Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Used and New Modular Buildings
2012 has been a busy year for iModular.com’s network of modular building and mobile office trailer web sites and blogs. Thousands of companies across several industry sectors have either started using these web sites or returned multiple times to find used and new modular buildings, portable classrooms, storage containers and mobile office trailers for construction job sites.
“We are honored to help large and small companies alike find the modular space solution they need at the absolute best price to rent or buy. Our goal is to help buyers buy smart and give quality modular suppliers more sales opportunities,” stated Matt Banes, iModular.com President and Founder.
iModular.com and its sister web sites provide tips, advice, classified listings and quick price request tools for all types of modular and portable buildings. Local suppliers and manufacturers receive regular price inquiries through these web sites from prospects around the United States and abroad. It takes approximately two minutes for a visitor to complete an online price request form found on any of the sites and within the same business day local suppliers respond via telephone to answer questions and provide pricing.
iModular.com’s sister web sites are www.buyausedmodularbuilding.com. www.iModularbuildings.com. www.modularchurbuildings.com and www.rentamobileoffice.com.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Smart Cooking Tips You Can Use Starting Today
There are some basic cooking tips that anyone can learn to use in
the kitchen. With today's busy lifestyles, knowing and using some basic
cooking tips can save you time and reduce stress in the kitchen.
The following is just a small handful of the many basic cooking tips that you can incorporate into your everyday life to save time and money.
There cooking tips are used by the best chefs around the world to maintain order and harmony in their kitchens. Here are the top ten most common cooking tips that the at home chef and can start using today.
1. Use a small note pad or a white board on your refrigerator to record items you need to get on your next trip to the store.
2. Prepare all your ingredients before beginning to cook. This includes all chopping, mixing and measuring as part of the preparations.
3. Start cooking the dishes from the longest to the shortest. You can do prep of other items in between so everything is ready at the same time.
4. Keep several kitchen timers in your kitchen and set one for each dish. This allows you to concentrate on the task at hand rather than mentally timing each dish.
5. To keep your mixing bowls from sliding around while you are stirring or whisking, place it on a damp kitchen towel.
6. Keep a supply of disposable vinyl gloves handy to keep your hands from becoming stained by certain foods or irritated by hot peppers or onions.
7. Cooking spray can keep foods from staining your plastic utensils or storage containers. Spray them before adding food or using the utensil.
8. Place a toothpick between the pot and the lid to prevent a pot from boiling over. This technique also works with covered casserole dishes.
9. Keep pasta, custards, and milk from boiling over by coating the inside of the pot lid with vegetable oil.
10. When using a double boiler, place a few marbles or a clean jar lid in the bottom pan. If the water gets low, these objects will rattle, warning you of the problem.
Here are a few tips on handling food:
Run bacon under cold water before frying to reduce shrinkage
Add a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda I while soaking beans to reduce gas attacks
Adding salt or vinegar when boiling eggs will keep the egg in the shell if it cracks.
Boil corn for three minutes directly into boiling water, without salt to maintain the taste level.
Freeze cheese for 25 minutes to make grating easier.
Soak wilted veggies in 2 cups water, 1 tablespoon vinegar to help bring them back to life.
Many of the best chefs cooking tips have to do with minimizing work, especially clean up and cooking foods correctly. These master chef cooking tips will help streamline and speed up the cooking process and make you a better cook.
The following is just a small handful of the many basic cooking tips that you can incorporate into your everyday life to save time and money.
There cooking tips are used by the best chefs around the world to maintain order and harmony in their kitchens. Here are the top ten most common cooking tips that the at home chef and can start using today.
1. Use a small note pad or a white board on your refrigerator to record items you need to get on your next trip to the store.
2. Prepare all your ingredients before beginning to cook. This includes all chopping, mixing and measuring as part of the preparations.
3. Start cooking the dishes from the longest to the shortest. You can do prep of other items in between so everything is ready at the same time.
4. Keep several kitchen timers in your kitchen and set one for each dish. This allows you to concentrate on the task at hand rather than mentally timing each dish.
5. To keep your mixing bowls from sliding around while you are stirring or whisking, place it on a damp kitchen towel.
6. Keep a supply of disposable vinyl gloves handy to keep your hands from becoming stained by certain foods or irritated by hot peppers or onions.
7. Cooking spray can keep foods from staining your plastic utensils or storage containers. Spray them before adding food or using the utensil.
8. Place a toothpick between the pot and the lid to prevent a pot from boiling over. This technique also works with covered casserole dishes.
9. Keep pasta, custards, and milk from boiling over by coating the inside of the pot lid with vegetable oil.
10. When using a double boiler, place a few marbles or a clean jar lid in the bottom pan. If the water gets low, these objects will rattle, warning you of the problem.
Here are a few tips on handling food:
Run bacon under cold water before frying to reduce shrinkage
Add a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda I while soaking beans to reduce gas attacks
Adding salt or vinegar when boiling eggs will keep the egg in the shell if it cracks.
Boil corn for three minutes directly into boiling water, without salt to maintain the taste level.
Freeze cheese for 25 minutes to make grating easier.
Soak wilted veggies in 2 cups water, 1 tablespoon vinegar to help bring them back to life.
Many of the best chefs cooking tips have to do with minimizing work, especially clean up and cooking foods correctly. These master chef cooking tips will help streamline and speed up the cooking process and make you a better cook.
Joel Williams is a recognized authority on the subject of cooking. His website, http://www.areyoureadytocook.com provides a wealth of informative articles and resources on everything you'll ever need to know about cooking.
The Cooking Tips For Gas Grills That Every Griller Needs to Know
When preparing food for the grill, the greatest challenge for
home cooks is that grilling is an intense form of direct heat cooking,
and controlling the heat can be tricky. Although most people see it as
easy, grilling is actually one of the most challenging of the basic
cooking methods. If cooking is like driving a car, grilling is like
being strapped to a rocket ship! Now more than ever, creative home cooks
are looking for the best cooking tips for gas grills. As the weather
starts to get nicer and the great outdoors beckons, attention starts to
turn to outdoor cooking - and gas barbeque grills can't be beat for
simplicity and convenience. But grilling only becomes EASY when you know
these important cooking tips for gas grills that are guaranteed to
improve your results. Grilling, like any basic cooking method, can be
mastered. These cooking tips for gas grills will get you started on the
road to expert grilling any time of year.
