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Re: Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga

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Post by MomsAVoxell »

stasomatic wrote: post #2

There was a recent submission on HN about ramen. While I love ramen/udon/soba, I prefer pho. Perhaps I find pho more "crispy", I like the sprouts/lime/mint/jalapeno. Ramen puts me to sleep. Ramen definitely has more pedigree, this isn't about what's better.

As a lover of both pho and ramen I feel I can compel with you on the crispy factor - like pho is more for a jungle - and also on the food coma factor of ramen - a meal for the monsoons, perhaps - but nevertheless need to point out to you that there are also crispy ramens, with sprouts/lime/mint/japaleno, too.

In fact there is no ‘one ramen’, it has to be said; there are regional variants where the “scrap food” of the area is used as the decoration to the base, where a noodle and boiled-meat leftover soups/stock are combined …

I have very sleepy pho’s in my neighborhood, also .. just sayin’. Both are great, you’re right, they are a wonderful branch of food.

Re: Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga

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Post by eutropia »

guessmyname wrote: post #3

I’m not entirely sure what makes this hacker news? It’s just a very long recipe for Phở ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho ) Is the hack that it’s supposedly doable in under 30 minutes?

the person cooking it is Kenji Lopez-Alt, who is an MIT graduate turned professional chef, and his wife is the one who's colombian.

He's got several excellent cookbooks (like the Food Lab and Wok) and is a regular contributor to serious eats and has youtube etc...

Re: Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga

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Post by Larrikin »

guessmyname wrote: post #3

I’m not entirely sure what makes this hacker news? It’s just a very long recipe for Phở ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho ) Is the hack that it’s supposedly doable in under 30 minutes?

Kenji worship can be a little weird, but assuming because of his heritage means he can't cook Pho is ridiculous. His contributions to Serious Eats and America's Test Kitchen have immensely pushed food science forward.

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Post by jarvist »

guessmyname wrote: post #3

I’m not entirely sure what makes this hacker news? It’s just a very long recipe for Phở ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho ) Is the hack that it’s supposedly doable in under 30 minutes?

The statement that electric pressure cookers measure pressure absolutely (i.e. not relative to local pressure) was news to me, and definitely a good hack to know if you're living at altitude.

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Post by Hikikomori »

guessmyname wrote: post #3

I’m not entirely sure what makes this hacker news? It’s just a very long recipe for Phở ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho ) Is the hack that it’s supposedly doable in under 30 minutes?

Seems like you didn't read the article very well. Kenji is a well known chef that does a lot of testing of methods so many recipes come with a story but you can also just scroll to the bottom

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eutropia wrote: post #5
guessmyname wrote: post #3

I’m not entirely sure what makes this hacker news? It’s just a very long recipe for Phở ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho ) Is the hack that it’s supposedly doable in under 30 minutes?

the person cooking it is Kenji Lopez-Alt, who is an MIT graduate turned professional chef, and his wife is the one who's colombian. He's got several excellent cookbooks (like the Food Lab and Wok) and is a regular contributor to serious eats and has youtube etc...

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Re: Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga

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Post by tclancy »

guessmyname wrote: post #3

I’m not entirely sure what makes this hacker news? It’s just a very long recipe for Phở ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho ) Is the hack that it’s supposedly doable in under 30 minutes?

I popped in here just to say I would fight anyone who asked why Kenji would be on HackerNews and yet I was too late.

Also, authenticity about recipes is the “but does it scale” of app discussions. It’s ok to just let people enjoy stuff. Not everything is a purity test.

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