So I have a recipe that ended with “tent with aluminum foil and let rest for 5 minutes.” I never heard this phrase before, so I looked it up. There were multiple lengthy articles (for example) and it all comes down to: cover your food in aluminum foil to keep moisture from evaporating.

😡

That’s 5 minutes I will never get back.

~One article went so far as to suggest using broom handles or sticks. That one was kinda funny. 😂~

  • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Once in a blue moon my partner gets the big frozen lasanga for supper. It says to tent the foil cover over it at some point in the intructions.

    I thought it a common phrase tbh

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      as did I. I also see it as pretty obvious. Like I don’t recall having to figure out what tent with aluminum foil meant. Im prettys sure I assumed it meant cover without touching.

    • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.comEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I do somewhat agree, but I can also see that if you’re making mostly one kind of dish, tenting may not be used at all. I don’t make a lot of Chinese food so maybe it’s a bad example, but I’ve never seen a Chinese recipe suggest tenting for example, so I am happy to give room for a variety of cooking preferences. I have seen cooking shows where they talk about foaming things or whatnot and if I saw that in a recipe you bet I’d have to look up how to do it. Maybe someone who makes a lot of food with sauces or something would think it’s weird I don’t know what foaming is. Sometimes it’s easy to assume our framework is the default one, regardless of the topic. Though in my experience I would have to agree that it’s not uncommon.