Comment on To “tent with aluminum foil”…
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 17 hours ago
Funny that your most recent comment is suggesting someone else doesn’t cook much.
I have seen it in a few recipes over the years, though I feel like it really depends on the kind of meals you’re making. To a certain extent I understand it feeling like unnecessary jargon, but now that you’ve seen it, it’s part of your cooking vocabulary forever. I think it’s fine for online recipes to use that kind of language, especially since the answer to what it means is pretty easy to find.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Once in a blue moon my partner gets the big frozen lasanga for supper. It says to sent the foil cover over it at some point in the intructions.
I thought it a common phrase tbh
HubertManne@piefed.social 16 hours ago
as did I. I also see it as pretty obvious. Like I don’t recall having to figure out what tent with aluminum foil meant. Im prettys sure I assumed it meant cover without touching.
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 17 hours ago
I do somewhat agree, but I can also see that if you’re making mostly one kind of dish, tenting may not be used at all. I don’t make a lot of Chinese food so maybe it’s a bad example, but I’ve never seen a Chinese recipe suggest tenting for example, so I am happy to give room for a variety of cooking preferences. I have seen cooking shows where they talk about foaming things or whatnot and if I saw that in a recipe you bet I’d have to look up how to do it. Maybe someone who makes a lot of food with sauces or something would think it’s weird I don’t know what foaming is. Sometimes it’s easy to assume our framework is the default one, regardless of the topic. Though in my experience I would have to agree that it’s not uncommon.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
no yeah, this ia absolutely valid.
I have moments like OP all the time, its just, the way she goes