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12650744 No.12650744 [Reply] [Original]

>Salt and Pepper, to taste

>> No.12650753

>>12650744
right? just tell me how much to use. fuck

>> No.12650828

>>12650744
>>12650753
You deserve a bullet to the back of both your heads

>> No.12650833

JUST TELL ME HOW MUCH TO ADD. IT'S EITHER TOO SALTY OR TOO BLAND

>> No.12650879

>>12650833
>too salty
add less than that
>too bland
add more than that

>> No.12650900

>>12650879
I CANT ADD LESS SALT

>> No.12650909

it is cliché. but the S and P combo is tried and true.

>> No.12650929
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12650929

>>12650744
>dates, to taste

>> No.12650940

>>12650900
YOU THEN ADD MORE FOOD

>> No.12650945

>>12650940
Most people are too smoothbrain to ever think to do that.

>> No.12650953

>>12650744
I get salt as a basic taste but what is so special about black pepper that westerners add it to almost every food. It's such a particular taste, makes everything taste like black pepper.

>> No.12650961

>>12650940
POT IS TOO FULL

>> No.12650968

>>12650961
THEN BUY A BIGGER POT OR GET ANOTHER ONE OUT

>> No.12650969

>>12650953
I read it's what one of the Louies dictated, after he'd had enough of everyone overspicing foods just to show off. /r/askhistorians can tell you a bit about it. Just search.

>> No.12650974

>>12650968
NOT ENOUGH FOOD

>> No.12650985

>>12650974
THEN HOW IS THE POT FULL?

>> No.12650994

>>12650985
IF I PUT IT IN ANOTHER POT ITS STILL SALTY WITH NO OTHER FOOD TO PUT MORE IN

>> No.12650999

>>12650909
S & P, the choice for me.

>> No.12651004

>>12650994
THEN ADD WATER TO IT

>> No.12651014

>>12651004
FOODS TOO WATERY

>> No.12651021

>>12651014
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU MAKING THAT'S SALTY AND WATERY?

>> No.12651024

>>12651021
THE FOOD IS SALTY, BUT IF I ADD WATER, THE TEXTURE IS TOO WATERY. I'M NOT MAKING SOUP

>> No.12651027

>>12651021
salt water

>> No.12651037

>>12651024
THEN ADD MILK AND FLOUR WITH SOME SPICE IN IT

>> No.12651044

>>12651037
I'M NOT MAKING A FUCKING BECHAMEL, I JUST WANT IT NOT SALTY

>> No.12651057

>>12651044
THEN ADD SUGAR

>> No.12651065

>>12651057
IM NOT MAKING CANDY

>> No.12651066

How the fuck do some of you live with yourselves day in day out?

>> No.12651088

>>12651065
THEN ADD MSG

>> No.12651090

>>12651065
ADD ACID (LEMON OR LIME)

>> No.12651102

>>12651065
THEN DO WHAT >>12651090 SAID WHILE ADDING SUGAR AND SOME PEPPER

>> No.12651112

it's so randum

lolz

>> No.12652464

>>12650969
I mean I feel like that doesn't explain why the practice is continued so heavily today.

>> No.12652516

>Add garlic, cayenne, chili pepper, ginger, and cilantro to taste
Why not just say it for every ingredient?

>> No.12652533

>>12652516
"To taste" is still implicit for all of these. Nobody's forcing you to follow the recipe at gunpoint.

>> No.12652538

>>12652516
based
>>12652533
cringe

>> No.12652542

>>12652538
>samefagging
Have sex

>> No.12652545

>>12652542
DILATE

>> No.12652583

>>12650900
If you add too much salt just add more pepper to balance it out. Try to think like a food scientist.

>> No.12652588

>>12652533
Then why do they give specific amounts for all other ingredients except salt and pepper? This is the crux of the argument.

>> No.12652600

>>12652588
I dunno. Why do you care?

>> No.12652603

>>12652600
Why do you care why I care?