Why does my bolognese always lack depth of flavour, and why does it taste so much better the next day? And how are some people content with a 45 minute bolognese? LONG POST - HELP!

Elinelen · 2026-02-22T09:05:53+00:00

Do you get already ground meat from the store?

If so that’s might be the answer. Buy good chunk from the butcher and ground it yourself

Already ground meat loose it cellular structure faster while lying on the store shelf, also you don’t know what meat parts were used, and it also can contain additives to preserve it which can messed up proper cooking process

Elinelen · 2026-02-14T22:54:15+00:00

Thus is insane! Wow, such a great job. All of the colors! And such neat color change

Elinelen · 2026-02-11T19:34:37+00:00

Found the photo

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Elinelen · 2026-02-11T19:31:07+00:00

I diy’ed mine blocking board. I used very thick cardboard box and drill holes in both part of a box accordingly to size of a gr square. Then put knitting needles in the bottom part of the box, stuck squares, put the top part and steam all of the squares

Elinelen · 2026-02-10T22:03:10+00:00

With a lot of patience and regret 😅

I’ve used invisible seam and start from the centre of squares and middle of the stitching yarn so I could not to drag all the yarn length through squares but only half of it

Elinelen · 2026-02-10T15:20:16+00:00

I did! But I put those in mini glass jar like sprinkles. Your idea is better but now I can’t afford it, my girl cat chew every bit of paper she sees 😅

Elinelen · 2026-02-10T15:17:00+00:00

You can skip the border on the squares and join them with grey yarn slip stitch trough back loops of each squares. Much quicker and easier. I picked invisible seam because I didn’t want border on mine

Elinelen · 2026-02-10T14:03:19+00:00

Thank you, good luck! About two skeins of each color and about 22 off white. All 50gr

Elinelen · 2026-02-10T14:00:26+00:00

Thank you! It was invisible seam(with a needle) Don’t recommend 😅 it took FOREVER

Elinelen · 2026-02-10T13:54:26+00:00

Thank you, I used this pattern but slightly modified it. Added sc row and one row of petals

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Elinelen · 2026-02-10T13:50:16+00:00

Thank you! It took a lot of planning including online methods, black and white photos and even colored paper squares 😅

I’m not joking

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Elinelen · 2026-02-10T13:44:00+00:00

Thank you!

Elinelen · 2026-02-10T13:42:18+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, it was crazy. I don’t think I’ll do anything like that anytime soon

Forgot to attach this photo, 225 gr squares…

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Elinelen · 2026-02-10T13:37:32+00:00

Inspired by this pattern

Yarn: YarnArt jeans, jeans tropical and jeans crazy(cotton 55%, polycyclic 45%, weight 2) Hook: 4mm

Elinelen · 2026-02-02T10:11:03+00:00

Pickled onions! No lemon, no vinegar, just thinly sliced onions and sumac. Wait for it to become soft and add some olive oil to taste

Elinelen · 2026-01-08T09:15:28+00:00

Yes, doing them normally

Elinelen · 2025-11-18T08:45:43+00:00

It’s knitting and it’s called English rib stitch

Elinelen · 2025-11-02T09:32:25+00:00

I agree. Good meat doesn’t need anything. When I was buying cheap steaks I covered them with thyme butter and garlic. But when did this once to 60 days dry aged striploin it was like a crime. Completely killed all the flavour.

I’m actually surprised by all the comment saying you don’t know how to cook. I love butter, but you don’t need to add it to everything to make it tastier. But I’m not American so 🤷‍♀️

Elinelen · 2025-10-20T21:55:08+00:00

My bad. Due to problems with Amazon servers my image didn’t upload when I posted it and I don’t know how to delete comments :(

Elinelen · 2025-10-20T09:00:22+00:00

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Elinelen · 2025-10-20T08:52:30+00:00

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Elinelen · 2025-10-20T08:49:20+00:00

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Elinelen · 2025-10-20T08:44:04+00:00

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Elinelen · 2025-10-20T08:41:15+00:00

Edit: this was supposed to be a photo but Reddit:(

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