/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>fam

Dropped.

>>6935844

>this faggot paid extra for "stew meat"

why didn't you just by regular meat for a buck less a pound and fucking cut it?

>>6935856

I'm not OP, but in my area the "stew meat" is cheaper than buying a larger cut.

>>6935856

Wow, he did actually pay $6/pound for that.

>>6935864

>this faggot paid extra to post on 4chan

Why the hell aren't you people posting on yahoo answers?

>>6935864

that's because you have a shitty butcher, that makes a lot of mistakes.

I ask my brother to bring home beef broth and he brings home beef stock like a fucking nigger

Oh well I'm still making this stew

>>6935871

Also, most European cows are right angled. These people are so colonial.

>>6935871

Fair enough, I don't expect the supermarket to be particularly skilled. But the reason doesn't change the fact that in some places "stew meat" is cheaper than larger cuts.

>>6935880

Don't.. respond to people here. You're talking to hovel dwelling loners that need your attention to keep from slitting their wrists. Don't facilitate them.

>>6935868


I didn't get a better cut because I'm a lazy fuck.

ok fam

flour that meat

>>6935891

Stew meat is the leftover shit from the better cuts, idiot.

>>6935891
>just dumping the meat into the bowl

smh tbh fam

>>6935895

He probably meant that he was too lazy to cut up a larger piece of meat himself.

Witness what depression and anonymity does to "help" online. This place is functionally useless.

>>6935895
I know how meat works you fucking goon my fanily owns the grocery store

now you brown that shit
I use a guard cuz I'm a pussy

>>6935891

holy fucking shit FAM, did you season the GD flour, cuz I don't see any fucking pepper?

>>6935906

Holy fucking shit, this faggot has "bam man" pans

>>6935907
I seasoned it

I put way too much oil in the pan tbh

lurking

>>6935919
j-jerking

awesome thread, op.

>>6935916

I'm not one of these cunts, but you really need to brown your shit first. Also ceramic coated cast iron is way better for stew. WAY better. Stainless bleeds energy and doesn't brown like cruiset

The meat was too thick to brown so I took then out 1 by 1 and cut them to make it easier lmao

>>6935941
A GOD

>>6935928
>Stainless bleeds energy

Nope. Stainless has lower (worse) thermal conductivity than cast iron does. It bleeds less energy than CI.

As for browning, it makes no difference whatsoever as long as the pan is not non-stick coated.

Agreed about him needing to brown the meat though. That's a very important step.

>>6935944

Balony. You're not thinking about ceramic to iron to ceramic again in the thermal conductivity equation. Just a few mm's of stainless steel bleeds energy like a motherfucker. Look at the composition of Lecreuset pots dude. Boundary layer shit.

>>6935941

now you're going to loose all the juices from the unseared sides.

>>6935941
Too thick to brown? What does that mean?

>>6935956

Are you suggesting that the ceramic coating is thick enough to affect this appreciably?

>>6935844
>stew meat
>extra lean
triggerrrrd

This thread is proof that, "any OC is good" isn't actually true.

This isn't funny or informative, and it's obviously just OP bumping his own thread, two thirds of the time.

>>6935971

I'm suggesting that ceramic thermal conductivity is very low. What do they coat the space shuttle in? Also boundary layer conductance is a factor. You have to pass through 2 transitions. And you should respond "yes, but you have to go through that when heating" but when you add the weight of the pot onto the element that's heating the internals of the pot you get efficiencies because of gravity.

I'm not joking.

>>6935983

I also should have mentioned radiant heat vs. contact heat. Once you get the heat inside it tends to stay inside with a ceramic coating.

>>6935957
>searing locks in the juices
>mysidesorbitingyourmorbidlyobesemom.gif

>>6935982

get a load of this sour puss, don't you have some shit to down vote on reddit?

>>6935983
>I'm suggesting that ceramic thermal conductivity is very low.

It's not very low at all, look it up.

>>What do they coat the space shuttle in?
Very thick insulating tiles which are mostly air. That's why they work--the air trapped inside makes their thermal conductivity awful. There's no comparison at all between that and the thin ceramic glaze on a cooking pot.

After all, if the coating was such a good insulator then why does the pot get hot in the bottom?

>>6935944
There's a very important factor that you're forgetting in your equation.

MASS.

