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[Ether_Snake]

Sound like the bottom is cooking too fast relative to the top, and your temp is too high. Do you have access to an electric griddle? You can score one for <$30, and being able to set the temp makes a world of difference. I'm gonna take a wild guess here say that it's actually the butter that's burning, not the cakes.

Your temperature is definitely too high; on an electric range with 1-10 on the dials, I never turn it higher than 3½ for pancakes. Both sides come out perfectly golden every time, and I don't even use butter or oil in the pan.

It also sounds like the batter recipe could be off if they're falling apart. Too much milk and/or not enough egg.

So the temp was too high, might have been past four, close to five.

How can you not use butter or oil in the pan and yet it doesn't stick?

As for the batter, this is the recipe:

http://www.leftoverqueen.com/2011/03/10/the-best-gluten-free-pancakes-ever

1 package (7 grams) instant dry yeast
2 cups (500 grams) warm water (about 100°F)
1 teaspoon (4 grams) kosher salt
2 cups (260 grams) buckwheat flour
2 tablespoons (42 grams) blackstrap molasses
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon (14 grams) unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp of ground cinnamon

 

[Zyzyxxz]

So, I bought myself an induction cooktop today (Eurodib 1600W...was local, cheap, and well reviewed).

So, reading the manual, I notice it says to not put an empty pot on the induction cooktop. What's the reasoning for this? I was hoping that I could preheat a cast iron pan to sear a steak...maybe that's too much for the cooktop to handle?

by pot I'm pretty sure it means steel stuff thats rather thin in comparison to cast iron. Don't worry about overheating a cast iron pan it's not that easy.

 

[thespot84]

So the temp was too high, might have been past four, close to five.

How can you not use butter or oil in the pan and yet it doesn't stick?

As for the batter, this is the recipe:

http://www.leftoverqueen.com/2011/03/10/the-best-gluten-free-pancakes-ever

1 package (7 grams) instant dry yeast
2 cups (500 grams) warm water (about 100°F)
1 teaspoon (4 grams) kosher salt
2 cups (260 grams) buckwheat flour
2 tablespoons (42 grams) blackstrap molasses
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon (14 grams) unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp of ground cinnamon

I know cosmic mentioned not using butter, but honestly why? It's so delicious!

It may be the gluten free that prevents them from bubbling...just a theory.

 

[slidewinder]

Yeast-risen pancakes are sorta unusual, although that is of course almost certainly irrelevant here. As has been said, heat's got to be too high. If you're still having problems even after turning the heat down, I guess you could thin out the batter so the pancakes spread out more in the pan and cook through quicker.

I wonder if maybe molasses burns easier than refined sugar, too?

 

[Garryk]

If I wanted to get my wife a knife set for Christmas, what would be a good choice? Or recommend a good chef's knife.

 

[ChanHuk]

If I wanted to get my wife a knife set for Christmas, what would be a good choice? Or recommend a good chef's knife.

Depends on how much you want to spend. A knife is really personal honestly, I dunno if you golf but its a lot like a putter. You have to try it out before you buy one. I have a Victorinox 8" chefs knife that I adore for $30.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

If I wanted to get my wife a knife set for Christmas, what would be a good choice? Or recommend a good chef's knife.

stay away from sets. Just get a good chef's knife or a santoku. If she preps a lot of veges maybe a nakiri or usuba. If you want something easy to sharpen try Shun or Wusthof.

 

[Aquavelvaman]

If you want to give her a nice gift and are not afraid to spend a little I'd go with a shun. They're great knives and really cool looking

 

[Garryk]

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[OnkelC]

If I wanted to get my wife a knife set for Christmas, what would be a good choice? Or recommend a good chef's knife.

A Zwilling 4Star set is all you need IMHO.

 

[_Isaac]

I like big curvy knives. Yep.

 

[thespot84]

i know it's hard when buying a gift but one of the most important things is how the knife feels in your hand. handle, weight distribution, etc etc.

 

[Axion22]

Been awhile!

Sesame Orange Shrimp

Just before done:

Plated:

What kind of oranges are good for this kind of thing? I used navel and I'm not sure that was the best choice.

 

[TheExodu5]

If you want to give her a nice gift and are not afraid to spend a little I'd go with a shun. They're great knives and really cool looking

I have this knife and it's awesome. Damned expensive though...it retails for around $250 on its own (I got it 40% off though, for roughly $150).

edit: oh wait, that's the Classic I think. That one retails for around $150. I have the Eite.

I just bought my mom a 6" Westhoff (I think that's what it's called) chef's knife. It was on sale on Amazon for $50 not long ago.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

So what are your go-to soups for winter? Any easy/cheap ones?

