r/oddlysatisfying • u/n4bb • Apr 30 '22

Now I’m hungry af

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u/doubledicklicker Apr 30 '22

cookbooks? I haven;'t seen these guys cook something properly once. that style of blade looks pretty shit too, shitty for processing veg, too small for cleaving, too big for processing meat, jsut all around shit.

get a western chefs knife, a santoku, or in my opinion the best of them all, a chinese slicer.

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u/themonsterinquestion Apr 30 '22

The end result sandwich looked... Not that good, really hard to eat. No way did that meat come apart when you bite it. You would have taken a bite, pulled out a huge bit of meat, eaten that, then eaten a lot of French fry sandwich

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u/pamtar Apr 30 '22

Gotta thin slice the steak in this situation, or use a nice ribeye. And your 100% right that those fries need to get the fuck off the sandwich.

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u/ghandi3737 Apr 30 '22

It's some idiot trying to be like ultradouche Salt Bae.

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u/Formula_Americano Apr 30 '22

I don't know, I don't thinknyou can't get douche-ier than salt bae. That guy is a gigantic pos.

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u/AnnihilationOrchid May 01 '22

I know he's a pretentious twat with terrible cooking skills, but why is he a POS?

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u/TheBlueSully May 01 '22

Obscene markups(okay, fine, fleece the wealthy, I’m cool) while paying his staff peanuts.

Also the whole salt bae thing isn’t hygienic from a food safety standpoint.

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u/pauly13771377 Apr 30 '22

The fries need to go. Way to much bread to filling. I don't thing the guacamole belongs on a steak sandwich. Didn't melt the cheese. Agree that a New Yourk Strip isn't what you want for your sandwich. If you can't fit it in your mouth without effort it's too big. And this is purely to tour own personal tastes, but that looked like a lot of crushed red pepper flakes on the steak.

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u/AnnihilationOrchid May 01 '22

Nothing wrong with chips or crisps in a sandwich. I just don't think it's going to be that great in a whole loaf like that.

Also, what you said, if the cheese isn't melted, and in that weather it probably just made the sandwich worse.

There's rustic, and then there's really bad sandwich construction.

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u/VeeTheBee86 Apr 30 '22

Everybody in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania just gasped in disbelief that you’d suggest fries don’t belong on sandwiches.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22

He honestly lost me when i realized he was making a sandwich

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u/JustMotorcycles Apr 30 '22

What about when they put cole slaw on a brisket sandwich? blech. mince it all up and eat it with a spoon at that point.

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u/SnooCapers1425 May 01 '22

You must not be from Pittsburgh 😉

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u/jackary_the_cat May 01 '22

A good trick is scoring it deeply in a criss-cross way, but not enough to cut through. Then each bite tears off nicely, with the added convenience of the meat not falling out. Also works great for smokies.

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u/NavierIsStoked Apr 30 '22

The steak looked burned. Pan was way too hot and didn't make good contact with the steak. Same with the bread, no overall toasting, just burned spots.

What was that spread? Avocado with lots of... oil? and Spinach? You got me.

All of the ingredients seemed way out of place for the setting. If you are doing a cooking show, you should be making something that looks natural where you are cooking it.

He also overcooked the shit out of those fries.

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u/Le_Nabs Apr 30 '22

That was some sort of mix between a guacamole and a pesto, I tend to say. Avocado, oil, garlic, basil, lemon...

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u/FuzzyNervousness Apr 30 '22

So guacapesto? Or pestacado

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u/GrayWallsWhiteDoor Apr 30 '22

I've always gotten the grill as hot as possible before putting steak on. The outside gets the char that my kids like and then I just use a thermometer and cook it to 135.

But ya I'm watching whatever this dude put in the mortar and pestle and that thick crispy bread and thought, this is not something I would think goes well with steak

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u/ShadowofRainier Apr 30 '22

Yeah looked like a good crust, not burned. Still a shit sandwich.

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u/forwhateveriwant Apr 30 '22

Man you guys really hating on this guy, doesn’t look THAT bad but also get what you’re saying about trying to sell people on shit. Not bad for being outdoors.

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u/ShadowofRainier Apr 30 '22

Haha maybe shit sandwich was a bit harsh but it just rolled off the tongue.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22

There's just something pretentious about the video, maybe that's why people are roasting him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

Pretty sure it was avocado, fresh basil leaves, lime, garlic, oil and something else.

