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It's also nice that oranges and bananas come in thick and handy packaging. The trick to the banana is that it's easier to open it from the bottom. It's harder to get unwrapping an orange right.
It's impossible to get unwrapping an orange right. I've tried for a lifetime.
Here's one fun use: replacing egg whites in shaken cocktails. Particularly useful for vegan friends (or anyone who feels squeamish about raw egg as an ingredient). As long as you have good shaking technique, the foam and mouthfeel get pretty close to egg-based methods.
It's actually a far superior mouthfeel! The eggwhite foam can have a texture that's hard to describe...dry? coarse? But the aquafaba is smooth (and no, no chickpea taste even though I was pretty worried about that the first time I tried).
Pro tip: Instead of doing a dry shake with the egg white, as is traditionally done, try blending it into the cocktail before adding ice. (I use an immersion blender for quicker setup and easier cleanup.) I've found the texture of the foam to be smoother if you do this.
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I would strongly disagree that any commercial operation - regardless of its labeling - could be called cruelty free. That leaves neighbors with backyard hens, which will never be enough cover any significant portion of egg consumption.
I mean, if you want cruelty free eggs you can just raise chickens. That’s something you can start working on now to meet 100% of your egg needs.
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Being from Europe I actually wondered how much of a difference there can be between US and EU when it comes to that issue, and this[0] StackExchange message was particularly interesting to see EU cases being much more prevalent than US ones. I grew up with unwashed eggs and never gave it much thought, but now I guess that's one more thing to keep in mind (although I live in North America these days) Somehow a little…
I keep chickens and therefore get as authentic of an egg as possible. I can't taste the difference in my eggs vs a store bought, white, washed egg. I can easily see it, though, with a more orange yolk in the fresh eggs, which most people attribute to eating more bugs.
It's widely recommended in vegan circles to discard bean soaking water. Here's an example: > So after the beans have soaked for a while, the soaking water now contains these elements that you are trying to eliminate by soaking the beans in the first place. And this is why the bean water is discarded. So it is best to drain the water and rinse the beans thoroughly before cooking. -- https://www.vegancoach.com/why-disc…
This is a misconception about what aquafaba is. Aquafaba is not the soaking water, it's the cooking water. My usual process for cooking chickpeas is: - Soak overnight in a bowl. Throw this water out. - Boil for several hours in new water. Save this water, and boil it down further to make aquafaba. Not all chickpea recipes allow for this; for example, falafel is usually made with chickpeas that have been soaked but no…
My time to shine! Hazelnut Choc Chip cookies, designed for Aquafaba. NB. You can switch out more of the hazelnut/almond meal to adjust the taste, but don't go much below 1/2 cup of almond! https://imgur.com/a/G2M1QoE 1 & 1/4 cup almond meal 1 & 1/4 cup hazelnut meal 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips 2/3 cup flour (gluten free blend works fine) 2/3 cup raw sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt (ideally fine) Mix above tog…
> don't go much below 1/2 cup of almond Is this just for taste reasons?
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That's not wrong. We invited david-given to repost https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14165741 . But it's only at #1 because the community upvoted it. You can see a list of invited reposts at https://news.ycombinator.com/invited . If anyone sees a great, forgotten submission in the HN archives, please let us know at hn@ycombinator.com so we can consider inviting a repost. There are tons of these, like amber in rock…
How does "invited reposts" work? Do the mods send email/PM to ask them to re-submit the link(s), or the mods are doing that themselves?
Serious question.. Why is this on the front page?
Not the poster, but I did post the same topic (but "only" at Wikipedia) four months ago [1]. That submission totally tanked, though. I felt it was interesting enough to post then not only because it's rather unexpected, and useful if you want to avoid eggs in your food, but also because it's new . I had just realized that day that the entire concept of using aquafaba as egg white replacement has not been around for v…
My time to shine! Hazelnut Choc Chip cookies, designed for Aquafaba. NB. You can switch out more of the hazelnut/almond meal to adjust the taste, but don't go much below 1/2 cup of almond! https://imgur.com/a/G2M1QoE 1 & 1/4 cup almond meal 1 & 1/4 cup hazelnut meal 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips 2/3 cup flour (gluten free blend works fine) 2/3 cup raw sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt (ideally fine) Mix above tog…
All comments about measuring solids by volume should go under here.