Also, anyone got a killer chicken noodle soup recipe? I've been craving it.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Anyone ever made chocolate covered jalapenos?

 

[otake]

I like soups with lots of green and red peppers, lots of onions and some garlic. Everything else is extra.

 

[Maklershed]

Anyone ever made chocolate covered jalapenos?

Nope. But I have put chocolate in the same chili that jalapenos were in. Does that count?

 

[MrBig]

Nope. But I have put chocolate in the same chili that jalapenos were in. Does that count?

how did that taste? :lol

 

[DJ_Lae]

So what are your go-to soups for winter? Any easy/cheap ones?

I've been going nuts with soups, although most of the time I'm just dumping in whatever veggies I have in my fridge and then tossing in some sort of grain or rice that I think might go with it. I have a ton of dried wild mushrooms that I want to try out (including some chantrelles) in a cream soup, but something about those make them seem intimidating.

I do make myself lentil soup once or twice a week, as it's a nice light and warm soup for all of these miserable days, and my daughter loves it. Cheap as hell, too (it's even replaced split pea soup for me):

-olive oil
-1 onion, 2 carrots, 2 celery sticks, chopped
-bay leaf
-1L chicken stock (I cheat and just use paste)
-1 cup red lentils
-salt and pepper to taste

I just saute the veggies for a while, then dump in everything else and let it simmer covered for about 15-20 minutes. You can add other spices to it too, I've tried garlic or cumin - the latter gives it a nice warm flavour, although maybe not desirable depending on what kind of sandwich you want to eat with it. I've even tossed in a bit of quinoa while cooking when I wanted to make it heartier.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

how did that taste? :lol

I've actually done that as well. It's pretty good, although I used habaneros instead of jalapenos in the chili.

 

[Maklershed]

how did that taste? :lol

Chocolate in chili is surprisingly good.

 

[sharkmuncher]

Just thought I'd show off my super patched together sous-vide set-up. Discovered that will all the home brewing equipment I have laying around, I can set up a system the circulates ~130F water at a pretty stable and consistent rate. We'll see how it all works out in another 30 min or so.

And after a light sear, damn tasty. I will have to try this again in the future.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

Nice, still saving up for a PolyScience at ~$800 but that looks like a good cheap option.

 

[sharkmuncher]

Nice, still saving up for a PolyScience at ~$800 but that looks like a good cheap option.

I was going to recommend a Graham Box + Pump + boiling water if you had the space, but then I realized that the Gbox alone is $300 and the loss in space from multiple pots is probably not worth it, but I learned that a well controlled mash tun is pretty much the same as a sous vide system.

 

[dyonPT]

Almond Tartelettes

 

[Flo]

Almond Tartelettes

These look like I need them, where do you find your recipes and could you post this one?

 

[Lakitu]

Gingerbread Man Cookies

Those look delicious.

I love the third pic, it looks a couple of gingerbread men mob bosses that just whacked some other gingerbread man.

 

[Maklershed]

If I wanted to get my wife a knife set for Christmas, what would be a good choice? Or recommend a good chef's knife.

stay away from sets. Just get a good chef's knife or a santoku. If she preps a lot of veges maybe a nakiri or usuba. If you want something easy to sharpen try Shun or Wusthof.

If you want to give her a nice gift and are not afraid to spend a little I'd go with a shun.

Just a heads up but the 1pm EST lightning deal on amazon is "A gorgeous santoku chef's knife from the Shun Classic line" and the 3pm EST deal is "A Shun Classic 3-piece cutlery set".

 

[RatskyWatsky]

These look like I need them, where do you find your recipes and could you post this one?

Here.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

Just a heads up but the 1pm EST lightning deal on amazon is "A gorgeous santoku chef's knife from the Shun Classic line" and the 3pm EST deal is "A Shun Classic 3-piece cutlery set".

Hmm I might be tempted to pick up the Santoku since I'm missing that style from my collection but then again I might rather save for a real Damascus one. This will have to be cheap enough to justify it as a throwaway purchase down the line.

 

[Harry Potter]

Just put my first 4 lb beef chuck "pit roast" in the oven. I'll post pictures when it's ready in 8 hours.

 

[dyonPT]

Those look delicious.

I love the third pic, it looks a couple of gingerbread men mob bosses that just whacked some other gingerbread man.

hehehe, these are some mob men I dont mind to come across

These look like I need them, where do you find your recipes and could you post this one?

Here.

Thanks

Its in Portuguese, but click on the flags to change the language

Hope you like it

 

[ElectricThunder]

Good eats tonight with some new stuff!