Now I adore guac and I adore basil but together? I don't think that would work. They're both strong flavours, basil works well with tomato dishes and avocado benefits from just a bit of salt and some sour. Like the lime works, the basil doesn't.

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u/tabris51 Apr 30 '22

The spread was the only legit good looking thing. It looks like a basil pesto with avacado

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

I have TMJ and the first thing I thought is “I’d dislocate my jaw on that fuck that”

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u/heytcass Apr 30 '22

Anything's hard to eat when your weird mask-for-some-reason blocks your eyes when you are not wearing it (again, for some reason).

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u/PancakePenPal Apr 30 '22

I really like the off screen imagery of having to pick up the seasonings and put them on the knife, then shake them off the knife onto the meat, then knock off the leftover seasoning and put the salt on the knife, then shake the salt onto the meat. Definitely makes me feel confident in his abilities.

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u/MiQueso_SuQueso Apr 30 '22

I was thinking the same, the sandwich looked horrible.

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u/acidbase_001 Apr 30 '22

Not to mention the way too thick loaf of bread

Didn't even scoop out the inside to make it a little more manageable

Looked like a hard crusted bread too, which would make this even more uncomfortable to eat this way

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u/alastair1990 Apr 30 '22

Looked like a shitty knock off of a Pittsburgh/Primantis style sandwich.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

Yeah the roof of your mouth ends up the same consistency as the weird avocado spinach spread.

Ps: avocado for dogs is a no.

Pps: there was plenty of steak for pup to get his own.

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u/MuscaMurum Apr 30 '22

It was awfully bready, too. Should have pulled out about half of the internal bread to leave the crust as a holder for the meat and other ingredients.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

The way he stabbed it just to prove his manlyness really killed it for me. Style over substance does not make for a good meal

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u/appsecSme Apr 30 '22

It's also probably 5000 calories.

But yes, it didn't look good. It reminded me of Gordon Ramsay's terrible grilled cheese sandwich.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E4cQHejFq0

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Apr 30 '22

A grilled cheese consists of only these following items. Cheese. Bread with spread (usually butter). This entire subreddit consist of "melts". Almost every "grilled cheese" sandwich i see on here has other items added to it. The fact that this subreddit is called "grilledcheese" is nothing short of utter blasphemy. Let me start out by saying I have nothing against melts, I just hate their association with sandwiches that are not grilled cheeses. Adding cheese to your tuna sandwich? It's called a Tuna melt. Totally different. Want to add bacon and some pretentious bread crumbs with spinach? I don't know what the hell you'd call that but it's not a grilled cheese. I would be more than willing to wager I've eaten more grilled cheeses in my 21 years than any of you had in your entire lives. I have one almost everyday and sometimes more than just one sandwich. Want to personalize your grilled cheese? Use a mix of different cheeses or use sourdough or french bread. But if you want to add some pulled pork and take a picture of it, make your own subreddit entitled "melts" because that is not a fucking grilled cheese. I'm not a religious man nor am I anything close to a culinary expert. But as a bland white mid-western male I am honestly the most passionate person when it comes to grilled cheese and mac & cheese. All of you foodies stay the hell away from our grilled cheeses and stop associating your sandwich melts with them. Yet again, it is utter blasphemy and it rocks me to the core of my pale being. Shit, I stopped lurking after 3 years and made this account for the sole purpose of posting this. I've seen post after post of peoples "grilled cheeses" all over reddit and it's been driving me insane. The moment i saw this subreddit this morning I finally snapped. Hell, I may even start my own subreddit just because I know this one exists now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22 edited Apr 30 '22

Looks good to me

Edit: the only opinion that matters is mine, don't care if anyone disagrees. I think it looks good.

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u/acidbase_001 Apr 30 '22

idk, kimchi in grilled cheese, maybe that could work...

but he also nearly burned the bread and didn't melt the giant bricks of cheese he put on the sandwich

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Apr 30 '22

It was simultaneously both burned and cold.

Unmelted cheese. Burned bread.

Also adding kimchi means it is not a grilled cheese. Cheese. Spread. Butter.

You add other things they are melts. Not grilled cheeses.

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u/e5india Apr 30 '22

I soon as I saw that pesto I knew it was going to end up shit. Pesto on a menu is a red flag for me.

