/ck/ - Food & Cooking

equal slice ‘za cutter. i’m eatin pretty pies these days

>>17641622
a good quality chef's knife was my best upgrade

>>17642367
2nd this, I finally invested in a Shun knife recently and it's like night and day with the shitty knives I was using before. Also a rice cooker. I eat ricr almsot daily, so being able to just throw in the rice, seasonings, and veggies and just fuck off for an hour is incredibly cozy.

>>17642367
>>17642445

expensive knives are meme. Just buy a decent knock-around from a reputable brand for like $30-50, and have no fear of shredding down the blade with an electric sharpener whenever it dulls because you didn't spend a week's salary on it.

>>17641742
you're pathetic!

just be careful of your fingies anon, the suggestion for cut resistant gloves with these is written in blood

>>17641622
I like my garlic press. If you can't but huge garlic bubbles mincing it is a fucking pain. Garlic press you can just mash them skin on and it comes out fine

Pressure cooker made cooking chicken a pleasure instead of a headache

>>17642478
I got my 6 inch Wusthof for like $70, so I didn't break the bank

>>17642478
>100 dollars
>a week's salary
Most I've spent is 150 but you can get high mid knifes for like 70+ now

>>17641622
why does a mandolin seem intuitively like 100x more dangerous than a knife
I act like I'm handling a cup of experimental rocket fuel when I use one so I've never hurt myself with a mandolin, yet have nicked myself with knives. But the mandolin still radiates menace to me while with knives it's like yeah that happens

>>17641622
Instant pot
Probably 80a% of my food is made in it

>>17642478
How much do you make a week anon?

>>17643000
I just made steel cut oats in mine. all I use it for is oats/rice

A wok or dutch oven.

>>17642478
OH NO 170 DOLLAROOS THAT’S LIKE A 3 YEAR SALARY

>>17642478
>electric sharpener
anon. really?

>>17642478
>ruin a $30 knife you’ll have to replace every year instead of buying a $200 knife and whetstone that will last a lifetime
You’re quite honestly everything that’s wrong with our society

>>17641622
I am not interested in a salad that was not prepared with a mandolin. Thinly sliced red onion is nice, thickly sliced red onion is an unwieldy overpowered flavor.

>>17641622
Have you tried it with meat? I saw someone recommend that to someone else for thinly sliced steak a few days ago. Seems like it would work in theory but maybe only after you chilled the steak in the freezer for a while or something.

>they still believe the electric sharpener ruins knives myth

>>17643551
I sliced leftover corned beef with a mandoline for reubens recently

>>17643029
>full bolster
i don't disagree with the core of your post but fuck those knives

I got one of these Indian sandwiche makers, you can basically toast them over your gas stove

>>17643089
Yeah bro just buy five different whetstones and learn the nuances of using them while potentially fucking up my $400 seven times folded nippon steel chef knife instead of throwing out my $30 knife and buying a new one after a year

>>17643029
>>17642769
Don't be cute. There are knives out there that go for hundreds and up to a thousand dollars. The one linked is at the upper spectrum of what I was talking about, but I find that even $170 is far exceeding anything necessary.

>>17641622
OveGloves are based

>>17644049
You can literally get a whetstone set for like 30 bucks that has the 300/1000 grit you need and it's pretty hard to fuck up a knife on a whetstone to a point it can't be fixed.

Most expensive knife I've seen talked about in the meme stream is maybe 300-600 dollars and everyone who buys it says it's a flex they don't even recommend.

>>17644060
The point is, there's still a learning curve associated with it that not everyone has the time for. $30 a year (and that's been conservative) for a cheap knife that I can sharpen in a pinch with an electric sharpener is by no means breaking the bank, and the convenience of not having to fuck with whetstones is something I am willing to pay for.

>>17644077
it's cooking there's a learning curve to everything. You'd be better in a few tries on a whetstone with a better result.

