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need to use in a dish I'll create. I can use more ingredients with them, but the 3 need to be noticed in the dish.

I'll save the ingredients in an ingredient bank, so I can do this challenge more often.


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Flour

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Oh yeah, I can rate and comment each ingredient just to make the topic more fun.

Garioshi posted...

Flour

Top tier ingridient, can't be without it to make a roux and bases for loads of great sauces and stews. And that's just for the sauces, then all the baking and other magical stuff you can do with it.
10/10


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Basil
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Butternut squash.
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Radish

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Machete posted...

Basil

A great herb, love it when I make Italian inspired dishes. It's an herb I haven't really experimented with much. I enjoy the flavor but not my favourite herb.
8/10


Nazanir posted...

Butternut squash.

Interesting, never had it, I've been meaning to try it out some day. Can't rate it as I don't know much about it and never had it.


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awesome999 posted...

Radish

I think it's a bit underrated at times, it's actually kinda versitile, fresh, boiled, fried etc.
I enjoy the flavor and the punch
7/10



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Chipotles in adobo.
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DespondentDeity posted...

Chipotles in adobo.

Never heard of this, I've used dried chipotle chilies before and chipotle spice. But never this, I can order it online, seems interessting.

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Miso
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Beer

maraschino cherries

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Plantains
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Rosemary
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M_Live posted...

Minced Garlic

I'll just have it as garlic. Or do you specifically need it to be minced?
Garlic is another top tier ingredient, it gives so much needed flavor to so many dishes.
10/10

Minced garlic, I rarely use it minched, I rather chop or shred with a microplane. I don't like it minched that much.
8/10


apolloooo posted...

Miso

I love the flavor but never worked with the ingredient, I wanna experiment with this.
8/10


polopili posted...

Beer

A must have in a nice chili for me, and other stewy dishes. Also it can be used in fry batter as well etc.
9/10


uwnim posted...

maraschino cherries

Now this could be hard to use, maybe I'll pickle it in strawberry gin and champange vinagar and some herb, then have that as the sweet and sour part of the dish, like a hearthy meat stew or something. I don't really like the ingredient on it's own.
6/10


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You're too good at cooking, so I have to make this hard.

Whole comb honey.

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Bluebomber182 posted...

Plantains

Had it couple of times, not that well prepared, didn't have much taste and annoying texture. I haven't experiementd much with it, I wanna try to and go for cuisine that uses it. Curios despite bad experience with it.
5/10


apolloooo posted...

Rosemary

Same as with the basil, but this works with a range of more dishes than what I feel basil does. Good with lots of meats, potatoes, most western european food. Even nordic food. It's a top herb, also good with some cocktails!
10/10


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I've worked too seldom with this, I love the flavor and stuff you can do with it. I've been planning to make a pur of this for something.
9/10

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Guide posted...

You're too good at cooking, so I have to make this hard.

Whole comb honey.

Never had that, but I've always wanted to try it, it seems so satisfying biting into it. I dunno how it behaves in cooking but if its similar to honey then it's easy. Make a sweet BBQ sauce with honey comb in it, use it instead of sugar for every food recipe that uses sugar etc. Make desserts etc. It sounds so delish so I imagine it will be a top thing I love. Bad part is that I have no idea where I can find it, never seen it in stores.
10/10

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FF_Redux posted...

Never had that, but I've always wanted to try it, it seems so satisfying biting into it. I dunno how it behaves in cooking but if its similar to honey then it's easy. Make a sweet BBQ sauce with honey comb in it, use it instead of sugar for every food recipe that uses sugar etc. Make desserts etc. It sounds so delish so I imagine it will be a top thing I love. Bad part is that I have no idea where I can find it, never seen it in stores.
10/10

It is incredibly satisfying to bite into.

I'm friendly with a privately owned grocery store that has an aisle dedicated to literally just fancy imported honey, in all variants, among other extreme hipster things. It is managed exclusively by a 70 year old European man of indeterminate origin and his daughter. I get that it's weird to, like, make physical trades with randos on the internet, but you're ever looking for some weird that you can't find on Amazon, I can probably find it and ship it over, at neutral cost.

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When are you making the selections? Will you post pics of the food?
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Guide posted...

It is incredibly satisfying to bite into.

I'm friendly with a privately owned grocery store that has an aisle dedicated to literally just fancy imported honey, in all variants, among other extreme hipster things. It is managed exclusively by a 70 year old European man of indeterminate origin and his daughter. I get that it's weird to, like, make physical trades with randos on the internet, but you're ever looking for some weird that you can't find on Amazon, I can probably find it and ship it over, at neutral cost.

I'm sure I could get some from local honey makers if I look into it.

DespondentDeity posted...

When are you making the selections? Will you post pics of the food?

When I get enough ingredients, I'll make a topic about it when I make it.

Here is the list this far:

• Flour
• Basil
• Butternut Squash
• Radish
• Chipotles in adobo
• Garlic
• Minced Garlic
• Miso
• Beer
• Maraschino cherries
• Plantain
• Rosemary
• Cauliflower
• Whole comb honey

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Pork neck bones

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Cow's lungs (yes it is a thing we eat here)
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Pretzels.

Tried to put them in an omelette once, alongside bananas and shake n bacon. Was experimental. Was awful. Couldn't eat.

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R1masher posted...

Pork neck bones

If I can get hold of it sure, never had it but I can imagine it being quite tasty and adding good flavor for soups and stews etc.
8/10

apolloooo posted...

Cow's lungs (yes it is a thing we eat here)

I tried to google, doesn't seem you can get this here.

Tsuyoi3 posted...

Pretzels.

Tried to put them in an omelette once, alongside bananas and shake n bacon. Was experimental. Was awful. Couldn't eat.

Depends on what kind of pretzel?

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bump

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More

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Romanesco

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Bump. Ill come back for the romanesco

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Night bump. Keep posting Ill comment later

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Honeydew melon

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They were just a regular bag of crunchy pretzels.

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uwnim posted...

Romanesco

I always wanted to try this, but never found it in stores, might be hard to get but sure.
8/10


TeaMilk posted...

Honeydew melon

Now this is a challenge, or not, if having it in a salad doesn't count. Hmm, yeah I can be creative. It's nice melon.
8/10


Tsuyoi3 posted...

They were just a regular bag of crunchy pretzels.

Ah ok cool, then I'll get those, they are nice I like em and I have some ideas for them.
7/10



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Celery

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mattnd2007 posted...

Celery

Another top tier ingridient, a must have for lot of bases.
10/10

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List:

Flour
Basil
Butternut Squash
Radish
Chipotles in adobo
Garlic
Minced Garlic
Miso
Beer
Maraschino cherries
Plantain
Rosemary
Cauliflower
Whole comb honey
Pork Neck Bone
Romanesco
Honeydew Melon
Pretzels hard crunchy
Celery

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I need more stuff.
Ill prob make my first mystery box this next monday or tuesday.

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BUn

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Bump for more

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Red peppers

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nevershine posted...

Red peppers

Chili peppers or bell peppers? Since the emoji is a chili I guess that. Yeah, it's a great ingredient, I enjoy spicy and the red peppers give a mild chili flavor to dishes I like.
8/10



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