Yes, mass matters. It takes longer to heat up 5 cups of water than 1 cup of water.
Stainless pots are fucking lightweight. Yet a stock pot made out of cast iron would turn into a cauldron - extremely hard to maneuver.
The solution is material with even lower thermal conductivity ratings - clay. The iron is largely un-needed - a clay pot will do just fine.

The point here is to maintain a stable temperature in your stewing/braising liquid so the endless thermal expansions doesn't "wring" the fat out of the meat. This is all but impossible with stainless steel stock pots if you're using an electric range (it actually doesn't fucking matter if you're using a gas stove)

>>6935982
I was gone cutting potato but I'm back now

I'm sauteeing the vegetables now

>>6935998

>reddit

Is this another example of shitposters fleeing /tv/ after no longer being able to post pictures of little girls?

Calling people "reddit", along with being impolite while not knowing your way around the kitchen is newfag 101 around here.

Go back to your fast boards.

oh baby

>>6935999

You know what? On the same stove cook something in stainless and something in ceramic iron and when you're done ask your watt meter what required more power. I've already done this so I know the answer.

taking a bit long tbh (to be honest) because of frozen vegetables

>>6935928
I did brown it tho I cooked it in the pan

>>6936002
>The solution is material with even lower thermal conductivity ratings - clay.

Agreed. I love clay cookware. Unfortunately it can be difficult to find in larger sizes.

>>6936019

the original guy he was responding to was an unmitigated twat, to be honest though.

>>6936020

Is that a mire "faux" poix?

I fucked up

I'm all for OC but this is wack as fuck

>>6936024
whyd you put ice in there?

>>6936053

Make wheat cum out of it. That'll be delicious for some homeless people.

>>6936028

A homemade solution is to actually just use your cast-iron pan.

You're obviously not going to cater an entire party with one cast-iron pan's worth of beef stew, but for home cooking its tendency to retain heat is good enough that you can maintain a low just-boiling temperature which is ideal for stews and braising.

For larger portions, steel stock pot is also doable, because you have a lot of liquid to make up for the mass.
Just remember to stir.

added the stock and meat and potato so its all good now fam

I'm gonna let that shit boil

now while I wait for it to boil in gonna show you how to make my secret sauce :^)

>>6936053
Still salvageable. The important thing now is to avoid a "muddy" stock - if the vegetable was still warm when you dumped the flour in, just fish it out and pass it through a sifter. Evaporate the leftover juices on high until it's half and half between fat and water, then dump it in. Whatever sticks will be wet and warm enough that when you add it it won't clump, and then add some more water after you mix it in.

>>6936066

who the fuck has a spatter guard that could cover north america?

>>6936060
>A homemade solution is to actually just use your cast-iron pan.

No. I cook for many people. There's no f'n way I am going to make do with a cast iron pan. My typical batch is 8 lbs of meat, 2 bottles of wine, a boatload of veggies, and several quarts of stock to make up the rest of the liquid.

>For larger portions, steel stock pot is also doable
Agreed, that's what I've been using.

>>stir
Lol. Don't forget to breathe, anon!

>>6936074

I thought you people mostly use aluminum pots?

>>6936053

Everyone already called you out as retarded, so no surprise there.

>>6936081

Like an asshole dumping starch on an uncooked mirepoix is something you do. People were right. Just because you can pull out of a fuck up because of sheer volume doesn't mean you weren't a twat to do it.

>>6936080

The only aluminum pots I own are two hand-me-down Revereware saucepans and my crawfish boil pot. The saucepans are 2 quart and 4 quart respectively. The crawfish boil pot is *80* quarts so needless to say it's impractical for anything but a big outdoor event.

Oh, and I have a 12" and a 14" nonstick pan. All of my larger pots are stainless with a disc bottom. I do have a couple enameled dutch ovens, but not large enough for that stew batch.

alright well I don't have any of the stuff for my sauce but I do have a substantial sugar daddy

first you need to heat it over the stew so it gets soft

>>6936061
now its starting to look edible.

>>6935844
$5.99/lb

>>6936080
Either one is fine if you've got enough liquid in there, but I find that aluminum sticks even more than steel. Might just be placebo/appliance specific symptoms.

>>6936100
tell me you're fucking with us
the stew is fine but wtf

>>6936100
this doesn't look good

>>6936100

We get it, you have Daddy issues.

