Comment on Why is cooking a food item method called different things by what the item is, or what is the criteria?

soren446@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Pisodeuorrior@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All good but I'd just like to point something out.

  When you boil pasta you're actually hydrating it, and it's a process that occurs above 80C, you don't need water to be boiling savagely.

  In fact, it's preferable to let pasta simmer, as full boiling is a bit too "violent" and tends to damage most kinds of pasta.

  You know, when some pieces are broken and torn like when it's overcooked? You can avoid that by keeping the temperature low.

  Some people in Italy even turn the fire off after the water has started boiling ,as the water is hot enough to cook the pasta and keep it nice and firm.

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  • evilgiraffe666@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Interesting, I was taught you used a rolling boil for pasta so it wouldn’t stick together. Maybe there’s a halfway where it rolls for a few minutes then gets turned down as the pieces soften and become vulnerable to tearing.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You’re correct but it begs the question, why the hell would they poach carrots? If any vegetable can stand up to boiling it’s a carrot. Blanching I could see, (that’s a 2 minute dunk in boiling water, OP, with a quick cooldown) if you wanted to pre-cook them so they wouldn’t be harder than everything else. Maybe they were just being poncy.

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  • soren446@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Firstly, I appreciate you breaking it down! I knew they were different terms, but never really knew them outside of the standard ‘poached eggs’.

      Secondly, soggy carrots can get bent. If it doesn’t crunch it’s not for me.

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      • soren446@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Can’t stand soggy carrots. I can eat them in soup, but it’s not my favorite. I much prefer roasted or stir fried. Actually most veggies, I prefer that way.

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• RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Le sigh. Your answerI makes me really wish we could have the equivalent of r/askculinary here.

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  • NPC@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m a cook and just created !askculinary@lemmy.world for you. Feel free to direct any culinary question you have to it and I’ll do by best to answer them.

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    • RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I will think of some super obscure and technical question and/or a random stupid food safety question and ask it ASAP ;)

      Thanks, hope this gains some traction!

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      • NPC@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It probably won’t, at least not for a long time. But I’m always happy to share my knowledge.

        P.s. Your comment made me realise I should actually put something on that community. Imma update the sidebar right now.

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• joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wait you dont boil potatoes?

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