/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Hi /ck/,

I'm looking for that famous circular three or four-tier food pyramid that I've seen on /fit/.

Meat and I have always had a passionate relationship. From fried bacon, kobe beef burgers, chicken breasts, and foie gras, to cow tongue, shark fin, and brains. You name it, I've eaten it.

It seems like just yesterday that I slaughtered my own pig, and used a razor to shave the hair off the ears to prepare it for a dish.

...But I've lost the passion.

Now every time I eat meat I get no thrill. It's just boring, bland.

I've been adding vegetarian and vegan options to my cafe's menu, since we have been getting more requests for it, and am feeling really excited. So many dishes and ingredients I've never experimented with. An entire new culinary world.

Now when people order steaks I find myself thinking, "Damnit not this shit again," but when I bite into my buckwheat stir fry, or have my black bean quinoa nachos, I am in heaven.

No interest in the environmental, health, or ethical benefits of vegetarianism. Just the food itself. I think meat and I might go our separate ways for a while.

Anyone have any experience in eating raw beef/meat in general?

Just tried that shit yesterday, a brother of a friend is a butcher and cut me and my friend a kilo of raw beef chunks, ensured us the working place was squeaky clean prior to the meat being cut and told us it's generally safe to eat raw meat, as long as it's actual natural meat and not shit like hamburgers and the likes. But regardless, you're taking a small risk every time you put a chunk in your mouth.

We said fuck it and went for it, and holy shit it was the most delicious and unusual food Ive ever eaten. The texture was amazing, the meat practically melted in your mouth. Juicy and ripe. It smelled like the stuff kings would eat. You don't even have to season it or anything if you're looking for that pure meat taste, no 40 minute cooking, nothing. Went to the butchers, got some meat, brought it home, slapped it on the plate and bon appétit.

Dont even care about the risk of getting some bacteria in me at this point. As long as you have a reliable source of meat with the minimal possible chance of the meat being contaminated or carrying illnesses, knock yourself out.

Highly recommended.

Whats your favourite cut of meat /ck/? And how do you like to cook it?