Absurdly, stupidly basic cooking questions (Part 2)

[ElsieD]

11 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

Yes. It's Cantonese rice wine of cooking quality, rather than for drinking. The Chinese on the front label reads 廣東米酒 (guǎng dōng mǐ jiǔ) in Traditional Chinese characters as still used in Hong Kong, Taiwan and much of the Chinese diaspora. The reverse label repeats this, but in the simplified characters used in the Chinese mainland.  

 

This refers to Guangdong, the Cantonese speaking mainland province opposite Hong Kong. Kwangtung is the Cantonese pronunciation for Guangdong (the Mandarin name). Mujiu is literally rice wine.  It is not vinegar (unless it's been there a vey long time).

 

The wine is mainly used in marinades and sauces with some Cantonese dishes.

 

 

Thank you.  As you can see it has an expiry  date of 2016.  I didn't think vinegar expired.  Should I be tossing it?

[liuzhou]

@ElsieD

 

I just noticed the expiry date of October 2016! It is now 8 years over that, so it may well be vinegar after all. I'd bin it. It was never intended to be vinegar.

 

 

 

Edited November 18 by liuzhou (log)

[ElsieD]

7 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

@ElsieD

 

I just noticed the expiry date of October 2016! It is now 8 years over that, so it may well be vinegar after all. I'd bin it. It was never intended to be vinegar.

 

 

 

Thanks again.  Down the sink it goes!

[rotuts]

its also salted .  dump it just for that .

Edited November 18 by rotuts (log)

[TdeV]

When does miso expire? There's hardly any gone out of the container; sometime in the summer I put some on eggplant, tasted okay; but it's really old.

[rotuts]

I have two miso's :

 

 

the on on the R is from Tj's , and I refrigerate after opening.   

 

the packet says it expires 6 / 25 .

 

the left came from MarketBasket .   I have not opened it yet.

 

it does not say anything on the packet about expiring at all .

 

it does have these number on  the back :  5512 044.

 

miso has so much salt in it , as the idea was to preserve via salting

 

it might not expire as such for some time.

 

might not kill you , in the distant future

 

but might taste less interesting.

Edited Wednesday at 09:56 PM by rotuts (log)

[TdeV]

Do you mean "might taste LESS interesting", @rotuts ?

[rotuts]

thank you.  corrected.

[BeeZee]

Miso, if you use a clean utensil to scoop it out of the package, lasts a VERY long time in the refrigerator. Commercially packaged stuff is fine for a year.

[scubadoo97]

“it was always the braising cuts I shopped for most aggressively”

 

Same here but now we eat very little red meat

[SLB]

You know how dry rubs on meat like ribs always appear to have been applied with a heavy-hand, looking like 100% coverage?    Why do people do this with as strongly-tasting meat as beef?  Is this actually necessary?

 

[Smithy]

4 hours ago, SLB said:

You know how dry rubs on meat like ribs always appear to have been applied with a heavy-hand, looking like 100% coverage?    Why do people do this with as strongly-tasting meat as beef?  Is this actually necessary?

 

 

My guess, and it's strictly a guess, is that it's a matter of taste. If you like the seasonings in the rub and think they strongly complement the meat flavor, you'd add a lot. I find that not all beef has a lot of flavor, incidentally, so the rub may be more necessary for certain cuts.

 

An example, drawing from the sauce side: my husband loved the flavor of barbecue sauce, and he tended to drown his pork and beef in barbecue sauce even as he claimed to like the meats themselves! I find that most barbecue sauces overwhelm the meat they're on unless they used sparingly. Clearly, our mileages varied.

[SLB]

I'm the same as you re barbecue sauce, I can't stand it when I can't taste the meat.  Also, pasta.  I like what turns out to be a very small amount of pasta sauce.

 

And, since it's pie season -- I hate it when I can't taste the fruit because of all the sugar.  HATE IT!

 

I'm sensing a trend here . . . .

 

Thank you.

Edited Saturday at 05:04 PM by SLB (log)

[MaryIsobel]

For a few years I have been makinig oven baked chicken wings with the baking powder method. Start them low to render the fat and then crank the heat to get them crispy. Terrific results - you would think they were deep fried. When it is just my husband and I, I toss them in a Franks/butter solution - aka Buffalo wings. I have also done a honey garlic sauce. Now for my question. My son-in-law (T1 diabetic since childhood) eschews anything with sugar in it but doesn't care or Buffalo wings. His go-to is salt and pepper wings. Simple right? Not exactly. At what point would I salt and pepper them and how do I get that mixture to stick to the wings? This is the method I use for cooking the wings: https://www.recipetineats.com/crispy-oven-baked-chicken-wings-honey-garlic-sauce/#wprm-recipe-container-20701

[FauxPas]

2 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

 His go-to is salt and pepper wings. Simple right? Not exactly. At what point would I salt and pepper them and how do I get that mixture to stick to the wings? 

 

I notice that some salt is added with the baking powder coating, could you try upping the salt a bit and also adding in some pepper at that point? Or salt and pepper just before turning the heat up? Aren't the wings a bit wet at that point with the rendering? (I have never done the baking powder method, so I might be missing something with these suggestions.) 

 

I have the little Cuisinart Steam Convection oven and I do salt and pepper wings all the time in it.  I mix the wings with some olive oil, arrange on a rack and sprinkle with salt and pepper. I use steam bake at about 325 - 350F for 20 -25 mins and then turn them over, sprinkle with a bit more S & P and cook for another 20-25 mins. Mike likes his wings crisped and brown so sometimes I cook a bit longer than those times. All I can say is that we love these wings and have them frequently. 

 

I guess, if you wanted to, you could try my method and add a pan of water to your oven to add some steam - in whatever oven you usually use? 

 

But not sure this is of any help to you, sorry!  🙂

 

 

[FauxPas]

4 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

His go-to is salt and pepper wings.

 

Strangely enough, we were planning wings tonight so here are some photos. I have a bit of hot sauce on the side for my wings and Mike has a ranch dressing for his veggies and wings. We call these S&P wings. We love them, folks we have served them to seem to like them also. But I really think the steam oven does a great job.