• Subverb@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      The problem is that store bought croutons have normalized being dry, hard bullets. It’s not like that when they’re made fresh. They’re beautiful little pieces of buttered texture in your salad.

      • Mubelotix@jlai.lu
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        3 months ago

        A crouton is actually supposed to be that dry. It’s literaly in the name. A crouton is a piece of bread that’s so dry and old you can’t eat it, so you break it into pieces and put it in your other food

      • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        Fresh croutons are one of the single best advantages of an air fryer

        Part-baked baguette cut into chunks, spray with olive oil, six minutes, shake after three. Nothing else needed

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          3 months ago

          I was thinking of getting an air fryer, but I was missing additional applications. I think you might have convinced me.

          • Pandemanium@lemm.ee
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            3 months ago

            It also makes amazing tofu. 20 min at 400 gives it an actual texture. No pressing or freezing required.

          • variants@possumpat.io
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            3 months ago

            Get a toaster oven air fryer, not as good as being an air fryer but we make dinner in that thing almost daily

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      3 months ago

      Well look at Mr. Never Had The Roof Of Their Mouth Cut By Sharp Edges over here!

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      3 months ago

      You need better salads in your life. Goat cheese, bacon, egg or sun dried tomatoes are great additions that contribute to it being filling.

      • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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        3 months ago

        It wasn’t entirely serious, obviously there are both tasty and filling salads. Just that I am fairly sure that croutons exist because at some point someone chewed down on a pile of lettuce and thought “this ain’t it”

        • Retrograde@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          Fair enough 😅 I don’t know dude, I just love salads and croutons either together or separately, you know? They’re just so tasty

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Store bought croutons are shelf stable bread. Go read any travel diary from the 1800’s. It’s never been good. Real croutons are not shelf stable and do not cut your mouth.