/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19258439
grim, innit

>>19258439
I don't buy food I can make
Buying food is an act of humiliation, you buy food to remind yourself that no matter how hard you have practiced there are people who can make things you can't make yourself
I have failed to make croissants 5 times, I got pretty close, I would say 80% there but the dough always breaks even a little when I fold and knead so I still buy criossant

>>19258456
You bring a fucking kitchen with you whenever you travel?

>>19258461
i dont travel
i experience fits of paranoia when im sleeping somewhere other than my home

>>19258456
I'm sure that your rambling is an answer to some question somewhere. It's just not an answer to either of mine.

>>19258439
Am american, but most people seem to prefer tacos dorado or the crispy shell tacos. The ones that actually deep fried and super crispy are amazing. The ones that are just big tortilla strips baked into a taco shape are okay because they're crunchy but I just do not like soft shell flower or corn tortillas for tacos. I don't care if its not authentic.

2. No, I've never understood spending money on something that does 1 extra-specific task. It basically just holds the taco while you fill it with meat and whatever. As opposed to your hand? It also helps keep the filling inside the taco and falling over but... You pick the thing up and some will fall out anyway as you eat.

They're dumb little gimmicks but I guess they can be "fun" for kids or idiots.

>>19258439
>Is the American style of tacos the default over there?
Bong here. Yes. Soft tacos have only really been known over here for the last ten years or so. Prior to that, the only place most people would see a taco is in an Old El Paso meal kit.
Mexican (until quite recently) was not an established restaurant type and the only exposure to it would be through weird third-hand tex mex stuff.
Soft tacos are obviously better than hard, but I don't really understand the appear compared to a more enveloping wrap style. Give me a proper fajita any day.

>>19258471
His autism grows stronger by the day

>>19258513
>Mexican (until quite recently) was not an established restaurant type
That blows me away. I sort of assumed that, by this time, all the cuisines that had penetrated the US would have done so in the UK as well. But then, you're way ahead of us on Indian food from what I've heard.

>>19258439
>the default over there
Yes. Their default is typically an shittier version of what is already our worst example of a dish. Why do you think they say so much nonsense about Americans not eating well? It's literally Subway, McDonalds, or the worst redneck taco night tacos like in the OP pic.

Someone even made a thread earlier trying to say that Americans don't eat mushrooms. It's really bizarre how sheltered these people are.

>>19258472
>he came to 4chan to get questions answered
>not to ramble

Hard shells are an American invention. Hard shell tacos are not Mexican food. Hard shell tacos are American food.

Having said that, most people eat soft tacos, irrespective of their own ethnicity. But I live in a large city. I imagine a family from Lansing, Michigan would purchase a hard shell taco kit from the grocery store for taco night.

>>19258513
What would a British style taco look like?

>>19258530
yeah nah, even now Mexican restaurants are actually very rare. Odd considering most people would probably say they liked mexican food when asked

>>19258439
That’s sad

>>19259155
Nobody cares. Mexican food sucks. Americanized mexican food is whats good.

Where is Taco Bell anon?

>>19258456
>I don't buy food I can make
I don't have the luxury of half the tools and appliances restaurants have or YouTube celebrity chefs. Not getting grease splatter all over my stovetop, by simply getting a double cheeseburger with bacon, lettuce and sauce is definitely worth it.

>Buying food is an act of humiliation, you buy food to remind yourself that no matter how hard you have practiced there are people who can make things you can't make yourself
Absolutely not. You can make it yourself, you just don't want to. When food was cheap before COVID, you'd be shooting yourself in the foot not getting free delivery chinese takeout. People forget that all these fees and tips, and taxes and price hikeups did not exist 10 years ago. Delivery was FREE over a certain amount. Five Guys was like 8$ for burger and fries. McDonald's had a dollar menu.

Now I'm less inclined to buy food unless it's extremely good because fast food is the same price as normal food and delivery costs way too much.

I also personally prefer to bake. Easier to clean, more relaxing and so many dessert recipes. But will you catch me frying at home? Rarely, I don't want all that oil lying around

>>19258530
UK, there are 4 Indian restaurants within a 3 minute walk of where I live and I only live in a town, not a city. It's mostly Italians, Chinese, Turkish and chippies.

>>19259784
Shit

A daring synthesis

>>19259784
mushy peas instead of lettuce
gravy instead of salsa
fries (""chips"") instead of shell
sossij instead of beef

>>19259784
Until recently, pic related made exactly as the box instructs.
There's been a tex-mex place in the city I live since the late 80s until the pandemic called Dig In The Ribs. I am given to understand from my early visits that the menu usually had the "classics" e.g. ribs, burritos, hard tacos, fajitas, and burgers. Nothing that was difficult to get ahold of over here was included. For a long time no guacamole, never any tomatillos, no authentic cheeses (cheddar used instead), chili powder instead of chipotle or adobo, only bell peppers and jalapeños, etc etc.
It was a novelty place, and now we have places like La Choza, Carlito Burrito, where the food is actually legitimate. Even chains like Las Iguanas and Wahaca are attempting to actually make an effort to be "real."
Also, I've noticed the average Mexican food sold here is nearly spiceless but there will also be colon crippling spicy options available. Don't know if the US is like that.

