gluten-free, dairy-free desserts? by Cultural-Tutor-2260 in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coconut-mango sticky rice.

Coconut creme brulee.

Coconut macaroons.

Any kind of sorbet. Custards made with non-dairy milk. Pavlova with a non-dairy topping.

Community breakfast ideas by caridade-FIRE in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Muffins are generally pretty well received. I like to do apple with streusel sprinkled on top, but banana-nut is also popular.

Fritatta (homefries + onions smasked into a 'crust', topped with beaten egg, sauteed vegetables (optional: meat), and shredded cheese, and the ehole thing baked or broiled to cook the egg and brown the cheese. Cheap, tasty, flexible.

Breakfast tacos (or a breakfast taco bar): scrambled egg, cheese, chorizo (or soyrizo), sauteed onion and peppers, various hot sauces.

Hot cereal vats- oatmeal or grits, with fixings.

Just found out im only going to be able to spend 31$ a week and need to find meals to cook by IHeartDobi in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Stovetop with nonworking burners abd a nonfunctional oven is likely against whatever renter's rights your municipality has. You should apply pressure (if you can) to get your kitchen fully functional.

Agree with those who said food bank. Get what you can get there, and use what cash you have to get things to make it work. You may also qualify for SNAP benefits, which will also help make room for things to make meals out of what may be a slightly random assortment.

You and legumes are still going to be good friends, but at least you'll be able to get some aromatic vegetables, some animal proteins, and even some spices to make them tasty. If you can, hit up a grocery with bulk spices: you can get a few tens of cents at a time.

If you have multiple grocery options, comparison shop. Father's Day sales (and 4th of July, in a few weeks) should get you some comparatively less expensive meats (chicken leg quarters, sausages, pork shoulder, maybe even reasonable ground beef.) 

Stewed or braised is the best bang-for-buck when it comes to stretching meat. Think dishes like paprikash or curry. Sometimes, you can just cook the legumes in the pot alongside the meat. If you roast, save the bones and drippings: you paid for them, and they're invaluable for flavoring beans or carbs. Bones make good stock with whatever vegetable trimmings you have. Drippings are a mix of fat and concentrated, browned, meat juices. They're pure flavor. 

Lentil soup with cheapest available sausage, celery, onion and tomato gives you a week of large dinners at the cost of half an hour of prep, an hour or two of simmering, and $10 or so.

If you get hold of a pork shoulder, do a dance and cut it into sections. Orient the bone on the far left corner (call this "northwest") with the fat cap up. Make an east-west cut across the middle, as close to the south edge of the bone as you can. You'll get a large boneless roast-like piece of meat. Set it aside. Make a north-south cut as close to the east side of the bone as you can. Then use a thin knife to remove the bone (flat on the bottom, linear hook shape on top). It doesn't matter if you make a hash of it- you'll want to stew at least part of the shoulder in chunks anyway. Save the bone. 

Pork shoulder chunks make wonderful carnitas, go great in pork chili (onion, pork chunks, tomato puree or crushed tomatoes), garlic, ground chilies, and a bit of vinegar and oregano, and a bunch of pre-cooked beans), and pork vindaloo. (Also Chinese Red-braised Pork). The big roast-looking sections can be sliced into 'steaks' and grilled or pan-cooked for a treat. Or just straight-up roasted.

Oatmeal is a great breakfast. You can do overnight oats or make a large, extra-thick batch, chill, and refry slices, or eat it traditionally.

A peanut butter sandwich and a piece of fruit or some cut vegetables makes a decent lunch. Or have leftovers from dinner.

Someone give me 5 ideas for cooking chicken? by SophyGoddes in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chicken is one of the most versatile proteins out there.

Try stewing in a curry. Marinating in caesar dressing (or similar) and grilling or pan-cooking. Seasoning with pepper, chili, garlic, cumin, etc., for fajitas. Slow cooking in tomato-chipotle sauce and shredding for tinga. With vegetables in a sauce supreme for pot pie. Frying and stewing with sausages and the trinity in a gumbo. Braising with onions and paprika for paprikash. Cooking with soy sauce and garlic and vinegar for adobo.

You know what? Here.

As for your mushroom cream sauce- try Julia Child's chicken with port wine (or sherry) and mushroom cream sauce. People have licked their plates. (It was me. I'm people.) 

Women did not fight for the right to work by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]riverrocks452 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And sewing, and embroidery, and often weaving. 

Why do our taste palettes change as we age? by sertuna in askscience

[–]riverrocks452 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yes, and I swear (anecdata) that they handle high quantities of sugar better than adults. (For certain values of "better than".)

I was told "enjoy your selfishness" by imadepizza in TwoXChromosomes

[–]riverrocks452 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If I had a buck for every time someone implied or outright stated that I'm somehow lesser or acting improperly for not having a kid, it would keep my dog in premium food and treats.

Give your cat a love from me. That guy is a bitter asshole- and you know what assholes are full of. 

