/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15284853
A shadow the edgehog plush

>>15284872
Nice but I was asking more about /ck/ related gifts.

I got a rock

I got a pizza wheel, a bread baking book, and some nice Harney & Sons Earl Grey Supreme tea.

>>15284853
10lbs of russian chocolates

Electric ratchet. Game changer

I got this for my wife, did I get a good one?

>>15284933
I'm trans btw, forgot to mention.

>>15284853
I got the Forme of Cury and Hannah Glasse's book of cookery because of my niggas Tasting History and Townsends, both have been interesting reads so far. Doubt I'll make any of this shit though unless I have oodles of free time and money for all of these once-common, now-exotic ingredients. My mother also gave me some Spanish saffron, which surprised the shit out of me because I had just mentioned it in passing once or twice.

I got myself a loaf of raisan bread

>>15284937

Got a 10" stainless steel skillet, a new set of silicone spatulas, a 4-piece bamboo cutting board set which included a decorative serving bard laser cut in the shape of my home state, a pair of tumbler glasses, and the "Cast Iron Cooking for Two" cookbook. I feel very spoiled.

>>15284853
Girlfriend got me this

>>15284853
No cookware. I bought a whole new collection of pots and pans over the last year to replace my “baby’s first cookware” set.

>>15285029
You better get her a ring next year faggot

>>15284853
I got some cannoli molds and a book of Italian desserts, which is the cuisine I cook most often. Very excited to use both.

>>15284853
Money. Gotta invest most of it in crypto and stocks + buy me some oysters and champagne for new year’s eve

>>15284853
>What'd you get for Christmas /ck/?
drunk

>>15285115
>throwing away your money on shitcoins

>>15285115
>investing when shit is at an all time high
Do you know something we don't?

Got a french press and some weird flavoring syrup.

>>15285172
buy high, sell low

>>15284853
i got 300 dollars so im probably going to put that towards equipment, might save it though because im looking to buy a squat rack

Got a set of Darto carbon steel pans. They’re heavier than my cast irons and smooth as glass. In love with them.

>>15285185
/biz/ summed up in one post

Blendtec blender and Samson silent dehydrator

>>15285029
I can't even justify getting one of these for myself and I make decent money and cook all the time.

some local coffee i like, and some bittersweet chocolate
rest was undies and /g/ stuff

>>15284853
Good stuff anon. I got nothing, foreveralone.png

I got a boning knife, some nice locally made wooden utensils, beeswax food cover things, magnet cluos for chips I guess? $500 and candies

>>15284872
Post pics

a cast iron braiser

Asked for this and got it. Our nonstick pans were getting all scraped up so we opted for the stainless.

>>15284915
Well, you didn't specify op. I guess I didn't get any gifts then.

>>15285682
It's chink af, but I'm happy anyway desu.

I got a nespresso
Time to be financially ruined from drinking coffee

I purchased for myself, a new automatic portable dishwasher. The one we had made too much noise, was getting a bit old and was black, a color that clashes with our new decor.

So, a new whirlpool, white in color, made in the USA, was delivered about a week ago. it's so quiet that you cannot hear it running outside of the kitchen area. It does a much better job than our old one too.

>>15285029

how much are these

>>15285917
whats wrong with an aeropress

>>15285934
The big ones are hundreds of USD

>>15285395
It was bought by a woman, most of them have very poor sense of cost vs return on investment. Exp. Four sisters and a wife.

>>15284853

Tastes good

It’s not much, but it’s what I need

>>15285049
That's the plan

>>15285934
This one, the 4.5q is about 300

>>15286156
Why would you need wooden sticks to eat food with when you already have purpose-designed silverware for eating which is significantly cheaper, more efficient, easier to use, and can be used for far more food items than some wooden sticks?

Got one of these. Not sure what I should make first. Open to suggestions.

>>15286892
Cabbage rolls.

Got a bunch of chocolate that I will throw away. I don't use caffeine and told them this repeatedly.

As far as /ck/ related, I received a Shun knife set and a set of 10”/12” stainless steel pans.

>>15286906
what pans?

