It is good to see forks
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
what is everyone's fave green lentil dish or recipe? They are versatile and fun to experiment with, but just looking for some cooking discipline here!
― calzino, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link
I use green lentils to make fake meat pies. Yum. I was into getting the Puy lentils for it but aero shamed me for it— “Puy” is indicative of the gentrifying kind of vegetarianism
The recipe is basically the Delia Smith “fake pork pot pie” recipe but I triple the amount of sage and add fennel seeds to the sauté. The result has the same flavour profile as Beyond Meat, but tastes better and fresher.
I skip her crumbly English pastry method and do Quebec tourtiere instead for it
And serve it with ketchup
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:20 (one year ago) link
I like the idea of a Bombay Potatoes
I think green lentils, if they're not overcooked, can serve as a base for a vegetable salad
https://www.feastingathome.com/lentil-salad-with-spring-veggies/
― Dan S, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:24 (one year ago) link
Xp explain the puy lentils bit?!
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:34 (one year ago) link
Idk! I think they just associated them with overpriced veg boîtes or something. They are nice when cooked to doneness and made into a salad. Superfluous when they’re effectively the base for a meat pie
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
Green lentil soup spiked with lots of lemon is one of the best soups imo
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:36 (one year ago) link
Oh ok, I’m not aware of that, they are just French lentils that taste nice! They are a protected origin product so if they’re more expensive that’s why. But they are legit different in taste and texture iirc?
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
Puy lentils, or lentilles du Puy, are French lentils that have been grown in the Puy region of central France. The variety is the same, but since they are grown in this distinct place (which has volcanic soil) the taste is slightly different — it's even more peppery and flinty.
ah I see why the Puy lentils are more suited to fake meat flavours
― calzino, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:39 (one year ago) link
Side note: when I was in Chicago I was reading a thing about deep dish pizza on here and aero specifically recommended the deep dish pizza called The Lou at Lou Malnatis, which was amazing, so I take his food opinions seriously!
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:40 (one year ago) link
Yes, fgti, i did wonder if i've just been roasting the coriander improperly. I dry roast and grind it of course, just not sure i've got the heat level and timing down. The recipe you linked said it'll pop like mustard seed when it's done, which hasn't been my experience.
I usually use French/green lentils to make adas polow which is basically Persian kichari topped with dates and raisins. this recipe is very similar to the way i make it (family recipe) except i mix in 2/3rds bunch of chopped fresh mint with the rice before steaming it.
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link
I really like mediterranean style *red* lentil soup spiked with lots of lemon!
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 00:06 (one year ago) link
For a while I was doing a green split pea curry with lots of cumin seeds, spinach and a can of coconut cream and the combination of cilantro and lime put it over the top.
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 00:15 (one year ago) link
That sounds fuckin delicious
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link
Thx ymp
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 02:45 (one year ago) link
tbh i spent 5 minutes more than i shd have last night trying to work out some of these analogies in my head and my only conclusion was that analogies are very bad and unhelpful for me
― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
(re JLG. posted here to avoid derail rather than for snark)
― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 07:00 (one year ago) link
from what i understand if you are one of those people it's virtually impossible to like it anyway -- my gf is one and if cilantro even brushed something she ate, it's like it was rubbed with an actual bar of soap. it's overwhelming apparently.― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Tuesday, September 13, 2022 1:35 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Tuesday, September 13, 2022 1:35 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
not the case here - sometimes it’s fine, sometimes it’s very soapy, usually somewhere in between (so most of the time it’s “it’s a bit soapy yeah but not enough to stop me from eating this otherwise delicious tacos”)
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 15 September 2022 01:50 (one year ago) link
Theres a part if me that’s like “define ‘soapy’”? Weird perfumey floral soap taste? Or like, weird slick stinging mouthfeel taste? I’m so thankful I enjoy cilantro so much it’s so available and POW! for me.
― i'm intentionally vague, intending to front multitudes (Hunt3r), Thursday, 15 September 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
I used to really hate cilantro, soapy taste etc, but a few years ago my attitude changed and I'm cool with it now. I honestly don't know if my chemistry changed, if I acclimated myself to the taste after occasional exposure, or I just talked myself into a new attitude, but it sure works on tacos el pastor.
― DPRK in Cincinnati (WmC), Thursday, 15 September 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
i did cilantro conversion therapy and i'm committed to being a cilantro eater for the rest of my life, upright before god
― (grim) pump track (wales) (map), Thursday, 15 September 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
I don't understand either, because I don't know what soap tastes like. Maybe I'd like it if I tried it especially if it tastes like cilantro.
― Evan, Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/G8xjEoN.jpg
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:02 (one year ago) link
WmC, does it still taste soapy to you and you're just cool with it or does it taste different now?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
I'd say I can still pick up a faint soapiness but it's more vegetal now. It's slightly soapy in a way that works in the usual dishes where I encounter it (tacos, pho).
― DPRK in Cincinnati (WmC), Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
it's a good day to bite into a bar of soap and recalibrate
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
I went to a takeaway snack shop once and everything tasted like soap, made me feel pretty sick too, wouldn't recommend
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 15 September 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
eating soap in a motel 6 is the ultimate staycation detox event
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 15 September 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
weird, this morning a guy sitting next to me in the subway said the same thing, unprompted
I nodded
― Evan, Thursday, 15 September 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
that guy was just hoping you'd respond with something related to cilantro. because his cilantro story is incredibly good
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 15 September 2022 19:24 (one year ago) link
everywhere he goes, he contrives new reasons to talk about soap, which is of course just the bait for his cilantro story
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 15 September 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
what if cilantro DOES taste like soap and some ppl just don’t have the soap receptors, poor suckers
― scanner darkly, Friday, 16 September 2022 01:34 (one year ago) link
Isn't that how asparagus pee works?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 16 September 2022 01:44 (one year ago) link
They don't have asparagus pee receptors?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 16 September 2022 02:00 (one year ago) link
I don't believe cilantro has a different taste to different people, I just think some people are not willing to expand their horizons to be adventurous about taste
― Dan S, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:48 (one year ago) link
as someone who dislikes cilantro despite not being genetically predisposed against it: fuck off
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:51 (one year ago) link
omg will these troglodytes ever become adventurous? will they agree to love things they dislike?
gtfo
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
also take this entire thing to the cheese borad ffs
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:55 (one year ago) link
:)
― Dan S, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:56 (one year ago) link
i know!
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:57 (one year ago) link
if it truly tastes like soap, let the soap taster cake themselves in mud and then wash themselves clean with only one bunch of cilantro.
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 17 September 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
Ilx would be a very different place if we had communists, plural, rather than the Reddit definition of “eVeRyOnE tO tHe LeFt Of Me Is A cOmMuNiSt”
― barry sito (gyac), Friday, 23 September 2022 13:24 (one year ago) link
why the camelcase? does this inhibit searches or something
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 23 September 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
No
― barry sito (gyac), Friday, 23 September 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
― barry sito (gyac)
i'm plural but i'm not a communist. well, wait. maybe one of us is. she changes her mind a lot.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 23 September 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
viborg or table or someone called me a tankie, that's as good as a CPUSA membership card isn't it?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 23 September 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
― papal hotwife (milo z)
god, if it worked like that there would be fuckin' nazis everywhere
oh shit
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 23 September 2022 22:27 (one year ago) link
I mean, there kind of are nazis everywhere.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 23 September 2022 22:39 (one year ago) link
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 23 September 2022 23:00 (one year ago) link
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)
that was the joke
it's funny, ha ha, see? the entire world is run by fuckin' nazis
comedy gold
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 23 September 2022 23:04 (one year ago) link