Enchantermon on 25/6/2010 at 23:31
Quote Posted by DDL
Isn't the general point of using booze in cooked sauces that the alcohol all boils off, leaving the interesting flavours?
Does it? I'm not a cook, so I don't know.
CCCToad on 25/6/2010 at 23:34
Quote Posted by fett
I'm going to Queue's house for dinner tonight!
Something else people don't consider is taking half a day on Saturday or Sunday to cook 5-10 meals at once, put them in the freezer, bada-bing, bada-boom. Invest in a $35 crock pot or a $50 Ronco rotisserie and you can make food when you're not even home. I wonder how much of the fast food rush is simply due to lack of time and money management?
Quite a bit, I imagine. Plus, there's quite a few healthy "just add heat" meals that can be prepared in just a few minutes. My personal favorite is the green-giant vegetable bags. You can have a healthy meal in less time than it takes to visit a drive-through. Less money, too.
ZylonBane on 26/6/2010 at 00:45
Quote Posted by DDL
Isn't the general point of using booze in cooked sauces that the alcohol all boils off, leaving the interesting flavours? It does boil at 78 degrees, after all.
Mostly, but not entirely. More importantly though, it's not a flavor children are likely to appreciate, and sherry is expensive.
SubJeff on 26/6/2010 at 00:49
ZB's philistinous childhood revealed!
DDL on 26/6/2010 at 00:53
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Mostly, but not entirely. More importantly though, it's not a flavor children are likely to appreciate, and sherry is expensive.
Depending on your choice of sherry, it's cheaper than soy sauce.
And the argument that children won't appreciate it could end up being applied to everything shy of turkey twizzlers and..regular twizzlers. Give em shit they might not immediately like and let them make their own minds up.
Yes, if it were me, I would probably have gone for a tamer recipe for starters, but then I'd be deliberately reining myself back because I know the world is full of fuckwits, rather than any desire to feed kids generic bland stuffs that they'd immediately like.
I will be a terrible parent.
(or awesome: who knows?!?)
ZylonBane on 26/6/2010 at 01:18
What is it with this thread and soy sauce?
fett on 26/6/2010 at 01:25
Quote Posted by DDL
Give em shit they might not immediately like and let them make their own minds up.
Hell, my 8 year old knows more about Korean BBQ, varieties of Indian food, and what makes good hummus than I do.
DDL on 26/6/2010 at 01:27
Never skimp on tahini or lemon juice!
Or sherry?
Or...fuck it, soy sauce! (just for ZB)
Rug Burn Junky on 26/6/2010 at 07:37
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Mostly, but not entirely.
I'm trying to determine whether you are more ignorant of cooking or physics.
Scots Taffer on 26/6/2010 at 08:47
Quote Posted by Queue
And I don't understand the argument of, "There's not time." Somehow people always find time to watch tv, wander around the mall, send endless text messages or Twitters about what they are doing at that moment in time (sending a text message, duh), fuck around on the internets, or play video games. Yet, somehow, amid all of those important things, they manage to find time to drive to McDonalds, wait in line at the drive-thru, then drive back home--spending over $20.00 buck in value meals to feed four people. You could have had Fajitas, instead.
Yeah, when I dig down beneath most people's reasons for not eating well (when they express jealousy but still not "having enough time" to cook as we do) it typically boils down to laziness. I work a full-time professional stressful job as does my wife, we pick up our kids, get them home, etc. Now it would be "easy" and "convenient" to get take-out, and sometimes we do! I like a good Chinese or Indian take-out as much as the next guy, but I'd be surprised if either feature in our diets more than once or twice a month. The majority of the time it is home-cooked meals. The reason?
Good food is addictive, and once you get a knack for cooking, you realise how foul-tasting most stuff is. Everything is loaded with salt, flavourings and preservatives. It first hit me with soup at a young age. I loved my Gran's homemade veggie and meat-bone soups, then trying to eat any kind of canned soup was like drinking bouillon cubes.
Does it take time? Shit yeah it does, but it's worth it - from a taste perspective, from a health perspective (as long as you balance out the rich meals with the basics) and from an enjoying life perspective. There isn't many things better than sitting down to a well cooked meal with your family, after a hard day's work and after the hard work you put in at the stove, it's a very satisfying experience.
By the time I finish work, get home, get prepped, cook and sit down for food - depending on any hold-ups at one stage or another, it's typically around 7.00-7.30pm. Maybe this is too European for a lot of people, but it works for us.
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
More importantly though, it's not a flavor children are likely to appreciate
I guess the key to this statement is the word
appreciate, but my daughter eats and enjoys a variety of sauces and meals where alcohol is a component - be it from my tequila marinated chicken strips in fajitas, to the red wine in our pasta sauces, casseroles, coque au vins and beef bourgogne etc, or white wine in creamy sauces and risottos. I don't think she's noticed between the times where there was wine present and the times there wasn't, she scoffed the lot every time. I think it's all down to how you train your kid's appetite.
edit for clarity: she's only four, and has been eating this stuff since she was weaned, furthermore her favourite meal is "spicy pasta" which is my homemade Arribiata with red wine.