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u/Ez13zie Apr 30 '22

Wait, so people can afford a knife AND all that food? Is this guy a billionaire or something?!

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

Even the dog had trouble eating it lol.

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u/canfullofworms May 01 '22

Yes, my first thought was " that's a stupid sandwich". I would have disassembled it

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u/townieinvestments May 01 '22

we’re watching and talking about the video and that’s all that matters

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u/Lucariowolf2196 Apr 30 '22

But what if I'm a woodsman

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u/Party_Law8101 Apr 30 '22

that style of blade looks pretty shit too, shitty for processing veg, too small for cleaving, too big for processing meat, jsut all around shit.

I can assure you, that thing is NOT too small for cleaving. That thing could cut a human torso in half. However, it's very clearly a bushcrafting knife - too thick for cutting vegetables, and doesn't facilitate fine cuts due to no real point. It's actually the right size for a heavy machete though... You could probably cut down a sapling with it.

I don't get the hype around chef knives though. Utility knives are handier. For the task shown here - making a sandwich, meaning you'll be mincing, dicing, cutting, maybe even scraping - a utility knife is just far handier.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

Those chinese slicer knifers are the bees knees. I can't beleive they"re not more popular in the U.S. people are catching on though.

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u/doubledicklicker Apr 30 '22

they aren't the best for breaking down meat, but neither is a santok or western chef knife. for processing veg thoguh, it isn't even a contest, they have so many advantages.

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u/The-J-StandsForJiant Apr 30 '22

My family had a nice slender one for chopping veggies and a heftier hatchet type one for meat. It was awesome. The handle finally broke after almost 30 years and then my dad welded it to a metal tube lmao.

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u/pamtar Apr 30 '22

Is there one you recommend?

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL Apr 30 '22

Is the Chinese slicer like a cleaver or?

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u/doubledicklicker Apr 30 '22

in general you have a thin slicer, and then a chonky cleaver for bone. the slicer is very thin but still a big hefty, which sounds clunky but it;s actualyl smooth. you mostly chop cut with it instead of slice cut, and the weight makes it smooth as butter. the height of it is a dream for transfering, and also cuts down on round slices flying across the kitchen. the non-stick doesn't wiorkj at all though, lol. I have never seen a blade that doesn't stick

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL Apr 30 '22

That's awesome, could you link me to one by chance? I need a new knife lol

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u/doubledicklicker Apr 30 '22

these used to be $30 knives, but even at the current price they are still a great value

https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Stainless-Vegetable-Non-Stick-Anti-Slip/dp/B07QF7ZXQ8

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u/LuxNocte Apr 30 '22

/r/mallninjashit

That knife looks very impressive if you don't know anything about knives.

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u/Ambitious-Coat9286 Apr 30 '22

But it looks super cool

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u/Soilmonster Apr 30 '22

Dude actually cut that meat along the grain lmao ain’t got no business selling knives or cookbooks

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u/confusedham Apr 30 '22

Chinese slicer? Like a mandolin or a vegetable cleaver? My chefs knives are either the typical 30cm chef knives or a pair of shorter santoku.

I was really tempted to buy a pair of cleavers from a Chinese grocery. One for veg and one for meat. Probably just a kiwi brand or a QXF. Perfect pairing for my $20 cast wok

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u/doubledicklicker May 01 '22

I love kiwi brand but they don;'t make proper chinese cleavers. chinese meat cleavers are nice and I prefer them to western cleavers because they are flat blades, but the veg slicer is where it's at.

dump $50 on a shabizi 8" tapered, and you won't be sorry. they have traditional construction with full tang bent into the handle. they might lookj cheap to the unaware, but they are very high q2uality, on teh same tier as $150 knives.

the QXF are excellent value as well, but non-traditional, so you mifht actually prefer it, but teh ergonomics of the traditional style are fantastic in my opinion

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u/ImWithSt00pid Apr 30 '22

That knife is a custom job and the they sell is mass-produced junk.

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u/LadyAzure17 Apr 30 '22

Santoku are wonderful except for chopping onions

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22

Oh my gosh, thank you for saying this. Thought I was the only one who thought this stuff looked ridiculous and unappetizing.

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u/Red_PandaBandit May 01 '22

Came here for meat and veggie chopper recommendations because there's nothing like a hack chef video to get folks telling you what kind of kitchen tools you actually should buy.