Preparing Recipes for the Grill
Cooking all recipes for the grill starts with understanding how the grilling method acts differently on different types of foods. Because grilling is an intense heat form of cooking, careful product selection is extremely important. The grill will not tenderize meats so you must start with a tender product if you want to end with a tender product. Marinating meats when making recipes for the grill is the best way to apply some tenderizing properties before cooking. The product itself is also an important consideration because you want to make sure it will be able to withstand this form of direct high-heat cooking. Different products will handle this differently and some are just not the best choice for standard grilling. A very delicate fish, such as tilapia, will not perform very well on the grill because the high heat may burn the outside of the fish before the inside cooks at all. Another consideration is when grilling combinations of different foods, as in skewering vegetables. A mushroom will cook faster than a carrot or potato, for example. You will achieve far better results by par-cooking the "harder" items prior to skewering so that all vegetables are the correct done-ness at the same time. Once you have considered the differences in the types of foods you will be grilling and preparing them accordingly, the basic procedure for creating recipes for the grill is:
Although GRILLING is always done with the lid cover open, gas grill cooking can incorporate additional cooking methods that make it preferable to cook with the grill cover closed. With the grill lid closed, the grill changes from a CONDUCTIVE cooking vehicle to a CONVECTIVE cooking one - more like your oven. Of course you could just use your oven for using these cooking methods, but outdoor cooking does have some advantages over indoor cooking - particularly in warmer weather. So how do you turn your dry heat, direct source cooking vehicle (the grill) into one that can utilize a moist convective cooking process? It's actually a pretty cool technique for gas grill cooking. This is a trick I use most often with delicate fish, such as tilapia. First, I turn the heat OFF on the side of the grill that my tilapia will cook. Then, I add a pan of water to the bottom of the other side of the grill - right on top of the heat elements. Keep in mind that this "water" can be any kind of liquid you like. I use shrimp stock sometimes with fish, but you can season it with chicken broth, wine - anything that is liquid and imparts nice, complimentary flavors to the product you are cooking. Then, the fish is placed either directly on the grill (if you have a flat grate option) or you can put it in a cast iron pan and put it on the grill grates. The rest of the procedure for this type of gas grill cooking follows the normal grilling process - cook with your eyes and observations, flip after 75% done, use a thermometer to determine final temperature and remove a bit "early" to allow for the carry-over cooking that occurs. And that's it, now you can consider gas grill COOKING in addition to standard GRILLING for great outdoor cooking results.
Gas Barbeque Grills vs Charcoal Grills
You will hear from many self-proclaimed GRILLMASTERS that the traditional charcoal grill is far superior to the gas barbeque grill, but the gas grill has many advantages that make it a great choice for any outdoor cooking situation. I will admit that the charcoal grill provides opportunity for a deep, smoky flavor that is not fully achievable with the gas barbeque grill, but after that all of the "pros" go into the gas grill's column. For starters, the gas grill is much easier and safer to start because it uses propane as fuel and starts at the press of a button. Charcoal grills can be easily started with lighter fluid, but this can be dangerous, and can impart an undesirable taste into the food. Plus, the gas grill turns OFF as easily as it turned on! No waiting for coals to cool so that you can empty and clean the grill and no messy coals to dispose of. The other nice thing about gas barbeque grills is that they allow for consistent heat throughout the cooking process. With the charcoal variety, the cook has to really control the heat by actually moving products closer and further and this takes some practice and experience.
These cooking tips for gas grills seem simple but they truly are the difference between great grilling results and disappointing meals. The next time you get ready to grill, remember that careful product selection and a basic understanding of cooking methods is all you need to master the barbeque grill, creating outdoor meals and memories for life.
Preparing Recipes for the Grill
Cooking all recipes for the grill starts with understanding how the grilling method acts differently on different types of foods. Because grilling is an intense heat form of cooking, careful product selection is extremely important. The grill will not tenderize meats so you must start with a tender product if you want to end with a tender product. Marinating meats when making recipes for the grill is the best way to apply some tenderizing properties before cooking. The product itself is also an important consideration because you want to make sure it will be able to withstand this form of direct high-heat cooking. Different products will handle this differently and some are just not the best choice for standard grilling. A very delicate fish, such as tilapia, will not perform very well on the grill because the high heat may burn the outside of the fish before the inside cooks at all. Another consideration is when grilling combinations of different foods, as in skewering vegetables. A mushroom will cook faster than a carrot or potato, for example. You will achieve far better results by par-cooking the "harder" items prior to skewering so that all vegetables are the correct done-ness at the same time. Once you have considered the differences in the types of foods you will be grilling and preparing them accordingly, the basic procedure for creating recipes for the grill is:
- Heat the grill on HIGH with the lid closed to heat up the coals and grates to as hot a temperature as possible.
- Brush the food item with the oil of your choice and place it on the hot grates - presentation side ("pretty side") down.
- For GRILLING, leave the grill cover OPEN.
- After a few minutes inspect the item. You are looking for the item to start to brown around the edges and to see pink (almost clear) moisture bubbling up to the top. This will be your signal that the item is 75% cooked on one side and that is the time to flip it.
- Do not use a fork to flip the item and do not puncture it in any way - because that will allow precious juices to escape.
- Using an instant-read thermometer - because this is the only real way to know when something is done - remove the item 5-10 degrees BEFORE the desired final internal temperature.
Although GRILLING is always done with the lid cover open, gas grill cooking can incorporate additional cooking methods that make it preferable to cook with the grill cover closed. With the grill lid closed, the grill changes from a CONDUCTIVE cooking vehicle to a CONVECTIVE cooking one - more like your oven. Of course you could just use your oven for using these cooking methods, but outdoor cooking does have some advantages over indoor cooking - particularly in warmer weather. So how do you turn your dry heat, direct source cooking vehicle (the grill) into one that can utilize a moist convective cooking process? It's actually a pretty cool technique for gas grill cooking. This is a trick I use most often with delicate fish, such as tilapia. First, I turn the heat OFF on the side of the grill that my tilapia will cook. Then, I add a pan of water to the bottom of the other side of the grill - right on top of the heat elements. Keep in mind that this "water" can be any kind of liquid you like. I use shrimp stock sometimes with fish, but you can season it with chicken broth, wine - anything that is liquid and imparts nice, complimentary flavors to the product you are cooking. Then, the fish is placed either directly on the grill (if you have a flat grate option) or you can put it in a cast iron pan and put it on the grill grates. The rest of the procedure for this type of gas grill cooking follows the normal grilling process - cook with your eyes and observations, flip after 75% done, use a thermometer to determine final temperature and remove a bit "early" to allow for the carry-over cooking that occurs. And that's it, now you can consider gas grill COOKING in addition to standard GRILLING for great outdoor cooking results.
Gas Barbeque Grills vs Charcoal Grills
You will hear from many self-proclaimed GRILLMASTERS that the traditional charcoal grill is far superior to the gas barbeque grill, but the gas grill has many advantages that make it a great choice for any outdoor cooking situation. I will admit that the charcoal grill provides opportunity for a deep, smoky flavor that is not fully achievable with the gas barbeque grill, but after that all of the "pros" go into the gas grill's column. For starters, the gas grill is much easier and safer to start because it uses propane as fuel and starts at the press of a button. Charcoal grills can be easily started with lighter fluid, but this can be dangerous, and can impart an undesirable taste into the food. Plus, the gas grill turns OFF as easily as it turned on! No waiting for coals to cool so that you can empty and clean the grill and no messy coals to dispose of. The other nice thing about gas barbeque grills is that they allow for consistent heat throughout the cooking process. With the charcoal variety, the cook has to really control the heat by actually moving products closer and further and this takes some practice and experience.
These cooking tips for gas grills seem simple but they truly are the difference between great grilling results and disappointing meals. The next time you get ready to grill, remember that careful product selection and a basic understanding of cooking methods is all you need to master the barbeque grill, creating outdoor meals and memories for life.
Chef Todd Mohr is a classically trained chef, entrepreneur, cooking educator and founder of WebCookingClasses. You CAN learn to cook without written recipes by taking his FREE cooking class that will change the way you think about cooking forever!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Mind Blowing Tips For Cooking Meat and Fish Product Urgently
Did you know that it is dangerous and unhealthy to eat meat or
fish that has been frozen, cooked, refrozen, then cooked again? Kathryn
Boor, a professor of microbiologist and chairwoman of the food science
department at Cornell University say that "there is nothing bad or
dangerous about that process as described..." but you can not answer the
question unless you know the whole history of how the food was handed
at every important point.
