/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13261967]

Are you doing anything special on this fine Pre-Thanksgiving Saturday night? A water main broke at work so we had to close early and I picked up a few things after doing some deep cleaning.

[Anonymous No.13261973]

>>13261967
I was just talking about you on the phone. My buddy is going to taco bell right now and he's got me on speaker phone.

[Anonymous No.13261989]

>>13261973
>talking
>on the phone
The phone is for taking pics, waking up to an alarm, texting your mom/boss, and ordering food.

[Anonymous No.13262050]

>>13261967
We can only imagine how disgusting you look

[Anonymous No.13262067]

>>13261967
Why do Americans eat and live like this? Disgusting

[Anonymous No.13262075]

>>13261967
You fucking cuck. You never answered my question in your last fat fuck bait thread.

Is the contest over?

[Anonymous No.13262098]

>>13262075
My last TB thread literally said right off the bat that the contest was technically still on for almost another week (I think today was the last day), but every location was out of the boxes with the codes. It's really refreshing to just order a selection off the dollar menu and not having to get a double chalupa (and a drink) every night. Tonight I got a fritos burrito (grilled with onions and red sauce), a spicy potato soft taco (with onions), a spicy tostada (with onions), and a triple layer nachos (with onions), which set me back a total of $4 before tax, proving once again that Taco Bell is still the best value around.

[Anonymous No.13262102]

>>13262075
my buddy who was driving to taco bell earlier told me they no longer have them where I live.

[Anonymous No.13262135]

>>13262098
Since I was out early I also made a stop at the Asian grocery for some tea and ended up buying a bunch of random shit I didn't need.

[Anonymous No.13262137]

>>13261967
Taco Bell has the trashiest lettuce. Always ruins all their items if you don't tell them to leave it off.

[Anonymous No.13262149]

>>13262137
Unless it's old and wilted, or romaine from Salinas, I don't see how a little lettuce can "ruin" anything - and honestly removing an ingredient from a Taco Bell item always seems silly. It's not they're going to give you more onions if you ask for no lettuce.

[Anonymous No.13262205]

>>13262149
Shredded iceberg lettuce is crunchy water that has a terrible texture. Also raw onions are disgusting to me. Its not about hoping I get more of other items, its about not having the item taste worse, so ya, it does ruin it for me. You sound like a true disgusting fatty.

[Anonymous No.13262265]

>>13262205
>i don't like onions
>that means you have bad taste
Hey man, being a picky eater doesn't say anything about anyone other than yourself. I'm not defending iceberg lettuce; just saying that there's no reason to remove it if you aren't replacing it with something better, as it's just an innocuous filler.

[Anonymous No.13262287]

>>13262265
I always try to pick up something healthy when I stop at the regular grocery store for vodka, and tonight they had these fun little oranges with pretty leaves still attached for which they charge by weight.

[Anonymous No.13262360]

>>13262287
I picked up a spoon and a mug, which I realized upon getting home were part of the same set, of which I'd already had a number of pieces and have being enjoying. They're Chinese, which I usually avoid, but are decent quality and I have yet to be diagnosed with lead poisoning.

[Anonymous No.13262520]

I picked up some pork spare ribs gonna make pic related for Thanksgiving dinner. Id anyone has any suggestions for seasoning it id really appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.13262528]

>>13262205
>terrible texture.
>raw onions are disgusting to me.

You know how I know you're a tastelet and your opinion is invalid?

[Anonymous No.13262611]

>>13262360
I bought a really nice new knife recently and it made me realize that I should really invest in some stones and learn how to really sharpen my shit. This was $1.95 on a clearance table, so I figured it's a decent place to start.

[Anonymous No.13262616]

>>13262611
Seems legit.

[Anonymous No.13262650]

>>13262205
>muh mouthfeel

[Anonymous No.13263355]

>>13262616
>Made in China
I don't know bro

[Anonymous No.13263973]

>>13262616
I use Taco Bell napkins for most of my hygienic requirements, but couldn't help picking up this gudetama tissue cover.

