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LTK:
Thanks for the tip, will definitely try salting. I always sauté the garlic and onions first, then I add the spices together with the beans and vegetables. Does it matter whether you do it before or after?
I made pumpkin/potato soup yesterday and I realised I should do that more often. The smell of a freshly cut pumpkin is just amazing. The soup had onion, garlic, ginger, red lentils, and curry. I will happily eat this for four days straight.
Aimless:
--- Quote from: LTK on 23 Mar 2018, 05:57 ---Thanks for the tip, will definitely try salting. I always sauté the garlic and onions first, then I add the spices together with the beans and vegetables. Does it matter whether you do it before or after?
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My mum taught me to do this both before and after, for lentils, peas, beans and some meat dishes. The second addition of spices etc fried in oil imparts a clearer flavor :) the practice itself is known, confusingly, as "tempering" and I often use it when making soup as well.
--- Quote --- I made pumpkin/potato soup yesterday and I realised I should do that more often. The smell of a freshly cut pumpkin is just amazing. The soup had onion, garlic, ginger, red lentils, and curry. I will happily eat this for four days straight.
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Om nom nom :o I am a recent convert to the pumpkin fan club.
LTK:
I decided I wanted some popcorn today, so I tossed a few handfuls of corn into a pan of melted butter, but it always takes a very long time before all of it pops, so I end up with a load where everything that popped last is pristine and marshmallow-white while everything that popped first is brown and charred. It's still good to eat, but does anyone else ever make popcorn at home and knows how to get it to turn out better?
Tova:
I always put some in a paper bag and pop it :claireface: in the microwave. It works a treat.
https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/how-to-pop-popcorn-the-microwave-paper-bag-method/
LTK:
Hmm, yeah, the problem with that is that I don't have paper bags.
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Or a microwave.
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