>>15286908
Just Cuisinart, but they’ll do for now. I wanted something for searing meat so I don’t have to use the anodized Calphalons.

>>15284853
I got a stove pipe full of ice and soot. hooray!

>>15286913
I've got a Cuisinart 10" pan that's lasted me a good 12 years at this point. Solid value.

>>15284853
parents gave me money so i bought a staub cocette

>>15286924
Good to know. Had my eyes on an all clad set, but I’ll use what works. Just need to get a Lodge cast iron pan and I’m set for cookware.

>>15285029
These are great but they do not perform significantly better than other enameled cast iron pots. The way i abuse my cooking tools i would chip the enamel coating of the lids. For candy making these are superb (only surpassed by copper) the white coating makes identifying the sugar color very easy.

>>15284853
I bought my mother a new Matfer Bourgeat pan, but she didn't want it. Mine now I guess.

>>15287118
what a cunt

>>15286872
Fuck you chopsticks are based

>>15285009
Fucking nice!
>>15285095
How thoughtful!
>>15285161
Girl, same.
>>15285383
Jelly.
>>15285663
Damn, I need a boning knife.
>>15285940
>My family is shit, so women are probably shit.
spoiler alert: You're shit.
>>15285947
Fucking awesome!
>>15286859
Good! I'm happy for you!
>>15286872
I enjoy eating certain food with chopsticks. Oversized cooking chopsticks have been on my wishlist FOREVER.
>>15286905
Perfect for re-gifting. Most people love chocolate.
for trolling, just save it till next year and give it to the same people who gave it to you.

This year I got a little herb garden starter kit I asked for (I have a black thumb, but I'm going to try here. My uncle gave me a really nice marble type mortar and pestle, and in my stocking I got a little cookie dough scooper that I needed.

Last year was the banner year. I got my first cast iron, a set of vintage pyrex cinderella mixing bowls, a pie cutter and a new baster.

>>15284853
I GOT A WAFFLE IRON AND GRIDDLE!

>>15284853
Couple of sheet pans with a silpat to go with it, a replacement paddle and dough hook for my mixer, and some cookbooks. It was a comfy Christmas.

>>15284853
Underpants, a new pair of running trousers, a bottle whisky. Good haul.

>>15287195
I miss Patrice.

>>15284853
My family got covid, so I stayed alone in a hotel room 2000 miles away for three days.

>>15286872
Sushi

>>15284853
Lodge combo cooker, mainly for baking bread. It’s my first cast iron piece. I’m planning to make some steaks and pot roast as well. What other recipes should I try?

>>15284853
>>15285029
Are the enameled Dutch ovens worth it? I’ve been watching so many YouTube videos so I don’t know if they are just a huge meme. They’re quite unusual in my country, as well as regular cast iron.

>>15284853
Must be nice growing up with money.

>>15287118
what did she say when you gave it to her?

>>15285029
>3.34MB
KYS

>>15288156
cornbread in dutch ovens, or like a chicken pot pie. you make a thick chicken stew in the bottom and put over it either a whole rolled-out piece of biscuit dough, or you arrange the biscuits to form a layer over the top, then bake it all.
As for enamel, "worth it" for the 60-dollar Lodge enamel sets? Sure. "Worth it" for the luxury brands? Honestly it's a good enough product, over years I'm sure you could feel you got your money's worth out of it. Makes for a nice gift if money's no object. But a 300 dollar pan to cook in, I don't know, I'd feel a little bit like my-pan-owns-me instead of the other way around. Might feel a little too precious about it, mine cost 30 bucks. It's a great thing to have though, definitely not a meme.
Basically they can do anything non-enameled cast iron does, but you don't have to worry about acidic ingredients on the seasoning layer. If you use it regularly enough to get a good patina going you don't have too much to worry about, but like. The last thing I made in mine was a baked rigatoni, and it involved frying italian sausage in the bottom, then pouring over a jar of red sauce+water and simmering for an hour. That's something I probably wouldn't have done in a non-enameled piece. If you've been using yours regularly enough to get a good patina going, cooking with mildly acidic ingredients for a brief amount of time doesn't need to be a boogeyman, but yeah like simmering tomato sauces I might hesitate.

