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There is nothing naturally about it. Learning to cook takes time. I am at the level where I can comfortably follow almost any recipe. I agree though, burgers is easy. Just don't burn the beef, and there is little that can really go wrong.
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Your headline says you came here to say this, then you say you came here to flag it. I'm so confused.. lol
I think this is the start of a rap.
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I was very afraid of cooking, it looked like the most difficult thing in the world. But I was going through some difficulties finding a job as a lab technician so the opportunity to become a cook came and I got to study and learn how to cook. I am not naturally gifted but I loved it and now I like cooking with a passion.
Now I no longer work as a cook but it was an interesting experience.
Vid, empanadas are pastries filled with a mix of baked onion and whatever you want to put in them.
Here in Galicia the one with tuna is a classic, as it is the one (yucks) made with pork fat and chorizo. They are very traditional in the North of Spain, even though in Argentina they are popular too, but the recipe is kinda different.
The kind of dough you use can vary (with or without oil, with water or with milk, with or without yeast, and even with puff pastry -the last one will make purists angry-) but the results, well done are delicious.
My favorite two are the raisin and cod empanada and the octopus empanada.
I'm actually relatively happy in my limits. I have no particular interest in expanding, at present, in this category. Maybe someday.
I am very willing to accept other peoples' food, though...
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That said, I super appreciate you guys. You're very sweet! :D
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My name is Babaji and I'm here to say
I've got some magic to sell and I'm not going aw—
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I am not naturally gifted...
I DISSENT!!!
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Your headline says you came here to say this, then you say you came here to flag it. I'm so confused.. lolI think this is the start of a rap.
It takes two to make a thing go right
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Your headline says you came here to say this, then you say you came here to flag it. I'm so confused.. lolI think this is the start of a rap.It takes two to make a thing go right
It takes two to make it outta sight
Well, now, don't you tell me to smile
You stick around I'll make it worth your whileMy number's beyond what you can dial
Maybe it's because we're so versatile
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I was very afraid of cooking, it looked like the most difficult thing in the world. But I was going through some difficulties finding a job as a lab technician so the opportunity to become a cook came and I got to study and learn how to cook. I am not naturally gifted but I loved it and now I like cooking with a passion.
Now I no longer work as a cook but it was an interesting experience.Vid, empanadas are pastries filled with a mix of baked onion and whatever you want to put in them.
Here in Galicia the one with tuna is a classic, as it is the one (yucks) made with pork fat and chorizo. They are very traditional in the North of Spain, even though in Argentina they are popular too, but the recipe is kinda different.
The kind of dough you use can vary (with or without oil, with water or with milk, with or without yeast, and even with puff pastry -the last one will make purists angry-) but the results, well done are delicious.
My favorite two are the raisin and cod empanada and the octopus empanada.
Those sound like Cornish Pasties, except CPs are generally filled with minced beef and veg (potatoes, carrots, peas, onions). Traditionally, they were baked in two halves, with a savoury filling in one half and a sweet filling in the other, but I've never actually seen one like that.
The tin miners used to eat them. Don't know whether or not empanadas were invented for the use of similar folks...
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I think it's not the case. I think they invented them to use the cuts of the meat or fish that couldn't be used for other things. And as there were poor people, they put onions and other veggies to add more quantity.
It's probably put in bread because we have a very long bread tradition, we love bread and flour was abundant here.
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Filled dough dishes are an extremely widespread concept. From east asian gyoza and dim sum, to empanadas and the like, to polish pirog, to german knödel, to swedish Pitepalt and so on, it seems to be more or less universal. Filling out expensive meat with veggies and dough is a pretty decent idea.
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And as a bread and veggie lover I must say a delicious one too!
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Great! Now I want to make Cornish pasties (and maybe get some pasties for the wife).
To the family recipes! (And then the adult toy store).
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Are you getting nostalgic for the erotic bakery?
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lol, Patrick Stewart SNL erotic bakery?
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Captain Yesterday fun fact: I was almost and erotic baker.
Alas, I also applied for a high end landscaping gig, and landscaping paid way better at the time.
Double alas, erotic baking isn't the market in the Midwest as it did in Seattle, so no erotic baking jobs I know of.
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DM Cal- Tapas are small versions of a dish that are served for free with a drink or paying a reduced price ( here in my town they are free).
Popular tapas are smalls amount of paella, chorizo cooked in wine, pasta salad, fried potatos with garlic sauce, etc. But they can be very creative (there are competitions to create the best and more original tapas), and they can be any kind of dish served in small amounts.
Pinchos in the other way are even smaller, a small trait that is served always for free with the drink and you can eat in a bite or two. Depending on the time of the day it can be a small piece of sponge cake, a bite of tortilla, a cut of a sandwich, etc. The waiter often comes with a variety of them on a tray and you can choose the one you want.
Those sound wonderful... *drools*
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All this makes the pimento cheese sandwich I just ate sound pretty inadequate.
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All this makes the pimento cheese sandwich I just ate sound pretty inadequate.
There's NOTHING inadeaquate with peppers and cheese sandwiches. NEVER.
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Why are we talking about pancakes when waffles are obviously superior?
Waffles are just pancakes with abs.
Anyway crepes is where it is at; strawberry, apple cinnamon, or chocolate.
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All this makes the pimento cheese sandwich I just ate sound pretty inadequate.There's NOTHING inadeaquate with peppers and cheese sandwiches. NEVER.
Thanks! (he said as he took a bit of another such sandwich).
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Aggree. Or roasted chicken.
Today I cooked curry chicken pasta with bell peppers. It tasted good.
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This is a delicious thread, but I think it should have its title changed to "Came here to cook this".
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We inherited this thread from a spammer and we're trying to make something palatable of it ;-P
Spam is palatable. Hawaiians find it delicious.
I find Hawaiians delicious, but that doesn't make it legal, let alone right.
Same with Argentinian corned beef, or, indeed, Argentinians.
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OK, pancakes for breakfast, bigggggg steak for dinner.
mmmmm mmmmm gooooooood
Spam is palatable. Hawaiians find it delicious.
I'm with the Hawaiians. I grew up eating Spam (it was a cheap food to cook the night before then take to the fields to eat at lunch. I grew up on a farm).
I grew up on a farm too.
But we ate ham.
Spam!? Good day you filthy animals.
Hawaiians find it delicious.
YES! On sushi, wrapped with nori
I grew up on a farm too.
But we ate ham.
Oh, we ate that, too. And anything else we grew and stuff.
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Spam!? Good day you filthy animals.
Good day, you delicious, filthy animals.
Googled «spam» as a food. I didn't know where the name came from.
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I mean spam is not my thing I do not like it but hey at least its not hog brain.
I ate pork brain once. Baby pork brain. There's something off on that. Didn't taste good either.
I read the info on it once the cholesterol fat and calories are off the chart.
Yes, I know. I don't care a lot about calories as I still have to gain some weight but cholesterol and fat are an issue.
Fortunately I like healthy food and I cook for myself, so I don't have to worry a lot.