Things you just don't get

[VaderDave]

I love honey ham. We just ordered one for a Christmas party we're having next Saturday.

 

[SirReveller]



He hates me too, but that's okay. I still respect that he will call out people for their BS in CE.

ETO hates me most of all. Heavy lays the crown, broz.

 

[erictheobscure]

don't flatter yourself

 

[SirReveller]

I am merely one of many? How disappointing.

 

[erictheobscure]



Parboil before you cook the ham to get rid of the excess salt.

Every year we get a country smoked ham from an old school german butcher. Its awesome. I also despise honey ham. I cant do sweet with my salty ham.

Hmm. Next time I'm at Momofuku I'll try some ham. David Chang seems to have a huge ham fetish. The last time I tried one of those Benton's hams at a restaurant it was unbearably salty.

 

[VaderDave]



Hmm. Next time I'm at Momofuku I'll try some ham. David Chang seems to have a huge ham fetish. The last time I tried one of those Benton's hams at a restaurant it was unbearably salty.

I've had a few too-salty hams over the years, and I agree that they are no good.

 

[HRoi]

Momofuku? Momofuku too!!

 

[erictheobscure]



Momofuku? Momofuku too!!

 

[Van Veen]

Apparently in Texas, it's sacrilege to put tomatoes in chili, but totally fine to put ketchup* on your BBQ.

(* Technically, ketchup-based sauce.)

 

[Kid Nickels]



I don't know what the hell kind of thanksgiving you're having, but a Real American Thanksgiving is about lumpy mashed potatoes, dry turkey, and french fried onions. Good food is not to be found there.

Thanksgiving tends to highlight those who cannot cook spaghetti much less turkey, pumpkin pie etc.

I've been making Thanksgiving dinners better than your grandmother's since I was in college…. and partially as I result, I don't get people who cannot cook. You need to feed yourself and although I guess it's possible, eating out 100% of the time is just not desirable or practical IMO.

I don't even want to know why "Real" is capitalized but whatever it is I'm sure there's a plan to make your turkey great … again.

 

[Gibonius]



Thanksgiving tends to highlight those who cannot cook spaghetti much less turkey, pumpkin pie etc.

I've been making Thanksgiving dinners better than your grandmother's since I was in college…. and partially as I result, I don't get people who cannot cook. You need to feed yourself and although I guess it's possible, eating out 100% of the time is just not desirable or practical IMO.

I don't even want to know why "Real" is capitalized but whatever it is I'm sure there's a plan to make your turkey great … again.

It's weird how many people treat cooking turkey like it's some kind of magic ritual instead of a rational process. My in-laws will not use a leave-in thermometer. Grandma went by time and so by God they're going to go by time.



Maybe I should be happy, at least the timing approach gives some possibility of edible food. These are the same people who cooked a prime rib and put it back in to cook "because it was still pink." The horror.

 

[brokencycle]

It's weird how many people treat cooking turkey like it's some kind of magic ritual instead of a rational process. My in-laws will not use a leave-in thermometer. Grandma went by time and so by God they're going to go by time.



Maybe I should be happy, at least the timing approach gives some possibility of edible food. These are the same people who cooked a prime rib and put it back in to cook "because it was still pink." The horror.

I don't use a leave-in thermometer. I know roughly how long it will take, so I poke it a few times as the time draws near. =/

Turkey turned out delicious as did everything else, except I didn't make enough gravy or carrots this year.

 

[Piobaire]

 

[Gibonius]

They ought to use a leave-in, because they're super paranoid and pull the bird out a million times. And still overcook it.


They've also got one of those super old-fashioned thermometers that takes like a full minute to register, so everything is cooling down while it's registering. Drives me nuts, but I'm not going to burn a bunch of in-law points fighting that battle.

 

[Van Veen]

My family is notorious for overcooked, shredded turkey. My uncle cannot carve the thing for the life of him. Of course he has cheap, dull knives and is too stubborn for an electric knife. It's become a running joke in the family. That and the fact that no one can slice a pie evenly.

People are bad at cooking for the same reason they're bad at anything else... they won't make any effort to improve.