[Anonymous No.13264100]

>>13263973
I prefer cuttlefish, but you can never go wrong with dried squid snacks.

[Anonymous No.13264172]

>>13264100
I wasn't too sure about this one, though. They had them displayed right at the front of the store so they couldn't possibly be super niche, right?

[Anonymous No.13264176]

>>13264172
It also comes with the "product of Singapore" quality guarantee.

[Anonymous No.13264399]

>>13264176
I always forget that the spicy tostada isn't just a baby version of the Mexican Pizza and usually try to pick up a slice before I realize that it's basically a hybrid hard/soft shell bean taco. Some may say it's nothing but filler, but I think it's at least in the top 60th percentile of the current dollar menu.

[Anonymous No.13264433]

Hello I am braising meat but it doesn't turn soft? Help pls. oven is 130C and waterlevel is halfway up to the meat.

[Anonymous No.13264447]

>>13262205
based 12 year old

[Anonymous No.13264461]

>>13264399
Yup, these were definitely a mistake. Maybe I'll give them another chance in a day or two, but I don't think they'll grow on me.
>>13264433
Did you bring the braising liquid up to temp on the stove before transferring it to the oven? Are you using a lid? What cut of meat? Did you sear it first?

[Anonymous No.13264505]

>>13264461
yes
yes
a piece of brisket like 1kg
yes
How long is it supposed to take? It's in there for like 4 hours now. The outerlayer is getting soft but the inside is still tough.

[Anonymous No.13264557]

>>13264461
Based on the ingredient list it sounds like it might be good, right?
>>13264505
Brisket is never really going to melt apart, but 4 hours sounds about right. I'd cover it a bit more than half way so it doesn't dry out too much, and when it's done take out the meat to rest, skim the fat from the braising liquid, slice the brisket against the grain and stick it back in the warm braising liquid for a bit.

[Anonymous No.13264846]

Being forced to get a drink and then being treated like that's some kind of bonus is so fucking cringe. Last box I got I settled for the shitty Brazilian concentrate OJ simply because I was sick and tired of dumping sodas down the sink and taking out the recycling more than once a week because they were always out of tea.

[Anonymous No.13264912]

>>13262098
I went to Taco Bell on Thursday and they were no longer selling the five dollar nachos boxes

[Anonymous No.13264932]

Does anyone know if Taco Bell shreds their lettuce at the restaurant or they get it shipped pre-shredded? Before you say what a stupid question a couple years ago I saw a delivery truck at McDonald’s and they unloaded a box that said “shredded lettuce”.

[Anonymous No.13264946]

>>13264932
it is a very retarded question and you later go on to explain that you should already know the answer you dumb faggot

[Anonymous No.13264975]

>>13264912
Yeah, they announced they were getting rid of them last week, but didn't give a definitive date. I just checked and they still have the double chalupa box, without the promo, for a dollar more...And the big new item is the shitty taquitos. Hopefully they're putting out such a bleak menu because they want to get people excited about something actually new in the near future.

[Anonymous No.13264994]

>>13264946
So I didn’t see a box that said shredded lettuce on it coming out of the McDonald’s delivery truck?

[Anonymous No.13265031]

>>13264994
Of course they use pre-shredded lettuce. Do you honestly think that's a bad thing for a major fast food chain with their own distributors and 99% of the in-restaurant staff being high school students?

[Anonymous No.13265040]

taco bell is fucking disgusting

[Anonymous No.13265062]

>>13265040
It's better than phone posters.

[Anonymous No.13265971]

>>13262205
>Shredded iceberg lettuce is crunchy water that has a terrible texture. Also raw onions are disgusting to me.

Nope, fuck off tastelet retard.

[Anonymous No.13266679]

>>13261973
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nI6x-DsqZp8

[Anonymous No.13268005]

>>13266679
I don't know what this is or why you posted it, but I turned it off after exactly 38 seconds. Is there really no way to be a youtuber without catering to elementary school kids?

