Hey yeah....
so like umm...
I tried to bake a cake or something..
it's like a choaclet caek I guess...
is this...er..is this what it's supposed to look like?
>>7239199
Grease the pan, you didn't
Looks like you didn't use non-stick or oil.
that's not a cake pan
Alright, here's the story.
I enrolled in a university about six months ago, and I moved out and started living alone as a result. Obviously, this meant having to cook for myself.
Problem is, I'm absolutely terrible in a kitchen, and I've ordered take-out more times than I've actually cooked stuff. My weight's been going up as a result, and I'm getting tired of it.
What are some simple and cheap dishes for a complete cooking retard? Bonus points if it's something I can make large portions of so I can just keep it ready in my fridge.
Pic related. It's just about the extend of my culinary abilities.
pasta with storebought cheese sauce
frozen vegetables
Beans and banquet meals
Also nothing tastes good after eating it for three days in a row no matter how much you think you enjoy it.
Why is pork tenderloin so cheap?
It's so lean and delicious, yet i can get one for less than 3 quid at the supermarket. Yet a beef tenderloin of the same weight will cost... well, a hell of a lot more.
>>7239041
cows take more resources by weight to produce than pigs.
>>7239065
That doesn't really explain much. Consider the relative difference in price between different cuts of both cows and pigs. At my local supermarket the lesser cuts of beef cost around $4-5 per pound. Tenderloin is easily $20/pound--roughly four to five times the price of the more common cuts. Most cuts of pork, on the other hand, costs about $2-3 per pound, with tenderloin being only slightly higher.
The fact that cows are more expensive to raise than pigs explains why beef is on-average more expensive than pork. But it doesn't explain why that same muscle commands a quadrupling of the price in beef yet no major change in pork.
>>7239086
Once you get to high school, they'll explain supply and demand to you. Enjoy the second half of 8th grade.
Rate my dinner, cu/ck/'s!
>>7238981
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOUR FUCKING KNEE? HOLY SHIT. DO YOU HAVE QUAID FROM TOTAL RECALL CHILLING IN THAT FUCKING THING?
You have a very pointy knee
>wearing clothes
>in your own home
>at dinner time
any one here ever put tops on a frozen cheese pizza before cooking it? how did it turn out?
>>7238855
>tops
What are you a fucking canadian or some other kind of nonsense?
Turned out great, as long as you don't overload it.
op here i did it and it turned out well. green olives and tomatoes on a Freschetta cheese pizza.
How does /ck/ make their pulled pork if they only have a slow cooker?
I received one for christmas and seeing as pulled pork is the current meme food in the UK I thought it would be useful to ask a few questions before I do it
>does the pork need a rub, and or sear before you add it to the pot?
>apart from stock what would be a good liquid to add? Would cider (alcoholic) work well seeing as its pork OR beer OR coke OR a combination?
>what vegetables would be good to add to the pot? I was currently thinking just onion and garlic
>Do I add the barbecue sauce after the pork has completely cooked and it's been pulled? and anyone have a recipe for 'authentic' barbecue sauce because I'm not ruining my pork with the terrible sugar smoke syrup we get over here
Thanks guys
>does the pork need a rub, and or sear before you add it to the pot?
Neither of those are strictly required but they do improve the pork.
>apart from stock what would be a good liquid to add?
It's rarely cooked with stock but stock would certainly work. Typical would be beer or cola.
>Would cider (alcoholic) work well
Yes. Great choice.
>what vegetables would be good to add to the pot? I was currently thinking just onion and garlic
Those are both good choices. Chili peppers of various sorts would be another good addition.
>Do I add the barbecue sauce after the pork has completely cooked and it's been pulled?
Yes. Cook the pork, pull it, then sauce it.
>>7238787
/thread
>>7238753
Try this OP (assuming there is Dr Pepper in the UK, if not, Coke or root beer would work). I really can't think of a way to screw it up though.
http://www.spendwithpennies.com/dr-pepper-pulled-pork-slow-cooker-recipe/
Don't tell me you forgot about her
>Nigella Lawson was born today in 1960. Her two best known books are How To Eat and How To Be A Domestic Goddess, both of which sold in the hundreds of thousands. Then she went to television, first in England and now on the Food Network. She grabs attention with lusty, borderline sexy commentary about the pleasures of cooking and eating. She claims no particular training in cooking; she does what comes naturally. She seems to know what many food writers and TV people don’t: what tastes good. Being very attractive has helped, too.
>>7238749
>women keep calling themselves goddesses
annoying, delusional, harmful
>>7238764
Those cans though
>>7238772
yeah i remember what it was like being a teenager
sorry i can't speak english. so I might have mistake a lot.
i like sweets. In particular, I like”WAGASHI” Because i am Japanese.
there is a time of snack in japan.time of snack called "OYATSU" in japan.
Do you have a thing called time of snack in your our country?
what sweets do you eat?What you're eating because of local(traditional) sweets or saw on TV?
Those things look like wax candles
We needed more bombs....
>>7238745
Those look like wax candles
is there any chicken sandwich that can even compete with this bad boy?
