Real men cook in motor oil.
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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
It’s not soup if they discard the water after cooking, leaving only the vegetables.
The alternative, btw, would be to fry everything in butter or some plant oil, i believe. That’s what they’re opposing.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ebolapie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
During the siege of Leningrad they actually did have to resort to cooking in machine oil, among other awful things. Of course they were almost all women, because the men were fighting the war
Whats_a_lemmy@ponder.cat 10 months ago
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Now that’s a proper meal
D_C@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Agreed. I always cover myself in motor oil before I flambé my crêpes suzette!!
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s not soup if they discard the water after cooking, leaving only the vegetables.
So… boiled vegetables. That’s still already a thing. Not a particularly good thing (to my tastes), but been a thing for a long time.
Microw@lemm.ee 10 months ago
We are not talking about a specific food here, but about a way to prepare food. It does not matter what you cook - meat, vegetables, whatever. It’s about cooking it in water instead of sharp oil-based cooking.
And no, it is not new at all.
irmoz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So, it’s still just boiling.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s not new and also nobody calls it “water based cooking” because that’s stupid.
match@pawb.social 10 months ago
Surely there is some third way
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 months ago
no! water or oil only! no grill!
ebolapie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I read in popular science that it might be possible to use a variety of different kinds of gases to carry heat, or perhaps some kind of radiant heat or even radio waves to cook food. But sadly this fantastic technology is still just fiction. I hope I get to see a form of cooking that doesn’t involve immersing food in hot liquid. I wonder what it would taste like.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 months ago
radiant heat So some kind of nonconductive heat? How would that even work? I will stick with putting the pot in the fire.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Making soup and then dumping out the soup seems like a very stupid way to make soup.
Maybe they feel better from not eating all of those simple, delicious calories.
irmoz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s called “boiling”.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yes, boiling is how you make soup.
irmoz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah ofc, but boiling isnt always making soup, sometimes it’s just boiling, and what you’re “dumping out” isn’t soup
slaacaa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s like when somebody throws out the white rubbery thing after drinking their mozzarella
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Have you ever cooked pasta?
GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 10 months ago
If you’re throwing out the pasta water, you’re wasting some very good stock to make the sauce you’ll put on said pasta.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
I wouldn’t call it stock, but Italians do indeed use pasta water in many (but not all) of their sauces. Makes sense because it’s basically just starchy water, which helps to bind the sauce.
That said, you generally don’t need more than one or two cups of it, the rest is still thrown out.
match@pawb.social 10 months ago
my favorite part of spaghetti is drinking the spaghetti soup :3
psoul@lemmy.world 10 months ago
volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Pasta doesn’t lose the majority of its vitamins to its cooking water though. (Mostly because pasta doesn’t have many vitamins to begin with)
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 10 months ago
Considering your username I give you a pass, but still:
There have been many debates about the differentiation between vegetables and fruits. Genetic testing has mostly revealed it to be a human made distinction without any biological basis.
But I think your comment is the first time I see somebody trying to argue that pasta are vegetables.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
I did not argue that. I was just pointing out a funny edge case in the previous poster’s argument.
That said, even actual vegetables such a broccoli, cauliflower, or potatoes are often boiled in water without the intention of making soup.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Then it’s a waste of vitamines.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean, I definitely boil things like broccoli or potatoes and drain the water after. Not every meal calls for soup.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Please stop boiling broccoli.
Fry it up, or get yourself a steamer basket.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We usually steam it or bake it with some olive oil, but I still boil it occasionally. I don’t have a steamer for my little pot~
MJKee9@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Blanching it for 60 seconds and then shocking it in ice water is a great middle ground. Then let it dry and sear it in a hot pan with some olive oil and garlic. Add butter if you are feeling naughty.