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>Buy my first cast iron skillet, 12" Lodge
>Excited as fuck, they make shit-tier cast iron skillets where I live (literally every single one has a retarded handle)
>It arrives, I season it and all that jazz
>Try frying an egg, shit sticks like nothing else
>Fast forward a few weeks of me meticulously caring for it, seasoning it after each use
>Works almost better than my non-stick pan now, even for eggs

>that satisfying feel

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Hey /ck/

I'm in Afghanistan currently and eat my 3 meals a day from a dining facility. They aren't all bad, but pretty much all of them are bland and lack any sort of spice or seasoning. One of the most common staples of my diet here is grilled chicken breast, it's always made and is a viable option when nothing else looks good, but the grilled taste is starting to wear on me.

I'm looking for seasonings and spices I can use after something's already been cooked. Honestly it doesn't even matter if they're supposed to be used while you're cooking, I'm pretty desperate at this point and I've eaten worse. Just need any suggestions. I can order things from amazon or have friends send me them. Just spice/seasoning suggestions for basic meats and meals.

>pic related Friday night is steak night and it's well done with fried shrimp where the breading tastes like cardboard

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What's your favorite cut of steak? I've been obsessed with it lately and want to try some new things. I think I like NY strip the most at the moment.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3w6HfeMz1A

What would you do if a restaurant host demanded your coat like this?

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I burned my mac and cheese last night, AMA

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How do I prevent my eggs from cracking when I put them in boiling water? The eggwhite is literally everywhere.

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Why

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>anything besides salt and pepper on a steak

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Hey /ck/ I wanted to share my idea will some of you. When I make some soup, it's way too hot and I hate waiting and burning my mouth. But regular ice cubes water it down so I added some of the meat and stock to make meat cubes that cool down and add flavor at the same time.

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Ordered delivery with postmates and while eating we found a piece of metal in the food.

what do

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I don't care what you faggots say but cottage cheese DOES NOT go with fruit. This has to be to most vile shit I have eaten thanks /ck/

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beginner cook here, does it get better? i feel like everything i make is terrible, and i'm losing all motivation towards cooking. thing is, i really, really want to cook, and really want to get good at it. what can i do to improve? please help. is there any hope for me?

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>Grow up in Socal eating spicy Mexican food
>Live in SF
>Buy Serrano peppers from a few local markets
>Not spicy at all

I thought my tolerance to spicy food was increasing or something. But I visited home recently, and realized the peppers in SF are bland as fuck.

How am I supposed to cook with this shit?
How is this possible?
Why?

I feel like I'm being ripped off. Why bother selling a hot variety of chili, if you're going to make it bland as fuck. I swear the Habaneros here are on par with normal Serranos.

Is this some stupid ploy to make white people feel like they're "cultured" and "diverse" and can stomach ethnic food? I swear, it's probably the same group of fucks that order the "spicy" option at restaurants, then bitch that it's too spicy. Seriously fuck those people, they're the reason restaurant food is bland.

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>People who bake sweet things but never use salt
>People who use one spice (and only one spice) on literally everything they cook
>People who think heat = flavor
>People who rape spaghetti sauce with flavorless meatballs
>People who use cottage cheese in lasagna
>People who leave giant hunks of ginger in their food (Food equivalent of a fucking land mine)
>People who think there's only one kind of salt.
>People who use Cardamom
>People who cook rice without any salt (flavorless mush)
>People who don't clean up after themselves when they cook
>People who think pre-shredded cheese is as good as off the block
>People who use kraft singles for anything other than a grilled cheese
>Kraft Singles
>People who buy premade cookie dough

What's the worst sin you've witnessed in your many seasons as a professional fatass?

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Every single time I go to Taco Bell I get the exact same thing, for the last three years or so. I always get:
Combo #11, all of them supreme, two of them cool ranch, one of them nacho cheese, a beef burrito supreme, and a large sierra mist. I call it "the Andrew Blaze Special".