When recipes piss you off

[George K]

So, I'm making some mashed potatoes today.

The recipe:

Ingredients

• 3 lbs red potatoes scrubbed and cut into 2-inch chunks (don’t peel)
• 1 cup water
• 2 tsp kosher salt
• 3/4 cup warm milk
• 6 tbsp unsalted butter softened
• 1 tbsp dehydrated toasted onion flakes see NOTES
• 1 tsp instant dehydrated minced garlic -OR- 1 large clove finely minced
• 2 tbsp minced fresh parsley -OR- 1 tbs dehydrated
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

• Place potato chunks in the Instant Pot (or any electric pressure cooker), add the kosher salt and the water. Process on manual for 8 minutes (or high/15 psi on other pressure cookers)
• Release pressure and drain potatoes well.
• Using a hand masher, lightly mash the potatoes. Add just enough of the warm milk so the potatoes are creamy but not soupy. You may not use the entire amount, or you may need more warm milk, depending on how creamy you like them.
• Add the butter, toasted onions, garlic and parsley. Stir to combine.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

Notice what's missing in the instructions?

THE SOUR CREAM!!

What the hell.

[George K]

By the way...

I used freeze-dried garlic flakes and onion powder.

Came out good!

[George K]

Meanwhile, this happened:

The strip steak was sous-vide to 115 degrees. Nothing but salt, pepper and two cloves of garlic in the sous-vide. The filet was "reverse-seared" at 225 degrees for about an hour until internal temp reached hockey-puck 140. The filet was "filleted" to about ½" thickness.

Canola oil until shimmering, and after drying the steaks off, they went into the skillet (with "FryWall" installed). After dropping the steaks into the skillet, a couple of cloves of garlic and some butter for basting.

Mrs. George wanted her steak (gasp)"crispier." Mine was absolutely perfect.

Wild Fork, FTW!

[kluurs]

Mrs. Kluurs and Mrs. George have similar tastes in steak - more similar to carbon dating than cooking.

[George K]

@kluurs said in When recipes piss you off:

more similar to carbon dating than cooking

(Cheap) Scotch everywhere.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in When recipes piss you off:

The filet was "reverse-seared" at 225 degrees for about an hour until internal temp reached 140

I need to cry merely reading this.

[George K]

@klaus said in When recipes piss you off:

I need to cry merely reading this.

I know.

"Crispier."

[Copper]

Mrs. George don't listen to them.

Hold your ground, crispy food is the best food.

[brenda]

@copper LOL, Copper!

[kluurs]

Mrs. Kluurs is a molecular biologist so she "won't be fed unless it is dead" even at the single celled organism stage.