/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.17422574]

My mom bought me this.
What can I cook in here besides soups/stews/chili etc?

[Anonymous No.17422579]

Bread

[Anonymous No.17422598]

>>17422574
an adult life

[Anonymous No.17422605]

>>17422574
there are other kinds of foods beside soups/stews/chili?

[Anonymous No.17422617]

for me, it's the lodge

[Anonymous No.17422626]

>>17422574
Gunna have to do you own research for this op. Seems like /ck/ is drawing a blank.

>>17422579
>>17422598
>>17422605
>>17422617

[Anonymous No.17422711]

>>17422626
Fpbp

[Anonymous No.17422717]

anon don't fall for the bread meme, the enamel of my le creuset shattered because it got too hot when i was preheating it for bread.

[Anonymous No.17422730]

>>17422717
>lodge says their enameled pots can take 500°f
>Frenchie prettyware can't even cook bread despite costing 5 times more
frogs blown the fuck out.

[Anonymous No.17422806]

Sell that shit and upgrade to a Staub kiddo

[Anonymous No.17422828]

>>17422626
/ck/ doesn’t know how to cook anything other then instant noodles

[Anonymous No.17422841]

>>17422828
when it's not full of weebs crying to mods for a safe space and LGBT faggots talking about cum and fast food shills spamming the catalog, there are some decent threads and cook alongs

[Anonymous No.17422850]

>>17422574
Braised meats i.e. ribs, corned beef, roasts.

[Anonymous No.17423190]

>>17422574
You can cook pretty much anything in it, it's a cooking vessel, there's nothing stopping you from sautéing, braising, shallow frying, deep frying, boiling, roasting, blanching, steaming or even baking in it. It's not like the pot is going to explode if you put the wrong food in it.

[Anonymous No.17423720]

>>17422828
My chicken tigh is legendary. As are my meatballs.

[Anonymous No.17423733]

>>17422574
Protip: picrel performs better and is like 1/8th the price. But it won't win you any instagram points so there's that.

t. have both a $399 fancy french enameled iron, and a $20 imusa

[Anonymous No.17423769]

>>17423733
I considered the "Lodge" brand but figured I'd not use it enough and stopped caring. I will give this one a look. I am not spending $400 on a pot

[Anonymous No.17423773]

>>17423720
dude that's based

[Anonymous No.17423779]

>>17423769
Cast iron pretty much sucks for everything except baking. For most of the common uses like stews and braising, you're better off with a good pot with full aluminum sidewalls. If you're not broke, you get one with stainless interior walls. If you are, you get the imusa. The bare aluminum isn't ideal but it's less of an issue than most people think.

[Anonymous No.17423788]

>>17423779
Yeah, most of the people saying it was great were posts about baking bread in it which I never do and have no interest in doing which is why I said never mind.
I've got a stainless-steel pot for stews already.

[Anonymous No.17423799]

>>17422574
Sourdough. Jim Lahey recipe. Turn out perfect everytime.

[Anonymous No.17423801]

>>17422574
Extra deep dish pizza

[Anonymous No.17423808]

>>17423733
Different designs are intended for different things.
Your one would take no time at all to heat up, but wouldn't retain heat that well, probably wouldn't evenly distribute it either.

Aldi did a literally copy of le creuset dishes.
tenth of the price aswell.
It probably would be a similar performance from the real thing

[Anonymous No.17423816]

>>17423788
Yeah I bake bread rarely because I get most of my carbs from rice, not being a wh*teoid.

Even if I were to spend $400 on a pot again I'd get one of these fucks. At least it's got the performance to back up the price tag. I know because I've already got a lot of other copper. Looks like shit and useless for the 'gram, unless you autistically polish it after every use or just never use it. But I don't use any of those apps.

[Anonymous No.17423824]

>>17423808
I find with these cheaper enameled pots, the enamel chips a lot easier during regular use. Le Creuset is pretty damn durable, but Lodge and Staub are fine alternatives

[Anonymous No.17423827]

>>17423808
>cast iron distributing heat better than aluminum
No. A simple google search will set you straight.

