Kitchen Hacks & Cooking Tips: An Ideas Thread

[doug rr]

Can you make crudo with a mandoline or is that some sort of sin against good cutlery sense?

i've never made crudo but now i'm wanting it

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[Greedo]

I used to have a mandoline but always felt worried around it.

I have an all purpose kitchen knife from Martin Yan and it has served me well over the years.

But back to the topic of this fine thread, if you drape a tortilla over two rungs of your oven rack and then let the sides hang down and bake, they make a perfect taco shell. (Add olive oil lightly before baking in oven).

[Greedo]

Like this

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[washing machine]

Can you make crudo with a mandoline or is that some sort of sin against good cutlery sense?

I bet it'd work well with scallops, but I wouldn't try any other seafood.

Scallops are exactly what I was thinking, too. Maybe some watermelon radish... I may need a mandoline more than I thought.

[washing machine]

Greedo, I admire the spirit behind that tortilla hack, but where I come from crispy tacos take a back seat to soft ones.

[doug rr]

i put this tip in the crockpot thread but when making roasts or stew use a pot of strong coffee..its a natural tenderizer

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[washing machine]

I actually think I've tried that crock pot trick before on doug's recommendation.

[Greedo]

Greedo, I admire the spirit behind that tortilla hack, but where I come from crispy tacos take a back seat to soft ones.

Oh I agree. I like tortillas over hard shells any day.


I'm a corn tortilla guy myself, actually. I just thought it was an interesting tip for the average joe.

[washing machine]

Fair enough. Corn tortillas... I knew I liked the cut of your jib, greedo.

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[Norah]

Will LSD work?

[Greedo]

Fair enough. Corn tortillas... I knew I liked the cut of your jib, greedo.

No better vessel to deliver some shredded pork in my opinion

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[Greedo]

i put this tip in the crockpot thread but when making roasts or stew use a pot of strong coffee..its a natural tenderizer

I did this once with a roast but the flavor was too strong. I guess either I didn't cook long enough or used the wrong coffee.

[washing machine]

Will LSD work?

No, but it'd still make for a rad breakfast.

Alan's psychedelic breakfast, indeed.

[doug rr]

if you bake a lot like we do, grating a frozen stick of butter sure does the trick...add it to flour etc...also works when your butter is too cold to spread on toast or whatnot

[Norah]

Will LSD work?

No, but it'd still make for a rad breakfast.

Alan's psychedelic breakfast, indeed.

I wouldn't go with a tablespoon.