Staphylococcus aureus contaminates fish or meat, and the warm dish left on the back of stove overnight, and you wouldn't see or smell anything, but you could have a problem of not cooking out of it. On the other hand, if the food is handled without any contamination or temperature abuse, recooking the food and eating it is not dangerous at all. Sometimes when a question like this arises, it is because someone already knows that they have done what they are not suppose to which might have resulted in contamination or bacterial growth.
There is an ideal conditions for contamination or bacterial growth in warmth, moisture, organic material and time limit. When you unfreeze meat quickly, cook it quickly, then freeze it again quickly, there is no problem at all, though, it might get mushy in texture, but it is not dangerous.
Fish is more likely than beef to have textural problems and this is because it is more fragile. The best rule in life is that when in doubt, please throw it out, and usually when people call with lot of questions like this, they are already in doubt.
Staphylococcus aureus contaminates fish or meat, and the warm dish left on the back of stove overnight, and you wouldn't see or smell anything, but you could have a problem of not cooking out of it. On the other hand, if the food is handled without any contamination or temperature abuse, recooking the food and eating it is not dangerous at all. Sometimes when a question like this arises, it is because someone already knows that they have done what they are not suppose to which might have resulted in contamination or bacterial growth.
There is an ideal conditions for contamination or bacterial growth in warmth, moisture, organic material and time limit. When you unfreeze meat quickly, cook it quickly, then freeze it again quickly, there is no problem at all, though, it might get mushy in texture, but it is not dangerous.
Fish is more likely than beef to have textural problems and this is because it is more fragile. The best rule in life is that when in doubt, please throw it out, and usually when people call with lot of questions like this, they are already in doubt.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Well-Done, Medium-Rare, Rare - What Do They Mean? Explanations and a Quick Tip For Cooking Your Meat
Medium-rare, well-done, rare...sometimes it seems like these
terms are all relative. When you ask for a well-done steak at a
restaurant and it comes back pink, is it okay to complain? If you're
preparing meat for guests, how can you cook it to their desired
doneness? We'll tell you exactly what each term means and share a
helpful tip for perfectly cooking your meat!
Here are the generally accepted definitions of each level of doneness:
Rare: A rare piece of meat will have a bright red center, and its outside will be brownish-gray. The center will be warm, but not hot. (approximately 125 degree core temperature)
Medium-rare: The center of a medium-rare piece of meat will be slightly warmer and reddish-pink instead of red. (approximately 130 degree core temperature)
Medium: A medium piece of meat will have a large band of pink through the middle, but will be primarily grayish-brown throughout. (approximately 145 degree core temperature)
Medium-well: A medium-well piece of meat will just have a slight hint of pink in the middle. Otherwise, it will be primarily cooked through and will feel quite firm. (approximately 155 degree core temperature)
Well-done: A well-done steak should show no hint of pink whatsoever. Its center will be grayish-brown throughout and the outside will be nicely charred. (approximately 165 degree core temperature)
If you want to tell how done your meat is without cutting into it, use this easy trick: Feel the heel of your hand (that's the fleshy part between your thumb and your wrist). When your hand is open and relaxed, a rare steak will feel as soft and tender as the heel of your hand. Now pinch together your thumb and forefinger and feel the heel of your hand again. It's a bit firmer now. This is what a medium-rare steak feels like. You can then move down the line, pinching each finger, and feel the heel of your hand get firmer and firmer. When you pinch with your middle finger, the heel of your hand is the firmness of a medium steak, your ring finger a medium-well steak, and your pinky a well-done steak. Now all you'll have to do is poke your steak a little bit and you'll be able to tell its level of doneness.
Here are the generally accepted definitions of each level of doneness:
Rare: A rare piece of meat will have a bright red center, and its outside will be brownish-gray. The center will be warm, but not hot. (approximately 125 degree core temperature)
Medium-rare: The center of a medium-rare piece of meat will be slightly warmer and reddish-pink instead of red. (approximately 130 degree core temperature)
Medium: A medium piece of meat will have a large band of pink through the middle, but will be primarily grayish-brown throughout. (approximately 145 degree core temperature)
Medium-well: A medium-well piece of meat will just have a slight hint of pink in the middle. Otherwise, it will be primarily cooked through and will feel quite firm. (approximately 155 degree core temperature)
Well-done: A well-done steak should show no hint of pink whatsoever. Its center will be grayish-brown throughout and the outside will be nicely charred. (approximately 165 degree core temperature)
If you want to tell how done your meat is without cutting into it, use this easy trick: Feel the heel of your hand (that's the fleshy part between your thumb and your wrist). When your hand is open and relaxed, a rare steak will feel as soft and tender as the heel of your hand. Now pinch together your thumb and forefinger and feel the heel of your hand again. It's a bit firmer now. This is what a medium-rare steak feels like. You can then move down the line, pinching each finger, and feel the heel of your hand get firmer and firmer. When you pinch with your middle finger, the heel of your hand is the firmness of a medium steak, your ring finger a medium-well steak, and your pinky a well-done steak. Now all you'll have to do is poke your steak a little bit and you'll be able to tell its level of doneness.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
15 Basic Cooking Tips To Make Your Life Easier!
There are some basic cooking tips that anyone could learn and use
to help out in the kitchen. With today's' busy lifestyles becoming more
prevalent, learning and using these basic cooking tips will save you
time and headache.
The following fifteen is just a tiny handful of the many basic cooking tips that you could integrate into your everyday life to save time and money.
o Bacon: Reduce shrinkage by running cold water over it before frying.
o Beans: Stop gas attacks by adding a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda in a big pot of beans while they are soaking.
o Boiled Eggs: Add some vinegar or a little salt to the boiling water when boiling eggs. This basic cooking tips will keep the egg in the shell if it cracks.
o Ripening Fruits and Vegetables: Put your unripe fruit and vegetables in a brown paper bag and place the bag in a dark cupboard for few day. Using this basic cooking tips is an excellent way to save money on fruits and vegetables that has to be ripened.
o Salads: Cut your iceberg lettuce into wedges instead of tearing salad greens to save some time making a salad.
o Spaghetti Sauce: Add a small pinch of bicarbonate of soda to your spaghetti sauce to lower the acid taste from the tomatoes.
o Corn: Place the corn directly into boiling water, and do not add salt. Do not boil corn for more than three minutes. Overcooking reduces the taste level.
o Frozen Vegetables: When they are stuck together, simply run boiling water over them.
o Grating Cheese: Freeze for twenty five minutes before grating. It will shred so much easier.
o Pancakes: Use a small amount of sugar in the batter and they will brown more quickly.
o Pie Pastry: Substitute one teaspoon of vinegar for one teaspoon of the cold water called for in the recipe and the pastry will be much flakier.
o Quick Sauces: Use condensed cream soups such as cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, cream of tomato, cream of celery, to make fast and easy sauces.
o Quick Tenderizer: Use vinegar as a meat tenderizer. Add a tablespoon to water when boiling meat or ribs for stews. This basic cooking tips will help tenderizer even the toughest meat.
o Wilted vegetables: Soak wilted veggies in two cups water, one tablespoon vinegar to help bring them back to life.
o Wooden Skewers: Soak all your wooden skewers in cold water for twenty minutes to prevent them from burning.