In truth, there isn't that much you CAN'T do with a dutch oven.

I got myself a better cookie sheet. My gf got me a victorinox santoku but it's seems like a shitty one. She also got me a three month coffee subscription with speciality coffee. Got a shit ton of junk food.

i got a fancy mandoline slicer. you can toggle a set of julienne blades on it which is gonna make homemade french fries a lot easier
also 3 bottles of wine

I got a toaster oven/air fryer! I'm so excited to use it and heat up leftovers the superior way.

>>15284952
lol

>>15284952
Are you a lonely loser or a kike?

Tested it this morning, it's very nice. I ground too fine, though, need to play around with the coarseness settings

>>15289711
Oh, also some beans to go with it and the annual Box of Cereal.

>>15285029
Is le creuset a good brand across the board? I got my sister a ceramic french press from them, but I keep wondering if I should have just gotten her a traditional glass one.

Update
Op here. Just used my stand mixer. Made these nice dinner rolls. Came out great
The senpai loved them.

>>15289901
Oh yeah. Forgot f am gets filtered to that.

New Dutch oven.

>>15284937
Yuck

>>15289967
are you the guy with the faggy lighting from the kitchen thread

Buck steak knife in 420HC steel, a thoughtful gift considering I've been playing around with pan searing for most of the lockdown. In turn I got her the 2020 fire stick which has the robot you can yell at in it, oh I can hear it now, "Alexa show me white women in period dress screaming and crying at each other". I swear it's like a whole genre now, there's gotta be 5 different ones at least.

>>15290304
>buying serrated steak knives for home use
>buck
Cringe.

>>15290329
>non-serrated steak knives
I've got just the thing for you.

>>15290520
Double cringe.

>>15284853
Shapton glass 1000

>>15290520
If I'm not misunderstanding it, you're saying that not regular knives for steak at home is kid mode? It's completely the opposite. Serrated steak knives are safety knives that can still cut steaks, and that you don't have to worry about giving a real knife to a fucking moron.

>>15285161
This the only /ck/ approved answer

>>15284933
>tilt-head
nope

>>15290690
what's wrong with the tilt-head? I don't own one, but have been floating around the idea of buying one.

>>15284960
Why is this posted so much on /tv/? I feel bad for the woman every time I see it.

>>15290879
They're obsessed with transsexuals at the moment. I think the ellen/Elliot page thing gave them a jolt.
A couple of weeks back they were getting uppity because, apparently, all women Fuck dogs.....and yet....they can't get laid

Two jap knives, booze, and a cast iron pan

>>15290879
Because tranny's shouldnt be catered to. They should be treated for their mental illness

>>15290879
>woman

>>15290843
It rattles a bit while in operation and has the potential to lose a pin if it get's an excessive amount of use. Unless your making bread all day everyday it's a non-issue. Just apply a little maintenance every now and then. It's no more inconvenient than sharpening a knife or seasoning a pan. For home use tilt-head is fine.

>>15289723
Yes. They’re just really expensive for the quality

>>15290088
If by faggy you meant super cool and awesome then yes.

>>15289723
>across the board
No. Their enameled cast iron is great, but everything else they make is ridiculously overpriced like some designer shit.

>>15291068
>everything else they make is ridiculously overpriced like some designer shit.
le creuset sits somewhere between cookware and art. they are considered collectors items. i would be happy with anything given to me that was le creuset.

Nothing /ck/ related, my parents gave my sister and I $5,000 each because apparently we are hard to shop for, she said she might use it to help buy a new car and I put half into savings and used the rest to buy parts for a new PC.

>>15291050
Looks like a gay bathhouse

>>15286924
Everything I've purchased from cuisinart has been pretty phenomenal

>>15291050
I think it's super cool and awesome anon I hope it catches on

>>15291050
Based.

A D5 3QT sauce pan from All-Clad

>>15284853
nothing.

