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Re: Based Cooking

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Post by Thibi2000 »

ic0n0cl4st wrote: post #212

I guess the Proud Boys deserve cookbooks too? The use of the word “based” is almost always a white nationalist whistle or flag. Like flashing the “OK” sign so others know you’re a racist. The first time I saw the word based was the first significant violent attack on a BLM protestor by white supremacist Kyle Chapman in 2017. The Proud Boys klan gave him the honorary title of “Based Stickman”. The author of this cooki…

Put the toilet paper rolls off your eyes and go take a look at his other work, primarily his Youtube channel. Based is not a word that is owned and primarily used by white nationalists; it's used by many different people. It's undeniable that he has controversial and non-conformist opinions(which is what "being based" usually means), but none of them are based on or related to racial discrimination.

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by saagarjha »

cryptoz wrote: post #171
saagarjha wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wikipedia is not a dictionary. It mentions that homeopathy is a pseudoscience because it would be a glaring omission for an encyclopedia if it didn’t. Homeopathy is a medical system that works as I described above, and it just so happens that it’s totally junk as well. Its usage in the context of those that practice homeopathy is not the definition that describes it as being bunk. Similarly, “based” is used to mean t…

I don't know. You cited a youtube clip with usage of a word as a definition of a word, which I accept, actually, as an interesting and useful source. But you deny the wikipedia language I quoted as acceptable input to this conversation? Why is your youtube context more right than my wikipedia context? Words have multiple meanings. Clearly based is one of them.

I cited it as usage of the word in context, not as a definition. I rejected your Wikipedia link because it was not an example of usage, but rather an explanation of what the thing is rather than its definition (I would expect a Wikipedia article on "based", if there ever was one, to mention that it's associated with the far right, etc. Words do have multiple meanings, but those meanings grow organically from their usage; you can't just come along and say "I associate this word with xyz therefore it means xyz". That's just how you feel about the word.

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by 4ggr0 »

reedjosh wrote: post #152
hardwaregeek wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh sure, but I could see a newbie making this recipe, putting too little oil, having it start smoking, then burning the cutlets and undercooking the chicken. That's not interpretation, that's just poor instruction. Take the Serious Eats version. Yes, it's 10x more complicated, but it has photos and careful descriptions and measurements: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/the-best-chicken...

> Take the Serious Eats version. Ad ad ad... some irrelevant random video trying to play when I clearly don't want it to. The site is really not about the quality of recipe, though they could be made better via your contribution.

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Re: Based Cooking

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Post by imgabe »

deanclatworthy wrote: post #160
hardwaregeek wrote: post #111

Some of these recipes seem decent if you're already somewhat experienced and have developed cook's intuition. Otherwise they're way too vague. For instance, the chicken parm recipe: - There should be a photo of how to slice the chicken breast. Saying "through their width" isn't good enough. I had to explain what "lengthwise" was once because my friend cut all the vegetables the exact opposite of it. - Pound with what…

On this subject, can an American please tell me what a spoonful is? There is a great video series on youtube, with his recipes online, but all measurements are spoonful: https://www.ethanchlebowski.com/cooking-techniques-recipes/p... Spoons can vary in size, so is it a tablespoon or a teaspoon? When dealing with spices you'll be adding 3 times the amount if you go with tablespoon interpretation so it'd be a pretty bi…

This is not an American thing, that's just a bad recipe. They should specify tablespoon or teaspoon.

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by powmonk »

davidcelis wrote: post #191
powmonk wrote: post #189

The info about salt is plain wrong. Kosher salt is used for curing meat and as a mainly decorative addition to baking, you don't need to use it for cooking, it doesn't dissolve noticably slower in liquids. In fact when most recipes specify a volumetric measurement of salt they mean table salt and if you were to use kosher or sea salt you would be under seasoning due the reduced volume, nothing to do with how quickly…

> In fact when most recipes specify a volumetric measurement of salt they mean table salt That’s really not true. Most food writers would tell you that the standard is kosher salt, and many would specify diamond kosher

Maybe, just maybe, in the last 10-20 years when this trend for flakey salt has taken off. Any recipe you see older than 10 years I would safely bet that they meant table salt, and I would still recommend using table salt unless otherwise specified on anything more recent, that goes triple for any baking recipes. Again, unless for finishing.

Of course if the recipe specifies weight rather than volume, the point is moot.

And speaking as a former fine dining line cook, any food writer specifying kosher for anything other than fininshing/curing is a dolt IMO :)

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by Xylakant »

deanclatworthy wrote: post #216
Xylakant wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As European who sometimes cooks recipes from US sites. I have a dedicated set of cup and spoon measures (1) and the sizes in the spoon measures read * tablespoon 15ml * teaspoon 5ml * 1/2 teaspoon 2.5ml * 1/4 teaspoon 1ml (1) not exactly this set, but a similar one https://www.amazon.de/-/en/HAUSPROFI-Stainless-steel-measuri...

I'm European. There is no issue here in what a teaspoon or a tablespoon is. A tablespoon is three times the size of a teaspoon and I have dedicate measuring spoons for each size. The issue is what a "spoonful" constitutes. Check the link to the recipe.

Sorry for misreading your question. In the video he's pretty clearly using a tablespoon, but also heaps it, so measurements for the spices are a bit in the "whatever you see fit" category, as he says.

This converter table I sometimes use for conversions lists a spoon as 10ml, https://foodconverter.com/ounces-to-cups-spoons-grams-conver...

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by progre »

powmonk wrote: post #189

The info about salt is plain wrong. Kosher salt is used for curing meat and as a mainly decorative addition to baking, you don't need to use it for cooking, it doesn't dissolve noticably slower in liquids. In fact when most recipes specify a volumetric measurement of salt they mean table salt and if you were to use kosher or sea salt you would be under seasoning due the reduced volume, nothing to do with how quickly…

Huh, I would have guessed that "kosher" had something to do with that blood was sometimes used in the boiling pans to clean the salt back when salt was produced by evaporating sea water. But apparently not.
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