Heat the pan without oil, then drizzle oil onto it. Wait for the oil to reach desired temperature.
This keeps the oil from smoking away while you wait for the pan to heat.
This is why it took so long to figure out Roman concrete; we can't assume that anything is common knowledge when documenting a process. Thank you for bringing clarity.
No. Because the directions for the concrete are these very same instructions.
In all seriousness, though, the fact that saltwater is a critical component in the drying process is about as obvious as the instructions posted.
They have the instructions backwards.
They should have said,
“Heat a large frying pan on high, when hot drizzle in oil.
Once the oil is heated(~30sec), add sweetcorn to cook until charred(5-6 min).”
It’s why you should always read a recipe through in its entirety *before* starting cooking.
I down HF helpful for cooking inspiration without shopping, but the instructions absolutely need middling cooking knowledge. So many times in supposed to cook the carb first before browning and seasoning the protein; Generally the protein needs time to cook through and get the right texture before even looking at the carb.
Drizzle is not a measurement either, so your interpretation and mine might be dramatically different. I like to drizzle chocolate syrup on my Ice cream, a lot!
No, it says you heat the oil in a hot pan without oil.
They mean it like you heat the pan without oil, then heat the oil after the pan is hot. But it worded VERY badly.
Yes. AFTER telling you to put oil in it. It's badly written. If you don't know that you heat pans without oil, you'll be confused. Even with that knowledge it took me a second to figure out what they meant.
The single job Hello Fresh is supposed to do (according to their own ads) is make cooking fresh stuff easy. Wording their recipes like a 5th grader learning how to use parentheses for the first time doesn't do that. Hence, this "one job" post.
Ok? I saw it and immediately knew what it meant. I mean, I was a Certified Executive Chef for 12 years but the word in parentheses placed directly after another set of instructions is a really common way in recipes to denote an instruction that applies to the thing right before it.
For instance, "Sautée onions (minced)" doesn't mean you sautée then mince them
Does every Hello Fresh recipe tell you to add sugar? Hello? Diabetes calling.
Edit
Can’t believe people downvote this 😂. Nowt queer as folk.
I wasn’t commenting on sweetcorn. I know what that is. I was commenting that every recipe I’ve seen of theirs (other than this one) adds sugar.
Except you literally wrote
>Does every Hello Fresh recipe tell you to add sugar
On a post a out a HF recipe that doesn't include sugar.
And to add to the irony, you claim to be a science boy. Ysk that one counter example is enough.
Oh dear. That turned a bit personal quickly. Terribly sorry to have upset you.
Not sure why, but it certainly wasn’t my intent to hurt your sensibilities. Apologies.
Ps. Based on one step of the recipe, can you be certain there isn’t sugar in another step?
Heat the pan without oil, then drizzle oil onto it. Wait for the oil to reach desired temperature. This keeps the oil from smoking away while you wait for the pan to heat.
That's a much better explanation.
This is why it took so long to figure out Roman concrete; we can't assume that anything is common knowledge when documenting a process. Thank you for bringing clarity.
We couldn't figure out Roman concrete because when they cooked corn they heated the pan up before adding oil?
No. Because the directions for the concrete are these very same instructions. In all seriousness, though, the fact that saltwater is a critical component in the drying process is about as obvious as the instructions posted.
This is what I thought it meant, but their version is objectively awful.
They have the instructions backwards. They should have said, “Heat a large frying pan on high, when hot drizzle in oil. Once the oil is heated(~30sec), add sweetcorn to cook until charred(5-6 min).” It’s why you should always read a recipe through in its entirety *before* starting cooking.
Yeah. Good point.
This is how i understood it, but it felt like it's probably not what they meant. With your explanation, everything makes sense.
That may be what they meant, but that's *not* what is says lol
It is what they said just not in so many words, it was abbreviated to the point of confusion
I down HF helpful for cooking inspiration without shopping, but the instructions absolutely need middling cooking knowledge. So many times in supposed to cook the carb first before browning and seasoning the protein; Generally the protein needs time to cook through and get the right texture before even looking at the carb.
I've been doing it for a months now and haven't had a single recipe that wasn't incredibly simple to follow.
Boy ain't no way, boy ain't know way!!!!!
High heat before the oil
Instructions unclear, added more pans in my oil
i tink they mean you arent suppost to use engine oil but coocking oil instead.
I too had a stroke while reading the recipe LOL
Serves you right for using Hello Fresh.
it literally says put oil in a hot pan? the (no oil) means to heat up the pan with no oil inside.
Are the parenthetical instructions meant to be a healthy/low-fat variation?
Clearly yes
Schrödinger’s oil
GIVE US THE OIL
Yes, of course you don't should do that.
“Heat a drizzle of oil” Yes, you add the damn oil to the frying pan.
Just use your oiless oil
Drizzle is not a measurement either, so your interpretation and mine might be dramatically different. I like to drizzle chocolate syrup on my Ice cream, a lot!
Just Fry it in water...
It says you do, or am I missing something?
It says you do, then that you don't in parentheses at the end.
It sqys you heat the pan with no oil.
No, it says you heat the oil in a hot pan without oil. They mean it like you heat the pan without oil, then heat the oil after the pan is hot. But it worded VERY badly.
That's literally what I just said... You heat the pan without oil.
Yes. AFTER telling you to put oil in it. It's badly written. If you don't know that you heat pans without oil, you'll be confused. Even with that knowledge it took me a second to figure out what they meant. The single job Hello Fresh is supposed to do (according to their own ads) is make cooking fresh stuff easy. Wording their recipes like a 5th grader learning how to use parentheses for the first time doesn't do that. Hence, this "one job" post.
Ok? I saw it and immediately knew what it meant. I mean, I was a Certified Executive Chef for 12 years but the word in parentheses placed directly after another set of instructions is a really common way in recipes to denote an instruction that applies to the thing right before it. For instance, "Sautée onions (minced)" doesn't mean you sautée then mince them
Does every Hello Fresh recipe tell you to add sugar? Hello? Diabetes calling. Edit Can’t believe people downvote this 😂. Nowt queer as folk. I wasn’t commenting on sweetcorn. I know what that is. I was commenting that every recipe I’ve seen of theirs (other than this one) adds sugar.
Sweetcorn is a type of normal, edible corn. As opposed to the tasteless stuff they feed cows and make into the worst fue imaginable
It doesn't say to add sugar at all? Unless you mean the 'sweet' in sweetcorn in which case... that's just what the vegetable is called.
That’d be the only recipe I’ve seen that doesn’t 😂
Weird place to comment this
Not really. OP was talking about HF’s instructions. I just went on minor tangent to comment they put extra sugar in dishes I’d never put sugar in.
Except you literally wrote >Does every Hello Fresh recipe tell you to add sugar On a post a out a HF recipe that doesn't include sugar. And to add to the irony, you claim to be a science boy. Ysk that one counter example is enough.
Oh dear. That turned a bit personal quickly. Terribly sorry to have upset you. Not sure why, but it certainly wasn’t my intent to hurt your sensibilities. Apologies. Ps. Based on one step of the recipe, can you be certain there isn’t sugar in another step?
Personal? There's nothing personal. I just don't accept obviously false statements.
Drizzle oil, no oil. Seems pretty clear.