>>15291116
>$5,000 each
It's not fair anon... Y-you can't just post shit like this :'(
I was born a poorfag, will live a poorfag, and will die a poorfag.
>IT'S NOT FUCKING F--

>>15287195
Thanks Anon for being wholesome and making a quality thread

>>15291715
My family is wealthy but would never ever give me or anyone that much money. 5000 is pretty obscene, but honestly it's nice they're giving it to the family instead of buying a new set of golf clubs or a boat. Boomers spend money on the dumbest shit ever.

>>15284853
A couple budget cleavers, veggie and meat.

i got this badboy

does ck approve?

>>15291827
Nice I was just looking at nakiris. I need to expand my knife collection outside of Germany.

>>15291838
yeah I have only been using budget style veggieknives before

this is a dream to use in comparison

>>15284937
post body

>>15284853
I'm not buying Christmas presents again ingot nothing no wanted or needed

>>15291870
not even something for yourself anon?

>>15291050
neat!
>>15291116
what parts?

>>15291050
i feel like you would be the kind of person to slip something into my drink

>>15285917
get l'or pods on amazon, they are a little better value

>>15291891
Just a handjob.

got an interesting recipe book, harold mcgee's new book on aroma, a bottle of pio cesare barbaresco and some glace fruits and a panforte

I am deciding right now.
>Kitchenaid Mixer 600
or
>A $200~ food processor
different uses, I know, but I am planning to expand more into breads and pastry. But the processor is much more useful in everything else. Does entry level priced processors suck real bad or do they pass muster?

>>15293543
I really enjoyed Carpathia. Check out Supra and Lavash for more eastern euro cooking

>not interested in baking
>never expressed interest
>receive pic related
>merry christmas Mom

>>15290879
Because there are retards who think it's cool to come to 4chan and mess with the rayciss and they are incredibly annoying and should fuck off

>>15289901
Those are beautiful!
>>15291050
The awesomeness of the lighting makes up for the desperate sadness of a galley kitchen. I like how you live your life.
>>15291733
I didn't make the thread, but I approve of it, and Christmas, and like to be positive when I can!!
>>15291775
My grandparents give the kids 100, and the adults 175, so altogether my senpai got a pretty decent 550 to soften the Christmas blow. but they have 6 grandkids and 2 great grandkids... both mine... I wonder what my parents get.
>>15293813
I guess your mom wants you to make bread? I bought myself one a couple years ago, and its indispensable for bread dough. I can see how it would be useless to you. Don't you guys use amazon wishlists?

>>15293861
She'd be cute if she hadn't mutiliated her epidermis, what a shame.

>>15293863
oh no! I love her tiny little avocado tats on her finger!
Glad you don't like it. Leave her for people like me who appreciate.

>>15293861
>desperate sadness of a galley kitchen
but galley kitchens are incredibly functional. everything is within reach and quickly accessible. i know people like to use kitchens as de facto gathering places within the home these days but that’s a very modern concept. i’ve had galley kitchens and i’ve had big open kitchens and from a cooking perspective i much preferred the galley.

>>15293881
I have nightmares about the galley kitchen. Not enough counter space. Especially if you're training little sous chefs. You must be a solitary soul. I hate the claustrophobic feel! I need room to express myself. I need room to have a person to order around. I need room for my giant Bluetooth speaker. I need room to roll out the dough. I wanna spread my arms wide and sing The Sound of Music while spinning around in my kitchen.

but thats just me. anyway, your lights are cool AF. I still don't have any under cabinet lighting. shit sucks.

>>15293892
The counter space can be an issue. I’m contemplating having some of the drawers under the microwave taken out so I can have a drawer style microwave installed. That would make a huge difference in available counter space for me although there is more work space than the colored photo shows.

>>15293906
Thats really not bad for a galley. I absolutely would not waste the space for a microwave. but I can live without one. my kitchen is large, but still lacking in counter space. it has the room for an island, which I have been talking about buying for 5 years and haven't yet. I need to realize my final form.

>>15293914
But the moment you put in an island you will basically be back to a galley unless your kitchen is humongous. Just happened to my cousin. He and his wife had one put in and now they keep bumping into each other and now He’s not allowed in the kitchen while she is cooking.