Inspiration could be considered to be one of the key ingredients to writing. Only if one is inspired, can one get to writing on any subject especially like cooking.
Use some of these basic cooking tips to make your life in the kitchen more enjoyable.
The following fifteen is just a tiny handful of the many basic cooking tips that you could integrate into your everyday life to save time and money.
o Bacon: Reduce shrinkage by running cold water over it before frying.
o Beans: Stop gas attacks by adding a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda in a big pot of beans while they are soaking.
o Boiled Eggs: Add some vinegar or a little salt to the boiling water when boiling eggs. This basic cooking tips will keep the egg in the shell if it cracks.
o Ripening Fruits and Vegetables: Put your unripe fruit and vegetables in a brown paper bag and place the bag in a dark cupboard for few day. Using this basic cooking tips is an excellent way to save money on fruits and vegetables that has to be ripened.
o Salads: Cut your iceberg lettuce into wedges instead of tearing salad greens to save some time making a salad.
o Spaghetti Sauce: Add a small pinch of bicarbonate of soda to your spaghetti sauce to lower the acid taste from the tomatoes.
o Corn: Place the corn directly into boiling water, and do not add salt. Do not boil corn for more than three minutes. Overcooking reduces the taste level.
o Frozen Vegetables: When they are stuck together, simply run boiling water over them.
o Grating Cheese: Freeze for twenty five minutes before grating. It will shred so much easier.
o Pancakes: Use a small amount of sugar in the batter and they will brown more quickly.
o Pie Pastry: Substitute one teaspoon of vinegar for one teaspoon of the cold water called for in the recipe and the pastry will be much flakier.
o Quick Sauces: Use condensed cream soups such as cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, cream of tomato, cream of celery, to make fast and easy sauces.
o Quick Tenderizer: Use vinegar as a meat tenderizer. Add a tablespoon to water when boiling meat or ribs for stews. This basic cooking tips will help tenderizer even the toughest meat.
o Wilted vegetables: Soak wilted veggies in two cups water, one tablespoon vinegar to help bring them back to life.
o Wooden Skewers: Soak all your wooden skewers in cold water for twenty minutes to prevent them from burning.
Inspiration could be considered to be one of the key ingredients to writing. Only if one is inspired, can one get to writing on any subject especially like cooking.
Use some of these basic cooking tips to make your life in the kitchen more enjoyable.
Andrew Chin is a recognized authority on the subject of Cooking. His website Cooking Smarter provides a wealth of information on everything you will need to know about Cooking Tips.
Salmon - Cooking Tips For Cooking Salmon in the Oven
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First of all, you should preheat the oven to somewhere between 350 and 450 degrees F, depending on what the recipe recommends. If you are not following a recipe, keep the temperature near to 350 degrees F because it is easier to accidentally overcook the fish if you choose a higher temperature.
Preparing the Salmon for Baking
You might like to use a store-bought salmon rub or make your own. Try a mixture of salt, chili powder, and paprika for a spicy flavor or mixed herbs for an herby flavor.
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Glazes are also popular with salmon and you can make a glaze for salmon by baking a sweet fruit like pineapple or peach on top of the fish. The juices will run over the fish as it cooks.
What about making your own salmon marinade recipe? Try a mixture of white wine, ginger, olive oil, lime juice, and brown sugar and marinate the salmon in this for half an hour before baking it.
How to Bake the Fish
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. This is optional but it does make cleanup easier afterwards. Put the fish on the baking sheet and bake it for ten to twelve minutes, or until it is opaque all the way through. The exact timing depends how thick your salmon fillet is. Salmon usually needs ten minutes cooking time for every inch of thickness.
Salmon should be tender inside and cooked to medium rare, for the best results. Overcooking is one of the worst things you can do to fish, so keep an eye on the salmon as it cooks. Remember that it keeps cooking on the baking sheet once you have taken it out of the oven. When the fish is barely pink right the way through, it is cooked perfectly.
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Tips for Cooking Beef
Cooking beef does require some special techniques, but once
achieved the results are delicious. There are various ways that you can
cook beef, and there are also many different cuts of beef. The steer
(cow) when it is cut up has nine primary sections of beef. They are as
follows: chuck, rib, brisket, shank, flank, short loin, round, sirloin
and tenderloin. Some cuts of beef are more tender than others. The
tenderloin is the most tender and expensive cut of beef.
You can cook beef in a pan, crock pot, pressure cooker, oven, barbeque grill, or even on an open fire. Depending on the beef recipe that you are cooking will determine the device that you should utilize to get the best results.
There are two instruments that you should have available when cooking beef. And, those are a good knife and a meat thermometer. A meat thermometer is utilized to make sure the meat is properly cooked. This is especially important when cooking a large cut of beef like a roast. And, a good knife is needed to cut or trim your beef to your liking prior to cooking. Purchasing a good set of knives for your home kitchen will help you in preparation time.
Always season or marinade your beef before cooking, this is one of the most important tips for cooking your beef. Whether it is marinating the beef overnight or just plain salt and pepper on a steak. This does enhance the meat's flavors greatly. Here is a marinade recipe that can be used on steaks that is simple to prepare and it tastes great.
Marinade for Beef Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 tbsp Cumin spice
1/2 tbsp Italian seasoning mix
2 tbsp Garlic & Onion powder
1 tbsp of Salt (Kosher if possible)
1 tbsp of Honey
Red wine vinegar 4 oz
Soy sauce 4 oz
Teriyaki sauce 4 oz
Worcestershire sauce 4 oz
Preparation:
Combine the marinade ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Pierce the meat and place it in a plastic or glass container and cover. Pour marinade over meat and refrigerate for 3 to 6 hours. Remove from the refrigerator at least 10 minutes before grilling.
Beef Recipes
The
art of cooking a good steak is learned with practice. Searing and
timing the steak makes all the difference in the flavor. Whether you
like it rare, medium, medium well, or well done, it's knowing how many
minutes to cook the steak on each side depending the thickness of the
cut of beef.
There are various cooking charts available online to help you with the timing involved with cooking beef. An undercooked or overcooked steak is the most common error for novice cooks. Once you've mastered your techniques like a good chef you will know when it is cooked to the desired outcome. Below are 3 delicious beef recipes.
Marinated Flank Recipe (Grilled)
Ingredients needed:
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
1/4 cup of soy sauce
1/3 cup of red wine vinegar
3 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoon of Dijon mustard
3 cloves of minced garlic
1/3 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1 - 2 pounds of flank steak
Preparation instructions:
In a bowl, mix olive oil, vinegar (wine), cup of soy sauce, lemon or lime juice, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, and garlic.
Place flank in a large dish. Pour the marinade on the steak, turning to coat the meat.
Keep covered and leave it refrigerated for 5 hours.
Preheat the grill to medium to high heat. The grill grates should be oiled.
Place steaks on heated grill, the marinade should be discarded.
Grill the meat for 4 to 6 minutes each side, or until your desired liking.
Roast Beef Tenderloin (Oven)
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Complete Time: 65 minutes
Ingredients needed:
2 pounds of beef tenderloin
1/2 teaspoons of salt
2 cloves of minced garlic
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1/2 teaspoons of pepper
1/2 teaspoons of marjoram leaves (dried)
Preparation:
Set oven to 425 degrees. The beef tenderloin will have one end that is smaller and thinner than the rest. Tuck 6 inches of this end under the rest of the tenderloin. Tie the tenderloin at 3 inch intervals with kitchen string to keep its shape. Place on a rack in a roasting pan.
