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.
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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. 😂~
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.
no yeah, this is absolutely valid.
I have moments like OP all the time, its just, the way she goes