• Following foodtubers hack of the month. Wasted so much food on their lies. The most expensive mistake was packing steak in salt overnight. Another was “fast” brisket. I’m not talking about “don’t try this at home” cooks, I’m talking about “this is so amazing you have to try it”.

    • I have messed up steaks by salting them too much. But if you pat them dry the day before, sprinkle generously with kosher salt, and them leave in the fridge on a wire rack for up to 24h, it removes some of the surface moisture and helps you get a nice crust.

      Packing in salt would definitely ruin them 😩

  • lasta ( lasta@piefed.world ) 
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    6 months ago

    Once my avocados weren’t ripe enough for a recipe I wanted to make on the day I was having guests over. I searched for tips to ripen or soften them more quickly. One of these tips was to wrap them in foil and bake them in the oven (the tip specifically said it would help with the texture and not the taste). Well, it took way longer than the tip said it would for the avocados to soften and they tasted like hot shit. It would have been better to just save them for another day.

    • TheDoctorDonna ( TheDoctorDonna@piefed.ca ) 
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      6 months ago

      I’m not sure if it worked or not but I read that storing them in a paper bag will help them ripen a bit faster, but not “I need it for this supper recipe tonight” fast. I figure if it didn’t work it was a pretty harmless hack and I still had avocado, I just waited until it was ready to do the recipe I wanted.