• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    In this thread are people trying to use one tool for everything.

    You don’t use a screwdriver for everything.

    Likewise, in the kitchen, you don’t use the same utensil for everything.

    And I’m sorry, for the people that have one fork, one knife one knife, one pan. No. Unless you live on shit food, you can’t cook with just that.

    If you actually want tasty food, you’ll need some hardware. There’s just no way around it.

    Disclaimer, I’m French, and an actual cook (non practising).

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      21 hours ago

      You can use a wok for just about everything. Not great for baking, but anything else can be done in a wok, but even us chinese cooks (I am white, but learned to cook Chinese food) will look at you weird if you actually try to cook everything in a wok.

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      22 hours ago

      I feel bad for people who truly can not afford good kitchen stuff, granted most people in my area can. Otherwise yeah, assuming the person were discussing can afford it. There’s no going around spending a little money on good kitchenware if decent results are expected. It’s not like people have to drop thousands, but a few hundred is kinda normal.

      Also tip for anyone who’s building up their first kitchen, those gimmicky things that are always on sale are almost always crap. Buying that stuff is worse than gambling, cause at least gambling doesn’t leave you with a kitchen full of worthless clutter.

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        21 hours ago

        I feel bad for people who truly can not afford good kitchen stuff

        Now there’s a lot of people who can’t.

        Because kitchenware is actually hideously expensive. And even here, in France where we have access to the fundamental cooking industry tools - ok maybe slightly less-)

        (Ok, I said I was in France, it’s cool, feel free to downvote me now)

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      21 hours ago

      I find it amusing that as someone that actually spent years learning how to cook, and that I took the took the time to understand the chemistry and logic of cooking, I’m downvoted because:

      • I’m french (because a fair number of users are idiots, and yet I’m still here to face them)
      • or they believe they can cook with a microwave (a US affectation)
      • or maybe it’s just a jest across the atlantic, since we made them a country, they hate us for some reason as a joke, haha.