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Three Ingenious and Lawless Indian Toasties

Vittles • 97 implied HN points • 19 Feb 25
🍲 Food & Drink Recipes Cuisine Cooking Snacks Home Cooking
  1. Indian toasties are simple and versatile, made with whatever ingredients you have on hand. They can be created in many different ways, showing the creativity of home cooks.
  2. Three popular toastie recipes include a Kerala-style tuna melt, a potato and green chutney toastie, and smashed spiced peas on toast. Each offers a unique flavor and style influenced by different regions.
  3. These toasties represent the fun and casual side of South Asian cooking, where tradition can take a backseat to tasty, spontaneous meals.

Hot Sauce

Points And Figures • 826 implied HN points • 04 Jan 25
🍲 Food & Drink Cooking Fermentation Recipes Home Cooking Healthy Eating
  1. Cooking at home can be a fun and creative outlet, especially for those who enjoy trying new recipes and dishes. Using fresh ingredients can enhance the experience, like making homemade pasta or fermented sauces.
  2. Fermented foods like hot sauce and sauerkraut are not only tasty but also good for gut health. They can be simple to make at home and can add unique flavors to your meals.
  3. It's often frustrating when dining out, as homemade meals can sometimes taste better than restaurant dishes. This makes cooking at home even more rewarding and enjoyable.

Waffles From Scratch

Life Since the Baby Boom • 922 implied HN points • 16 Dec 24
🍲 Food & Drink Cooking Recipes Breakfast Food Science Home Cooking
  1. Making waffles from scratch can be easy and fun! You don't need a fancy recipe; just follow a simple one and you'll impress your family.
  2. Using the right tools, like a good waffle maker, makes a huge difference in the final taste and texture of the waffles.
  3. It's all about experimenting! You can change ingredients and try new combinations to find what you like best.

The Best Way to Use Rhubarb

The Analog Family • 279 implied HN points • 01 Jun 24
🍲 Food & Drink Recipes Cooking Baking Home Cooking Food Preservation
  1. Rhubarb can be used to make delicious oatmeal streusel bars that many people enjoy. It’s a fun and satisfying way to try out new recipes in the kitchen.
  2. Getting kids involved in cooking is a great way to bond and teach them about food. Kids often find the cooking process exciting, just like discovering the magic of how ingredients change.
  3. Having fresh rhubarb available means you can enjoy tasty desserts throughout the year. Save and freeze the rhubarb to use in recipes later!
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no. 82: intermittent industry

let them eat cake • 379 implied HN points • 22 Mar 24
🍲 Food & Drink Cooking Food Industry Home Cooking Food culture
  1. Starting a pop-up business after a layoff is common for many people, leading to a mix of traditional and innovative products.
  2. Working in the food industry can be seen as both a necessity and an aspirational choice, impacting various communities.
  3. Traditional food practices like making kueh are facing challenges from modernization, impacting the taste and availability of culturally significant dishes.

KP Community Recipe: Mom’s sharlotka by Olya Loza

Kitchen Projects • 845 implied HN points • 02 Nov 23
🍲 Food & Drink Recipes Family Memories Baking Home Cooking
  1. The recipe for Mom's Sharlotka cake is simple and nostalgic, made with apples and basic ingredients.
  2. The cake symbolizes bridging summer and autumn, home and away, and carries fond memories of family moments.
  3. The recipe is flexible and forgiving, allowing for variations in apple types and sizes, making it a comforting and versatile dessert.

Are ultra-processed foods uniquely addictive?

Unsettled Science • 522 implied HN points • 12 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Addiction Research Home Cooking
  1. Experts suggest that ultra-processed foods may have addictive qualities due to their combination of sugar, salt, and fat, similar to how tobacco affects addiction.
  2. Food addiction research has developed tools like the Yale Food Addiction Scale to understand dependencies on specific nutrients like sugar, sugar-plus-fat, and carbohydrates-plus-fat.
  3. Debates continue on whether food addiction is due to behavioral disorders or physiological dependencies, with ongoing discussions about the impact of food processing on addiction.

How to Make Cooking More Efficient

The Analog Family • 179 implied HN points • 15 Mar 23
🍲 Food & Drink Cooking tips Meal Planning Food preparation Home Cooking
  1. Plan your meals early in the day to avoid last-minute stress and takeout. Thinking about dinner by breakfast helps prep ingredients ahead of time.
  2. Learn the difference between passive and active cooking time. Start longer-cooking items first to have everything ready to eat at the same time.
  3. Cook larger quantities of basic ingredients to save time later. This way, you'll have easy building blocks for quick meals throughout the week.

no. 52: sounds in the forest

let them eat cake • 59 implied HN points • 20 Apr 22
🍲 Food & Drink Home Cooking Economic Impact
  1. In the US, there are various informal food businesses like hawkers who cook at home and sell their food in unique ways, showcasing an unacknowledged hawker culture in the country.
  2. Informal economies like hawking often thrive on unwritten social contracts and interdependency between buyers and sellers, emphasizing the importance of humanity and goodwill.
  3. The emergence of 'home chef platforms' highlights a shift in the food industry, raising concerns about parasitic practices, gig economy rhetoric, and additional layers of surveillance compared to traditional hawker operations.

Buy the damn ramen 

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 99 implied HN points • 14 Apr 21
🍲 Food & Drink Home Cooking Gender inequality
  1. Since the 1950s, there has been a decline in home cooking in America, with women spending less time in the kitchen.
  2. There is a strong societal pressure and expectation that good mothers must cook from scratch, using organic and local ingredients, which has intensified over the past two decades.
  3. During the pandemic, there has been an increase in home cooking activities, particularly among middle-class families, but it may not be sustainable post-pandemic due to work and time constraints.

mushrooms, undoubtedly.

let them eat cake • 99 implied HN points • 14 Apr 20
🍲 Food & Drink Restaurants Hospitality Home Cooking
  1. The pandemic will deeply impact the restaurant scene in America, causing long-lasting changes in how businesses operate and how people dine out
  2. The aftermath of the pandemic may lead to new trends like a rise in delis, informal caterers, and pop-up restaurants due to economic challenges and shifting consumer habits
  3. There is potential for a major shift in the restaurant industry towards management agreements over traditional tenant-landlord arrangements, along with a possible migration of independent restaurants from major cities to small towns

home cooking

let them eat cake • 59 implied HN points • 01 Oct 20
🍲 Food & Drink Home Cooking Food Industry Food culture
  1. Riverside County in California implemented a new bill allowing microenterprise home kitchen operations, potentially changing the food scene for self-employment and equitable employment.
  2. The bill aims to provide economic opportunities for groups like women, immigrants, and people of color by enabling home cooks to benefit independently from their labor.
  3. This bill shifts power away from large restaurant groups by empowering individual cooks to work for themselves and gain direct support from diners.

#28: Ambient uncertainty, Part 2

The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd) • 79 implied HN points • 13 May 20
🍲 Food & Drink Cooking Culinary Arts Baking Food Science Home Cooking
  1. Pizza making can help you understand and manage uncertainty in everyday life. When you try different flours or toppings, the results can be unpredictable, teaching you to adapt.
  2. Choosing the right flour affects the outcome of your pizza. Using high-quality, less processed flour can lead to unique and flavorful results, embracing unpredictability.
  3. Creating a habit of facing small uncertainties, like making your own pizza, can build your confidence in dealing with bigger uncertainties later on. It turns low-stake situations into learning opportunities.