In a bowl, add salt and garlic together and mix until pasty. Add pepper, oil, and marjoram and mix well. Rub the mix on the beef. Place the thermometer in the thick tenderloin section.
Roast for 35 to 45 minutes at 425 degress, or until thermometer reaches at least 140 degrees Fahrenheit Remove from oven and cover beef tightly with aluminum foil. Let it stand, covered with aluminum foil, for 15 minutes. The temperature and all of the beef's juices redistribute around the tenderloin at this time. Remove thermometer and string; then carve your beef tenderloin. This recipe serves 6.
Kabobs on the Grill (Beef)
Ingredients needed:
2 pounds of beef round cut in bite size cubes
2 teaspoons of pepper
2 teaspoons of salt
1 teaspoon of onion garlic powder
a cup of extra virgin olive oil
a cup of soy sauce
Preparation:
Combine all of the ingredients in a Ziploc bag or plastic container and let the beef marinade for 1 to 3 hours. You can also let it marinade overnight if you like.
Use 6 to 9 inch wooden skewers for the kabob, however first soak them in a bowl with water for 30 minutes so that they do not burn on the grill.
Now start by piercing the beef pieces with the skewers, you can also add vegetables to the skewer.
Place skewers on grill with medium high heat and turn every 15 minutes.
Beef is done in 45 minutes. Serves 4
The most important tips for cooking beef are the following:
Select the proper cut of beef for your recipe.
Marinade and season your beef.
Use a meat thermometer.
Use a good knife for trimming and carving.
Don't undercook are overcook your beef.
You can get creative with your beef recipes, and there are thousands of recipes available for you to try. The Internet is an excellent resource and has an endless list of recipes available. Bon appetite!
You can cook beef in a pan, crock pot, pressure cooker, oven, barbeque grill, or even on an open fire. Depending on the beef recipe that you are cooking will determine the device that you should utilize to get the best results.
There are two instruments that you should have available when cooking beef. And, those are a good knife and a meat thermometer. A meat thermometer is utilized to make sure the meat is properly cooked. This is especially important when cooking a large cut of beef like a roast. And, a good knife is needed to cut or trim your beef to your liking prior to cooking. Purchasing a good set of knives for your home kitchen will help you in preparation time.
Always season or marinade your beef before cooking, this is one of the most important tips for cooking your beef. Whether it is marinating the beef overnight or just plain salt and pepper on a steak. This does enhance the meat's flavors greatly. Here is a marinade recipe that can be used on steaks that is simple to prepare and it tastes great.
Marinade for Beef Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 tbsp Cumin spice
1/2 tbsp Italian seasoning mix
2 tbsp Garlic & Onion powder
1 tbsp of Salt (Kosher if possible)
1 tbsp of Honey
Red wine vinegar 4 oz
Soy sauce 4 oz
Teriyaki sauce 4 oz
Worcestershire sauce 4 oz
Preparation:
Combine the marinade ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Pierce the meat and place it in a plastic or glass container and cover. Pour marinade over meat and refrigerate for 3 to 6 hours. Remove from the refrigerator at least 10 minutes before grilling.
Beef Recipes
There are various cooking charts available online to help you with the timing involved with cooking beef. An undercooked or overcooked steak is the most common error for novice cooks. Once you've mastered your techniques like a good chef you will know when it is cooked to the desired outcome. Below are 3 delicious beef recipes.
Marinated Flank Recipe (Grilled)
Ingredients needed:
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
1/4 cup of soy sauce
1/3 cup of red wine vinegar
3 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoon of Dijon mustard
3 cloves of minced garlic
1/3 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1 - 2 pounds of flank steak
Preparation instructions:
In a bowl, mix olive oil, vinegar (wine), cup of soy sauce, lemon or lime juice, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, and garlic.
Place flank in a large dish. Pour the marinade on the steak, turning to coat the meat.
Keep covered and leave it refrigerated for 5 hours.
Preheat the grill to medium to high heat. The grill grates should be oiled.
Place steaks on heated grill, the marinade should be discarded.
Grill the meat for 4 to 6 minutes each side, or until your desired liking.
Roast Beef Tenderloin (Oven)
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Complete Time: 65 minutes
Ingredients needed:
2 pounds of beef tenderloin
1/2 teaspoons of salt
2 cloves of minced garlic
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1/2 teaspoons of pepper
1/2 teaspoons of marjoram leaves (dried)
Preparation:
Set oven to 425 degrees. The beef tenderloin will have one end that is smaller and thinner than the rest. Tuck 6 inches of this end under the rest of the tenderloin. Tie the tenderloin at 3 inch intervals with kitchen string to keep its shape. Place on a rack in a roasting pan.
In a bowl, add salt and garlic together and mix until pasty. Add pepper, oil, and marjoram and mix well. Rub the mix on the beef. Place the thermometer in the thick tenderloin section.
Roast for 35 to 45 minutes at 425 degress, or until thermometer reaches at least 140 degrees Fahrenheit Remove from oven and cover beef tightly with aluminum foil. Let it stand, covered with aluminum foil, for 15 minutes. The temperature and all of the beef's juices redistribute around the tenderloin at this time. Remove thermometer and string; then carve your beef tenderloin. This recipe serves 6.
Kabobs on the Grill (Beef)
Ingredients needed:
2 pounds of beef round cut in bite size cubes
2 teaspoons of pepper
2 teaspoons of salt
1 teaspoon of onion garlic powder
a cup of extra virgin olive oil
a cup of soy sauce
Preparation:
Combine all of the ingredients in a Ziploc bag or plastic container and let the beef marinade for 1 to 3 hours. You can also let it marinade overnight if you like.
Use 6 to 9 inch wooden skewers for the kabob, however first soak them in a bowl with water for 30 minutes so that they do not burn on the grill.
Now start by piercing the beef pieces with the skewers, you can also add vegetables to the skewer.
Place skewers on grill with medium high heat and turn every 15 minutes.
Beef is done in 45 minutes. Serves 4
The most important tips for cooking beef are the following:
Select the proper cut of beef for your recipe.
Marinade and season your beef.
Use a meat thermometer.
Use a good knife for trimming and carving.
Don't undercook are overcook your beef.
You can get creative with your beef recipes, and there are thousands of recipes available for you to try. The Internet is an excellent resource and has an endless list of recipes available. Bon appetite!
Monday, October 1, 2012
Five Practical and Easy Tips For Cooking a Turkey
Tip #1 for Cooking A Turkey - Planning Counts.
Planning is very important when it comes to cooking a turkey - especially a frozen one. Frozen turkeys take a couple of days to thaw - especially the larger ones. If you want to cook a frozen turkey, you will need to defrost it first, so it's best to have some idea when you will be eating it. Smaller frozen turkeys can be defrosted in a microwave in an emergency, but bigger ones need to be done the slow way.
Fresh turkeys can be cooked right away, but in most places they are only available around the time of the Thanksgiving holiday - unless you are able to request your butcher or grocer to order one in specially for you.
If time is not on your side and you must have a turkey right away, it's best to buy a smoked turkey. The advantages of buying a smoked turkey is that it comes fully cooked when you buy it. All you will have to do it heat it up and serve it. It does not get any easier than that.
