Gravy's Cooking Thread

lurkingdirk

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For cheese fondue, what should I put in the pan to keep the cheese from sticking, olive oil or red wine vinegar? I've cooked a fondue at home before and can't remember for the life of me what I used in the pan, but I know it was one of those two things. I'm guessing either would work due to the acidity of the RWV.

Gonna do Gruyere, easily the best fondue cheese IMO.

I don't ever have issues with it sticking. Include some butter, and get the wine boiling well before starting to add the cheese. I bloody love fonue.
 

Sludig

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i think i'll pass the useless kitchen gadget user award to you Sludig Sludig
My wife loves wasting money on other shitty gadgets from amazon as well. Like robot vacuums may be wonderful but ours seem like shit, all kinds of random $30 bullshit things. Got a dog ball thrower that only punts the tennis balls like 20 feet then rolls from there etc.
 

Aldarion

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i think i'll pass the useless kitchen gadget user award to you Sludig Sludig
Didnt you say you have some kind of a gadget for forming ground beef into patties?



No one is ever going to take away your position as king of the useless kitchen gadgets, dont worry
 
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Lanx

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Didnt you say you have some kind of a gadget for forming ground beef into patties?



No one is ever going to take away your position as king of the useless kitchen gadgets, dont worry
wow, so high tech
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Fogel

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They're great to keep everything the same size for even cooking of large amounts of food. I have 1 and 2 tablespoon versions for baking cookies that way I don't have to worry about half being too done and the other half under cooked. As makes it much faster spooning them out on the cookie sheet. If you're doing a bunch of burgers for a cookout, I can see this being handy
 
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Dr.Retarded

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They're great to keep everything the same size for even cooking of large amounts of food. I have 1 and 2 tablespoon versions for baking cookies that way I don't have to worry about half being too done and the other half under cooked. As makes it much faster spooning them out on the cookie sheet. If you're doing a bunch of burgers for a cookout, I can see this being handy
Yeah I can see the usefulness for baking a lot of cookies, but making hamburgers is kind of goofy. Like I said if you're running a restaurant and keeping tight tabs on portion control, that's one thing, but if you're having a backyard barbecue for you and your family and friends just make the damn things by hand.

After all aren't things like hand cut steaks or hand scooped ice cream even better than the other type 😉
 
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popsicledeath

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After all aren't things like hand cut steaks or hand scooped ice cream even better than the other type 😉

Some things involving meat are just better as hand jobs.

If I'm concerned about portion size I just weight the ground beef so it doesn't cause any extra compacting. Scooping ground beef doesn't even compute in my mind. Wouldn't even scoop a meatball.
 
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Hekotat

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I finally bit the bullet and got an Air Fryer and I ended up getting the Ninja Foodi that folds up and is large enough to fit a pizza in. As a single man this might be the only item I use 90% of the time.

Toast, Fries, Buns, Frozen Pizzas, etc. in a fraction of the time with a better crips/toast. This thing is great!

 

Sludig

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Didnt you say you have some kind of a gadget for forming ground beef into patties?



No one is ever going to take away your position as king of the useless kitchen gadgets, dont worry
Lanx or someone mentioned them, I said they were shit, just a silicone form you pack them in and freeze. So not much of a gadget. threw them away when we moved
 

Sludig

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I finally bit the bullet and got an Air Fryer and I ended up getting the Ninja Foodi that folds up and is large enough to fit a pizza in. As a single man this might be the only item I use 90% of the time.

Toast, Fries, Buns, Frozen Pizzas, etc. in a fraction of the time with a better crips/toast. This thing is great!

Welcome to the last few pages where I shit on it. Friend today says his bosses leaks out the ass when you flip it up ager long enough splatters build up. Might not be best air fryer, but if you do actually force use on multiple things may be worth it.
 

Lanx

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I finally bit the bullet and got an Air Fryer and I ended up getting the Ninja Foodi that folds up and is large enough to fit a pizza in. As a single man this might be the only item I use 90% of the time.

Toast, Fries, Buns, Frozen Pizzas, etc. in a fraction of the time with a better crips/toast. This thing is great!

don't put anything that weighs more than 5oz on top off it lulz, it's really thin and easily dented, i had to use hot i use for my car dents to pull it out heh
 
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Hekotat

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Welcome to the last few pages where I shit on it. Friend today says his bosses leaks out the ass when you flip it up ager long enough splatters build up. Might not be best air fryer, but if you do actually force use on multiple things may be worth it.

Do they not clean the thing?
 

Szeth

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I use mine 5 days a week to cook at the office and it's been great. But we have never flipped it up, don't see any reason to.
 

Lanx

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I use mine 5 days a week to cook at the office and it's been great. But we have never flipped it up, don't see any reason to.
yea i flipped it once when i had my neighbor over and i needed more countertop space to cut up our bbq, i see it as a nice to have, but i'm not flipping it after each use

besides if you've used this thing you'll know that it stays hot and the fan is on for like 10minutes just to get cool, so that whole area is hot anyway... hot enough to learn not keep plastics on top...