/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Hi, I'm sorry this is a retarded question.

I was given some really nice meats as a gift. One of them was a nice chicken breast. It's pre-marinated and vacuum sealed pretty tightly, I put it in the fridge to defrost yesterday morning so it should be good to cook tonight.

My problem is, it's pretty thick, about 3.5-4 inches... How the hell do I pound it flat while it's in a vacuum seal? do I just drain all the juices in the pan and then just beat it outside the package on a cooking board? Or can I do it in the seal?

again I'm sorry this is dumb but I can tell this piece of chicken costs alot of money and I don't want to fuck it up

>>7826372
of fucking course Bourdain is a pompous pretentious asshole hipster cynical hypocrite

that's why i love him and his shows so much

I finally have some to share.

>roommate runs out of his room to speak with me every time he hears me come home or even when I make a small trip to the kitchen
>start cooking something (read: 2 or 3 times a day)
>"WHATCHA COOKING MAN?"
>proceeds to talk at me verbosely as I'm trying to concentrate on my cooking

also

>ask him kindly to start doing his share of the dishes
>seems to ONLY remember when I start cooking and gets in my way as he loads/unloads it

the worst

>throws away aluminum cans, milk jugs, and cardboard/paper boxes

I never was able to participate in these threads until a year ago so I'm starting one now.

ITT: Roommate horror stories

>live with three roommates
>two of them are total bros, the other girl is autistic as fuck
>takes the last piece of fruit and pretends it never happens
>you bought barilla pasta sauce and she bought generic kroger?
>she's using yours
>takes my frozen mugs from the freezer and never replaces them
>brought home an old cat from the shelter
>she's allergic
>she moves the litter box out of her room and into the living room
>it pisses all over the place
>posts on Jewbook about getting a dog

>>6093056
>in Turkey
>not eating turkey