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Cooking & Baking

JHB

(38,389 posts)

18. Oh, I feel ya on that one

Reply to heme (Reply #10)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:28 PM

Jun 7

"OK, I can read what the definition of 'simmer' is, but when I'm there at the stove, what's it supposed to LOOK like?"

Four years ago I made my first from-scratch vegetable soup, and I was like Tom Hanks in "Castaway" crowing "I have made fire!"

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A simple dinner. [View all] Dunc Jun 6 OP

Sounds delic, Dunc! SheltieLover Jun 6 #1

Have you ever tried browning the butter? SheltieLover Jun 6 #2

Never tried them that way. Dunc Jun 6 #3

I discovered it quite by accident SheltieLover Jun 6 #4

Good stuff. Morbius Jun 7 #5

I never thought of that. Dunc Jun 7 #6

This sounds really good heme Jun 7 #7

Same (about waiting for water to boil, that is) JHB Jun 7 #16

Brilliant! Stealing tonight. NT Lulu KC Jun 8 #19

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jun 8 #20

I learned how to make a brown butter sauce for pasta by accident irisblue Jun 7 #8

Brown butter? heme Jun 7 #9

Slightly carmelized butter, low & slow cooking w/you watching the.pan irisblue Jun 7 #11

Ok ty, heme Jun 7 #12

It Adds A Great Flavor, But... ProfessorGAC Jun 7 #14

And boy, do we love you for it. JHB Jun 7 #17

I'm sorry, I'm new here heme Jun 7 #10

Welcome to DU, nice to meet you. We are for ALL levels of cooking irisblue Jun 7 #13

Oh, I feel ya on that one JHB Jun 7 #18

There's nothing wrong with ... surrealAmerican Jun 7 #15

Gotta try this one. Trueblue Texan Jun 9 #22

My simple dinner like that ... Trueblue Texan Jun 9 #21