• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    66·
    24 days ago

    I mean genuinely yes, this looks amazing.

    I might have to come out of hibernation for a meal like this lol.

  • TouchMacaque@lemmy.caEnglish
    44·
    24 days ago

    I used to think bears were cool but not after seeing this. Everyone knows the best way to eat a steak is charred and covered in vanilla yogurt.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    21·
    24 days ago

    Sweet and savory do seem to be pretty complimentary flavors, so I wouldn’t be surprised if this was delicious.

    • FrChazzz@lemmus.orgEnglish
      9·
      24 days ago

      I always smother those IKEA meatballs in lingonberry jam. Delicious.

      Also, I’ve heard of Lakota dishes that involve bison steaks drizzled with a blueberry reduction or compote. I’ve always wanted to try that.

  • FrChazzz@lemmus.orgEnglish
    12·
    24 days ago

    Reminds me of one of my favorite ways to eat vanilla ice cream: with olive oil and a bit of sea salt. I get a lot of grief for this, but I learned about it ages ago in an old Cracked (.com) article and it is really good.

  • Ledivin@lemmy.world
    9·
    24 days ago

    This is mostly unrelated but a local restaurant makes their own ketchup with honey as the sweetener and it is the best goddamn ketchup I’ve ever had

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      23 days ago

      I make bread and pizza dough with honey or molasses instead of sugar and it’s fantastic. Honey is always better than sugar – except in coffee.

      • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        23 days ago

        in every kind of cooking i would say getting sweetness from another source than fully refined white sugar results in a better end product if you choose the right sweetener

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
    9·
    24 days ago

    I’ve been adding maple syrup to dishes as a sweetener and it can turn out pretty great. Like the sautéed mushrooms I made last night:

    • Dice up some onions (white or green both work well) and a hot thai pepper (or more to your preferred spice level). I also chopped a half a carrot up very finely.
    • Heat a pan and add some oil and one piece of the onion you cut up. When it is sizzling, add the chopped stuff from the last step and sauté for a couple mins, then add the mushrooms.
    • Stir it like once a minute. Allow the pieces to sear a bit but not burn. Adjust the temp to work this way.
    • Add some salt, chili powder, worchestershire sauce, cook the water away. Do the same with some lemon juice. If I had to guess, I’d say I used like a teaspoon of each.
    • Now add some maple syrup, just enough to cover the middle part before it spreads out and sizzles a lot. Stir it well and reduce it.
    • Finally add some sort of milk. I used almond milk but I’m sure any will work. Not that much of it (not worth opening a can of coconut milk, though I bet it would work great if you have one already open), it should turn a brown colour and reduce pretty quickly, leaving a delicious creamy mushroom sauce that goes well with steak or on its own. Dairy free, too, if you used anything other than dairy milk.

    I buy mushrooms each time I get groceries just to make this stuff.

  • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
    7·
    24 days ago

    Not weird at all, they’re eating like many hunter-gatherer societies used to. It was very common to season meat with fruits and honey.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
      3·
      24 days ago

      I love honey, berries and wouldn’t mind having them with a steak. I’m not American. I often put honey in meaty foods I make. Also I did actually put some bilberry (proper blueberry) based hotsauce as well. And the meat was horse. And again. Not American.

      What makes you think they have to be American? I’d understand if it was like spray-cheese or hfcs or even maple syrup, but idk what about this shouts American? Just curious not flaming.

        • Dasus@lemmy.world
          3·
          24 days ago

          I don’t think one would necessarily get fat by eating this, even with the drizzle of honey. It’s mostly leanish meat and fruit, that’s not too bad.

          And contrary to popular belief one has to be a not-entirely dumb to be able to cook a good steak.

          • ZpbkPEcaHhIveqdR@lemmy.world
            1·
            23 days ago

            It seems that adding sugar, maple syrup etc to any savoury food is quite American, obviously the trend has taken off in many countries, it may not be unique to the US now, but sugar in savoury foods, lack of vegetables, and frying everything seem to be hallmarks of a lot of US cuisine

            • Dasus@lemmy.world
              1·
              23 days ago

              Yeah I’d agree with most of that.

              But honey is a pretty traditional additive to lots of foods, even savoury ones. More common with pork perhaps than beef but still.

              And the berries, while being also quite high in sugar, aren’t exactly unhealthy either.

              Idk man I just feel like American always has something processed or at least fat dripping off or like bread that’s soaked in fat. This hasn’t got anything processed.