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Curing your own deli meats is the biggest cooking return on investment there is. Those things are pumped full of nastiness and cost a fortune on top of it. Brining is easy and you control the ingredients. It takes very little time or effort. 10/10
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Curing your own deli meats is the biggest cooking return on investment there is. Those things are pumped full of nastiness and cost a fortune on top of it. Brining is easy and you control the ingredients. It takes very little time or effort. 10/10
If you think this is nasty, you weren’t here when I did sweetbreads!
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What Are Sweetbreads? (And Why You Should Try Them!)
Spoiler, they're not bread.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you think this is nasty, you weren’t here when I did sweetbreads!
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If you brine or pickle or brick your food, don’t waste money on fancy weights! If you have “rocks” or “bricks” and some baggies, you’re golden for pennies
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you brine or pickle or brick your food, don’t waste money on fancy weights! If you have “rocks” or “bricks” and some baggies, you’re golden for pennies
Pink curing salt is what gives pastrami, corned beef, etc its color but it is a migraine trigger for me and not terribly healthy to eat overall. Gray brining all the way for me!
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Pink curing salt is what gives pastrami, corned beef, etc its color but it is a migraine trigger for me and not terribly healthy to eat overall. Gray brining all the way for me!
12-14 days in the refrigerator and at the end, I should have four pounds of premium spiced, pickled tongue with no added nitrates.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
12-14 days in the refrigerator and at the end, I should have four pounds of premium spiced, pickled tongue with no added nitrates.
It has to be fully submerged in the brine but, as we all know, corpses float. So, I weighed it dow with a plate and a bag of rocks.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It has to be fully submerged in the brine but, as we all know, corpses float. So, I weighed it dow with a plate and a bag of rocks.
CW: Progress photos incoming! Mute thread!
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
CW: Progress photos incoming! Mute thread!
Nefarious onscreen, a helluva guy off
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nefarious onscreen, a helluva guy off
Americans are funny. So many of them are grossed out by eating tongue because its location on the animal horrifies them but they merrily chomp on ham and also chicken butt nuggets
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Americans are funny. So many of them are grossed out by eating tongue because its location on the animal horrifies them but they merrily chomp on ham and also chicken butt nuggets
I usually do a dry brine but I am going for a wet brine today.
At no point is this recipe even slightly aesthetically pleasing or Instagram ready but we are made of sterner stuff here
At no point is this recipe even slightly aesthetically pleasing or Instagram ready but we are made of sterner stuff here
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I usually do a dry brine but I am going for a wet brine today.
At no point is this recipe even slightly aesthetically pleasing or Instagram ready but we are made of sterner stuff here
At no point is this recipe even slightly aesthetically pleasing or Instagram ready but we are made of sterner stuff here
The recipe specifically said not to in this case
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The recipe specifically said not to in this case
Just a half slice because 2 lb loaves are massive! I like the size of 1 lb loaves better but I am also greedy, so here we are
a man in a suit and glasses is walking down a street .
ALT: a man in a suit and glasses is walking down a street .
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November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Just a half slice because 2 lb loaves are massive! I like the size of 1 lb loaves better but I am also greedy, so here we are
Forgot to take a picture yesterday but here is my toast today. Very tasty, crunchy as promised, toasts beautifully. I sliced it up and have it in the freezer for future toast and sandwiches
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Forgot to take a picture yesterday but here is my toast today. Very tasty, crunchy as promised, toasts beautifully. I sliced it up and have it in the freezer for future toast and sandwiches
Interior Decorator in an Operating Room:
“You really need all these instruments? Choose the ones that bring you the most happiness and discard the rest, then organize them by length and stop storing them in ugly plastic! Place some fresh flowers around them, it’s so antiseptic in here!”
“You really need all these instruments? Choose the ones that bring you the most happiness and discard the rest, then organize them by length and stop storing them in ugly plastic! Place some fresh flowers around them, it’s so antiseptic in here!”
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Interior Decorator in an Operating Room:
“You really need all these instruments? Choose the ones that bring you the most happiness and discard the rest, then organize them by length and stop storing them in ugly plastic! Place some fresh flowers around them, it’s so antiseptic in here!”
“You really need all these instruments? Choose the ones that bring you the most happiness and discard the rest, then organize them by length and stop storing them in ugly plastic! Place some fresh flowers around them, it’s so antiseptic in here!”
Interior decorators who touch books are the scum of the earth, generally, as are those online sellers who deal in packs of “aesthetic“ used books. Banish them all.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Interior decorators who touch books are the scum of the earth, generally, as are those online sellers who deal in packs of “aesthetic“ used books. Banish them all.
They’re the in process and up next ones
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
They’re the in process and up next ones
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November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Really good! Didn’t take a picture but sliced it up and put it in the freezer so I can grab slices as needed
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Really good! Didn’t take a picture but sliced it up and put it in the freezer so I can grab slices as needed