Redpill me on caprese salad /ck/
>redpill me on [x]
Fuck off back to your containment board.
it's a salad
I cant see any salt or pepper in that picture
Is that what its called? My exes dad made that for everyone and they were all "holy shit this is delicious!" It just tasted like tomato with cheese and basalmic vinegar on it. It was weird and I had to pretend to "get it" like they did. I had a couple bites and when they werent looking, I slipped it to the dog.
inb4 someone tells me tomatoes or cheese or vinegar (or a mixture of all 3) kills dogs and Im a monster.
>>7158324
Maybe if you are Murrican you suppose to 'get it' but that's just an appetizer, simple and nourishing. that's all.
>>7158324
no, you're just a plebe, a shitposter or both
>>7158279
so is it pronounced cap-rees or cap-ray-say?
>>7158324
>literally being such a pleb
>>7158357
I'm going to say it depends on where you live.
I worked at a restaurant in a pretty heavy Italian population and fucking everybody pronounced "minestrone" as MIN-A-STROHN.
>>7158370
*an area of New England with a large Italian immigrant population
Not sure how I fucked that up so badly.
Caprese salad is easy if you actually give a shit about the ingredients you use.
1. Tomatoes. Tomato season is near the end of the summer. Ripe tomatoes are heavy for their size and are very plump. Go to a farmer's market or get heirloom tomatoes at a good grocery store.
2. Mozzarella. If you can get some fresh from a local dairy, good for you. I get mine from the deli counter at a good grocery store, the ones sitting in brine. Get buffalo milk if you can. And for god's sake don't get dry/shredding mozzarella.
3. Basil. Pretty simple; get very fresh basil from the grocery store, or grow your own. (You DO have an herb garden, right?)
4. Olive oil. Get a good extra virgin one, but you don't have to go crazy. My rule of thumb is, the more specific the label is about things like varietal of olives, region grown, date pressed, chemical info, etc. the better it probably is, but do plenty of research at home. For example, Costco's brand is actually pretty good, and many brands that you think of as being good olive oil are actually cut with sunflower oil, vegetable oil, etc.
5. Sea salt and fresh pepper.
That's it. Don't use balsamic, don't try to add your own "twist" to it. The better your ingredients are the more you will get from the experience (and a good caprese salad is truly an experience.)
>>7158402
>don't use balsamic
>>7158370
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-capicola-became-gabagool-the-italian-new-jersey-accent-explained
American Italians are generally from areas of Italy that didn't speak what we now know as "Italian" so their pronunciation differs in a lot of ways from how Italian Italians pronounce things.
>>7158409
>don't use balsamic
True. Make your own balsamic reduction instead.
>>7158409
Yes, that's right. Good, ripe tomatoes will be plenty acidic. Balsamic is too strong for good caprese salad.
>>7158291
the first rule on the /pol/ sticky is no threads like this
>>7158324
It's just a nice appetizer. I doubt you had the balls to slip for and the probably wasn't even a dog there but either way you're a puss
>>7158444
I guess you can't handle things with actual taste
>>7158279
I only know about these because of the BelGioioso Cheese commercial
>>7158402
this is correct
also capri fucking yeah
>>7158639
4got fic
>>7158642
I'm having fun with JC3
How do you even eat this stuff? Do you slice it or just stick the tomato, mozzarella, and greens into your mouth all at once?
>>7158324
fuck off
It's just one of those meme foods faux-cultured people pretend to love and bash anyone who dislikes it to inflate their ego. Just like Oysters, raw steak, authentic pizza etc.
>>7158679
>absolutely no fat in it
uhhhhh
>>7158704
>It's just one of those meme foods
Can you name me one none-meme food?
>>7158761
Bread
>>7158291
This
Fuck you faggot, go fuckin jam that redpill up your ass then lick your fingers clean.
>>7158687
Slice into small pieces, stack pieces of each onto fork and eat so you get all the different flavors at once.
>>7158598
Balsamic is optional. If you use good quality tomatoes, then you have enough flavor already and balsamic will just drown that out. But it adds a nice touch in small amounts.
>>7158769
>implying bread isn't a meme
>>7158409
Balsamic kills the delicate flavour ballance. You can't add "just enough", it's just too strong.
(t b h that also applies to too much salt, too much pepper, too "strong" olive oil and too much basil).
I fully expect fuckwits like you dousing bruschetta in balsamic too, is that right?
