Hey! I occasionally like to look up recipes online for different types of foods and try it out at home. 9/10 times it tastes OK but nowhere near restaurant or even street food quality.
Hey! I occasionally like to look up recipes online for different types of foods and try it out at home. 9/10 times it tastes OK but nowhere near restaurant or even street food quality. I'm not an expert, so my ability certainly has to have something to do with it but I'm wondering if the pans/pots I have are also contributing to subpar tasting food. All my pots and pans are from kits sold at retail stores like Walmart or Target like THIS, and I've had the same ones for about 7 years. - Are there major health concerns over using cheap equipment for so many years? - Is cheaper equipment typically correlated with worse tasting dishes (e.g., food cooked unevenly, burned, overcooked, etc.? - What would you're line up of pans & pots be for someone that likes to prepare chicken (breasts/thighs), steaks, fish filets and, occasionally, indian and thai curries? I know stuff like Hexaclad would solve all my issues but I'm not looking to spend $100+ per pan. Not looking for anything fancy, just something that minimizes oil and herbs sticking to it for example. Also looking for something that makes meats look and taste like they were on a frying pan and not looking like it was boiled on the water it releases into the pan when being cooked (can't explain this any other way). Thanks and apologies if post isn't worded in the best way. submitted by /u/jajg [link] [comments]