Tip #2 for Cooking a Turkey - Check With a Meat Thermometer
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Tip #3 for Cooking a Turkey - Don't Stuff It
Stuffing that is cooked inside the bird tastes different because it has been soaked in turkey fat. It's best to avoid that stuffing, however, as it is very unhealthy because of all of the fat. It can also be unhealthy because of the risk of bacteria contamination inherent in cooking the stuffing inside the bird.
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Tip #4 for Cooking a Turkey - Try a Cooking Bag
Instead of using a turkey baster to keep the turkey moist, try putting the whole bird in a cooking bag - that will trap all the moisture in with the turkey, making it impossible for the bird to dry out. Cooking a turkey in a bag like this is a much easier, and more efficient way of ensuring that it stays nice and moist.
Tip #5 for Cooking a Turkey - Leave to Stand for 30 Minutes
When you take the turkey out of the oven, leave it to stand for 20 to 30 minutes. The turkey continues to cook on the inside for a while after it has been taken out of the oven, so for best results, don't try to carve the turkey until the juices have settled.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Seven Healthy Cooking Tips
Healthy cooking doesn't have to be hard and some of the best
cooking comes from the best healthy cooking tips. These are the seven
best tips you can find around for cooking healthy meals, losing weight
and most importantly, enjoying it!
1. Cooking Begins with Shopping
With every great adventure, the first step is always to actually take that first step. That is, part of learning to cook healthy is shopping smart. For that, it is important to know that there are a few key rules to follow: (1) low fat versions of milk, cheese, yogurt and salad dressing, (2) leaner meat cuts - if you're not sure, check for a tick from the Heart Foundation and (3) skinless versions of chicken breasts. While shopping, it is also a good idea to look at the ingredients and health information provided on the product to figure out how much sodium, fats (both trans- and saturated) and even sugar are in the products. Finally, a good of thumb is to walk around the walls of the grocery store as most healthy products are found there while the bad food is situated in the middle part of the store.
2. Healthy Cooking Tips
Nutrients are essential and there are many healthy cooking tips that can be found. Here, we have four that would provide a great step towards smart cooking: First, scrubbing vegetables instead of peeling them will retain many nutrients that vegetable held as most are found in the skin. Steaming vegetable or using the microwave will also retain a lot of valuable nutrients. If you want to boil your vegetables, then do it in a small amount of water and not over boil them. Lastly, incorporating stir fry recipes into a healthy diet can also allow many vegetables to be cooked quickly while retaining nutrients that they harbour.
3. Everyday Repetition
A great healthy cooking tip would be adding vegetables to all aspects of eating throughout the day. That could mean using carrots chopped up as a substitute for chips, broccoli and cheese whiz or even celery with peanut butter and raisin. In regards to main meals, a great healthy cooking tip would be to add peppers to stews or chow mein. Also adding other colourful vegetables to any dish also helps meet a recommended daily servings. Fruit chutneys and vegetable salads are also great substitutions for heavy gravies and sauces.
4. Fight Fatty Favourites
Low fat food products do exist. They are available as low fat cheese, low fat salad dressing and even evaporated skim milk. A great healthy cooking tip for people who love eggs is to invest in low cholesterol egg products. Even using the whites of the eggs in exchange for a whole egg also reduces the fat and cholesterol of baked goods.
5. Grease Trapping
There are a few great healthy cooking tips that would help considerably with removing fats. For one, using olive or canola oils are a great ways to start. During cooking, draining fats as you go helps and then dabbing pan fried food onto paper towels will also trap more visible fats. For soups, chilling soup and then skimming it off the top is also a way to reduce fat intake.
6. Methodology of a Healthy Cooker
There are a few ways to improve healthy and smart cooking; one great healthy cooking tip would be to try roasting, poaching or even stir-frying all the meals of the day. Open flame grilling should be minimal since it may produce cancer-promoting compounds. Also, microwaving - in in short range cooking times - reduce the elimination of nutrients and adds no water or fat to the cooking.
7. Talk About It:
Finally, talk about the healthy cooking tips! When beginning on a new endeavour, it becomes easier and more fun when learning with someone or teaching a younger person comes into the picture. Learning to cook healthy is always better with others - doing it with friends or family can help take the healthy cooking tips presented and implement it with more earnest attempts. Communication the desire to eat healthier and talking about how it can be done always helps to not only remind yourself but get ideas from others. Overall, learning to cook healthy can and should be fun. You are not alone - and the amount of interest may surprise you if you ask if anyone wants to cook with you.
1. Cooking Begins with Shopping
With every great adventure, the first step is always to actually take that first step. That is, part of learning to cook healthy is shopping smart. For that, it is important to know that there are a few key rules to follow: (1) low fat versions of milk, cheese, yogurt and salad dressing, (2) leaner meat cuts - if you're not sure, check for a tick from the Heart Foundation and (3) skinless versions of chicken breasts. While shopping, it is also a good idea to look at the ingredients and health information provided on the product to figure out how much sodium, fats (both trans- and saturated) and even sugar are in the products. Finally, a good of thumb is to walk around the walls of the grocery store as most healthy products are found there while the bad food is situated in the middle part of the store.
2. Healthy Cooking Tips
Nutrients are essential and there are many healthy cooking tips that can be found. Here, we have four that would provide a great step towards smart cooking: First, scrubbing vegetables instead of peeling them will retain many nutrients that vegetable held as most are found in the skin. Steaming vegetable or using the microwave will also retain a lot of valuable nutrients. If you want to boil your vegetables, then do it in a small amount of water and not over boil them. Lastly, incorporating stir fry recipes into a healthy diet can also allow many vegetables to be cooked quickly while retaining nutrients that they harbour.
3. Everyday Repetition
A great healthy cooking tip would be adding vegetables to all aspects of eating throughout the day. That could mean using carrots chopped up as a substitute for chips, broccoli and cheese whiz or even celery with peanut butter and raisin. In regards to main meals, a great healthy cooking tip would be to add peppers to stews or chow mein. Also adding other colourful vegetables to any dish also helps meet a recommended daily servings. Fruit chutneys and vegetable salads are also great substitutions for heavy gravies and sauces.
4. Fight Fatty Favourites
Low fat food products do exist. They are available as low fat cheese, low fat salad dressing and even evaporated skim milk. A great healthy cooking tip for people who love eggs is to invest in low cholesterol egg products. Even using the whites of the eggs in exchange for a whole egg also reduces the fat and cholesterol of baked goods.
5. Grease Trapping
There are a few great healthy cooking tips that would help considerably with removing fats. For one, using olive or canola oils are a great ways to start. During cooking, draining fats as you go helps and then dabbing pan fried food onto paper towels will also trap more visible fats. For soups, chilling soup and then skimming it off the top is also a way to reduce fat intake.
6. Methodology of a Healthy Cooker
There are a few ways to improve healthy and smart cooking; one great healthy cooking tip would be to try roasting, poaching or even stir-frying all the meals of the day. Open flame grilling should be minimal since it may produce cancer-promoting compounds. Also, microwaving - in in short range cooking times - reduce the elimination of nutrients and adds no water or fat to the cooking.
