Babe come over, we’re frying garlic
Onions, chestnuts, chorizo and black garlic
Oblig. link to that article on how every cookbook lies about how long it takes to brown onions

I want to call this dish “one garlic, three ways” but the ways all get combined at the end, so, alas.

Apropos of nothing, Jen’s parents (adult ESL speakers) were totally convinced for decades that “garlic” was “ga-leek” (i.e. ga- was a prefix, since they’re obviously leek-related). I find this delightful.

Not-rice ingredients combined, Cajun spices added
@steve wait a sec what's going on with chorizo and cajun spices? andouille substitute??
@regehr this is very much a “clean out the fridge because we’re going to Japan in a week” meal
@steve the cajuns and spaniards grudgingly accept this as valid
@regehr doubtful, but they aren’t gonna stop me
@steve @regehr internet randos who can't accept the basic tenet that you always cook with the ingredients you have at hand, not the ones you wish you had, are dead to me anyway
@steve @regehr like, damn right motherfucker I'll use the greens I have in the fridge that I'll need to throw out in 2 days if I don't and not the exact stuff that it says in the recipe. get a fucking grip
@steve @regehr TWO THIRDS OF IT IS B. OLERACEA ANYHOW
@rygorous @steve I hear you. and yet, there are limits. we're not barbarians here, most of us at least
@rygorous @steve I mean, don't be emma

@regehr @steve oh, I also have to add:

baking is a different deal altogether anyhow.

most cooking, you can eyeball quantities, make substitutions, vibe it out, and if you're not completely screwing it up, the result will usually be OK.

baking? much less room for improv. you try to vibe out a dough, 9 times out of 10, the result's gonna suck

@rygorous I have a Martha Stewart pancake recipe, and if I follow it exactly, the batter ends up way too runny, likely because I’m not using the exact same flour as she does, so this 100%.
@regehr @steve