>>17644049
>i won't learn a new skill i will just endlessly consume
good goy

>>17641622
Sous vide machine solved cooking meat for me. And it means I eat the cheapest cuts nonstop. Who needs ribeye steak when $3/lbs pork chops are this good? Honestly, if you don't have an immersion circulator, a vacuum sealer, and a Costco/Sam's Club membership, your a retard.

Potato ricer

>>17644077
The learning curve is minimal and the stone lasts a life time

>>17644105
You know what the learning curve of an electric sharpener is?

bzzzzzz bzzzzzz done.

>>17644083
>>17644091
not everyone is a jobless loser at home with mommy and daddy; we don't have time to fiddle around with stones

>>17641622
Worksharp sharpeners. Let me consistently sharpen all my knives so I can get down the techniques with sharp knives/cleavers without having to fuck around with stones.

>>17643726
I grew up using a plug-in version of this. Is there any advantage to the one you posted?

>>17643726
you can do the same thing with a skillet.

>>17641622
the best thing about owning a mandoline is that the police can't identify my fingerprints at crime scenes any more.

>>17642644
I can attest to this. I just cut my thumb slicing a cucumber with a mandoline an hour ago, and it still hasn't stopped bleeding.

>>17642987
Probably because if you run your finger over a mandolin you’d actually need to go to the hospital to get your fingertip reattached.
Whereas with a knife you’ll just get a surface cut on a wider part of your finger.

>>17644159
You know what the learning curve of a stone is?
Sccct sccct, re adjust sccct sccct done.

>>17642445
>>17642478
I was thinking about getting a new knife, but i bought a stone instead and now my old shitty knife that my mom bought 20 years ago is sharp as fuck

>>17644527
These are cast iron so you get a pretty nice sear

>>17644664
A mandolin is designed to be played with your fingers, retard.

Rice cooker

>>17645594
minor kek

>>17643089
Actually whetstoning your knife instead of using a sharpener costs you so much time that it wouldn't be worth it if both were free.

>>17644095
>vacuum sealer
You can just use ziplock bags and magnets/weights/clips you know.

>>17641622
that cocksucker cut off the tip of my finger and i never used it again

>>17644095
>>17647685
This is your brain on microplastics

>>17642987
>>17644617
>>17644655
>>17644664
>>17647696

Literally just buy cut-resistant gloves and store them with your mandoline.

>>17647886
I love how that carrot is held

>>17643029
why would i spend $170 for a $15 knife? stop being a dumb wanker.

By far the best citrus juicer I've tried, it expresses some of the oils into whatever you're making and definitely improves everything

>>17648112
>$15 dollars
>same quality as a Wusthoff
I agree they're an overpay, but $15 is absolute horseshit.

>>17648953
>but $15 is absolute horseshit.
you're right, it's $9
>https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cuisinart-Stainless-Steel-8-Chef-Knife/854449305

>>17648973
based cheap knife chad
.

>>17644077
>His learning capability is lower than third world monkeys
Kek, it's whetstone not orbital science

>>17643029
Why are they cheaper in Europe? This includes 21% VAT by the way

>>17650236
Capability =/= desire

Turd worlders do things out of necessity. If they could afford electric sharpeners on their $20 a week salary, they would throw out their whetstones

>>17650477
they're made in germany right? EU zone so no import duties, prolly lower shipping costs too

>thread gets taken over by whetstone autism

>>17650477
€8900??? who the fuck would pay that for a knife?

>>17650477
euros want a knife, amerifats want a brand name

>>17642478
We finally found the man who buys the $50 pair of boots.

>buying knives
Don't tell me you're a forgelet. You aren't, right anon?

>>17641622
I love meme pieces of plastic that can do one job a knife already does.

>>17650804
Eh, if you're able bodied it makes no sense to get a mandolin or one of those stupid "choppers", but I can see them being nice for being with limited mobility in their hands/wrists or who suffer from pain.

Pressure cookers are what microwaves are supposed to be.
What's the point of a machine that makes your food hot if it also makes it taste like shit?