Cheese: Welsh Powerful Cheddar Definitely some power to the flavour on top of it melting up real nice and real quick with a fair bit of oil to it. First cheese with a "Welsh" to it, be interesting to see if I can come across any others and how they might play out differently than the Irish ones.

Crumble: Kangaroo Multi-Grain Garden Herb Pita Chips Hard n' Crunchy with ample grains and seasoning to it....almost reminded me of a really good, flat crouton.

Sauce: KAME Szechuwan This....this is something my palate isn't used to. It definitely has some degree of heat to it, and a bit of the numbing factor I've heard of, but the rest of the flavour spectrum on it is kinda muddled and unidentifiable. All signs point to it having solid ingredient quality, so I can't really say it was bad so much as just so different I'm not sure what my take on it will be by the time I manage to polish off the small bottle.

 

[Spayro]

First entry woo. made this for the girlfriend:

Spoiler

sorry for the shitty pic.

A simple Pavlova. so, so good.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

First entry woo. made this for the girlfriend:

Spoiler

sorry for the shitty pic.

A simple Pavlova. so, so good.

How pretty! And nice plate!

 

[Harry Potter]

The pit roast turned out great. Just falls apart. Got way too much tho, I'll have to make burritos or something tomorrow.

 

[Flo]

Here.

Thanks

Its in Portuguese, but click on the flags to change the language

Hope you like it

Thanks! Seeing how they're made, makes them look even tastier!

 

[MightyHealthy]

As a guy who has recently become addicted to the Food Network, I must say mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Osietra]

The pit roast turned out great. Just falls apart. Got way too much tho, I'll have to make burritos or something tomorrow.

Looks rather like dog food.

 

[Octagon]

Gonna try out an indonesian restaurant today. I'm curious how it turns out.

 

[Visceir]

I enjoy making curry rice with chicken and corn. More specifically cooking the chicken fillet pieces on a frying pan with onions and corn added, then adding whipping cream and later on previously cooked rice. Of course I also add various spices & curry.

It's really easy to make and tastes yummy but I was wondering if any of you could maybe think of something to add to it to make it even better?

 

[BriareosGAF]

We just did old standards this weekend, I made four loaves of oatmeal bread using a variation on Ed Brown's Tassajara yeasted bread, which is my staple every two weeks.

Bread weekend again, decided to make this bread again. Tough getting high rising out of it with how cold it is in Maine right now, but I took some pictures anyway in case folks had never made bread by hand and were curious. I used a bunch of stuff from our local winter pantry CSA for these loaves: maple syrup for the sweetener to feed the yeast, locally milled whole wheat flour and oats.

Sponge is done after beating 100 times with spoon:

Dough has been kneaded and first rise in progress:

After punching down and in prep for second rise:

Shaped into loaves and rising in buttered pans:

Loaves have risen and been covered in an egg & cream wash (eggs from my chickens that morning :

After cooling on racks, first few slices:

Whole process takes about five and half to six hours but it's mostly just empty time waiting for rising and baking, actual work is probably an hour.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

So... I need to learn to cook. Sick of eating fast and frozen food.

On Sundays and Mondays I'm going to learn my Grandmother's recipes one by one. Which will be amazing, knowing your Grandmother's secrets.

The rest of the week I work 40-60 hours.

She's says she'd only eat leftovers no later than three days after being cooked.

So, I either need ideas for things that'd last until Saturday after cooking on Monday or things that can be made extremely quickly Thursday-Saturday. Hamburgers is obvious, but I need variety.

 

[Ether_Snake]

So I tried to make the pancakes again, at lower heat, but it still got stuck to the pan.

So I did as I said I would: I took the rest of the mix and poured it in a large rectangular glass bowl, put it in the oven, and waited. It started to crack a bit (like a desert) but it was close to the consistency of pancakes. Cut out a piece, sprinkle some cinnamon and pour some maple syrup and it is delicious.

That's how I'll do it now, so much simpler and clear. Just put the thing in the oven, done!

I call them, ovencakes.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

I swear you stealth edited the name.

 

[akira28]

pancakes at 375 F, let the pan or griddle warm for a good 10 minutes with a light coating of oil. Perfect pancakes every time.

 

[Ether_Snake]

I swear you stealth edited the name.

I did, lol

pancakes at 375 F, let the pan or griddle warm for a good 10 minutes with a light coating of oil. Perfect pancakes every time.

Mine is a dial. I put it at 3 or 3.5.

 

[akira28]

What's the highest setting?

 

[Vox-Pop]

Any good spiral cut ham recipes/cooking tips? The ham comes with some glaze packets, but I rather do something myself. It my first ham. I always make turkey, but my fam wants ham instead. :/