7. Talk About It:
Finally, talk about the healthy cooking tips! When beginning on a new endeavour, it becomes easier and more fun when learning with someone or teaching a younger person comes into the picture. Learning to cook healthy is always better with others - doing it with friends or family can help take the healthy cooking tips presented and implement it with more earnest attempts. Communication the desire to eat healthier and talking about how it can be done always helps to not only remind yourself but get ideas from others. Overall, learning to cook healthy can and should be fun. You are not alone - and the amount of interest may surprise you if you ask if anyone wants to cook with you.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Easy Tips for Cooking For a Crowd
Whether it is for 20 or 50 people, cooking for a large number can
be fun! Careful planning and preparations are the secret to
successfully hosting of family or friends get-together. Somehow, it may
seem overwhelming and difficult but it can be done without subjecting
yourself to all the tension and stress. Here are some tips that can
help.
Establishing the number of invitees who have accepted
First and foremost, like anything you plan out to do, the most important part is the preparation. How many people are coming? It is very important that in your invitation there should be an RSVP. What is RSVP? The term RSVP comes from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "please respond". It means that the invited guest should inform the host whether they are coming or not for the purpose of head count for the planned event. If this is just a simple family get together and you don't see the need for a written invitation, you could always call up your guests and ask if they are coming or not. Once you have an idea how much number of people you are cooking for, it is time to plan out your menu.
Planning your menu
When cooking for a big crowd, it is best to cook simple and easy recipes. You don't need to slave too much in the kitchen cooking and look haggard when your friends come. List down the menu you have planned and the ingredients you need to buy days beforehand. Measuring how much you need to purchase, it would be good to buy extra ingredients. For example, if half a kilo of ground beef will make 5-8 patties and you have 20 guests coming, buy at least 2 kilos of beef to make at least 30 pieces of beef patties. That way, you can be sure that what you cook is more than enough. Go for easy to do recipes especially ones that you can marinate days before. Examples of these would be Fried Chicken or Grilled Barbecue. Marinating it beforehand would allow the marinade to seep through and make the meat tastier. If you are planning to make strew or casserole, you can also cook this day before and keep it in the freezer. Side dishes like potato salad or any dessert can also be done ahead of time. If you are cooking fish or any seafood dishes, as well as vegetables, it is best to do it on the day of the event itself. Seafood should be fresh when bought and cooked immediately. Same goes with the vegetables.
Final preparations
Prepare plenty of drinks for the party. You can always stock up days before. The utensils that you will need for the party as well as the trays you will serve the food from should be ready on the day itself. It would be good if you have family members that can help with the cleaning and setting of the main table while you are busy with the food. It would be best if you are done an hour or two before your guests arrive so that you will have time to relax, prepare and look your best.
Cooking for a large number of people can be fun. With careful planning and preparation, it could even be one of the best parties you ever had.
First and foremost, like anything you plan out to do, the most important part is the preparation. How many people are coming? It is very important that in your invitation there should be an RSVP. What is RSVP? The term RSVP comes from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "please respond". It means that the invited guest should inform the host whether they are coming or not for the purpose of head count for the planned event. If this is just a simple family get together and you don't see the need for a written invitation, you could always call up your guests and ask if they are coming or not. Once you have an idea how much number of people you are cooking for, it is time to plan out your menu.
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When cooking for a big crowd, it is best to cook simple and easy recipes. You don't need to slave too much in the kitchen cooking and look haggard when your friends come. List down the menu you have planned and the ingredients you need to buy days beforehand. Measuring how much you need to purchase, it would be good to buy extra ingredients. For example, if half a kilo of ground beef will make 5-8 patties and you have 20 guests coming, buy at least 2 kilos of beef to make at least 30 pieces of beef patties. That way, you can be sure that what you cook is more than enough. Go for easy to do recipes especially ones that you can marinate days before. Examples of these would be Fried Chicken or Grilled Barbecue. Marinating it beforehand would allow the marinade to seep through and make the meat tastier. If you are planning to make strew or casserole, you can also cook this day before and keep it in the freezer. Side dishes like potato salad or any dessert can also be done ahead of time. If you are cooking fish or any seafood dishes, as well as vegetables, it is best to do it on the day of the event itself. Seafood should be fresh when bought and cooked immediately. Same goes with the vegetables.
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Prepare plenty of drinks for the party. You can always stock up days before. The utensils that you will need for the party as well as the trays you will serve the food from should be ready on the day itself. It would be good if you have family members that can help with the cleaning and setting of the main table while you are busy with the food. It would be best if you are done an hour or two before your guests arrive so that you will have time to relax, prepare and look your best.
Cooking for a large number of people can be fun. With careful planning and preparation, it could even be one of the best parties you ever had.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The Best 7 Quick Dutch Oven Cooking Tips
A number of people enjoy preparing and eating the best of easily
created Dutch oven cooking tips that can be incorporated into modern but
equally tasteful preparations of traditional dishes. While the older,
more reliable cooking methods gave great tasting recipes, they are no
doubt time-consuming; however, the ones listed here for you are those
based on these time-honored techniques but with a touch of simplified
basic cooking tips anyone could benefit from, even beginners!
1. Always take a timely look into to check for the tenderness of the food item you are cooking in the oven; experts it is better to be safe than sorry in lifting the lid to judge the amount of cooking scope required, if any than end up with a charred meal. Even though the frequent lifting of the lid allows essential heat to escape, use your discretion to judge if checking in is required
2. Typically, if steam is escaping too fast from the lid, it means you need to reduce the heat as this is a phenomenon that is a consequence of high heat only; either move the dish from the heat source or regulate the temperature for good Dutch cooking tips to be effective.
3. Another smart way to ensure even cooking and right temperature being set for the cooking is to rotate the casserole every 15 minutes so there is even browning and mold spots are minimized besides undercooking avoided too!
4. Experts on Dutch oven cooking tips never fail to advice turning the pot to around 90 degrees whenever one rotates it to ensure all sides get even heat exposure.
5. Besides the above, since most Dutch oven cooking involves using a pot, you could remember to keep an eye out for the cast number (wherever it appears on the lid) so you know which direction you have already turned the pot in, to avoid confusion over again rotating it that way. Do remember to wear gloves for best hand protection while handling these hot pots placed in ovens.
6. Learn to use the briquettes right as the method for adding, removing or moving them is time-consuming but useful to know for quality and smart Dutch cooking that gives tasteful results.
7. Learn the right way of stacking pots to save time and space as this is a knowledgeable way to apply your love for cooking right and cooking smart when using traditional but easy Dutch oven cooking tips, beginning with one pot and then moving on to combining multi-pot cooking.
Besides the above mentioned tips, you can search for other tips online or by consulting old timers who can clue you in on the conventional cooking style of using a Dutch oven or through reading books on this topic. Meeting people who share this interest is another way to adding to your knowledge of this specialized cooking technique.
1. Always take a timely look into to check for the tenderness of the food item you are cooking in the oven; experts it is better to be safe than sorry in lifting the lid to judge the amount of cooking scope required, if any than end up with a charred meal. Even though the frequent lifting of the lid allows essential heat to escape, use your discretion to judge if checking in is required
2. Typically, if steam is escaping too fast from the lid, it means you need to reduce the heat as this is a phenomenon that is a consequence of high heat only; either move the dish from the heat source or regulate the temperature for good Dutch cooking tips to be effective.
3. Another smart way to ensure even cooking and right temperature being set for the cooking is to rotate the casserole every 15 minutes so there is even browning and mold spots are minimized besides undercooking avoided too!
4. Experts on Dutch oven cooking tips never fail to advice turning the pot to around 90 degrees whenever one rotates it to ensure all sides get even heat exposure.