>>17650840
Sure, and wheelchairs are great for the disabled. I still don't go around recommending them to random people.

>>17650848
Learn how to use the powel lever button.

>>17641622
Parents got me a dutch oven for my birthday last year and I haven't looked back since.
It's my most prized cooking possession.

>>17644049
>Yeah bro just buy five different whetstones and learn the nuances of using them while potentially fucking up my $400 seven times folded nippon steel chef knife instead of throwing out my $30 knife and buying a new one after a year
YES, DO EXACTLY THAT

>>17644077
>The point is, there's still a learning curve associated with it
Why are you so afraid of learning a useful skill? Why are Americans like this?

>>17650909
gimme a ring when they put in a "doesn't taste like rubbery bullshit" button.

>>17650939
that is the button you idiot

>>17650804
>>17650840
Please show me all the equally consistent paper-thin cuts of potato you can whip out in under 20 seconds with your knife. I'll be waiting for the video :)

>>17642445
Shun is nice, but you're paying extra for the damascus look. for the same price you could get a kohetsu hap40, or an Ogata SG2. both good performers, both stainless

I have a shun and I like it, don't get me wrong

>>17642478
Do poorfags really

>>17651096
it's a sharpened piece of metal, it doesn't have to be expensive, i can make a higher quality knife for $5 by hand than you could buy. but do explain how your knife is any better than the $9 knife found at walmart.
>same metals
>same shape
>same sharpness

>>17644201
Based and WorkSharped

>>17651450
agreed. steel is steel. any generic molybdenum vanadium steel with a mystery heat treat from a chinese factory is exactly the same as pure swedish carbon steel forged and heat treated by a fifty year veteran autist jap knifemaker

I bought pic rel because my bbq get too hot to flip my steaks

>>17651476
The fuck is this overcomplicated tool and how do you use it?

>>17651450
Don't bother. These eternal poorfags will be forever deluded that their swiss/jap branding magically makes their sharpened piece of metal worth a 60x markup. When their seven times folded nihon steel dulls like any other piece of metal that follows the laws of physics, they will bust out their meme bricks and spend 30 minutes scraping their knives against it like autists

>>17650778

My $50 boots and your $500 boots are both made in the same factory in China

>>17644095
>boiling meat in plastic
>doesn't know how to cook
>hurr durr cheap cuts now taste good
How much did you donate to Ukraine anon?

>>17641622
Electric kettle. You need hot water for a lot more than just making tea, I've found. Like for insulating a creme brulee tray in the oven.

>>17643000
I have one. But the only thing it really saves time on cooking is beans. I eat a lot of beans so it works for me, but then you have retards using it for spaghetti.

>>17651578
Easily and precisely

>>17651450
if you can make a better knife for $5, then your time is literally worthless. you probably spent more than that in labor before you even decide on what material to use

>>17651688
this nigga eatin beans

>>17641622
air fryer
vastly superior than ovens, just wish the bigger ones werent so expensive

>>17647381
I sharpen my knife when I'm drunk and watching TV on the weekends, so I'm not losing any time I'm not already wasting.

>>17650778
I bought a 50€ pair of running boots. They work fine and if they last two years that's the same lifetime/€ than my last, more expensive ones.

>>17641622
Mandolin too
Whetstone, sharp knifes are a must
KitchenAid pro, doughs and pastry have a professional look now
All stainless steel kitchenware

>>17644095
Looks good man ignore the haters

>>17650617
Euros don't understand decimal points please don't bully

>>17651767
>i don't understand how to forge or cast
you're not going to make it when the shit hits the fan, anon. and i say good riddance.

>>17641622
grim

>>17642478
He's got a point.
I went the same way, getting a nice electric sharpener and medium-cheap knives, and you know what? It means that I sharpen my knives once every few days instead of once every few months because I keep putting it off. If you're a serial procrastinator like me this means that you'll spend a much greater % of your prep time with sharp knives. Maybe you're not a procrastinator like me, and if so more power to you for being able to get a superior grind on your knives by putting in the time and effort. For me, a 15 second electric grind is good enough to do any knifework I need in the kitchen. I'll learn how to sharpen knives properly when I'm retired or something.

