them, you use a pinch of and then never again. And it doesn't really add anything. Here is one of the simplest and best cookbooks in my library. I've yet to find anything in it I didn't like. I bought this book since you suggested it. Any favorite dishes in there? The reviews were pretty good and it was only $5 so figured I can give it a shot. I like a physical cookbook for some reason vs. reading them online while trying to prep the food. Call me crazy. Chicken pot pie. Pecan pie. Macaroni and cheese. I collect antique cookbooks. Oldest one in my library is 1879. I tend to avoid the most regrettable years of American cooking... 1955(ish) to the late 1970s.
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: RATZ]
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10/12/18 02:26 PM
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Gungle
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so would I but She's a distant 2nd to Paula Deen    At's a gooder one!
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: Dan90210 ☮]
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10/12/18 02:31 PM
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cactusrat
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Please excuse the mini rant:
As a bachelor, I do the cooking around here.
I bought a book titled, How to Instant Pot. Figured it would be pretty basic and have some decent things even a bachelor can cook.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why those writing cook books feel compelled to include things like 1/4 cup Brazilian leopard frog lips, or some cheese even a Frenchman has never heard of. Why cant someone just write simple recipes using things normal families have in the house?
Rant over.
You hit on something in modern cuisine that drives me nuts. I know "exotic", and I'm quite adept at using a lot of things most folks have never heard of. But there's a trend over the past 15 or so years to use these weird trendy quirky ingredients that even if you can find them, you use a pinch of and then never again. And it doesn't really add anything. Here is one of the simplest and best cookbooks in my library. I've yet to find anything in it I didn't like. I bought this book since you suggested it. Any favorite dishes in there? The reviews were pretty good and it was only $5 so figured I can give it a shot. I like a physical cookbook for some reason vs. reading them online while trying to prep the food. Call me crazy. Copy & paste them to notepad, save & print. If the recipe is no good, just throw it away. Cheaper than buying a book.
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: Pilothawk]
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10/12/18 04:40 PM
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kjwolvy
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No need for a book. You know what you like, just figure out what goes with it to make a meal. People love my cooking and are perplexed I don't measure ingredients or follow a recipe.
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: kjwolvy]
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10/12/18 04:56 PM
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Dan90210 ☮
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No need for a book. You know what you like, just figure out what goes with it to make a meal. People love my cooking and are perplexed I don't measure ingredients or follow a recipe. Yeah so you can cook then. For those of us without that ability we need to follow directions. My GF is like that. She can cook like a riot but could not tell how much of anything she put in it. She also went to culinary school and worked as a cook in a fine dining place for a few years. She also grew up cooking with her Mom and aunts since she was old enough to walk. So she has level of actual formal and informal training in a kitchen. Me... not so much. BUT I can follow directions and it usually comes out pretty well.
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: Dan90210 ☮]
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10/12/18 04:57 PM
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swalker9513
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No need for a book. You know what you like, just figure out what goes with it to make a meal. People love my cooking and are perplexed I don't measure ingredients or follow a recipe. Yeah so you can cook then. For those of us without that ability we need to follow directions. My GF is like that. She can cook like a riot but could not tell how much of anything she put in it. She also went to culinary school and worked as a cook in a fine dining place for a few years. She also grew up cooking with her Mom and aunts since she was old enough to walk. So she has level of actual training in kitchen. Me... not so much. BUT I can follow directions and it usually comes out pretty well. So, how much weight have you gained?
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: swalker9513]
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10/12/18 04:59 PM
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Dan90210 ☮
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No need for a book. You know what you like, just figure out what goes with it to make a meal. People love my cooking and are perplexed I don't measure ingredients or follow a recipe. Yeah so you can cook then. For those of us without that ability we need to follow directions. My GF is like that. She can cook like a riot but could not tell how much of anything she put in it. She also went to culinary school and worked as a cook in a fine dining place for a few years. She also grew up cooking with her Mom and aunts since she was old enough to walk. So she has level of actual training in kitchen. Me... not so much. BUT I can follow directions and it usually comes out pretty well. So, how much weight have you gained? GRRRRRR. So I lost about 40 pounds going back to Jan. Her cooking is cutting into that. I am up about 11lbs since she started cooking for me regularly. BUT hey, still down 29lbs! ha ha.
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: kjwolvy]
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10/12/18 05:06 PM
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Kattelyn
Little Psycho Coffee
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No need for a book. You know what you like, just figure out what goes with it to make a meal. People love my cooking and are perplexed I don't measure ingredients or follow a recipe. I don't for just every day normal cooking, but I get bored with the same thing over and over again. I want to learn something new. You use a recipe just long enough to turn it into memory and then you don't need to measure any more.
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Re: Cook Book Rant
[Re: Pilothawk]
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10/12/18 10:58 PM
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deucer02
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I've been getting my recipes from Pinterest the last year or so. So many good ones and pics to boot.
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