>>6936100
>built-in gas range
>fancy stocks sourced from artisan cows
>6$/lb beef
>just so you can ruin it with colourants
hey fam why dont you just fucking piss in there instead

>>6936105
this is no joke, kiddo
*unsheathes sugar daddy*

>>6936120
It's not standard stew meat faggot its cut from good steak that's why its 5.99 a pound.

>>6936121
will you be my sugar daddy

I let it boil for like 15 minutes until the potatoes were done

looks like shit tbh but I'm still gonna eat it

>>6936127
>"BEEF FOR STEW"
>"STEW MEAT"
>"EXTRA LEAN"
>DUDE I SWEAR THIS ISNT STEW MEAT THIS IS TOP QUALITY STEAK MEAT
yeah fuck off tbh

>>6936127
>its cut from good steak

oh stop it, you can't be that stupid.

>>6936133
are the potatoes even done
they don't look as done as you'd like in a stew

>>6936134
>>6936136
mate my family owns the grocery store, I work in the meat room and it's cut from good pieces of meat

>>6936143
yeah
needs a little bit more meat tho

>>6936134

I agree. This guy was a massive asshole. We wasted far too much effort on a fuck up.

>>6936133
looks pretty good op. what are you doing with that sugar daddy though?

>>6936152
I don't mean done as in "are they edible" done
I meant done as in "can I depend on them to not taste like raw potatoes" done

>>6936133
looks watery and bland as fuck

>>6936144
Why does your family rip off hard the working people of your community?

>>6936188

Don't you want bland failed minestrone fuck up soup?

Did you bring some cheez whiz for the celery at least, OP?

>>6935877
>Culinary Stock
>Beef Flavoured
>No MSG
>Gluten Free

You have no idea how triggered I am at this moment.

>>6936208

You're saying this shit for brains is OXO Cube level of a human being. He might as well just cram potassium benzoate up his own asshole.

>>6936188
u're right tbh

what do I add so its not so bland

>>6936216
a good stew needs more spices than that faggot

>>6936133
looks like a stoup

>>6936216
dump the whole apple pie spice

>>6936212
Why would anyone want to put potassium up their butt?

Lol this idiot fucked up one of the easiest thing to make. OP you really shit the bed on this one huh?

This was great

I don't get it, what was the point of showing us that sugar daddy?
Was it to distract us from your pot of chewy brown water?

oooh you seen my ghost, you seen my ghost you seen my ghost..

>Spices are kept in a drawer

Triggered.

I still like you tho OP

>>6936208

>beef flavoured

At least learn how to copy and paste.

>>6936339
Copy and paste text from an image. Are you literally retarded?

>>6936133

I don't want to live on this planet with you.

>>6936055
Duh, if he put water in there it might burn. The ice will have to melt before it can burn.

yaa 5.99 a lb is a little pricy.

>>6936216
>Storing your spices in a drawer

It's not the most illogical thing to do, but fuck you triggered some autism I didn't know I had.

>>6936055
asians fucken love fried ice fam

>>6936020
>frozen veggies

>>6935869

>yahoo answers

nigga what

>>6936036

>carrots
>onions
>celery

no it's just mire poix you shit gobbler

>>6936591

Learn how to into technology, and how to spell.

>>6936197

>minestrone
>beef
>no tomatoes
>no ditalini

fag

>this thread

>This thread

I commend you OP; I had yet to see the amalgamation of /ck/ in its entirety until you posted.
You have somehow managed to combine OC and shitposting into one thread, and for that, you will go down in history. I salute you, Godspeed you golden rider.

top tier shitposting op

what the fuck is going on in this thread?

>>6937737
>>6937729

OP

>>6936216
so how was it

>>6939383
OP tipped out the stew in his other thread.

>>6937311
I always add some sort of pepper and some garlic to my mirepoix, but then again I am not an entirely clueless fuckwit like OP who uses frozen vegetables and sugar daddies in a beef stew.

>>6939407
oh god. how did it even get like that? looks like some cheap jarred gravy

>>6939419

I don't see anything wrong with frozen mirepoix aside from you can't control the mix, the veggies are going to take a lot less time to cook and they might be less flavorful. It's a viable alternative if you can't get produce though.

OP's pic is just lacking a buttload of fancy stuff like wine spices and secret ingredients making his recipe the epitome of flyover food

>>6939407
oh fuck i didnt see thanks

>>6935844
>extra lean
You already fucked up