• FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    721·
    10 months ago

    This is my GF when ever I’m cooking something.

    It’s also me whenever she’s cooking something.

    Apparently, we’re both cats, so it works out. (Don’t tell her)

    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world
      191·
      10 months ago

      It’s the same in our household. For my husband, it’s usually when all I’ve got going so far are garlic and onions in the pan.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        173·
        10 months ago

        everything else is just a vehicle for the garlic and onions, amirite?

        The one that gets her really… demanding… is the mac and cheese. It’s just a cheddar mornay - white roux, milk until about heavy cream consistency cheddar cubes or shredded, let it get thicker than you’d like… Then cook the pasta not-quite-done, drain off most the liquid and finish cooking with the sauce. chives and fine-chopped bacon if you’re a weirdo with left over bacon… fresh cracked black pepper

        Its one of my go-to comfort foods. or comfort sides. you can get surprisingly fancy with it, too. lots of variation is possible.

        • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          left over bacon

          ???

          Lol

          Honestly the only bacon-y leftover thing we ever have is bacon fat, and it’s great for sprucing up all kinds of things, as I’m sure you know. My favorite lately is to saute sandwich meats in it before assembling my sandwich, then I pan-sear both sides of the sandwich before eating.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            10 months ago

            When I was single… I’d cook off one or two pieces at a time. Until the package had to be cooked off.

            Occasionally I had enough willpower to not scarf 2/3’s of it. (Though, it does seem like packages today are a lot smaller….)

        • ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee
          31·
          10 months ago

          I just saw a Mac and cheese tip I want to try. Cook the macaroni in equivalent amount of water (one cup to one cup) to al dente, do not drain whatever is left over. Shouldn’t be much left over but it’ll be starchy goodness

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            52·
            10 months ago

            I usually go with a large amount of water because you don’t really need that much starch to act as an emulsifier, and generally for pasta, if you use relatively small amounts of water, the pasta will drop the temperature of the water and simmer awkwardly for a bit.

            though I came across an interesting idea for pasta “Risotto style”… last night. using vege or chicken stock. apparently it’ll thicken stocks into good sauces (not sure it’ll work for mac and cheese, though. they say already thickened sauces like mornays are not so helpful.)

  • Engywuck@lemm.ee
    321·
    10 months ago

    Seen this while in an extremely interesting Teams meeting. Started laughing. Good job.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      10 months ago

      Push to talk FTW.

      Or at least, for not getting fired for not sharing the joke….

        • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
          51·
          10 months ago

          Teams unmutes my mic if I join a meeting with only one or two people in it. Even if I muted it from the button on my headset. It is the stupidest thing ever.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        51·
        10 months ago

        So, how do I enable that?

        EDIT: Ctrl-Space, for anyone else wondering.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    291·
    10 months ago

    My cat would beg for food sometimes when I was preparing it but tuna was different. He didn’t even bother with the normal pawing at me and meowing while I was at the counter. He would just go straight to my desk in the other room where I ate and sit on it waiting for me to arrive.

  • Nacktmull@lemm.ee
    291·
    10 months ago

    There are high-quality complete foods for cats made from tuna which, unlike tuna for humans, do not contain too much salt. My cat loves that stuff.