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[b1os]



Originally Posted by b1os

Yaaay! Waited the hole year for this moment. Finally pakistani honey flight mangos available..

Awesome... Had some non-flight ones the past two weeks.. they were good, but no comparison to the flight ones...
Really the best mango juice out there. (Alphonso variety)

Bought three packs when I was in Maastricht last weekend. It really is good. I like the water-like consistence in comparison to the more pulpy ones. But this also means they use less mango pulp in their juice (18%). Do you know whether all 18% are from the Alphonso variety? Sadly, they have to add flavoring, too. And it's a little too sweet. But all in all I like it. I also bought a young coconut in the supermarket where I got the juice from (some big Asian one). My first coconut since I was in Thailand (a couple of years). Bestestest. Maybe not exactly the right thread, but I finally bought the burro di bufala which I've seen a lot of times in the supermarket. Opened it today. It tastes very intense. Too intense imo. I prefer beurre echiré. Wouldn't buy it again.

 

[gomestar]

got a Vitamix

 

[Manton]



got a Vitamix

 

[mgm9128]

I'm jealous.

 

[gomestar]



I'm jealous.

don't be. I had to get married to get it, and that's apparently the kiss of death. We'll see in a few years I guess.

 

[indesertum]



got a Vitamix

not a thermamix?

 

[Rambo]



got a Vitamix

Welcome to the collective

 

[gomestar]



not a thermamix?

too hard to find and I also need a new espresso maker.

 

[impolyt_one]

Started a pot of homemade pho. We'll see how this turns out. I haven't gotten the topping stuff yet, just started the broth. I am using two whole wagyu leg bones sliced into 3" segments (that was one plastic grocery bag in itself) and then 4 pretty beefy oxtails that I'll add later.

Still up in the air about using fish sauce, and the 'pho spices' that come pre-packaged, I got some and it has coriander seed, fennel, a cardomom pod, plus the usual star anise, clove, and cinnamon, but I wonder if I should forget about the fennel and coriander seed. I also worry that I didnt count out the cloves and it might be too clove-y, just threw what looked like about 10 in the sachet.

I got some black rock sugar, looks like jaggery. WIll throw a small lump in there.

At this point though, I've par-boiled the bones and cleaned them of scum, and now I'm bringing to a boil in fresh water. There's way too many opinions on the internet about what goes into pho, just about everybody's idea is different.

 

[indesertum]

do you also do a burnt onion?

 

[impolyt_one]

yeah I charred a few small little Japanese onions (they're sweet and hot) and then a couple knobs of ginger - i find Japanese ginger to be kind of mild and more fragrant than the ginger in other countries, has a thin lighter colored skin as well. I have a leftover peeled carrot in my fridge and I'm thinking of putting that in too. I disagree with the idea of putting daikon in there, not really into daikon soups. Still debating about the fish sauce. Some people swear by MSG as well.

 

[indesertum]

I would do kombu instead of msg.

I'm so bad at flavoring things with fish sauce. Never comes out right

 

[gomestar]

just to see what it would do, I put like 2 pounds of ginger chunks and a little water in the Vitamix. It was all pulverized within seconds, and totally liquified a few seconds later.

I might try it with an old Buick next.

 

[Manton]

I don't understand the point of thermomix. It's convenient to heat and blend at the same time, that I get. But how hard is it to blend something, then pour it in a pan and heat it? Is that convenience worth the cost?

 

[indesertum]

well you cant do a hollandaise sauce that way