>>15285161
Good lad

>>15293924
well, my kitchen is humungous. and I'm not trying to install an island. I'm just trying to buy now with wheels that lock. I have a whole little corner in the kitchen I can wheel it into if I ever need to.

I just fucking need the island for bread and pie crust making and also to train my sous chefs.

I got an instant pot and it sounds like they suck.

>>15291050
Kek, absolutely based

>>15291050
I'm a tranny btw

>>15293861
>>15293863
>>15293869
I like tats and she's a qt but that red tattoo on her right upper arm looks like a huge burn scar

>>15293961
Looks like henna to me, but also we cant trust photo lighting. probably looks better irl.

anyway if you don't like her, I'll tenderly love her so its ok.

>>15293924
Sounds like your cousin and his wife are fucking retarded, then.

>>15293863
Keep bleating, little sheep.

>>15286933
All clad is an overpriced meme desu. Kitchenaid, Cuisinart, and tramontina all offer similar quality products for half the price or less in most cases.

The real question is were the pieces you got full tri-ply, disc bottom, or single layer trash?

>>15293906
I'm also with moving the 'wave if you can, or get some undercounter cutting boards. IDK if you buy them or have someone make them for you (like the handyman-type who owned the house before us did). They're pretty good for when you need a little bit of extra space to put a pot, etc.

got a bread machine, i love making bread so i'm super stoked about this.

>>15289723
Le creuset signature line (made in France) is the best money can buy, but stupid expensive. The rest is ching chong garbage (made in China).

I have a couple of items from their signature line. They're obviously perfect and I literally do not have a single complaint. But the price was really hard to swallow.

>>15285383
is the blendtec worth the money?

>>15294344
American made cookware with legendary quality and warranty vs. knockoff chinkshit

Ok anon, whatever you say.

>>15294344
all-clad is better, it just is. I still own a Cuisinart 10" 3-ply. But I ALSO have a 3-ply all-clad set, and they're better.
The cuisinart is great value in comparison, but it's Chinese made and feels a bit cheaper overall.

>>15289723
>>15294377
fuck no, overpriced shitware.
made in post industrial country brand for triple the money that chinkshit costs, all while being on par with quality

>>15285185

>>15294398
Ok Xi

>>15285172
That's the broad trend, but there is always undervalued stock on the market.

>>15294409
I got creushit cast iron as a gift and been using. Literally can't tell the difference between a 50USD no name cast iron pot and their 300USD equivalent minus the "made in France"
It's a fashion accessory brand

>>15294420
Just tell the truth. If you aren’t investing in index funds or massively well established companies like McDonald’s that pay dividends then you are just gambling.

>>15294432
>If you aren’t investing in index funds or massively well established companies like McDonald’s that pay dividends then you are just gambling.
lol, this is the most midIQ post I've seen in a while

>>15294431
Enjoy your Chinese pot metal with toxic lead levels.

>>15294443
this

>>15294443
half the world is made by chinks. You seem to be implying half the shitware in your kitchen isn't

>>15294432
Is this the fabled /biz/ derponomics I've heard so much about?

>>15294450
I have literally nothing in my kitchen made in China. I was very careful when purchasing anything down to the last spoon.

>>15294432
I must be the world's luckiest gambler

>>15294479
do consult the waiters and chefs as well about the origins of their cookware?

>>15294486
I don't eat at restaurants because all of them are garbage. I would never feed my kids with food made by idiots who are cooks because they're too dumb to be anything else.

>>15294493
ok, that's kinda based

I got something called an InstantPot.
Mite b cool

>>15294493
It’s really sad what cooking has become. It used to be a profession that could allow the lower class to move up in the world and make a name for themselves but now chefs are all but forgotten in favor of corporate made menus with paint by numbers recipes assembled by people incapable of holding a real job.

>>15294515
That’s what’s happening to everything everywhere. Cooking, television, movies, gaming, sports, all of it. Nothing is about people anymore, it’s all about corporations and their numbers.

