cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48914192

I want to talk about foods with the bare minimum ingredients where if you would have added more, it would have been a disservice.

Watcha got?

Edit: dude I got so much love on this post for something so simple, this is a solid community. Thanks for showing up guys

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[–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago

That's whole grain bread too, that shit was good

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Excellent choice. Great execution. No notes.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This thing looks like the best drunk food. I made myself pork slices the other night, marinated in some chili paste a nigerian friend made me... I thought I was going to suffocate cooking this thing. Could not see, could not breathe... had to open all windows, my cat even fled the scene. Anyway, it was minimalist and stupendous. Cooked just right, the juiciness👌🏼

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hell yeah, are you cooking these on like 6-8 on the heat scale?

    You can cook most shit on 4-5 and it takes just a little longer to get going, but rarely burns/smokes and it stays more hydrated

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No idea... I have a gas stove & oven. Bit primitive,... but yeah I was afraid to dehydrate the meat because pork tends to do that so I went for an aggressive flame heheh. Not much strategy tbh... my high self likes to wing things

    Next I want to get a big fish and smoke it

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago

    Hell yeah dude, don't be be afraid to go real low heat, cover it with a pan cover or even just a ceramic plate or whatever, and add a couple tbsp of water every once in awhile to rehydrate whatever you're cooking. No smoke juicy food, not much thought required, probably the easiest thing that's elevated how I cook

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Grilled cheese.

    PB&J.

    Tomato soup.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ooo I do got one on your PB&J too, there's just one more ingredient that can work, similar to my BLT.

    You can add nanners and that is pretty good too.

    You can also add avocado to mine, but they better be perfectly ripe, same with the nanners

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I love it! Honestly I'm always a fan of a quick grilled cheese too... almost no time to make and the ingredients are always on hand.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hell yeah dude, you use the mayo on bread for toasting or butter?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Whatever is handy, I'm not overly choosy, both work fine. It's usually a "what melty cheeses do I have in this here fridge"

    Also a fan of the grain heavy breads so solid again on your blt choice there!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I have a kid with who prefers this sort of thing, so I often try to perfect something with the minimum ingredients.

    Bread: flour, water, salt, starter Hamburger: beef, salt, charcoal grill Leek pie: flour, butter, water, leeks, gruyère, cream, salt

    I recently started making fried chicken by marinating some chicken thighs in salt, sugar, vinegar brine for a day, coating it in literally just cornstarch, and frying it twice.

    I will happily eat complicated food, but I think all the above are excellent and are all about quality ingredients and technique.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Excellent. You may be several steps above my cooking level, but I do love reading it

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Got a question ol' feller,

    What are your like top 10-15 things you get at the store that can be turned into a bunch of different shit?

    What's your basics?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    That's tough. The most versatile things are the basics: flour, milk, eggs, etc. but that's not very exciting.

    I think the trick is to accumulate all that stuff and then find random other ingredients to focus a recipe on.

    For example right now they always have Leeks at the market, and they are pretty cheap, so I've been making a lot of pies with them.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Singles have their place, they have an emulsifier in em to keep cheese melty when you want to make a sauce. Slapping one of those In a grilled cheese just makes a nice gooeir cheese melt.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That looks like a really damn good BLT!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I want to talk about foods with the bare minimum ingredients where if you would have added more, it would have been a disservice.

    yet you have a 3rd piece of bread in the middle of your sandwich. curious!matt bors' "We Should Improve Society Somewhat" very intelligent (in a well, actually) "curious" guy

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