I mostly use cast iron lodge cookware and debuyer carbon steel pans but I need to get a nice stock pot a couple of sauce pans and a good stainless skillet. I am fairly new to cooking but I want to get good at it.
I have looked at demeyere Atlantis and it seems to be the best. Is it worth it? $1500 for a stock pot two sauce pans and two skillets with lids.
I was looking at the De buyer primary stainless which is designed for commercial applications is this any good?
Is commercial cookware the way to go?
I would strongly prefer plain looking cookware. I prefer function over form.
I'm planning on buying cookware once and possibly adding pieces as needed I don't want to feel the need to upgrade later on.
I will be using this on a cheap coil stove and later on a gas unit.
What brands and lines are worth looking at? I prefer to have pieces made in a first world country.
Anon.
Literally go to walmart and buy a stockpot that will last you 50 years for 15 dollars.
All that matters with a stockpot is that it be narrow and large enough to suit your stock needs. Spending that much money on a stockpot isn't nessecary.
if you want to flush money down the toilet buy ruffoni
it's made by pure white people in the italian alps, so even though it basically performs about as well as rachel ray cookware from walmart, it will show off to all your friends that you have more money than common sense
Main thing you'll get with higher end cookware is actual insulation between the handle and the cooking surface.
That and it will stand up to abuse more.
I made this snack:
1. Toasted rye pumpernickel
2. Fig spread
3. Gorgonzola
4. Roasted garlic
5. Cornichon
Rate it.
Cornichon belongs on the side/10
Nigga what I see is some baby pickles, garlic, and string cheese on a bed of bbq sauce and banana nut bread.
3/10 decent pregnant girl food.
>buy cast iron pan
>get ready to sear a nice steak
>get the pan nice and hot
>apply my classic rub to the meat
>put meat in the pan
>the spices instantly turn black and glow like embers
>pan turning white from ash
>smoke coming out
>the spices burnt in like .5 seconds
>meat tastes like charcoal now
The fuck?
Scrape that shit off and eat your meat
There are blackening spices and then there are spices that just plain burn. Black pepper, for example, just plain burns.
Your mom applied her classic rub to my meat
>>34461703
>be me
>hungry for a meal with great value
>aware of Little Caesars $5 hot and ready
>head to the store and order a $5.00 sausage hot and ready
>go to pay
>"ok sir your total is $5.69"
>leave immediately
Why the fuck is everyone trying to take advantage of me. Jesus fuck just tell me the truth in your advertising!
>13% tax
What the fuck?
>>8514320
>go to little caesars
>order $5 hot and ready
>"it'll be about 13 minutes"
>not hot
>not ready
>leave
This has happened twice. Never again, little Caesars. Never
>>8514394
Your mom's $5 hot and ready deal is much better, I must say.
What do you think of this pizza, /ck/?
Looks pretty good, but for the lack of anchovies.
>>8514248
Could use some ranch
Looks really ugly but I bet it tastes good.
Is this ok to eat?
It's smoked sausage with cheese grated over it then microwaved it
No, throw it out immediately.
That's how you make mustard gas.
>>8514176
No I mean like will it make me really fat?
>>8514181
You're probably already fat
What 3 cook books would you consider as essentials?
>posts 5 books
I shiggy
Any essential recipes in that series?
Going to try something as soon as it finishes downloading.
Here are my favorites.
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking - Marcella Hazan
The Bread Baker's Apprentice - Peter Reinhardt
Mastering the Art of French Cooking - Julia Child
These three teach techniques that I would consider timeless, and AUTHENTIC. I don't like cookbooks that aren't practical, or don't include methods and are just lists of ingredients. These three will not just tell you what to mix together but will describe HOW to bring ingredients together in a proven way. All first rate.
>be me
>go to 7/11
>Order chicken wings or something
>Pull out my 7/11 gift card to pay
>Sir, I've told you before, we don't take that
>Oh, right, I must have forgotten
>Well, just forget the wings then
They're catching onto me, I've been doing this every time I pass by for weeks. They're going to take my gift card or keep wasting wings!
>>8514151
7/11 doesn't take 7/11 gift cards?
They just put them back, you dumb fuck.
I'm not familiar with 7/11, why can't you buy wings with the gift card? What can you buy with the gift card?
Why do so many indians run popeyes chicken? Was gas stations not good enough?
Indians running Popeyes you say?
All chinese food places are run by mexicans and all mexican places are run by chinese.
I don't really care.
>>8514077
I've been to a lot of Chinese places in my day and literally zero were run by Injuns, though was entirely staffed by white people which was weird
Give me one reason why /ck/ doesn't have a baking general. What are you baking, ask your dumb baking questions or just post inspo
>>8514022
>give me one reason why /ck/ doesn't have a baking general
Because apparently nobody knows how to spell it.
Spoon and level, my friends.
>>8514022
I generally make pides, ciabatta and the generic homestyle bread
boxed foods that are better than home made
I've made these myself, grated my own quality cheeses, and I've ordered it many times in high end restaurants around the country. None of it is as good as this shit from the microwave
>>8513942
Maybe you're just a shit cook, who knows?
>>8513949
not when I've had it from some of the highest rated restaurants and it still doesn't stack up
Now most of the time I would agree with >>8513949
but Betty Crocker Au Gratin is like fucking crack. Shit is god damn amazing.
This steak cost $15 and fed both of my teenagers. A bag of fast food burgers would have been more expensive. Can't quite figure that out.
2x mcchickens + 2x mcdoubles = $5.35
you could have fed 3 people by spending an extra $1.05 instead of 2 for $15
get rekt kid
>cooking can be cheaper and infinitely better than eating out
Yes, it's amazing that there are people who haven't figured this out yet.
Are they teenage daughters?
>Working the checkout at Whole Foods
>realize that some mousy-looking girl with glasses has purposely mislabeled key limes as regular limes in a hare-brained attempt to save money
>"oh, looks like you accidentally mislabeled theses limes, let me ring them up properly for you"
>mfw
Who /Devlish/ here?
>look mom I poasted it again!
>>8513772
I always mislabel produce and bread to get it cheaper, nobody ever cares except one single autistic old lady.
Fuck you, autistic old lady.
>>8513788
>fuck you, autistic old lady
Yeah, I'll remember your face next time, you little brat!
Rate my wings order:
lemon pepper
Wild
Hot bbq
X2 honey bbq
The fuck happened to good old fashioned buffalo wings with a nice side of bleu cheese?
>>8513775
Wild is the old fashioned one
Why would you order wings? Cook them yourself.
Not sure if this is the place to post this, but I only have $10 to last for the next few days and pretty much no food in the house. Any ideas on what I could make and buy that is not ramen?
>>8513725
Rice, dry beans, frozen veg, eggs, oatmeal, possibly some meat if it is on sale. Try going to your local food bank.
Sack of potatoes- 3 dollars
3 pounds of beans-3 dollars
Cheap thing of chicken breasts- about 3 dollars.
Substitute the chicken breasts with rice if meat isn't an option.
Also, hit up food banks and churches for whatever you can get.
>>8513725
*unzips pants*