Cooking tips for beginners AMA

[Mr. Negative]

Bump. Y'all should post pics or make videos.

there's a thread with loooots of pics floating around here somewhere. Some cats had me flat out jealous

 

[Mr. Negative]

Bump. Y'all should post pics or make videos.

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/i-be-cooking-post-a-pic-of-what-youre-cooking-thread.6890/

 

[Caca-faat]

everybody be telling me I should make videos

I made one video and gave up after trying to cook and hold the phone

I actually made a series of videos from start to finish just for this thread but posting them doesn't seem to work so didnt bother posting them all.

 

[Mr. Negative]

I actually made a series of videos from start to finish just for this thread but posting them doesn't seem to work so didnt bother posting them all.

works fine

Spoiler

edit: it worked before I put the spoiler tags around it I swear

I didn't want no squeamish brehs crying over chicken backbone

 

[Caca-faat]

works fine

Spoiler

Cant see shyt! I dont know why. So didnt bother posting the rest.

 

[Caca-faat]

Cant see shyt! I dont know why. So didnt bother posting the rest.

Turns out the problem is with my samsung phone. It works fine on my iphone. Must be something in my settings.

 

[Rozay Oro]

I actually made a series of videos from start to finish just for this thread but posting them doesn't seem to work so didnt bother posting them all.

works fine

Spoiler

edit: it worked before I put the spoiler tags around it I swear

I didn't want no squeamish brehs crying over chicken backbone

Whats y'all YouTube channels?

 

[Mr. Negative]

Whats y'all YouTube channels?

I need one. I got a few pic tutorials in my phone, that's about it.

I don't have a camera stand to hold shyt while I cook.

My stove ugleh, too

 

[Caca-faat]

Whats y'all YouTube channels?

I haven't got 1. I'm mostly on insta

 

[Rozay Oro]

I need one. I got a few pic tutorials in my phone, that's about it.

I don't have a camera stand to hold shyt while I cook.

My stove ugleh, too

Lmao one of y'all should start

 

[Caca-faat]

Ok here goes. Chicken gravy from scratch this is an old vid I found on my phone, hopefully it works.


Edit: turns out imgur has 1 minute limit. I can't be asked now. Video is 2 mins long

 

[Caca-faat]

Unfortunately your going to have to cope with the unedited version and me cussing off my sister in the last video. However I tried to make a step by step tutorial. Just scroll through. I cant be asked now. Sorry.

 

[Stir Fry]

I’m gonna try my hands at doing the yams this year. Any suggestions @Caca-faat ?

 

[Caca-faat]

I’m gonna try my hands at doing the yams this year. Any suggestions @Caca-faat ?

I’m not American so I have no experience with this dish, as far as I’m aware this is strictly an American dish.

 

[Caca-faat]

So I'm back.


Spices

I find it best to grind my own spices sometimes, that way I know exactly what goes into everything and it's much easier to control the salt content.

Any dried berries or seeds can be toasted

Fennel seeds
Coriander/ Cilantro seeds
All spice berries (pimento)
Clove
Cumin
Cinnamon
Pepper corns
Star Anise
Cardamom
Amongst others.

Toast hard woody spices in a dried pan to release the oils before grinding. Powder spices will go bad when they get moist or the essential oils within it become rancid so by having the raw product you can grind as much as you need at will. A little will go a long way as you will not need to use nearly as much to get the end result.

Here's some I toasted today, that I used to marinate the duck for tomorrows dinner.

I toasted Star Anise, Green Cardimom,All spice berries,half a cinnamon stick,pepper corns



You can see the steam coming off the spices. The heat puffs up the outer shell of some of the spices and once you crack it open the house fills with aromatic smells

I added some Garlic Powder, Chilli flakes, Paprika, Ginger Powder,onion powder and coriander powder

Marinated Duck for dinner tomorrow