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All these cooking tips just make me realize that I can't cook.
Anybody can cook. Just start out with simple things, follow the recipe exactly and be patient with yourself. Also Google and Youtube are your friends. Not to mention cooking shows on TV.
This product also adds depth of flavor to chocolate baked goods. If I am baking something that kids will eat, I add a little decaf powder instead. It isn't the same, but even regular instant coffee powder adds some flavor depth to chocolate.
I have a chocolate cookie recipe that calls for instant espresso powder.
1) Prick a tiny hole in an egg before boiling it. You can then drop the cold egg into boiling water with virtually no fear of cracking.
2) When making a gravy or sauce, heat the liquid to almost boiling, then add it all at once. This prevents lumping. If it's necessary to add more, it's not necessary to heat that liquid. The first meeting of roux and hot liquid will have taken care of the problem.
Be sure to cook the roux at boiling temperature for at least three minutes to remove the floury taste.
Marcella Hazan preached the gospel of not being so married to a shopping list that you can't adjust your menu when a key ingredient isn't available. I took this seriously and learned to plan menus at the store, on the fly, with the best, freshest, and often least expensive ingredients possible.
Don't use a slurry of flour and water, brown your flour with butter and make a roux. Learned that from a cooking show, (Alton Brown - Good Eats) and my gravy has never, EVER failed me. Thank you Alton.
Not to mention that Alton specializes in showing viewers how to make real food and the scientific reasons behind what's occurring in the pot/pan/oven. No froo-froo cooking that no real guy would ever bother to make.
Sorry Barefoot Contessa.
Ha!
Alton and Ina were two of my favorite Food Network shows!
I liked his Good Eats series for the bold text.
I was there to get as much cooking info as possible, and though he had some funny filler bits sprinkled throughout the show, for me, they weren't required, and would have liked more info or an additional recipe instead.
That aside, if I had more teachers like him in school however, I probably would have gotten better grades!
Also, he incorporated some very punny names for episode titles.
Ina may drop to third, with the advent of Fieri's Drive-Ins, And Dives, and Guy's Big Bite.
Alton and Ina were two of my favorite Food Network shows!
I liked his Good Eats series for the bold text.
I was there to get as much cooking info as possible, and though he had some funny filler bits sprinkled throughout the show, for me, they weren't required, and would have liked more info or an additional recipe instead.
That aside, if I had more teachers like him in school however, I probably would have gotten better grades!
Also, he incorporated some very punny names for episode titles.
Ina may drop to third, with the advent of Fieri's Drive-Ins, And Dives, and Guy's Big Bite.
I always liked Alton Brown's Good Eats show. Aren't they accessible on YouTube now?
Best tip: cook in bulk and freeze. Over one weekend, you can make a month worth of food. Home cooked meals everyday.
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