If you've never had something seasoned with sofrito

[Ryko]

End whatever you call your existence. I'd say kill yourself but technically you havent really lived.

[Shiroikage]

What sort of sofrito are we talking about?

Because if it's Spanish sofrito, I'd wager anyone here who says they haven't is lying.

[Ryko]

Spanish, yeah.

And just saying, I knew someone who hadnt eaten rice until they were 21, anything's possible.

[Shiroikage]

Yeah, it's possible. I suppose geography matters a bit, too.

Southern Italian sofritto is pretty much the same as Spanish sofrito, too. It's such a fucking amazing base.

[Shiroikage]

Really, in general, you can't go wrong starting with garlic and some type of onion. The Allium genus is so important to so many different cuisines.

[Ryko]

Your avatar scares me, bring back the computer.

[Shiroikage]

It's the feline version of Colenzo's old avatar.

I'll see what I can do.

[Ryko]

I can see the resemblance, but black people scared me just as much if not more.

[Kuya]

I knew someone who hadnt eaten rice until they were 21,

what the fuck

[Shiroikage]

Let's go with a new and improved crop.

[Day]

what is sofrito?

[Colenzo]

^ what is it?

[Ivve]

probably garlic-flavored MSG.

[Shiroikage]

Sofrito is a type of sauce/base for a lot of dishes.

Spanish sofrito is onions, garlic, and tomatoes cooked in olive oil.
Southern Italian sofritto is onions and (often) garlic cooked in olive oil. Northern Italian sofritto is more similar to mirepoix.

There's regional variations, but those are the basics right there.

[Colenzo]

ive probably had it a million times and didnt know what it was called then

[Ivve]

not exactly a seasoning then, is it? more like a sauce or a base for a lot of dishes.

when i think seasoning, i think some kind of dry spice or spice blend added at some point during cooking.

[Day]

Sounds awful

[Shiroikage]

not exactly a seasoning then, is it? more like a sauce or a base for a lot of dishes.

Yeah, you'd generally talk about it in those terms. Seasoning's really anything that gives flavour, though.

[Colenzo]

pritty much

[Ivve]

yeah, but that's like the difference between "i'm dying" as in death is imminent and "i'm dying" as in time is passing and i am gradually coming closer to the end of my life. it's really the same shit when you get right down to it, but there is a difference.