[Anonymous No.17423840]

>>17423827
That still doesn't address the point about retaining heat. It's nice to cook up a soup/stew and be able to serve it from the very same pot which will keep it warm well into meal time.

[Anonymous No.17423866]

People miss the entire point of cast iron. It's just a pot with a natural carbon or dipped enamel nonstick coating that doesn't burn off into carcinogenic fumes when exposed to high heat. Unless you're using it with high heat applications like baking where the surface of the metal is mostly uncovered by food (not like a stew which sucks away heat from a cooking pot/pan), you're better off just using nonstick or stainless.

The only reason to own cast iron is if you plan on using it over a fire or on a bbq. Enameled shit is just overpriced garbage. If cast iron heats too slow for you then get seasoned high carbon steel. It'll heat up faster and give you a similar nonstick surface.

>Tldr you're a retard if you think cast iron magically improves the taste of food.

[Anonymous No.17425200]

>>17423733
>Aluminum
Only good for speedrunning Alzheimer's

[Anonymous No.17425272]

>>17423733
you can go fuck yourself if you think I'm gonna simmer tomato sauce in aluminum

[Anonymous No.17425297]

>>17425200
Myth, also go into the back room of your favorite restaurant and I guarantee you they're cooking all kinds of shit on $25 unlined aluminum pans, have fun with that
>>17425272
Do you normally just copy/paste advice out of context into your own life without thinking about the implications? What made you consider the implications this time and flip out?

[Anonymous No.17425320]

>>17423866
So you can't cook and don't know the first thing about heat retention. Got it.

[Anonymous No.17425803]

>>17425320
Ignore the naysayers and idiots, cast iron is the way to go. Only downside is the weight.

As for what to cook, pot roast is an obvious choice, as are hunter stew or ratatouille. You can make an amazing peach cobbler.

[Anonymous No.17425920]

>>17422574
Its the best gift you ever could have received if you're serious about cooking. You can do almost anything.

[Anonymous No.17425950]

>>17425803
Is that a non seasoned pot?

[Anonymous No.17426322]

>>17422574
You can easily make in a dutch oven any slow cooker recipe. Just google to find the conversion times and temperatures for the oven. It is also good for braises if you don't have a large enough saute pan.

You can of course bake bread in it.

Sometimes I use it in recipes that call for a wok. It's great for wilting large leafy veggies (kale, chard, bok choy, etc). I want to try to use it to make small quantities of veggie stock too.

[Anonymous No.17426326]

>>17422730
Lodge and Made In are the only 2 brands you will ever need.
>>17422574
Penis pot pie.

[Anonymous No.17426334]

>>17425297
Aluminum oxide is literally a neurotoxin you complete fucking moron. Granted, it takes a good amount to actually poison you, but if you consume small amounts frequently enough the effects can be cumulative.

[Anonymous No.17426340]

>>17425320
I didn't say it doesn't retain heat dumbass, the heat retention of iron mattered back when you were cooking over uneven heat sources like fire or chunks of charcoal. If you live in a place with modern appliances and aren't cooking with a jack crane over a hearth or getting fucked in the ass on brokeback mountain then cast iron loses it's romance and value very quickly.

The ONE real place cast iron shines is frying because the temp of the oil bounces back so fast. But that's it.

[Anonymous No.17426346]

>>17426334
You'd have to drink lemonade boiled in aluminum every day multiple times a day for that to even come close to being a risk, and it would taste like metal and ass so if that's your plan, who's the moron here?

[Anonymous No.17426657]

>>17422730
>>17422717
>>17422626
I have an actual shit-tier 17 dollar enamel dutch oven from aldi that I use as a beater and it out performs my le creuset.
>be me, sick as a dog
>using humidifier but its not enough
>start boiling a bunch of water on the stove in my aldi beater dutch oven to add more moisture to the air
>pass out
>wake up the next day, burner still on, water evaporated, aldi dutch oven smoking
>let it cool down
>throw it in dish washer
>comes out good as new

the frogs could never