>>15294515
Sure, but we are where we are. Cookware and plates coated in toxic shit, hot food stored in plastics that release xenoestrogens, etc etc. I want complete control in what goes into my food and the only way is buying high quality anything that touches food with toxicity certifications and storing food in boride glass containers. Also, I don't buy processed garbage and get almost all of my produce locally. Luckily I live in a country where this is actually cheaper than store bought garbage. I get local kefir cheaper than milk in stores and locally made bio honey for 8€ a liter, which is literally cheaper than garbage honey from Peru in stores.
Besides, after 2 years of everyday cooking I've gotten better at it than any local restaurants anyway.

i got loose leaf green tea and a metal thing to put it in to make it, shits pretty dope

>>15294549
I made the move to loose leaf green tea and I gotta say it is pretty based

>>15294393
There's "better" and there's "worth paying the price of an entire set of perfectly good useable cookware for a single skillet". All clad may be the former but it's definitely not the latter.

>>15294667
Yeah, depends on how much you value American labor.

>>15294670
Not enough to overpay by that much. I support local businesses and buy American where it makes sense to, spending 100+ extra dollarydoos for a "made in america" sticker on a single product with negligible difference in quality ain't it for me.

>>15294681
The all-clad is cheaper than the Cuisinart at the moment.

>>15294705
That's not a terrible price for the all clad desu but the Cuisinart it's overpriced there.

The stuff I'm using at the moment is tramontina tri-ply and I got a full 14 piece set to replace my old stuff for less than $300, buying a single skillet for $100 just ain't worth it to me.

>>15294549
I use a French press to make my loose leaf. It works well because the leaves have room to steep and you can stop the extraction just like with coffee.

>>15294736
Imagine buying this garbage and then bragging about it. Jesus Christ anon you can just admit you have disposable cookware, it’s ok. But please don’t sit here and try and tell us that it’s “just as good” as some sort of bizarre coping mechanism.

>>15284853
MIL got me and the wife a new wok, a set of crocks, and a family friend gave us this very nice charcuterie board he makes himself from reclaimed wood.

>>15293861
>Those are beautiful!
Aww shucks... thanks.

>>15294808
Imagine feeling superior for paying 4 times as much for a piece of steel made by American wageslaves pushing buttons on an assembly line instead of foreign wageslaves pushing buttons on an identical assembly line then coming to /ck/ to shitpost about the McChicken.

>>15295360
ItS aLl ThE SaMe

>>15285190
Those look nice, the machining marks are third world but the overall shape is so much better than Lodge etc.

>>15295384
Close enough to not matter at all, those fancy pans aren't gonna make you better at heating up ramen anon.

>>15285190
Never seen them made as a single piece like that instead of having the handle riveted on, that's interesting. I'm curious what kind of data exists on how much of a difference that makes for long term durability.

>>15284918
https://youtu.be/otc3W56ns1M

>>15294377
How do you identify "signature line"? I bought the french press from one of their "signature boutiques" does that qualify?

I got coal, I was a bad boy this year. I lied about my cooking ability to impress a date

>>15295831
No you idiot. Go to their website and see signature line. Does it say made in france on yours? If it were made in France you bet your ass it's written everywhere with big font. If you can't find where it's made in it's ching chong ding dong

>>15295887
Don’t listen to this retard. All Le creuset are made in France

I bought a house this year, so my mother got me a gas grill to go in my backyard. My dad got me a skillet big enough to fit a small child. I swear, you could kill a man with this thing.

>>15290879
>the woman

>>15284853

Very pleased with this so far

>>15284853
$20

>>15294381
It's nice. I watched all of the vitamin vs blendtec videos and it came down to the tamper for why the vitamin is "better" than the blendtec. America's test kitchen actually rated the blenders on how well they could make mayonnaise like that's what people want out of a blender or should even use a blender for. Blendtec is half the cost, has a stronger motor, feels sturdier, and blends the fuck out of things. Haven't had a problem yet, but I just got it. You can buy a tamper for the blendtec but it won't be from the company. Has to be third party. I love it.

>>15290879
they are sad virgins thats why
for some reason they think trannies are a real demography on 4chan
as usual its /pol/s fault