>>17655471
>For me, a 15 second electric grind is good enough to do any knifework I need in the kitchen. I'll learn how to sharpen knives properly when I'm retired or something.
no, you won't

>>17651567
I could use this to pick up my pet rats from their pit easier, ty anon.

>>17641622
Who needs fingernails when you can have homemade chips instead?

>>17652086
Are they really? Is it not a meme?

Is it just the ease of use/size, does it cook more evenly?

>4x my kraut chopping

>>17647886
I should get some. I haven't cut myself on my mandoline but I know I'm living on borrowed time

>have a 15 dollar knife
>been using it for eight years now
it still cuts I don't know what you guys are on about

>>17644077
i'm with you on this. i buy dexter russell knives for about $8 apiece. razor sharp and effectively disposable. edge lasts about as my wusthof too.

>>17644091
>boo hoo consumption
you're on a cooking board. fill in the blank: first we cook the food and then we _______ it. the whole board is about turning money into literal feces.

>>17657023
>fill in the blank: first we cook the food and then we _______ it.
fuck

>>17657023
>first we cook the food and then we _______ it.
cram

>>17657023
>the whole board is about turning money into literal feces.

lmfao ace post

>>17641622
a knife
chopping board
casserole dish
PTASY

>>17642478
>electric sharpener
Your opinion doesn't matter.

>>17647886
Finally a legit use for cut-resistant gloves.

>>17656284
>Vergeltungsmandoline

>>17657624
I'll be up in a cold sweat tonight thinking about how some pseud on /ck/ looked down upon me for my method of knife sharpening :(

Microplane.

>>17657848
A double-sided stone doing a few swipes once a week is all you need, or if you are too retarded there are some simple tools that makes it almost impossible to mess up.

>>17641622
These Silicone Spurtles

Great for so much, I've even sent several as gifts to family

>>17657892
You don’t just share the family poopknife?

>>17657892
What would you use them for?

>>17647886
>cut-resistant gloves
a meme

>>17657897
Looks like they'd be great for getting the last of the peanut butter out of the jar.

>>17657955
And for mixing things

>>17657913
Lmfao, it is gonna save you from a gash, not slicing your fucking finger off

>>17657913
cut resistant not proof, same as watches and water anon

>>17657913
you know what a carrot doesn't have? a sense of touch to tell you to stop fucking slicing
even the most retarded of retards wouldn't slice their skin with a knife and go "aw shucks I got it started might as well cut all the way through"

>>17658008
They didn't save my fingers from your mum's gash last night

>>17641622
A handgun. I can shoot nonwhites who try to steal my cooking. Black bastards.

>>17644159
>we don't have time to fiddle around with stones
if youre too busy to cook food and maintain your house and tools then you are a literal goyim slave

>>17642478
>i'm poor I make no money
>I spent my money on a device designed to fuck up my knives
>I buy 50 dollar knives and keep throwing them away instead of a single 100 dollar knife and a whetstone

You are so fucking retarded and stupid slave peasant I'd be surprised if you're not russian

>>17651594
Probably because we actually buy steel, instead od stamped piece from sheet metal from discarded kitchen sink 420 stainless.
Which is probably tainted with pieces of slag, minerals or other metals.

>>17658921
>doesn't understand that "a weeks salary" is hyperbole
and you're an ESL~

>>17658657
>electric sharpeners are a jewish conspiracy
redpill moment

>>17658921
I guarantee I make more money than you. I've never seen someone get so bent out of shape over spending $50 every few years.

>>17641622
Vibrating butt plug for my little sister. She sits on the bench top watching me good squirming with pleasure. Incredibly beautiful. She gets wet enough to soak her short shorts and leak onto the table.