>>19258439
>but this is a British daytime show. Is the American style of tacos the default over there?
Mexican food is uncommon in the UK. I live in London and it's infested with stinky kebab places on every corner and shitty chicken shops that all offer the same garbage. I don't think I have ever seen a mexican takeaway shop

>>19258439
>Cheese and lettuce only
What the fuck is this? This is absolutely vaxxed and boosted behaviour.

>>19258456
> I have failed to make croissants 5 times
Have you tried reading a recipe? You can find everything online you dumb fucking retard.
Also lol at your autistic fucked up feelings. I hope you get embarassed and humiliated every time you order food like an insecure fag

>>19260076
>Wahaca
Giggle giggle squeak.

>>19258456
Cunt

>>19260076
Eat ream tacos or die.

>>19259822
I would say it improves on some things and some things not. Hard shell tacos, in particular, are an abomination.

>>19259784
It would use a pastry crust as the taco shell, which would also completely encase the other ingredients, which would consist of entrails in lieu of ground beef or asada, mushy peas, gravy and mashed potatoes.

>>19258456
wtf i succeeded at croissants first try, and it was a vegan recipe with homemade vegan butter

i don't make them anymore because i'm eating whole food plant based instead of having chest pain

>>19259885
True patrician taste.

>>19258530
Why would it? We have absolutely no connection with Mexico. For you it's your neighbour and you have tens of millions of them in your country, for us it's just some random place on the other side of the planet. Most of us have never interacted with a Mexican in any form. Mexico is as relevant to us as somewhere like Venezuela or Nepal.

>>19258456
Just say thay youre a dumb cuck and stop wasting so much time on these meaningless words

>>19260916
I know you Brits love to vacation in Spain, and since Spain colonized Mexico that means there's only two degrees of separation between your countries in cultural appreciation, there's no reason to be strangers.

>>19260152
they probably couldnt bother cooking meat for just a 30 second shot of the gadget on a daytime show old ladies and people in STD clinic waiting rooms watch

>>19260076
>It was a novelty place, and now we have places like La Choza, Carlito Burrito, where the food is actually legitimate.

never heard of these, as a bong. and upon googling, theres literally only 1 location for each of those in the entire UK, being brighton. the faggot capital of the UK
brighton does have popeyes, not many of those about in the UK either, visited a few months back to catch the sights before the homo parades began

>>19260278
What the fuck?
>>19261193
Yup, that's where I live. Don't let Pride fool you, it's actually really nice here. Pity I'm never going to own a house, but who cares.

The superior American hardshell mogs all inferior "authentic" softshells.
If you don't agree you are brown and don't rate an opinion anyways.

That truck is stupid, it takes up too much space. You just want to use an individual taco holder, maybe a couple if you insist on having multiple tacos on your plate at once.

>>19261057
Spanish food is basically entirely unlike the Mexican food popular in the West.

>>19258439
Is this international stupid day on /ck/?
"American style" vs "British style" tacos?
What the fuck is a British style taco?
And you're asking about buying food off the back of a truck?
Jesus.

>>19258439
>just lettuce and cheese
>call it a taco
pinches europutos, at least Americans add beef

>>19258439
>brits getting ethnic food that isn't a masala wrong
Its on brand at least

>>19258439
I would use the truck but for other purposes, perhaps. the hard shell taco is a sad thing and the 'iceberg + cheese' combination is just not tasty

>>19258456
Well maybe try buying one made by someone better than you are and you'll learn something you fucking dipshit. How do you act on dates? "Erm no babe we can't go out to a nice restaurant, I'm humiliated by the chefs" fucking KEK

>>19258439
"Soft tacos" are usually just called burrito or wraps in the UK & Aus/NZ and "Taco" just means the hard shell.

>>19258439
American style of literally anything is always the default style. We make the best version of every kind of food.

>>19258439
do those "tacos" seriously have nothing but lettuce and shredded cheese? no meat, no onion, no sauce, no seasonings of any kind? fucking hell

>>19259155
i like having a little hard shell taco and a big burrito honestly when i make homemade stuff, best of both worlds. that or i stuff broken up hard taco shell into a burrito. burritos are just better IMO, a whole filling meal and then some. don't care about authenticity just flavor

I don't care much for hard shells myself, but I always grab a doritos locos from taco bell when i pass. I feel like a dirty piggy every time and love it

>>19265146
>that pic
Nobody has ever done this. I don't believe you. I'm American. Literally every noodle or pasta package explicitly states to bring it to a boil first

>>19266101
>I'm American.
Great, now they're going to think we're all humorless dolts.

>>19266074
They're vegan

>>19266101
I believe it. I've seen people put salad cream on lasagna and other italian food

>>19266094
You love feeling like a dirty piggy? I don't understand why you would love feeling that way

>>19258456
Ok incel

>>19266133
it's a girl thing you wouldn't understand anon

>>19266117
They aren't truly vegan unless they use at least 50 different toxic chemical ingredients to simulate meat.

>>19264244
Are you okay?

>>19259840
>Not getting grease splatter all over my stovetop, by simply getting a double cheeseburger with bacon, lettuce and sauce is definitely worth it
>I also personally prefer to bake.
ask me how i know youre a faggot