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StarDreamer

@ stardreamer @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • Someone didn't like me posting such "awful" fried rice last week. So I'm reflecting on what they said and...

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  • I honestly didn't dispute the score, but things definitely got wildly personal last time. I suppose my response to it didn't help. I'm used to people using personal attacks to get what they want, so I've hardened myself over such interactions over time: if you do that irl I'm going to go mongoose on ya. :P

    But definitely gotta taste the food to be sure. But who knows, maybe everything I make is made of clay or something.

  • Someone didn't like me posting such "awful" fried rice last week. So I'm reflecting on what they said and...

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  • Exactly! Maybe a bit of a quick toss but that's it!

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  • Nice eye! I'm not sure how you managed to guess the exact type of sausage but you're right.

    Back home, we used this Harbin sausage (哈尔滨红肠) that was garlicky and supposedly introduced from Russia back in the day. Since the US doesn't allow meat imports, this was the closest thing in terms of taste and texture I can find. I'm assuming the Chinese version might have descended from Polish cuisine from a land route as well.

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  • I'm gonna call it this now, thanks.

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  • It's a bit of a problem. But then again, apartment living takes its toll.

    The biggest problem with the glass stovetop is actually continuous heat. I usually combat it with a carbon steel wok and preheating aggressively and moving it off the heat when needed. But that wok is smaller, so for stuff based on volume I'm back to this non stick again.

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  • Petty? Yes definitely. But your description is an extremely reductionist take.

    I'm focusing on making one post per week to contribute some degree of engagement on Lemmy. Can't complain about the platform dying if you don't put in some effort yourself.

    That being said, immediately resorting to personal attacks over what is perceived as "correct technique" not only doesn't help with encouraging engagement on Lemmy, it also doesn't make them "right" -- it just makes them look like an a-hole. Doubly so if the whole thing involves something as subjective as taste in food. While I don't dispute that my technique is perfect in the original post (I'm making these for myself to eat, not social media posting. So the effort spent on each dish is limited), I do think some criticism crosses the line as to not being constructive.

    In the case of last week's post, I started off with saying there is no sauce, unlike the case of American Chinese food, which seems to add sauce for no reason. What even is "sauce" anyways? Outside of Cantonese style cooking, I don't expect any fried rice to come with "sauce". Especially from a region that tends towards using salt, pepper, and sesame oil to naturally uplift the taste of raw ingredients. I don't need someone with a total of 3 comments telling me that they can do better if they wanted to post (but don't, for "reasons"), or belittling an entire region just because they needed to drive home that I'm a shit cook with an attitude problem that needs correcting. (I agree with the attitude problem, hence this post.) Who gave THEM the divine authority to correct everyone's attitudes?

  • Someone didn't like me posting such "awful" fried rice last week. So I'm reflecting on what they said and...

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  • I get it. One controversial rule that I do follow is "no msg". It's one of the few things that might drive people crazy. Especially Uncle Roger.

    Back in the early 2000s there was a government (not sure if regional or national) campaign in China that pushed for reducing MSG consumption based on health research at the time. While I'm not sure how many households actually listened, ours did - no MSG in anything homemade + avoid eating out whenever possible.

    These days, it seems like the MSG health debate has shifted in the opposite direction. I still avoid it whenever possible cause (1) a lot of times people add MSG to sub for ingredients that add umami and it's easier to add the actual stuff (dried scallops, mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, sugar, etc) and (2) suppose someone says high fructose corn syrup is safe to eat in large quantities tomorrow, are you willing to make the switch? I'm pretty sure most people would still be hesitant.

    So things would probably taste better with MSG, but I just prefer to personally avoid it. That being said, if guests would prefer to add it, they are free to do so themselves.

  • Someone didn't like me posting such "awful" fried rice last week. So I'm reflecting on what they said and...

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  • It's only Fried Rice if it's made by Fry from Futurama. Otherwise it's just rice.

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  • It's actually not really a "fried rice", since it's supposed to be steaming rice with veg + sausage.

    But then people realized the baby bok choy turns yellow if you do that, hence an extra toss in the wok. It's definitely closer to steamed rice though.

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  • Welcome aboard! We have plenty of carbs for everyone!

    *Quality may vary.

  • Egg fried rice (蛋炒饭)

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  • I don't know what attitude yours is, but at least my pony sparkles.

  • Egg fried rice (蛋炒饭)

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  • Sounds like you just have a grudge against South Eastern Chinese food.

    You must be very fun to talk to.

  • Egg fried rice (蛋炒饭)

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  • I mean, you could have started off with that and made things a lot more fun.

    But then again, it's hard not to judge someone that's rather punch down on a sock puppet account.

  • Egg fried rice (蛋炒饭)

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  • All this over fried rice.

    Who hurt you?

    I'd be happy to see you post something here. At least a fried rice battle would be entertaining for everyone.

  • Egg fried rice (蛋炒饭)

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  • There is salt and white pepper, but that's just standard for every dish. And the scallions and eggs impart flavor.

    Most Su-style dishes are subtle on flavors. I never understood the need for American Chinese food using so much sauce/spices as a sledgehammer.

  • Egg fried rice (蛋炒饭)

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  • I mean, just salt and white pepper. But that's standard across any dish.

  • Egg fried rice (蛋炒饭)

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  • But there's no sauce though? It's just rice, scallions, and eggs, as they do in the Jiangnan region.

  • Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in September

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  • Need a follow up on this, since I've always assumed that package is essential.

    1. Is this on a Pixel?
    2. What happens to the space where the search bar is on the launcher?
    3. Does it break anything else?

  • authenticity problem

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  • The direct burden I'm seeing here is coming from pretentious knuckleheads washing themselves of all responsibility, arbitrarily calling peoples hard work "AI slop", not the idiots generating "art".

    Any "acceptable" harm that only applies to a small subset of people can inevitably be applied to YOU.