/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Meatloaf
For some reason it’s portrayed negatively in United States media

>>14114895
It’s something that’s extremely cheap and extremely easy to make, so it’s often thrown together carelessly, to feed a lot of people at a low cost (public schools) and ends up being gross. But a thoughtfully prepared meatloaf can be great.

>>14114895

Meatloaf can be made really good, or really garbage.

you are what you eat

>>14114903
I’m lucky to have never experienced meatloaf in that setting. Sucks that it ruins meatloaf for so many. I’ve only had it homemade or from diners

Fruit cake and cream cheese is excellent

as a child i never understood why tv shows and cartoons always portrayed children hating brussel sprouts. i think i read somewhere recently that modern brussel sprouts are different from older ones so that might have something to do with it.

>>14114989
I think it has more to do with the way people prepare them. Boiling brussel sprouts until they become green mush is a pretty vile thing to eat. Baking them is God tier though

>>14114886
Never had it

>>14114886
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oodsEoRxcY

>>14114989
Every time I see those mentioned, I remember the KND episode with the evil brussel sprouts.

Black licorice.

I’ve literally never met another person who enjoys it besides my grandma who used to share it with me as a kid.

>>14114886
popular media and green vegetables, never understood that. I've always loved broccoli, spinach, Brussels sprouts, green peas and so on. Not kale though, bland, hipster food.

I like any sardines, but the mustard ones are god tier. I’d honestly be happy if the cultural norm of cheese and crackers at social gatherings changed to sardines and crackers. That’s my preferred way to eat them.

>>14114989
The Dutch apparently searched through seed archives in the 1990's (I think) and used the magic of Biotechnology to create a less bitter variety of Brussel Sprouts. So now the disdain for the vegetable has been tempered.

>>14115092
low test
kale is just as good senpai

>>14115098
I don't think I would mind bitter Brussels sprouts. I do love dark chocolate which most people, and by people I mean normalfags, hate. Slightly spiced and suagared with some caramelisation, would be great.

What the fuck kind of fruit is even in fruitcake anyway that doesn't look like any fruit it looks like fucking gummi bears

>>14115139
please make a better joke next time

>>14115148
That wasn't a joke it was a question

>>14114895
Johnny test used to piss me off cause i loved meatloaf but they always portrayed it as a block of shit

>>14115097
deenz are based. other canned fish also.

>>14115097
>sardines on saltine crackers
the good shit. mustard ones are okay, i like the louisiana hot sauce ones the most.

>>14114886
flygande jakob

>>14114895
God I love meat loaf so God damn much

>>14115242
Imagine doing anything for love but one unspecified thing in 2020.

>>14115244
He’ll raise you up and he’ll help you down. He’ll get you right out of this god forsaken town. But if you think that sooner or later he’ll be screwing around, he won’t.

>>14114886
>that fruitcake
too many cherries, yuck.

>>14115164
That picture is giving me a stroke

>>14115164
I remember that joke from impractical jokers

Raisin cookies are good. Crunchy raisin cookies are superior to crunchy chocolate chip cookies. Soft cookies are better with chocolate chips but they’re good with raisins too.

>>14115078
based. licorice is the ultimate tastelet filter. the salmiakki variety though is only enjoyed by some finns and sophisticated druggies. i sincerely love its chemical taste

>>14114886
i like fruit cake with real fruit in it, not that weird coloured cherry shit

>>14114915
fpbp

>>14114989
They've been bred to be less bitter over time. The ones available at our local supermarket are actually more leafy and sweet unless you overcook them. The ones we can get around Christmas time on the stalk are more like they used to be, ie more dense like miniture hard cabbages that are less forgiving of being overcooked. You can eat them raw in a coleslaw but I've also found a few ways to cook them to perfection:

- If using pan then cut them in half and sear them over high heat until you see caramlisation. Then add a small amount of liquid (like some do during Chinese stir fry) and continue cooking until done to your preference, but still retaining vibrant green colour. I leave them al dente.

- If using oven then spread them out well and cook quickly at high temp until caramelised (around 18 mins at 200 degrees celsius but will obviously depend on the amount)

- If using microwave then put them in a pyrex bowl with small amount of water just to create a bit of steam (never cover them with water). Cover bowl with clingfilm or a microwave safe plate and cook for a few minutes until a knife slides through but still retaining vibrant green colour.

