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Ask HN: What do you like to cook?

2 points by ryanmarsh 10y ago

Programmers (anecdotally) seem to enjoy cooking more than the general population. So I'm wondering, what does HN like to cook?

issa 10y ago
I thought the predominant stereotype was Hot Pockets.
salesguy222 10y ago
That's funny, most of my food doesn't require cooking (raw leafy vegetables and raw fruits, nuts, candy, fried packaged snacks, breads and spreads) inb4 "THAT'S NOT HEALTHY" lol you can go have your cooked chicken breast elsewhere
curun1r 10y ago
I took a vegetarian Thai cooking class when I went to Chiang Mai and I love cooking those recipes. The great part is that I can do all the prep on Sunday evening and the meals take about 10 minutes to assemble/cook. The recipes also work really well for cooking individual or 2-person meals, so I've got it a ton of flexibility during the week.
CalChris 10y ago
Doing parchment salmon tonight. I got a pound of salmon scraps from Berkeley Bowl for $6. Lay that out on parchment paper. Peel and slice a lemon. Slice up an onion and drape the onion + lemon on top. Asparagus sliced lengthwise on the bottom. Maybe basil leaves. Salt and pepper and maybe some olive oil (salmon is already oily, this is for taste). Wrap it up into an envelope. Bake at 400 for 20 - 25 minutes. Potato side or if you boil and slice you can put that in too. You can eat it right out of the envelope. Baking salmon this way is bulletproof. Infinitely better than broiling. Very little cleanup, very forgiving.
PaulHoule 10y ago
Pudding. Pudding mix that is sold in the store is just cornstarch + sugar + flavor. You can make it yourself at 1/10 the price and not much work. (I'll Nep you up!)
Finnucane 10y ago
Half of my cookbook bookcase is devoted to pastry and baking. Much of my non-dessert cooking is either Italian (because it's what I grew up with) or Indian (my favorite), but, you know, varies with what's in season.
gtvwill 10y ago
I love cooking, I'll have a burl at whatever i can whip up from produce on our farm or whatever I've seen on food lovers guide to Australia. Japanese is something I'm a huge fan of, but have been itching to go catch some mudcrab from the creek down front and do up a Singapore sweet chilli mudcrab, haven't had one for a month or so. Tonight I'm helping do up a scotch fillet roast in a camp oven over a fire(cooking over coals is great). Can't wait for the peas and gravy.

2 points by ryanmarsh 10y ago

Programmers (anecdotally) seem to enjoy cooking more than the general population. So I'm wondering, what does HN like to cook?

issa 10y ago

I thought the predominant stereotype was Hot Pockets.

salesguy222 10y ago

That's funny, most of my food doesn't require cooking (raw leafy vegetables and raw fruits, nuts, candy, fried packaged snacks, breads and spreads) inb4 "THAT'S NOT HEALTHY" lol you can go have your cooked chicken breast elsewhere

curun1r 10y ago

I took a vegetarian Thai cooking class when I went to Chiang Mai and I love cooking those recipes. The great part is that I can do all the prep on Sunday evening and the meals take about 10 minutes to assemble/cook. The recipes also work really well for cooking individual or 2-person meals, so I've got it a ton of flexibility during the week.

CalChris 10y ago

Doing parchment salmon tonight. I got a pound of salmon scraps from Berkeley Bowl for $6. Lay that out on parchment paper. Peel and slice a lemon. Slice up an onion and drape the onion + lemon on top. Asparagus sliced lengthwise on the bottom. Maybe basil leaves. Salt and pepper and maybe some olive oil (salmon is already oily, this is for taste). Wrap it up into an envelope. Bake at 400 for 20 - 25 minutes. Potato side or if you boil and slice you can put that in too. You can eat it right out of the envelope. Baking salmon this way is bulletproof. Infinitely better than broiling. Very little cleanup, very forgiving.

PaulHoule 10y ago

Pudding. Pudding mix that is sold in the store is just cornstarch + sugar + flavor. You can make it yourself at 1/10 the price and not much work. (I'll Nep you up!)

Finnucane 10y ago

Half of my cookbook bookcase is devoted to pastry and baking. Much of my non-dessert cooking is either Italian (because it's what I grew up with) or Indian (my favorite), but, you know, varies with what's in season.

gtvwill 10y ago

I love cooking, I'll have a burl at whatever i can whip up from produce on our farm or whatever I've seen on food lovers guide to Australia. Japanese is something I'm a huge fan of, but have been itching to go catch some mudcrab from the creek down front and do up a Singapore sweet chilli mudcrab, haven't had one for a month or so. Tonight I'm helping do up a scotch fillet roast in a camp oven over a fire(cooking over coals is great). Can't wait for the peas and gravy.