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General Chat Thread II

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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Folks (Mods?), I've another question - I was asked for the recipe of some loaves of bread I baked. I started typing it but it's quite detailed and it contains pictures, too, so by the time it's done it'll make for a very long post. Would it be best if:

    a) I typed it in a document and then tried to attach that;
    b) Split the recipe over a few posts; or
    c) Kept going as I am?

    I should have probably ask this on the "Baked" thread but I have a draft with photos saved and I'd rather not start all over again.

    Thanks.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,298 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    is there such a thing as a very small pan; call it an egg pan, which is induction compatible?

    i asked in a shop once and was told no, they're pretty much all aluminium and are too small to get a steel billet into which would allow use on an induction hob. i'm sure there must be all steel versions available somewhere though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,549 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Any cast iron ones will work on induction but minimum size will depend on the hob. I have 5" cast iron ones that work in my hob. 4" should be okay also. I have a moka pot around that size that worked on my old induction hob. Haven't tested it on new hob yet though.

    They were only cheap ones in a mini brownie kit from homesavers I picked up for the kids.

    https://www.therange.co.uk/christmas/christmas-gift-ideas/gifts-for-foodies/brownie-skillet-nutella



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!




  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    You could get an adaptor, something like this. It'll make pretty much any pot suitable for induction hobs.

    https://www.procook.co.uk/product/procook-induction-hob-converter-19cm



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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home




  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,298 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    I'm dubious about them. Given that radiant heat hobs need to get well beyond blisteringly hot to work, surely one of those plates would too?

    I'm curious if induction hobs are built to take that much heat - I assume they are but it's be rare that you'd do yourself damage touching one after cooking on it. They're heated by the pots rather than vice versa.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I think the temperature they can reach would be shown on the manual (e.g. a portable Lidl one I was looking at today could reach 240⁰C). The temperature of the adaptor would be the same as that of any other pot on the hob, and as for the surface covered, remember the old ceramic hobs where the pot was smaller than the ring? I doubt this'd be much different, and you wouldn't have dreamt of touching it straight after cooking.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,298 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,504 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Are these two the same as the Aromat retailing in shops here for €2.15 ?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 39,738 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    For the sake of 50 cent on something you wouldn't buy often, why bother?

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,504 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    To make up the €10 off €50 spend, and to get a bargain!



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    They could be, but you'd have to look at the full list of ingredients to be sure. I don't know why the one on the left says flavours "fish".



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    These are amazing. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,308 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Made crispy aromatic beef short rib on Sunday. Mother of god, it was good. Had it in bao with gochujang slaw. I'm going to make about quadruple the amount next time cause we thought there'd be loads of leftovers but we milled the lot.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,303 ✭✭✭✭sammyjo90


    I'll get back to you with when I'm free, sounds amazing 😁



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,308 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Oh my god, lads, Dede was AMAZING. That was my second two-star restaurant and I have to say, it blew the first one (Gymkhana in London) out of the water.

    We ended up going to Baba'de yesterday. Ahmet can have all my money, he is doing god's work in West Cork.

    Our menu, if anyone is interested:



  • Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,863 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Wow, that's quite different from just a few weeks ago when I was there.

    Wouldn't you just eat a bag of that Pogca bread? I think I'd live on it given a chance.



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,932 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,303 ✭✭✭✭sammyjo90


    Yeah baba-de is his more relaxed spot a couple of doors down



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,308 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Yes, as Sammyjo says, Baba'de is the "casual" little sister. They take walk-ins, it's family-friendly, but just don't make the mistake of expecting it to be cheap. Although it kind of is, relative to Dede. Late lunch/early dinner for two - with two very nice bottles of wine - was €231 before tip. Worth every penny imo.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Loads of spare Easter eggs in Aldi and Nolans yesterday……they always used to sell out.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,504 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Turns out, they are the exact same product. Got the even cheaper offering, labelling aus deutsch, and arrived in a soup-type packet, to refill a sprinkler container. One example how Amazon are cheaper for foodstuffs

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,308 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    I made John Torode's madras curry paste the other evening. The entire downstairs of the house still reeks of curry, but mother of god, it's good.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,298 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Any other context where you'd see a foodstuff being sold under two different general product names?

    My specific example is seeing rapeseed oil being sold alongside vegetable oil in tesco. And the vegetable oil is just rapeseed oil.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Lemongrass/citronella; eggplants/aubergines; zucchini/courgettes; pickled cucumbers/gherkins; etc.

    Some brand names, too. I think Findus and Bird's Eye are the same company.

    I think (but I stand to be corrected) that vegetable oil is a mixture of different seeds (rapeseed, soy, sunflower, corn, etc).



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,298 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    I'd rule out eggplants and aubergines, and zucchini and courgettes, because they're words used in different countries - the oil example was two different terms used on the same shelf.

    My first guess is that vegetable oil is whatever oil happens to be cheapest at that point in time, for people who are not fussy as to what it exactly is.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,078 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Aioli/Garlic mayonnaise?

    I know the mayo is inferior but I've seen restaurants chancing it.

    Same with various fishes being passed off as cod.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Aioli is by no means the same as garlic mayo, just like ketchup isn't the same as a tomato sauce for pasta. I've seen traditional recipes with just garlic, olive oil and salt and others with the yolk of a hard boiled egg.

    You then have the whole issue of products with the same name but with different ingredients depending on what country you're in, e.g. Haribo Wheels (with corn flour instead of animal gelatine) or Fanta, Sprite and 7Up having different colours and taste.



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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,932 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Some nice ideas for sauces here. I love tahini, and my favourite brand so far is Al'Fez. It's all very Grauniad though!



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