Over the past year or so, I've been trying to get a lot better at cooking. I love cooking! So much fun and when my food comes out decent it makes my belly happy.
Share with me random cooking tips you've learned! I want to know everything.
Random Cooking Advice
Over the past year or so, I've been trying to get a lot better at cooking. I love cooking! So much fun and when my food comes out decent it makes my belly happy.
Share with me random cooking tips you've learned! I want to know everything.
The fire alarm isn't the timer.
Oh gods, why? ಥ_ಥ
Don't throw water on boiling grease.
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Use real butter.
This and cook with lard if you can get your hands on it. Then be amazed at how everything instantly tastes better.Originally Posted by Rantz Rantz Revolution
If you're cooking scrambled eggs, remember to coat the pan in oil or butter first so they don't forever cement themselves to the pant.
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Don't just light **** up with gasoline. It makes stuff taste like profits.
Don't cook the intestines, serve them raw with a side of gallbladder.
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The first tip for cooking well is not to ask a forum.
The second tip for cooking well is to cook your own food and practice.
The best tip for cooking well is to have a chef for a father.
Did it before anyone else makes the joke...
you're reaching. But definitely practicing by yourself is the best thing to do.Did it before anyone else makes the joke...
Almost anyone who has ever entered a kitchen should know this, but I still catch tons of people screwing it up. As a general rule, more heat so that it will cook faster is NOT the way to cook almost anything (though some people grilling on open flame outdoors may disagree). Almost nothing cooks better fast. Low, even heat for everything from browning meat to cooking eggs. It's always better to err on the side of caution and increase it from there.
Follow the recipe to the letter the first time you cook it. Adjust to your liking the second time.
I have a friend who always tries to adjust recipes to her liking as she makes them for the first time, and ruins them. xP
Ahh, it drives me nuts when I read reviews for recipes and it's like:
Wtfffff??** Stars. I substituted onions for shallots, I used water instead of chicken broth, and I skipped the red peppers cause I don't like spiciness and we left out the wine. The dish was just ok.
Um, advice. Always season your food as you're cooking it. Salt/pepper added after the dish is done cooking never tastes as good as salt added during the cooking process. Everything should be seasoned at the start, including your water for cooking pasta, blanching veggies, etc.
Use as much aromatic herbs and veggies as you can. It makes everything taste better. Learn how to layer your flavors. Don't overcook your food. Mushy veggies or pasta or dry chicken/steak/fish is the worst. Use good ingredients, that makes all the difference. If you have super fresh veggies, you don't have to do much, you can practically serve it raw and it'll taste good. Learn the different stages and uses of different ingredients. IE: The difference between butter in it's solid state, melted butter, browned butter, and clarified butter. Or how garlic that's sliced and toasted tastes different than garlic that's minced and cooked in oil, or chopped and added to vinaigrette, or roasted and added to potatoes.
If a recipe calls for wine, ALWAYS use a wine that you would drink, and not a wine designed to be a "cooking wine".
A lot of Asian cooking requires fast/hot heat. Scallops need super high heat too. To the point where you want the oil to smoke. In fact, any time you want to sear anything you're gonna want high heat. My favorite way of cooking steak is Alton Brown's method of using extremely high heat to sear the steaks for about 30 seconds on each side and then finishing it off in the oven. And the best way to get fluffy scrambled eggs is actually to start cooking them in very high heat and then bring it down to low heat.
don't spray the pan after it's already hot
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