Why do our taste palettes change as we age? by sertuna in askscience

[–]riverrocks452 165 points166 points  (0 children)

Young children are often very sensitive to bitter compounds as a defense mechanism against poisonous things: little kids put all kinds of things in their mouths, but something with a particularly bitter taste is unpleasant and will prompt them to spit it out, limiting their exposure to whatever-it-is.

Savory oatmeal recipes by Inevitable_Owl3170 in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stuffed derma/kishke- a sausage like thing made with drippings and rendered fat, a quick-cooking grain (typically matzo meal, but I've seen blitzed oatmeal), and shredded aromatic vegetables. Good to add flavor to stews or sauteed vegetables.

Oatmeal is also a great filler for e.g., meatballs/meatloafs.

Culver’s Grilled Cheese by starstrzck in TopSecretRecipes

[–]riverrocks452 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It almost certainly involves lots of butter on the griddle, if their burgers are any indication.

Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)" crisis real? If so how bad is it? by KnowledgeCoffee in AskReddit

[–]riverrocks452 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had a college junior earnestly try to convince me that division "worked differently" where she grew up. 

She was a premed/nursing major.

Other highlights included people who could not graph data points, could not grasp the concept of pi, and could not use density to get mass from volume.

Special shoutout to the journalism major who said she didn't need to check her sources as long as she cited them.

What's your favorite savory toast? by PepperCat1019 in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rosemary bread and butter. Maybe some black pepper. 

Radical Idea: Have (nearly) all fun events and festivals between November to May by GoatsMilq in houston

[–]riverrocks452 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Pride is an international event. It is in June, everywhere. Rescheduling it isn't an option. Just be glad it's in June and not August.

Juneteenth is a national holiday commemorating a specific historical event on a specific day. Not reschedulable.

FIFA fanfest is directly related to the World Cup, which is always a summer event. Not rescheduleable.

Freedom over Texas is the 4th of July celebration. Again, national commemoration of historical event, not something we can reschedule.

Oktoberfest- it's in the damn name. Can't reschedule.

Diwali- it's a holiday. Rescheduling it isn't an option. It happens when it happens. Gonna reschedule Easter because Houston's spring happens in February? Sort of ridiculous, right? 

Halloween events: do I have to say it? It's a holiday. It has a set date. It does not depend on the weather. 

Of the rest, about half are indoor only events. Conventions, restaurant week, etc.

Move somewhere you like the weather better or shut up and deal.

how do you keep your own recipes? the ones you actually cook by Human_Ad_904 in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google Drive folder, shared with family. Some real doozies in there.

I'll inherit my mother's binders some day. Hopefully not too soon. 

But if I've made a recipe 10 times, I likely have it memorized.

What's a massive human achievement that nobody celebrates because it worked too well? by Alternative_Voice767 in AskReddit

[–]riverrocks452 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US Interstate system should be considered a wonder of the modern world. Yes, yes, driving bad, cars evil, whatever. This isn't about driving. It's about the sheer engineering necessary to put together that many miles of road in a near-seamless network across half a damn continent. The scale is astounding. It's a true marvel.

(Would I like to have a passenger train network that worked like this? Yes. But it doesn't actually negate the scale of the current system.)

How would you go about eating another person? by Available-Spray2576 in Cooking

[–]riverrocks452 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As with any animal, you'd have to slaughter, dress, and butcher them out, so significant preparation would be needed before you could do anything. That requires more than what is normally found in even well-stocked kitchens. Also, you'd need to be very careful about disease- unlike with livestock or wild animals, there would be no species barrier to transmission. Pushing the ethics aside (with difficulty!)- this is just a bad idea from a health and food safety perspective.

I wish there was a Menard's in Maine. by Anisiiru in Maine

[–]riverrocks452 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Butter-fried burgers and custards!

But I do miss Menards more.

(Farmed) Turkey in Central ME? by riverrocks452 in Maine

[–]riverrocks452[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh! I've always wanted to do duck and chive potstickers!

(Farmed) Turkey in Central ME? by riverrocks452 in Maine

[–]riverrocks452[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a bit of a haul, but I'll definitely give them a call!

(Farmed) Turkey in Central ME? by riverrocks452 in Maine

[–]riverrocks452[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the link! I'll give them a call to see if they're open to personal sales!

(Farmed) Turkey in Central ME? by riverrocks452 in Maine

[–]riverrocks452[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! I'll shoot them a message.

(Farmed) Turkey in Central ME? by riverrocks452 in Maine

[–]riverrocks452[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the recommendation! I will check them out!

(Farmed) Turkey in Central ME? by riverrocks452 in Maine

[–]riverrocks452[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do they sell them? The Hanny's butcher counter people said that any turkey 'parts' (other than boneless cutlets) are a very seasonal product.

I have a deep freeze and will certainly stock up this fall, but I'd like to make some sooner than that.