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re: Why Does Food Prepared by Someone Else Seem to Taste Better?
Posted on 3/17/16 at 12:03 pm to Honky Lips
Posted on 3/17/16 at 12:03 pm to Honky Lips
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after 4 hours of cooking a jambalaya
Think you're gonna need to explain this one.
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Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:09 pm to Deactived
quote:
A 4 hour jambalaya?
10 minutes to brown bacon
10 minutes to brown sausage
1 1/2 - 2 hours cooking onions
30 minutes more after bell peppers and celery added
10 minutes to bring everything to a simmer
20 minutes of simmer time/taste testing
10 minutes to stir after rice is added
Close lid, 45 minutes till done
You can add it up
ETA: doesn't include the 3 hrs it takes to slow cook the pork beforehand
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:10 pm to Stadium Rat
Even a simple ham sandwich made by someone else always taste better.
Its odd for sure.
Its odd for sure.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:13 pm to Honky Lips
2 hours to cook onions? Bacon? What?
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:14 pm to TH03
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Bacon?
got to get that bacon grease homie
I don't get the onions either
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:18 pm to TH03
quote:
2 hours to cook onions?
Yeah hoss
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:22 pm to Honky Lips
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1 1/2 - 2 hours cooking onions
30 minutes more after bell peppers and celery added
two and a half hours to cook down the trinity?
damn.
ok yea i guess i wouldnt be hungry after this jambalaya also. id be drunk
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:23 pm to Stadium Rat
I would exclude restaurants from the discussion.
I agree that after making long cooking dishes I've tasted throughout, I'm not as excited about the dish if I'm eating it the same day. If someone else prepares the same dish well when I'm hungry, it may well taste better to me than my own would have.
Some folks make some things better than I do or in a different manner that I may enjoy more than my own.
If I'm really hungry, a lot of things taste better than they actually are. I remember a long time ago being at some sort of conference at which we were served a box lunch with a pita sandwich which was turkey, cucumbers, onions and lettuce with a diet Italian dressing on it. I was starving not having eaten anything that day before the lunch. I thought the sandwich was pretty darn good for what it was. I thought to myself that I could make these and enjoy them from time to time. Made one and thought it was awful.
I agree that after making long cooking dishes I've tasted throughout, I'm not as excited about the dish if I'm eating it the same day. If someone else prepares the same dish well when I'm hungry, it may well taste better to me than my own would have.
Some folks make some things better than I do or in a different manner that I may enjoy more than my own.
If I'm really hungry, a lot of things taste better than they actually are. I remember a long time ago being at some sort of conference at which we were served a box lunch with a pita sandwich which was turkey, cucumbers, onions and lettuce with a diet Italian dressing on it. I was starving not having eaten anything that day before the lunch. I thought the sandwich was pretty darn good for what it was. I thought to myself that I could make these and enjoy them from time to time. Made one and thought it was awful.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:31 pm to Gris Gris
quote:Good point. Restaurants have fresher food and better equipment and get to practice a dish many times. They should be better.
I would exclude restaurants from the discussion.
But the poboy is a great example. i can get the exact ingredients for a ham and cheese poboy, but I would almost always enjoy it more if I bought it.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:55 pm to Stadium Rat
There are many things I've had prepared by other folks that I enjoyed. However, when I make the same thing at home, I don't seem to like it nearly as much and it's not because I prepared it poorly. I think hunger at the time has a lot to do with it as well as not having had to prepare it, even though I love to cook.
There are also some things that other people make which taste better than when I make them even though they share the recipe or procedure they follow, especially things that folks do without measurements. "Add such and such until you reach the texture you want". I may add more or less than they do, I guess. I love my mother's roast and I love mine, but I can't for the life of me make mine taste exactly like hers though I've seen her do it a gazillion times.
There are also some things that other people make which taste better than when I make them even though they share the recipe or procedure they follow, especially things that folks do without measurements. "Add such and such until you reach the texture you want". I may add more or less than they do, I guess. I love my mother's roast and I love mine, but I can't for the life of me make mine taste exactly like hers though I've seen her do it a gazillion times.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:01 pm to Gris Gris
I cannot replicate my mother's stew to save my life even though I've watched her numerous times.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:02 pm to CBandits82
quote:Not even. Especially. Even Chip agrees.
Even a simple ham sandwich made by someone else always taste better.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:15 pm to LSUballs
quote:
But when I cook something, especially something that takes a while, I can't hardly eat it when it's ready. I'm just not hungry.
I'm exactly the same way. It's pretty aggravating.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:21 pm to Dire Wolf
Slow roasting pork for 3 hours gives you plenty.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:23 pm to Honky Lips
quote:
Honky Lips
those onions would be very money on a burger
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:28 pm to Honky Lips
quote:
10 minutes to brown bacon
Turn your heat up
quote:
10 minutes to brown sausage
Turn your heat up
quote:
1 1/2 - 2 hours cooking onions
Why are you cooking onions for an hour? quote:
30 minutes more after bell peppers and celery added
quote:
10 minutes to bring everything to a simmer
To a simmer? You mean a boil?
quote:
20 minutes of simmer time/taste testing
what? quote:
10 minutes to stir after rice is added
Are you cooking inside of a bateau?
quote:
Close lid, 45 minutes till done
The only part of your jambalaya that makes sense.
quote:
ETA: doesn't include the 3 hrs it takes to slow cook the pork beforehand
Why are you slow cooking pork for a jambalaya?
I don't understand your cooking method.
How big is your pot?
ETA: after seeing the pic above it seems you are cooking in a much bigger pot than i do for jambalaya. That being said, i still don't understand 2 hour trinity. The onions would basically be a burned mess by then.
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:45 pm to BugAC
Caramelizing the onions.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:45 pm to Stadium Rat
Obviously you can't cook.
I much prefer the food that I prepare.
I much prefer the food that I prepare.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:47 pm to Stadium Rat
I disagree.
Except for a sammich.
Except for a sammich.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 4:44 pm to BugAC
quote:
Turn your heat up
No
quote:
To a simmer? You mean a boil?
No I mean a simmer. Why would I need to bring it to a hard boil? And why does it matter?
quote:
Why are you slow cooking pork for a jambalaya?
Because I like stringy tender pulled pork. How else would I cook it?
quote:
That being said, i still don't understand 2 hour trinity.
There is a difference between making an onion base and just browning some onions.
quote:
The onions would basically be a burned mess by then.
Sorry you don't know how to smother onions.
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