>>14114886
Fruit cake with the juicy gummy beans in them and the raisins and shit are my cocaine. That and Banana bread but as an Australian, a food I really liked as a kid that gets hated on a whole lot is fairy bread. It's just buttered bread with sprinkles but it gets so much shit.

Every salad with a mayonnaise-based dressing. Potato salad, egg salad, coleslaw, chicken salad, macaroni salad, whitefish salad.

>>14115891
Ah, the modern factory fruitcake. I used to hate them until I started making dark rich fruit cakes for Christmas (pic related). The main problem with the store fruit cakes is that they don't use good quality ingredients and they don't cook them properly.

You need to use good quality dried fruit, not luminescent crap with all the flavour replaced with syrup. If you want cherries then use the proper dried ones. Those are expensive so I tend to go with currants, sultanas, flame raisins. If you want to use mixed peel then make sure you get some with the pith removed otherwise they will give a bitter tang aftertaste.

Fuit cakes are cooked at low temps for a long time. Don't cook them like a normal sponge cake otherwise they will dry out at worst or just be like a sponge cake with dried fruit in it at best.

Soak your dried fruit with brandy/orange juice/hot water for 24 hours. This will stop the dried fruit leaching the moisture from your cake after it has been baked.

If you want marzipan make sure you get one with a high percentage of ground almonds rather than one that is mainly sugar.

>>14114915

>>14114895
>tfw you will never enjoy your dad's meatloaf often since you moved out of home years ago

>>14116095
I enjoyed your dad's meat and loaf last night if you catch my drift.

I'm perfectly fine with instant rice.

>>14114886
Aspics
Especially pork garlic
With natural gelatin from the animal of course

Liver and onions, as well as liverwurst.

>>14114895

It's literally just a giant meatball, how can people be against that?

>>14115097
> that scene in The Burbs when the movie wants to make you feel disgusted at sardines on crackers

>>14115999
checked, thank you for the info and suggestions

>>14114895
meatloaf rules

I'm German, I've been to the US and tried their bbq and sweet tea. Other Germans tell me it's disgusting but god damn that shit is good. I had some brisket and porked, with sweet tea, no wonder you burgers are fat. I'd eat that shit all the time too.

>>14114886
I always thought of fruit cake as nasty. then I turned 50 and started craving it. it's fucking bizarre.

>>14118119
>then I turned 50
true?

>>14118123

I'm about to turn 30 and have been on this godawful site since 2005

>>14118123
i'm actually 54. you'd be surprised at the number of people here over 30. there are some oldfags who are OLDfags here.

I started on /b/ then went to /new/ before it was /pol/ now I spend most of my time on /diy/ and /ck/.

I really wish they'd shut this site down. the ride never ends.

>>14118185
>i'm actually 54.
Wowee. That's almost as old as my mom. She's 56 btw. I thought I was pushing it being 34 years old.
Got any cools stories/advice/wisdom you can share with us "youngsters"?

Norrlands pölsa with beetroot and potatoes, can't find any fancy pics of it but it's actually quite good.

I guess Scottish haggis is the closest.

>>14118242
Forgot the pic.

>>14118218
>Got any cools stories/advice/wisdom you can share with us "youngsters"?
I sure do, but whenever I try I get told I don't know what I am talking about and because I am old I must be dumb (kinda ironic).

so I put on a rock band shirt throw a skateboard over my shoulder and sneak in to boards like this.

>>14114895
Toss some shallots and thyme in there bro it's fire

>>14118267
It kind of looks like mince and tatties which I have been wanting to try.

>>14114886
How would this compare as a fruitcake?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-EPfvOmG8zc

>>14114886
I love broccoli and cauliflower so much. As I've grown older others have grown to liking it but I loved that shit since I was like 5

>>14115170
Johnny test has way better reasons to piss you off anon

>>14114914
>Meatloaf can be made really good, or really garbage.
I have never had a bad one, not even at school.

>>14114886
I really like raisins in cookies/muffins, more so than chocolate chips

>>14115092
baked kale chips are gross but it is good in a hearty veggie stew or something

>>14119384
i wanna fuck his sister's

>>14119384
I unironically enjoyed both iterations of Johnny Test

>>14115097
with a shot of straight vodka, comrade

chocolate oatmeal raisin cookies are great.
tentacles of octopus/squid are the best part.
cantaloupe is the best melon.