[Anonymous No.13268009]

>>13261967
Is that a Gudetama candy?

[Anonymous No.13268020]

>>13268009
see
>>13263973

[Anonymous No.13268251]

>>13264557
So when you use the app they always give you the option to reorder you last order - by default from the last location you ordered from - but I've never actually done it, obviously. But I liked last night's dollar menu order so much that I reordered it (from the same location). The dude at the window must have been the same dude at the window, because he was like, "oh, you're anon? yeah, pull forward...red sauce?" It was a long week and I said fuck it, but that kind of attitude and passive judgment is honestly kind of off putting; it's not my fault nobody else uses the app. I didn't even bother not eating in bed tonight, and now I have to deal with Thanksgiving shit, like getting a haircut and finding a shirt that isn't moldy.

[Anonymous No.13268438]

>>13268251
Some anon complained that the dollar nachos didn't have enough cheese one time, but I think they're perfect. It would be nice if they had the $5 nacho box on the menu permanently, because it would really be nice to just go to town a couple times a month, but I think the dollar nachos is a perfect first course.

[Anonymous No.13268455]

>>13268438
I somehow keep forgetting about it (probably because it comes in a dumb, cumbersome box, but the spicy tostada is definitely a sleeper hit.

[Anonymous No.13268740]

>>13268455
Made a burger again. I don't enjoy any fast food burgers, and don't understand why anyone would ever get one over Taco Bell, but my burgers are really good, and I'm okay eating them multiple times a week.

[Anonymous No.13270640]

>>13268740

[Anonymous No.13272368]

>>13262205
>I HATE VEGETABLES
>YOU MUST BE FAT

[Anonymous No.13272466]

>>13272368
/fit/ posters are honestly the biggest picky eaters out there, but they always hide it behind the excuse that they need 200g of protein a day because they look like Zyzz.

[Anonymous No.13272773]

>>13272466
I also believe that the average /ck/ poster is probably in much better shape than the average /fit/ poster; most of those guys are actually obese and looking for motivation, but they all pretend like they're in the gym everyday.

[Anonymous No.13272975]

>>13272773
I think I'm going to do this same order again tonight. A rice and bean burrito is a better deal than the potato taco, but after getting a taco every night I think I'd miss it (but am not willing to pay more than $1 for one).

[Anonymous No.13272989]

>>13272975
>t. fat american nigger

[Anonymous No.13272991]

>>13261989
Huh? My phone can't do any of those things even if I wanted it to. Except ordering food of course.

[Anonymous No.13273072]

>>13272991
How do you wake up in the morning?

[Anonymous No.13273225]

>>13272975
There's honestly nothing more disappointing than opening up a Taco Bell burrito for breakfast the next day only to find out that they didn't grill it (other than forgetting that you blacked out and ate your last burrito at 4:40 in the morning).

[Anonymous No.13273252]

>>13273225
>tfw it's thanksgiving and i'm actually supposed to show up and be presentable in a couple days

[Anonymous No.13273306]

>>13273252
With the latest change to the menu they moved the dollar items on the drive through menu from the upper left to the far right side, which makes sense because if too many people order off the dollar menu they'd go out of business because it's such a plethora of great deals, and the combo meals are absurdly overpriced. I meant to take a pic of the menu, but only got one of the stucco wall with a reflection of my tire pressure gauge light, which always goes on when it starts to get cold.

[Anonymous No.13273383]

>>13273306
Even without any kind of a promotion $4 and change can get you a really comfy night at Taco Bell. I don't know what I would have done if I'd won that fancy xbox - my tv is only 720 and I don't even know what games the xbox has - but I'm really glad I picked up a Switch after not winning last year. DQXI, Taco Bell, and vodka in bed is pretty much the best thing ever. (Regular sex is definitely nearing an equalish trade-off.)

