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>She says she sautéed the lentils until they started to crisp and even blacken a bit because she knows they need to be cooked thoroughly. Is an interesting way
by ribosometronome 4y ago
>She says she sautéed the lentils until they started to crisp and even blacken a bit because she knows they need to be cooked thoroughly.
Is an interesting way to describe cooking lentils, too. I can imagine sautéing ones that are already cooked. Or you can put them in a pan with water for awhile, but that's gonna be 20-40 minutes, is pan-boiling a term? Not really sautéing.
- andybak 4y ago> is pan-boiling a term? Confused. What else would you boil them in? (Brit here so maybe there's a language difference at play)
- roykanesmith37 4y agoIn my eyes (I live in the US) “boiling” seems to only refer to boiling something in a pot. Like boil a pot of water (cause it to reach boiling point and bubble) then put in noodles.
- tedivm 4y agoA Pot. Pots are tall and are used for boiling, pans are low and used for sauteing.
- zdragnar 4y agoA pot is used for boiling water, or cooking stews and soups. They typically have two small handles on each side. A pan has short, usually curved sides, and is suitable for simmering small amounts of liquid, searing or frying. It will almost always have a single long handle. Woks are the exception- the look halfway in-between a pot and a pan, though the design is more geared towards the same uses you would use a pan for. Although there are two small handled varieties, the thinness of the metal makes it much less effective at stews and soups because it doesn't hold heat well.
- thehours 4y agoSaucepans are somewhere in the middle. "Saucepans are round, vertical-walled vessels used for simmering or boiling. Saucepans generally have one long handle. Larger pans of similar shape with two ear handles are sometimes called "sauce-pots" or "soup pots" (3–12 litres)." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookware_and_bakeware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookware_and_bakeware
- nerdponx 4y agoIn the US, a "saucepan" is still usually considered a small pot. Only cooking nerds even know what a saucepan is.
- axblount 4y agoUS resident here. To me, a "pan" is usually a shallow cooking container usually for frying/sauteeing. Not something you would boil pasta in for instance. For pasta/beans/soup i eould use a "pot."
- wizofaus 4y agoDifference between saucepan and frying pan? Former you would use for boiling, latter, not so much...
- travem 4y agoIt looks like most of the sibling responses view "pan" as mainly referring to a "frying pan", there is also a "sauce pan" that is likely what you are referring to. Rough disambiguation: Frying pan - shallow with single long handle Sauce pan - deeper with single handle Pot - deeper with two loop handles
- shiftpgdn 4y agoThe lentils were meant to be a meat replacement cooked the same way as ground beef.
- lupire 4y agoThat's still wacky because you (or the manufacturer) boil them first. The only reason to heat fakeburger to 165 (like the manufacturers all tell you do to) is to give you the psychological feeling of cooking meat, and to cover up hygiene failures of manufacturing, transportation, or storage.
- samatman 4y agoI believe you're thinking of braising.