>>7238629
probably
For me it is the McChicken, the best fast food sandwich.
every time I got an A on an exam this semester I rewarded myself with 4 of them. Usually 4 because I am so cracked out I can't eat for the day before and the day of an exam. $5-6 depending on tax and a day worth of calories
Who /sodastream/ here? I got one for Christmas and it's saved me about $50 in mineral water costs so far, I don't even use the syrup flavoring. Thank you based Israel for this amazing product
>>7238328
>you can make sparkling water from as little as 40 cents per litre
Yea, you can fuck right off
>>7238335
I chug that shit like alcohol, I'm still on the Co2 bottles that came in the original box
mineral water ain't cheap senpai
>>7238337
tap water is even cheaper cuz
What takes you to flavortown, /ck/? My favorite food is spaghetti and meatballs with the secret ingredient of oregano and sugar
Sausage
Burgers
It's snowing. What's some essential winter food?
Various standard soups is all the food I can recommend, but follow this link for a hot punch recipe that is amazing in the depths of winter.
http://punchdrink.com/recipes/charles-dickenss-punch/
Food
Ice cream, chocolate shakes, cereal, deli sandwiches, burgers and dogs on the grill, watermelon, cobb salad, cole slaw, grapes, cold fried chicken on a picnic.
Favorite pizza toppings?
Pic related, it's me enjoying my pizza.
Pretty much anything with anchovies.
Pepperoni or pepperoni + bacon. Sausage can be ok if the shop is good
If it's just one topping I'll go with pepperoni.
However I like to also add shallots, bell peppers, black olives and basil leaves.
Allow me to redpill you on nutrition
>500mg sodium is all you need, limit intake to 2300mg
4.5-5g sodium intake has the lowest mortality risk. Reducing sodium intake to low levels only reduces blood pressure by ~2%.
And unless you eat seafood daily, 2g (800mg sodium) of added iodized salt ensures you get the minimum 100mcg of iodine each day, which is much more important than a slight decrease in blood pressure.
>Stay out of the sun, you'll get skin cancer! You only need 600 IU Vitamin D
6000 IU has the lowest mortality risk, with 5000 IU being the minimum. You can't get more than 5-10% of that from food. To get 5000 IU you need ~5 minutes full-body exposure at noon in Summer, and ~25 minutes on an overcast winter day (if you're white).
Supplements are insufficient, are not the same chemical form, and cod liver oil has a massive amount of retinol which both inhibits Vit. D and increases mortality.
UV sunlight kills 95%+ of bacteria in 1 minute (reduced acne is an obvious probable benefit), and unlike with supplement intake the body can regulate Vit. D production.
To have good bones, calcium must have Vit. D to go with it.
>Take a vitamin pill goyim!
The vitamins in pills are usually in a different chemical form, are in excessive amounts, are poorly absorbed (1/10th absorption of intravenous, and significantly less than liquid form), and are taken in high unfettered doses the body probably cannot handle.
There is no evidence to suggest that vitamin pills reduce mortality, and it has been shown of some synthetic vitamins that they do not have the same beneficial effects as their natural counterparts.
We have found out the hard way with fructose (diabeetus) and the substitute for it we tried, aspartame (fucks up gut microbiota), as well as with the taking out fiber (diabeetus again) - why would it be any different for vitamins and minerals?
>Take cod liver oil for Vitamin A and Vitamin D goyim!
You need 3750-5400 IU Vitamin A, but anything above this increases mortality. Most of it should be in the form of beta-carotene, which the body can convert to retinol as it needs to. Retinol intake should be restricted to 400mcg/1333 IU.
It is so easy to get Vit. A (i.e. a single carrot is enough), that it is easy to go over the limit even without supplements. Supplemented Vit. A is usually in retinol form, which will increase mortality.
>45mg Vitamin C is enough
The RDI for Vitamin C is just enough to prevent scurvy, but way too low when it comes to mortality risk. At least 105mg, preferably 120mg or higher is required.
>Don't eat red meat! Go vegetarian!
Red meat is one of the best sources of zinc, which is about as integral to the body as sodium.
I don't think any sane person takes these vegan idiots seriously anymore, but just to ram it even deeper: Plant protein is garbage, and is no substitute for animal protein (chicken is best). A number of minerals and vitamins are inhibited by leafy greens. Vitamin K is a meme vitamin, and while 70mg is preferable, you only need about 10mg.
>Don't drizzle olive oil over everything!
Fats increase the absorption of many vitamins and minerals, and low-fat diets result in the opposite of the desired outcome. Oils are also the easiest way to get high amounts of energy - it is impossible to get enough daily calories through meat & vegetables alone.
>>7237962
my fat fuck friends swear by their supplements. I like to think of my food in terms of color and try to eat every color of the rainbow. (artificial excluded obvi). salt is my one downfall, i'm a sucker for savory.
>>7237965
>it is impossible to get enough daily calories through meat & vegetables alone.
Keto fag detected.
God knows how many more misguided factoids you're laying out here. I'm not even going to read them.
Critique my Recipe: Italian Stuffed Chicken Breast (spinach/cream cheese) in Blackberry Wine/Radish Butter Sauce
gay
At least say how you seasoned the chicken, because at this point you have bland with bland with bland, sitting in a pool of pepto bismol with a tacky scallion garnish that would be awkward and unbalanced to eat.
generic/10