>>14115078
It's insanely popular in Scandinavia. There's this Icelandic chocolate bar with soft black licorice inside, think it's called Draumur. It's amazing

>>14120038
those two redheads were the sole reason I watched. I didn't even care about the cute blonde boy and his coloured hair and cool moves.. at all.

only if its fresh out the oven...other than that its trash

>>14120043
what do you mean, both?

canned smoked oysters

>>14120397
animators changed at some point I'm pretty sure, among some other differences

>>14114886
pic related is god tier to me

>>14120415
oh.
thought you were about to tell me that Johnny test was back as an 'hulu exclusive' or whatever.

>>14120437
It literally is getting rebooted on Netflix actually

>>14120453
fuck. With the whip too?

>>14120465
https://kidscreen.com/2020/05/06/wildbrain-netflix-bring-back-johnny-test/
idk but if that header image is anything to go by it will look like shit

>>14115164
I'll humor you, anon. Fruitcake traditionally uses fruit that's been preserved in some way; candied, dried, etc. Fruitcake goes all the way back to Roman times (possibly older) as a calorie dense winter staple that used up what was left of the summer/fall harvest. That's why it's traditionally associated with Christmas time.

>>14120427
I've had bad durian in the states. When getting it here, I think it's usually better to buy it frozen and eat it frozen.

But when I met my GF's family in Singapore, she told me she was going to show me what legit durian was. We drove across the city to her dad's favorite durian dealer and he bought a really high grade one. It was, by a good margin, the best fruit I've ever eaten.

>>14120413
When it comes to seafood that can be bought at a 99c store, I prefer smoked scallops.

>>14120474
it will.
if anything, /tv/ will fucking blow up.

>>14120413
are these actually good? i decided to get sardines (same company as in your pic) today and they were: bad.

>>14114903
there is no excuse to not make meatballs instead

>>14120477
thanks for the background pal

>>14120477
Nah..

>>14120628
Meatballs take way longer to prepare.

>>14120477
Yep. Also it really does help to leave it wrapped up for a while before consuming.

>>14120945
Is that mold on the bread?

>>14121021
Powdered sugar you dumdum

>>14120413
I prefer mussels en escabeche, myself

>>14120427
Came to post this. Durian is delicious.

I didnt like onions or tomato's for the longest time. Onions since there really tangy bitter taste and texture just made me gag and tomato's just not tasting good to me. It toulk getting high and appreciating home-grown tomato's to realy get into them and atleast tolerating onions in dishes. there is something about peppers I just cant deal with eating, not so much the spice but just the texture throws me off every time.

I pretty much ignore any directions to knead the dough for x minutes at the start, right after combining the ingredients. It’s a pain in the ass while it’s still sticky or crumbly. I just do it for about a minute or until everything looks combined, the rest comes after letting the dough rest.

>>14121829
Fuck, wrong thread and something went wrong with deletion

>>14121453
>tomato's just not tasting good to me.
not surprising since you can't buy a vine ripe tomato in any grocery store. you have to grow them. the difference is astounding.

>>14120945
Now that's widely popular here in west europe

>>14115129
Dont put sugar on brussel sprouts

>>14121453
>onions are bitter
okay this is stupider than the egg guy

>>14114895
the thing about meatloaf is that its everyone else's that sucks

>>14114915
its true.
i am a pussy

>>14115042
its good.
its a sweet bread with dried fruit or fruit jelly candies

>>14118218
>>14118185

There was a Koran war veteran on /k/ several years back, timestamps and everything. Granted he got in at like 16 on a waiver, but still.

Wish I had the screenshots.

>>14114886
Lemon juice. Just straight lemon juice as a beverage. Horrible for your teeth, though.

>>14114886
Anchovies on Pizza
Canned Sardines

>>14114886
Circus peanuts (the soft candy). I don't know why nobody else seems to like them. They were always one of my favorites

>>14126396
*Korean

>>14116051
Chicken salad with fresh bread is my jam

>>14118306
Parker?

There's no nutritional value, doesn't taste great, and I'm an adult but fuck. When I'm hungover, all I want is Spaghettios and some grilled cheese sandwiches.

I think it's a nostalgia thing because that was a common meal when growing up.

>>14126008
I'm an asshole.

>>14114989
when I was a kid the only way my mom made them was steaming frozen ones unseasoned until they were mush. when I started cooking I learned to pan fry fresh brussels sprouts in butter with onions and seasonings and it's one of my favorite vegetables now

>>14127539
To be fair, Chef Boyardee is 50 times more vile

>>14118306
>so I put on a rock band shirt throw a skateboard over my shoulder
Dohohoh.

>>14114886
day old fries.