(edit: the official TapTap's Cooking Adventure Thread🧵)
This one came out iffy but it's mostly my fault. I didn't want this one (missed the chance to pick)
Should have trimmed the green beans better, I added potato water back and shouldn't have, but it tastes good so who cares. I already put some of the potatoes in a tub so it looks unbalanced
In this Our Changing Climate video essay, I look at the validity of vegan and plant-based diets as a solution to climate change. I dive into the human and planetary toll of the meat industry, looking at the massive emissions toll of beef production as well as the exploitative conditions in meat processing plants. Ultimately, I...
And we wonder why plant-based meat substitutes are sometimes more expensive than meat ...
"(from 2014 to 2020) livestock farmers in the EU received 1,200 times more public funding than plant-based meat or cultivated meat groups. In the US, the animal farmers got 800 times more public funding. The amount of public money spent on plant-based alternatives was just $42m (£33m) – 0.1% of the £35bn spent on meat and dairy."
The time I went for a feast in rural #Mizoram. This is the typical ‘plate’ where you’ll have 3 to 4 people eating the meal from this one ‘plate’.
The idea is to manifest the Mizo culture of community with rustic #traditional#cuisines served in banana leaves. #Meat cooked for the feast is served in the middle. #Food#Culture
Outbreak of Human Trichinellosis — Arizona, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 2022
"Among eight persons who shared a meal that included the meat of a black bear harvested in Canada and frozen for 45 days, six trichinellosis cases were identified. The meat was grilled with vegetables and served rare; two cases occurred in persons who ate only the vegetables. Motile freeze-resistant Trichinella nativa larvae were identified in remaining meat frozen for >15 weeks."
So, I may be a "doomsayer" (I consider myself a realist), but I'm always trying to see if there's a solution to getting us out of the mess we're in. Perhaps I would describe myself as an optimistic pessimist. Anyhow, based on my recent research, here are some of the solutions I think we (humanity) should pursue collectively...
Plug up the #MethaneLeaks! Seriously! That's a big part of the problem!
Make the price of #meat expensive! I remember when having meat was considered a special occasion -- not a daily occurrence.
Make things out of #RomanConcrete. Now that we've cracked the recipe, there's no excuse not to use it! Especially with rising sea levels (Roman concrete holds up better when exposed to water).
Manufacture stuff that lasts! No more #PlannedObsolescence -- items that can't be upgraded and/or repaired by a skilled user or a local repair shop!
Utilize new (and ancient) technologies to the max! #SolarPrisms, reflective white paint, building new structures with #skywells, #geothermal and other ways to cool/heat spaces without using #FossilFuels!
That's just a few off the top of my head. I think a lot of the solutions are right in front of us -- but #greed and #Oligarchy are keeping them from being implemented!
One of my favorite things I've purchased for my kitchen is this bluetooth thermometer set.
I think especially for poultry where I'm so nervous about not cooking enough, but don't want dry meat. And I like that I can monitor a roast or something from my phone in my office without having to constantly climb the stairs for the kitchen.
No one inquired what I was making the other day with #Pepperoncini! So here was the next step prior to an hour and a half in my biggest Dutch oven to make about 10 pounds of Mississippi Chicken. I followed this recipe exactly. Astonishing that 4 ingredients made such perfection. 6 frozen 2-3 cup portions ready for any recipe needing cooked chicken. I had saved frozen 2 giant packages of skinless boneless chicken breasts I got on sale in August for $10 total! #Meat#Chicken
"Prosecutors said #JBS continued making deceptive marketing claims even after a consumer watchdog group recommended the company stop advertising because it didn’t have a strategy to achieve its #climate target."
Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.
Today I made my first ever curry. Most of my cooking is very traditional British or French as you can't get good foreign foodstuffs here, and it's a struggle to even get naan bread, so I never really bothered. But I was forced into it because the Mothership kept threatening to make my precious meat into one of her curries, which I really don't like, so I thought I'd better make one myself so I could at least have some control over what went into it. My mother is a very good home cook but her curries are very trad whereas I like the kind of thick, creamy, relatively bland ones that UK food critics love to slag off. So anyway I made a butter chicken curry (apparently invented in the 50s) and it came out fine, though I didn't think much to the recipe (surely it's a mistake not to sear the chicken pieces first?? I seared them anyway). It had a cup and a half of double cream in it! Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Anyway I would appreciate recommendations for similar curries! Preparation time is not important but I prefer to avoid anything too spicy or with too many fancy ingredients because I just can't get them!
"Substituting half of [#meat and dairy] with more sustainable alternatives could “almost fully halt” the conversion of forests and natural land for agriculture, according to new research.
Global agricultural area decreases by 12%, which releases 653m of hectares of land for other uses. #Nitrogen use is halved, compared to the reference scenario. #Water use drops 10% and greenhouse gas #emissions decrease by 2.1bn tonnes of CO2-equivalent (GtCO2e) per year by 2050."
made burgs. ...can't really see them but they've got pepper and jalapeno in 'em. They were really good! Juicy, probably didn't need the second slice of cheese.
Nothing fancy but I'm trying to get myself making at least something almost every day to work back into 'real' meals.
I can do the Hello Fresh recipes and they're great but getting in the mood just crushes me and then the ingredients are rotten. baby steps
"People in the UK consumed less #meat last year than at any point since records began in the 1970s, in a trend driven by the cost of living crisis, the continued impact of Covid and broader lifestyle changes."
[Video] Is Veganism Really the Answer? (www.youtube.com)
In this Our Changing Climate video essay, I look at the validity of vegan and plant-based diets as a solution to climate change. I dive into the human and planetary toll of the meat industry, looking at the massive emissions toll of beef production as well as the exploitative conditions in meat processing plants. Ultimately, I...
'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.