/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13759133
>1½ hour Steve
>Paying $1400 + $768 for 114 year old WWI rations
>More than a century old hiss from the vacuum seal
>Lift tab breaks
>"Best salt I've ever tasted"
>Prepared ration per labeled instructions in period-accurate tray and tin can
Steve is a national treasure that must be protected

>70 minutes in
>Cooked and chilled pemmican porridge
>Fried in bacon fat
ABSOLUTELY GOURMET

>After refining the recipe and baking the cookies in DIY Cast Mold
>Dude walks in and asks where Claire bought them from
I'd had the same thing happen to me on occasion when bringing something nice to a party or potluck. There really is no higher compliment as a baker can get than when others just assume the end product isn't yours, but was commercially manufactured.

>>9040705
>Killing bland overpriced chains reheating SysCo meals
There's another fringe benefit to cooking at home that will bring a smile to my face when I do my mise en place later.