>>17656284
my granddaddy did some kraut chopping

>>17660305
OK

>>17660320
kek

>>17659840
haha /b/ look I posted it again xD do I fit in yet guys? I'm not accepted by my family or peers IRL so this is my only outlet and way of acceptance haha xD
>inb4 projecting
I run a multi-million dollar company with two hot bitches as my wives and my family kisses my feet.

>>17641622
Pressure cooker for sure.

>>17660320

>>17660320
>don't like new shitty thing?
>that's why you should've supported old shitty thing!

>>17658008
>>17658015
Dumb fucks buying cheap ass fabric online
Cut proof gloves do exist

>>17641742
>>17642445
>>17642367
>>17643089
>>17643531
>>17647892
>>17647886
>>17651076
>>17650955
>>17650939
>>17651567
>>17651549
>>17651476


If you need a 'special' knife at all you're a cooklet
I've had the same three knives for 5 years got it at a garage sale dont even know the brand. Dont care. Cuts like a knife..

>>17642478
based knife enjoyer making big spenders SEEETH

>>17662129
lmfao this nigga out here wit chainmail like he cooking for king arthur's court. you ain't out here to slay dragons bitch

>>17657913
get a chain mail glove, not shopping channel bullshit.

>>17644095
Fking based. Sous vide steaks changed my life

>>17651666
>boiling meat in plastic
brainlet

>>17642478
I agree. You can get some great knives for that price. Idk why this provoked the hive mind.

>>17662163
Anon those look tiny

>>17663074
How the fuck do you clean a chainmail glove?

>>17644095
Never used a sous vide machine, but it's not boiling. How could the hate be so misdirected? Is it sour grapes?

>>17665016
high quality ones come with a squire

>>17660320
>>17660665
mfw they still mad that their world plan domination went down the shitter

>>17665097
>their world plan domination went down the shitter
>now your wife's black bf's pozzed jizz goes up your shitter

>>17644095
I have a sous vide and it's amazing, but the idea of cooking meat in hot plastic made me too nervous to let it become an every day or even every week tool.

>>17665215
>Mutt's Law

>>17665232
I'd be nervous if it were actually boiling but at 131-147 degrees with no light exposure it's probably not much more dangerous than the body temperature plastic mouse you're holding in your hand literally right now oh my god!!! I mean I'm sure it's toxic no matter what the evangelists say but you have to be pragmatic. It's not healthier to get fast food because you didn't want to cook some meat in bags. All the meat you have the option of buying is packaged in plastic at the slaughterhouse, the only plastic-free option is going vegan and wearing cotton gloves all day long. I got some silicone bags for higher temperature stuff because it does concern me a bit. You could use it for everything. Food grade silicone is free of most of the additives polypropylene/polyethylene have.

>>17662163
>If you need a 'special' knife at all you're a cooklet
>I've had the same three knives for 5 years got it at a garage sale dont even know the brand. Dont care. Cuts like a knife..

>>17662163
based and correct.

>>17665089
underrated comment kek

>>17657913
>WHAT DO YOU MEAN A CUT-"RESISTANT" MEANS IM NOT IMPERVIOUS TO SLICE BASED HARM????!

>>17662163
dog, you're literally cutting shit with table knives, you absolutely clown. why are you showing us them on the floor?

>>17650477
>22 uur besteld, morgen in huis
My God, your language sounds like a German would speak if he suffered from severe brain damage.

>>17651666
its not boiled, water is kept at a lower temp

>>17662611
>implying being a medieval chef cooking for kings wasnt kino as fuck

>>17655903
it cooks evenly and gets everything crispy

>>17641622
Garlic press for my 4 raw morning cloves. Also how do you wash a mandolin properly and get rid of stuck bits of food without it slicing up your dish washer brush?

>>17642650
>Garlic press you can just mash them skin on
Why would you do that? You don't peel them and cut off all the brown spots? It takes 1 second to peel them if you grab it between your index fingers and thumbs and twist it back and fourth.

>>17647886
>cross contaminating your food

>>17662163
>mass replier
>iphone filename
>shitty grainy photo
>phoneposter spacing
>absolutely retarded take
This is why normalfags should be removed from the internet.

