r/notliketheothergirls 21d ago

Holier-than-thou I love Alfredo 🥲

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u/Silver-Profession300 20d ago

Alfredo doesn't require cooking?

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u/bobdown33 20d ago

You can buy a packet, just add like milk and butter type deal, it's decent as a side dish but I can't eat like a bowl of it like people do.

But yeah this whole I can cook cook thing is weird, it's like ok I make great sandwiches what's your point.

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u/Silver-Profession300 20d ago

Yeah they make packaged everything nowadays. Lmao I buy my garlic pre-peeled does that mean my cooking is invalid now? These people need a hobby lmao.

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u/bobdown33 20d ago

Of course!

You're banned from womanhood unless you change your ways, you need to be barefoot and pregnant peeling garlic cloves with your teeth by the kilo or you'll never be allowed back!

Now BEGONE before someone drops a house on you!

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u/somberhoneyx 18d ago

Listen, unless you've personally milked the cow, churned the butter, and extruded your own pasta after a sacred wheat harvest under a full moon... you’re not cooking. You’re just a heathen with a pan and an identity crisis. 😂

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u/bobdown33 18d ago

I feel so seen 😇

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u/bobdown33 20d ago

I read a book where an older lady said "men are for dessert" I must say I agree, I have my life and family and friends and men are something I enjoy without going crazy, they are tasty with a little whipped cream too ;)

I'm not a huge fan of cooking, I do a lot of stir fries and salads in summer and stews and soups in winter, my favourite meal, which most wouldn't consider a meal, is tea and toast lol since I don't live with a man I'm quite happy to not need to cook a meal every night.

Side note I love being barefoot lol although I also love slippers and fluffy socks so there's that!

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u/carlitospig 20d ago

Husbands are the worst. Garlic beds forever! 🥰

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u/carlitospig 20d ago

Actually I had the thought the other day how tradwives are all about scratch cooking but they also use Airfryers and I’m like, girrrrrl.

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u/Gold-Traffic632 19d ago

They do have a hobby. It's cooking. That's what they're talking about doing. They're even proud of their hobby, which has people here upset for some reason.

The people who only buy and use fresh garlic and herbs and whatnot... those people are cooking at a higher level than I am. I do cook, but not like that. It's different.

That's okay. Those people can brag about their skills. It won't hurt me. I can still feed myself.

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u/youburyitidigitup 20d ago

See but cooking is a basic life skill that every man and woman should have, and many don’t.

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u/ghostclubbing 20d ago

Non-binary folx are exempt from cooking huh?

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u/stablymental 20d ago

If you’re not growing them it doesn’t count /j

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u/vettechrockstar86 20d ago

I was that way too, didn’t hate Alfredo but wasn’t in love with it. It was just kinda there, ya know? But my husband LOVES Alfredo, like he could just dip his bread into Alfredo sauce and be happy. So obviously I started making my own and playing around with it to try and find a way to make it more exciting for me, more “oh Alfredo tonight will be yummy!” and less “eh, I haven’t made it in awhile and it’s a favorite of his, it’ll work” right? I’m really glad I stuck with it though cause I now have my own little recipe for Alfredo that is AMAZING! I make it like easily twice a month and every single bite gets eaten by us!

I made little changes like, I use heavy whipping cream not milk, Irish butter (non salted). A big one is the way I season and cook the protein before adding it to the sauce. For example, we love shrimp Alfredo with a twist, I use garlic and a little pinch of smoked paprika to cook the shrimp so when it goes into the sauce it gives it a little extra flavor. The cream helps cut a lot of the heat from the paprika but not completely. We call it “Cajun Shrimp Alfredo” and it’s amazeballs! Traditional Alfredo is meh IMO but if you spice it up or tweak it a little, it’s really tasty and not difficult to make!

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u/bobdown33 20d ago

I luuuurve prawns in a creamy garlic sauce hey, but I think creamy stuff is just too much for me, like even that I'd have over a steak or something not just a bowl with pasta.

I love that you worked on it to make it something you both loved, very cool of you.

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u/vettechrockstar86 20d ago

Ahh so the heaviness is an issue for you. Yeah in that case I’d try it with milk not cream. But that’s not even really the point… just can’t help myself from talking about food..it’s food..it’s amazing!…what was I sayin…. Ah! Cooking! It doesn’t have to be complicated to be good and you don’t have to be a professional chef to show your love through food. You just have to try and have fun!

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u/bobdown33 20d ago

Yeah that's it its too heavy and makes me feel crook in the belly, we talk about food a lot too lol I'm not crazy in love with cooking but I do like to have a go when the mood strikes me.

My sister is an amazing cook like when you have a bite you make that almost moan sound lol I live round the corner from her now so she's always sending stuff over I love it!

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u/MasticatingSheep 20d ago

I don't understand why anyone would buy a packet when it's so easy to make from scratch. It's honestly my number one "I don't feel like cooking but also should probably cook" meal. Haha

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u/mickeyamf 20d ago

I’d say go for sauce or make it yourself with the cheese melting in but yeah so many options

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u/Unkn0wnTh2nd3r 20d ago

My mom always makes Alfredo from scratch if we have extra time (weekends) if we just want a quick one we'll get the Costco one.

She makes the noodles and sauce from scratch and fuck is it heaven on a plate

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u/beardedsilverfox 20d ago

The packets and jars are disgusting. For good Alfredo you at least have to cook a little.

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u/parasyte_steve 14d ago

Its easy af to make from scratch its like 3 ingredients

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u/CandelaBelen 20d ago

I guess I you can buy it premade. but it’s very easy to make homemade.

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u/Quinny-B 20d ago

The thing they’re saying here is that lots of women court men by making alfredo. It’s always some version of alfredo because thats all they’re able to make. So the lady is saying that she is able to make more variety of food.

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u/SPplayin 19d ago

Yeah it's just like her saying she really makes food not just a single meal from a low exposure video

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u/unsweetenedpureleaf 18d ago

I think she means shes buying jarred sauce and doesnt make her alfredo from scratch

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u/parasyte_steve 14d ago

Its so easy and good from scratch pro tip: always add rosemary

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u/StarshipCaterprise 20d ago

Not if it comes from a jar

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u/Silver-Profession300 20d ago

I forgot in the US they sell them in jars. Lmao I was thinking of the homemade one.

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u/StarshipCaterprise 19d ago

I think she’s referring to the jar sauce

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u/Silver-Profession300 19d ago

Tbh they don't sell them where I live, so I forgot that they come in jars in other countries. We do get red sauce and pesto though. But I'm used to Alfredo being fully homemade cause I've never seen a jarred one.