[Anonymous No.13273412]

>>13261967
congrats you absolute bitch.
i didnt think there was a worse fucking thread than the catfucker catblogging reddit cunt but holy shit theres a new challenger and holy fuck your shitposting makes catblogger look like a verified news source. god damn what is it about you reddit cunts that makes you so god damn unbearably insufferable holy fucking shit kill yourself immediately you motherfucker

[Anonymous No.13273456]

>>13273412
>comparing the reddit cat blog to car flask anon’s old school /ck/ slow suicide oc threads

[Anonymous No.13273535]

Saturday was a very interesting day for me.

I woke up with the whole world shaking violently and held on for my life. After about thirty seconds it quit. I shook my head and went back to sleep.

I got in my recliner and went back to sleep. After a bit, it started to feel like the recliner was mounted on a mechanical bull and being operated at its meanest setting. It was all I could do to hold on.

I've never had vertigo before. This is nightmarish.

[Anonymous No.13273543]

Saturday was a very interesting day for me.

I woke up with the whole world shaking violently and held on for my life. After about thirty seconds it quit. I shook my head, got in my recliner and went back to sleep. After a bit, it started to feel like the recliner was mounted on a mechanical bull and being operated at its meanest setting. It was all I could do to hold on.

I've never had vertigo before. This is nightmarish.

It was hard enough trying to stay upright when I got up so cooking was out of the question. So was driving. My lunch consisted of a can of soup and my supper of three rolls with butter.

[Anonymous No.13274709]

>>13273543
This happens to me quite frequently.

[Anonymous No.13274724]

>>13274709

It was pretty mild last night. Just a feeling of being swirled around a bit, not a full panic situation.

[Anonymous No.13275033]

>>13274724
I used to fly pretty often, now I can't even watch a tv show where they're inside an airplane without getting dizzy.

[Anonymous No.13275247]

>>13261967
>triple layer nachos with onions
>spicy tostada
a man of discriminating taste

[Anonymous No.13275274]

>fatass gorges on fast food and alcohol every day
>multivitamin

[Anonymous No.13276016]

I think I'm going to get some Teebz tonight.

[Anonymous No.13276367]

I have my 90 y/o german grandparents flying in from NY. I'm making them rouladen. I'll dump some pictures

[Anonymous No.13276377]

>>13276367

[Anonymous No.13276387]

>>13276377

[Anonymous No.13276419]

>>13275274
I drink lots of vodka. That cleans out my system, and even cleans my teeth (I haven’t brushed in years, and haven’t had a cavity since).

I also eat a liverwurst sandwich pretty much every day – to counterbalance the effects the vodka has on my liver. I make my sandwiches on seeded rye (because it’s the healthiest bread), with mayo (because eggs are the best protein; I use kewpie, because the msg makes it taste better), coarse mustard (good for the white blood cells), zucchini pickles (because they taste good), and a bunch of baby spinach (just for filler; it could honestly be left out).

I also eat a lot of canned fish (mostly sardines, but also the occasional fancy smoked oysters) on saltines. They give you all your essential amino acids, and provide a nice opportunity to try out various hot sauces, which are generally very low in calories, while high in flavor and immensely prodigious to healthiness.

Aside from that, I drink large amounts of water (anywhere between ice-cold to slightly chilled) every day, always through a straw, and sometimes with a lemon wedge.

To each their own, I say, but I’m just shy of 30 and am doing better than most of you.

[Anonymous No.13276430]

>>13276387
Heavy deglaze

[Anonymous No.13276729]

>>13276430
W-what is a female doing on here?

[Anonymous No.13277545]

>>13276016
I'm back. Got two rolled chicken tacos, triple layer nachos, a chalupa and a cheesy bean and rice burrito (grilled and with onions)

[Anonymous No.13277582]

>>13276367
recipe bud?

[Anonymous No.13278271]

>>13276430
Cute.

[Anonymous No.13278329]

OP what do you do when you get black out drunk?
make any posts you like to forget?
how often do you drink through the day?
do you look at old pictures and get hungry?

[Anonymous No.13278357]

>>13278329
I think if OP went through all of their old pictures they'd realize that 90% of them look the same

[Anonymous No.13280144]

>>13277545
Why would you get the rolled chicken tacos?