>>17641622
Zest nest.
Garlic
Ginger
Zesting

a wooden cutting board
>with rubber grips

>>17643029
>>17651084
>>17662163

*casually mogs*

>>17643000
What do you make on a regular basis? I got an insta pot crock pot combo and struggle to find reasons to use it

>>17642367
definitely. good knife and stones improved everything so much
the only other thing that changed my cooking as much was finally getting a well-paying job and being able to use good quality ingredients instead of just buying whatever's cheapest

>>17673036
So basically if you want to cook better don't have a restaurant job so you can actually afford nice ingredients?

>>17641622
big knife, small knife and sharpening rod for 24eurobucks gave me a kickstart in prepping stuff

>>17673055
yes and no
you will get good at food prep and some specialized techniques
the long hours and low pay will mean that your home cooking won't be as good as it could be while you're employed

>>17641622
Professional Victorinox chef's knife. Laugh all you want it's not only "a really good knife" it drastically illuminated how poorly standard kitchen knives are made. It's a simple amalgamation of plastic and stainless, not pretty at all, fairly cheap compared to Japanese etc. knives, but it has exactly the right bolster shape, handle size, blade angle, edge curve, etc. etc. etc. I know this isn't what OP was asking for, but for me it turned cooking from a chore into a hobby.

Runner up: silicone funnels. No shit, get a cheap set off Ebay. They're completely different in that they seal to the throat of the vessel they're inserted into. You can overpour an entire volume into it and let the bubbles, foam, air, whatever sort itself out without any spillage.

>>17641742
Shut up. And antler makes for one of the shittiest handles ever, I grew up using them almost exclusively.

>>17643029
Bolster is wrong, handle is wrong, handle angle is wrong, blah blah...>>17643720 is right. >>17670444 Please.

>>17642478
Grow up and learn that disposable means junk. Get some experience under your belt and you'll see that none of those knives were even remotely good at thier job.

>>17644617
Kek

>>17644725
Attaboy

>>17648914
I've always been impressed with that style of juicer in videos I've watched, but doesn't it squirt out an get all over the place? If not it's on my list

>>17650925
Kinda a new thing for me but got a set of oven safe heavy pots on cakeday and I cooked brisket in one tonight. Really opens a lot of doors for "wet baking".

>>17673393

>>17672768
>>17651084
Why why WHY the fuck do great japanese knives always just have a straight cut stick for a handle? Like the original computer mouse was a brick of wood but now we have properly ergonomic shapes and even adjustable ones because we understand this is a function of the tools abilities. Not the knife though, fuckin stick with a sharp thing is now stick with a really high quality sharp thing after a millennia of development.

>>17651567
Jesus, how big is your 'Q? I'm actually kinda jealous.

>>17655471
This is something I've never understood. I stone my knives about once every couple months or even yearly, and steel them once a week before use when they need it. What the fuck are you guys cutting on making single household meals that dulls your knives so quickly? If you're cutting all day I get it, get a rubber cutting board etc. but for personal meals even a shit knife should hold an edge for a week. I'm honestly lost here. >>17656318 this.

>>17660305
Lol, underrated post

>>17657892
Wut? I've never seen these, are they just for bottle scavenging, or other purposes???

>>17665284
There's a lot to be discovered by looking into the stability of plastics in both high heat and acidic environments vs. the "food storage" environment. The safety standards are really slow to catch up to what is actually known. I know a few people in plastics and resin technologies and they all specifically avoid having their hot acidic foods in any form of polymers.

>you all not using the miricale blade from chef tony where the bread knife can saw through concrete
>ngmi

>>17673393
>Grow up and learn that disposable means junk. Get some experience under your belt and you'll see that none of those knives were even remotely good at thier job.

The knife you posted is literally $55 and exactly the sort of bargain knife I am talking about, dumbass.

>>17673397
>>17673393
based replies to every single post wizard smacking anons in the face with his power level