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Carnitas [chat]

Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered User regular
edited January 2022 in Debate and/or Discourse
This is the story of The Good Toaster and the day it made carnitas

An entire dutch oven containing a 8 pound pork shoulder in a toaster oven??? Why yes, The Good Toaster can do it. Yes The Good Toaster is dirty. It is a workhorse. Yes the timer says 14 HOURS.
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14 hours later, it emerges, absolutely packed in there, rolled in dried chilies
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The meat out to cool away from its cooking liquid
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Lard and defatted cooking liquid are used to fry, then sauce the carnitas as a finishing step
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Yes... YES
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taco time
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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    Goddamn.

    Totally regretting my choice of dinner now.

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  • SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    Yessssssssssssss

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
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    The Brave Little Toaster is all grown up now. *tear rolls down*

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  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    I ordered a burger covered in cheese curds

  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    @Hahnsoo1 aren’t you the one who put me on to Happy Masks? I’ve been on the waiting list forever-forever but I finally purchased

    Gonna be so cute and comfy while not owning the libs

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    you're gonna talk me into buying a Breville one of these days DK

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
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  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    you're gonna talk me into buying a Breville one of these days DK

    https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/ovens/bov900.html

    it could be today chanus

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    I want it.

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  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    For whatever reason I don't like the last step of making carnitas where you fry it nice and crisp. I prefer it just shredded and soft.

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Chanus wrote: »
    you're gonna talk me into buying a Breville one of these days DK

    https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/ovens/bov900.html

    it could be today chanus

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    womp womp

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Kamiro wrote: »
    For whatever reason I don't like the last step of making carnitas where you fry it nice and crisp. I prefer it just shredded and soft.

    people are allowed to be total weirdos if it makes them happy i suppose

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    Last time I made carnitas, I forgot to add extra orange juice to the achiote paste. It definitely needed more liquid toward the end. Ah well, still delicious!

  • SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    edited January 2022
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    I made the Serious Eats no-sugar southern cornbread recipe tonight and it was good! https://www.seriouseats.com/southern-unsweetened-cornbread-recipe

    15 ounces (3 cups) stone-ground cornmeal (see note)

    2 teaspoons kosher salt

    2 teaspoons baking powder

    3/4 teaspoon baking soda

    3 teaspoons sugar (optional; see note)

    2 1/2 cups buttermilk

    3 large eggs

    1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted, divided

    It's interesting -- I just used 2% and not buttermilk since that's what I had, and I also didn't have a stone-ground cornmeal but just the standard big grocer stuff. I did also use a tablespoon of sugar like the recipe recommended since the mass-market cornmeal is The batter is super, super soupy when it goes into the skillet! Like, I thought for sure I had fucked it up. It cooked up fine though, and the texture is this intense crumble without being dry. But really, it crumbles. You also cannot eat that much of it / it's very satiating?

    This is compared to grandma's recipe, which is probably more akin to a johhnycake -
    1 3/4 cups flour
    1 large tablespoon butter
    3/4 cup sugar
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 cup cornmeal
    2 cups milk
    1 tablespoon baking powder
    1 egg (option)

    *squints* that's....remarkably different. For one thing, it includes only enough butter to grease the skillet, whereas the other one has, uh, 14 times the amount of butter. This one, however, has 12 times the amount of sugar in it. And a third of the cornmeal. Weird.

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  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    I am amazed that this thing is just a box you can set on a surface and plug into a regular outlet, and in theory could sneak into a college dorm. And it'll just braise a whole pork shoulder or bake cookies or get up to 500ºF and cook a pizza. I would have KILLED for this in college.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    The sentence "Remember what Microsoft did with Skype?" will never cease to make me chuckle in disbelief.

  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    Can confirm, that toaster oven is amazing

  • SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    I also made chili and used half a can of chilis in adobo, and blended them up with a little bit of stock, and used that in lieu of most of the chili powder (i wound up adding some non-too-hot chili powder for color and not much more heat)

    Nice smokiness to it, would do again

  • TuminTumin Registered User regular
    I got a CA tax refund notice today

    Maybe I do need a toaster oven????

  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    The console on that toaster oven looks like the controls to the Enterprise

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  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    you're gonna talk me into buying a Breville one of these days DK

    https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/ovens/bov900.html

    it could be today chanus

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    womp womp

    This is an outrage

    I'm mad

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    I finally watched maneskin perform on SNL

    My horniness for Damiano rekindled, I finally did something I should have done a long time ago, and googled him

    He’s 23 years old

    He’s just a baby

    Oh my god

    I’m a monster

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  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    The console on that toaster oven looks like the controls to the Enterprise

    One of the options says "phase cook" and I don't know what it does but I assume geordi la forge could explain it to me

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited January 2022
    Like, you guys, I've made crispy fucking wings in that thing that were incredible. I've never had oven cooked wings I would eat instead of fried before, but it can do it.

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    The console on that toaster oven looks like the controls to the Enterprise

    One of the options says "phase cook" and I don't know what it does but I assume geordi la forge could explain it to me

    Clearly, it splits off a pocket universe

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    I bought several dozen Smart Ovens and I’m reselling them at a steep premium to finance my Italy trip

  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    I gotta figure out how to make wings in the oven soon. Having a buddy over and we're going to binge Lower Decks and do a Hot Ones challenge, cause why not?

  • SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    edited January 2022
    I make kind of an offbeat carnitas that I adapted from Robert Rodriguez of all people

    4 pounds pork shoulder
    4 tsp light chili powder
    4 tsp dark chili powder
    2 tsp cumin
    1/2 tsp cinammon
    1/4 tsp nutmeg
    1/4 tsp cayenne
    2 tsp salt
    1 large onion, diced
    6 cloves garlic, minced
    1/4 cup orange juice
    two lemons or 3 limes, juiced
    1 tsp apple cider vinegar

    Pork gets cubed, 2 inch chunks-ish, and then all the spices and the liquid go into a gallon sized ziplock or two, and then the pork goes into the marinade. The next day or however long I have (it doesn't matter much tbh) I throw it in the oven in a 9x13 pan wrapped tight with aluminum foil, and I do it at 275 for 3 hours, 325 for an hour, 450 for 1/2 an hour, and then I pop the aluminum, shred it, and then broiler it for maybe 5-10 minutes.

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    I'm not frying them in lard afterward but the broil in the fatted braising liquid after cooks them right up

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
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    I’m only human

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Carnitas. That's spanish for "meaties".

  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    DK, have you figured out a deal with Breville, yet? You're gonna sell one to every regular in chat.

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    I just appreciate this old school gender bending goth rock aesthetic a whole lot that’s all I swear

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  • TomeWyrmTomeWyrm A Limited Liability Partnership Registered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    I just appreciate this old school gender bending goth rock aesthetic a whole lot that’s all I swear

    "I read it for the articles!"

  • TomeWyrmTomeWyrm A Limited Liability Partnership Registered User regular
    Also dear lord I was going to have a nice healthy veggie dinner tonight but looking at those carnitas may be sending me on the carnivorous path.

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    me, with a big jug of feels hurting juice: Surely a sip wont hurt.
    me, with said jug lying empty besides me: Ow ouch oof my feels.

  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    I made pork shoulder carnitas in my instant pot a few months back. Among the herbs and spices I added a can of chipotle chilies in adobo sauce. It was soooo good.

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    I finally watched maneskin perform on SNL

    My horniness for Damiano rekindled, I finally did something I should have done a long time ago, and googled him

    He’s 23 years old

    He’s just a baby

    Oh my god

    I’m a monster

    Grooming! Cancelled!

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
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