[Anonymous No.13280885]

Welp. Did it again for the third night in a row.

[Anonymous No.13281026]

>>13280885
My heart always sinks a little whenever I see this, though to be fair this was probably 50% all me.

[Anonymous No.13281139]

>>13281026
Picked this up on sale and not really sure it was even a deal.

[Anonymous No.13281149]

>>13262520
You're going to french them and everything? just do a rack of pork chops much easier and more filling.

[Anonymous No.13281259]

>>13281149
Pretty sure people do something like a crown roast for presentation value. If people only cared about taste then cake decorators wouldn't exist (cake decorators shouldn't exist).

[Anonymous No.13281375]

>>13281259
I went to the location that charges extra for onions and red sauce, so the only thing I added was onions on the nachos, but someone in back must have recognized my order because they went crazy with the red sauce. All the toppings on the tostada slipped off because they were sitting on a pool of it as though it were some shitty Chicago thin crust pizza (not that I'm complaining).

[Anonymous No.13281465]

>>13281375
It's a little messy, but there's no such thing as too many onions or too much red sauce.

[Anonymous No.13281479]

Op, do you have any irl friends that you hang out with? You seem lonely and it makes me sad

[Anonymous No.13281522]

>>13281479
>do you have any irl friends that you hang out with
Does anybody really?

[Anonymous No.13281884]

>>13281522
Chef walked by when I was making this burger and asked what I was doing. I explained it to him but when he asked if it was good I didn't know what to say, because I always take them home and eat them drunk. Chances are that if he tries one he'll probably put it on the new menu, because I think it's pretty damn good.

[Anonymous No.13281893]

>>13281884
Ain't that shit a little too pink?

[Anonymous No.13281921]

>>13281479
In my mind OP and I are irl friends. I hope OP thinks the same...

[Anonymous No.13281942]

>>13281893
The bowl or the flamingo?
>>13281921
I don't know you.

[Anonymous No.13281957]

>>13281942
The burger Patty

[Anonymous No.13282156]

>>13281957
What’s wrong with the burger patty?

[Anonymous No.13282180]

>>13281942
>I don’t know you
Oh shit wrecked by the Taco Bell fatty!
In case you can’t tell he’s kind of an asshole

[Anonymous No.13282199]

>>13281893

My usual way to make hamburger is to handle the meat only long enough to form a patty about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inches thick. In a similar discussion on 4chan a couple of years ago, someone challenged me on that and so I went in and measured the hamburger I had just made and it was 1 1/8 inches thick.

The reason for the minimal handling is to allow plenty of air pockets for the juices to accumulate without running out.

I cook in a pan in butter at slightly below medium heat. I watch the side to see how far the cooking has progressed. When it is up to the middle, I turn it over for the other side and cook the same amount of time.

Then I take it out of the pan and put it on a paper towel or a wire rack to rest. While it rests, I wash my cooking utensils and toast the bun. That allows the juices that are in the air pockets to congeal instead of running out.

Three to five minutes resting is sufficient.

As for those who want to argue about the Maillard reaction, you can get that from the butter, if done properly, without having to burn the sides of the burger.

The result is a medium hamburger that is delicious.

A word of warning: There is a reason restaurants make thin patties and cook well done. Any bacteria that were on the sides of the meat when it was ground end up on the inside. Cooking to medium well may not kill them. If you want flavor, you have to take your chances.

[Anonymous No.13282209]

OP, few questions:

What do you do when you get black out drunk?
Do you make any posts you like to forget?
How often do you drink through the day?
Do you look at old pictures and get hungry?

[Anonymous No.13282224]

>>13282209
He's an alcoholic. He might not get black out drunk, but he's def. drunk or drinking while posting this shit and forgets about it when he reaches his plateau until the next morning when it's all reviewed ... I know I was him once.

[Anonymous No.13282236]

>>13282224
He's a big boy, he can answer himself. at least Samson doesn't ignore people his threads. OP is a little full of himself.