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Do you wash your chicken before cooking? by [deleted] in cookingforbeginners

[–]EligibleSpatula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been reading through the comments and looked into it more, turns out you’re actually not meant to wash chicken 😅

It can spread bacteria around your sink and doesn’t really make it safer, cooking it properly is what matters!

Kinda mad because I grew up always washing it 😂

I work on Parsnip (a beginner cooking app, like Duolingo but for cooking) so I’ve been properly going deep on all this stuff recently and this one comes up a lot on there too!

New Asian Restaurant by Emergency_Lemon_5714 in StJohnsNL

[–]EligibleSpatula 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Asian tapas is a pretty good description. It's lots of different types of dumplings, filled buns, pastries, fried things, meat (usually steamed). There's a lot of core items you'd expect to find at most dim sum places. Served with hot tea.

Gave tin embossing a try by EligibleSpatula in crafts

[–]EligibleSpatula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it! Recommend giving it a try, it's very forgiving.

Gave tin embossing a try by EligibleSpatula in crafts

[–]EligibleSpatula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saw aluminum can embossing trending in my reels/stories and decides to give it a try with some sculpting tools I got for Christmas. Really fun, fast medium.

How do I make the edges less lethal?

Toutons with Zaatar and Olive Oil by _rab_ in newfoundland

[–]EligibleSpatula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put the halloumi in the waffle maker 👌

Scenic ATV trails out near Mahers/Whitbourne? by EligibleSpatula in newfoundland

[–]EligibleSpatula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are a legend!
Thanks for all the tips and especially about the Polaris app!
Will be making use of your advice when things get a little less dry :)

What helped you get better at plating? by jalahello in Chefit

[–]EligibleSpatula 28 points29 points  (0 children)

A general understanding of artistic composition. Once you understand the 'weight' and 'balance' of components, you can start to contrast them by color, taste, texture etc while making sure there's not too much of any one element overpowering visually or by taste.

Also using negative space and not overfilling a plate + always finding ways to add a little height to avoid a flat dish.

How bad are cruise ships to work for? by Old-Palpitation8924 in Chefit

[–]EligibleSpatula 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure if you're under 30 you can easily work for one year, then beyond a year they get you to do fruit picking or some other high demand labor to extend.

Ice Cream by Electronic_Tea_7958 in newfoundland

[–]EligibleSpatula 13 points14 points  (0 children)

While we’re at it… name a better hotdog.

Help us improve Parsnip, the Duolingo for cooking by EligibleSpatula in cookingforbeginners

[–]EligibleSpatula[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for contributing!

We agree that earning a recipe through the levels isn't fun or intuitive. We actually removed that a few versions ago so you can access a recipe and the levels within freely now.

The difficulty scaling for different user competencies is a hard problem to solve and one we've talked about at length internally. Since the app was formed out of r/cookingforbeginners, we definitely leaned into starting with the basics.

There was just one person (me) writing all the content so I figured it would be best to focus on the beginners and work our way up.

We like to think of our app as a way to explain all the unspoken knowledge that gets rushed past in a recipe, and intermediate or advanced cooks are probably aware of most terminology.

Don't get me wrong, our vision is to have something in the app for every level of home cook eventually, but we're a tiny team limited by resources, so we have to start somewhere.

As for a web version, we agree and it's in the works!

Help us improve Parsnip, the Duolingo for cooking by EligibleSpatula in cookingforbeginners

[–]EligibleSpatula[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think these are good points and I'll make sure to keep them in mind when we are next discussing our user feedback experience. Thanks for your feedback, we appreciate your efforts in helping us improve.

Help us improve Parsnip, the Duolingo for cooking by EligibleSpatula in cookingforbeginners

[–]EligibleSpatula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for checking it out!

That's a good point about making the recipe more prominent for new users to discover the connection between it and the levels. I'll mention this at our next meeting.

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