5. Besides the above, since most Dutch oven cooking involves using a pot, you could remember to keep an eye out for the cast number (wherever it appears on the lid) so you know which direction you have already turned the pot in, to avoid confusion over again rotating it that way. Do remember to wear gloves for best hand protection while handling these hot pots placed in ovens.
6. Learn to use the briquettes right as the method for adding, removing or moving them is time-consuming but useful to know for quality and smart Dutch cooking that gives tasteful results.
7. Learn the right way of stacking pots to save time and space as this is a knowledgeable way to apply your love for cooking right and cooking smart when using traditional but easy Dutch oven cooking tips, beginning with one pot and then moving on to combining multi-pot cooking.
Besides the above mentioned tips, you can search for other tips online or by consulting old timers who can clue you in on the conventional cooking style of using a Dutch oven or through reading books on this topic. Meeting people who share this interest is another way to adding to your knowledge of this specialized cooking technique.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Camping - Smart Tips For Cooking!
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Get and pack your essentials like soups, stews and/or chili etc. Freeze those before you set and try to keep those in a cooler container. When you need a snap meal, just reheat those. Mind the usefulness of heavy duty aluminum foils. You could find many uses of them during our camping. Handle gas canisters with due care. Keep them upright all the times. Keep them outside your tend in an area that is well ventilated. Occasionally check whether there's any leakage. You can check this by pouring some soap liquid onto all those connections. Then turn them off when you're not using them. Freeze your meat before you put them into cooler.
For keeping matches dry, you can dip some stick matches within wax. So whenever needed, you scrape off tips of those matches and lights. Otherwise, you may keep matches within waterproof containers. You can use some ziplock bags for storing such as soups, sauces or chili. Freeze up those bags before putting them into a cooler. It'll help keep other types of food items cold. Following these cooking tips should give you a smoother camping experience.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Cooking Tips - 7 Useful Cooking Tips And Hints For Amatuers
It's your first day in the kitchen and you have no idea where to
start. A haphazard way of doing things will only delay meals and see
that you are stuck in the kitchen for a long time! To ensure that you
produce quicker and easy-to-prepare meals, as well as please your
family's taste buds, a few cooking tips and hints are in order?
(1) First of all, there has to be a place from where you can pick up cooking tips and hints. There are many classes set up for beginners by various local institutions and organizations. In addition, they are not expensive. Since most of the students are beginners, you feel comfortable in sharing your own experiences and learning from others.
(2) Once you cross the beginner's level and develop a taste for cooking, further instructions at an advanced level for specifics such as dessert-making, barbecuing, baking and so on, can be obtained. If you do not wish to continue as a student after learning the basics, you could turn your attention to magazines devoted to cooking. Many of them display articles related to specific cooking methodology.
(3) If you are the type of person who can get easily overwhelmed, you can just go for one favorite item and learn the related skills. Once that is mastered, you can move ahead from there.
(4) Another way of getting cooking tips and hints is to browse the Internet. This does require some time and patience, but you will be well rewarded with a number of websites offering answers to all your questions.
(5) Many cooking tips and hints are centered round recipes. Even the preparation of the simplest dish requires following a certain method. Recipes act as guides here. The instructions are presented in a precise and step-by-step format, making them easy to follow. Plenty of cook books are available in the market to help you out. Some of them are good enough to present helpful ideas as well as cooking tips and hints along with the recipes.
(6) Reading a recipe correctly is also an art! The reason is that the measurements related to ingredients presented in each recipe can be quite confusing for a beginner. Some measurements are related to liquids while others are related to solids. Look for cooking tips and hints regarding cooking measurements.
(7) Cookbooks (but not all of them) also talk about utensils required for cooking. All types of utensils are available for purchase, but you need cooking tips and hints to let you know which are more commonly used than others. You can therefore buy what you need immediately before going in for any others.
(1) First of all, there has to be a place from where you can pick up cooking tips and hints. There are many classes set up for beginners by various local institutions and organizations. In addition, they are not expensive. Since most of the students are beginners, you feel comfortable in sharing your own experiences and learning from others.
(2) Once you cross the beginner's level and develop a taste for cooking, further instructions at an advanced level for specifics such as dessert-making, barbecuing, baking and so on, can be obtained. If you do not wish to continue as a student after learning the basics, you could turn your attention to magazines devoted to cooking. Many of them display articles related to specific cooking methodology.
(3) If you are the type of person who can get easily overwhelmed, you can just go for one favorite item and learn the related skills. Once that is mastered, you can move ahead from there.
(4) Another way of getting cooking tips and hints is to browse the Internet. This does require some time and patience, but you will be well rewarded with a number of websites offering answers to all your questions.
(5) Many cooking tips and hints are centered round recipes. Even the preparation of the simplest dish requires following a certain method. Recipes act as guides here. The instructions are presented in a precise and step-by-step format, making them easy to follow. Plenty of cook books are available in the market to help you out. Some of them are good enough to present helpful ideas as well as cooking tips and hints along with the recipes.
(6) Reading a recipe correctly is also an art! The reason is that the measurements related to ingredients presented in each recipe can be quite confusing for a beginner. Some measurements are related to liquids while others are related to solids. Look for cooking tips and hints regarding cooking measurements.
(7) Cookbooks (but not all of them) also talk about utensils required for cooking. All types of utensils are available for purchase, but you need cooking tips and hints to let you know which are more commonly used than others. You can therefore buy what you need immediately before going in for any others.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Tips for Cooking With Wine
Cooking with wine is a great way to enhance the flavor of food.
It helps to release some flavors that may not be experienced without it.
Wine can make quite a difference in many of your favorite dishes. It's
also very simple to cook with it.
How Much Wine to Use
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to cooking with wine; however, it is better to start with a little and then add more if you feel the dish needs more. It is important to realize that the flavor of wine when it is used in cooking doesn't come from the alcohol but from the true nature of the wine. In fact, very little alcohol is left in a finished dish, as most of it will evaporate.
You can also boil down the wine, as this will help concentrate the flavor, such as sweetness or acidity. You do have to be careful not to use too much, as it can easily overpower the flavor of the dish. Begin with a small amount to allow the flavors in the dish to blend. You can always add more, if needed.
Will Any Bottle of Wine Do for Cooking?
No.
The type of wine that you want to use for cooking is the kind that you
would like to drink. Lower priced wines shouldn't be used for cooking
but that doesn't mean you need a $100 bottle, either. You can find a
great medium grade wine for under $10 a bottle. It will work just fine.
To begin with, find a common red or white that you enjoy. For marinades, sautéing, chicken, and seafood, Sauvignon Blanc is an excellent choice. For red meats or sauces with a red meat base, a Chianti or Cabernet Sauvignon is perfect.
Try to avoid wines that have a heavy flavor from oak. It tends to give the food a bitter taste. In addition, if you use a wine that is quite sour or very fruity, the flavors will be very prevalent in your dishes. This is one reason to avoid the very cheapest bottles of wine.
Tips for Cooking with Wine
The more you cook with wine, the better you will get at determining how it will affect and flavor your dishes. Here are six good tips to help you get started:
· Replace the water in a recipe with your favorite wine.
· Add a tablespoon or two of red wine to your brown gravy. Let it simmer for a bit to let the alcohol evaporate.
· Make a marinade of your favorite flavored oil and wine for meat and poultry.
· It is best to heat the wine for meat dishes before you add it. However, avoid boiling it because it will lose a lot of its flavor. Warm wine helps to tenderize meat, while a cold wine can make your meat a little bit tougher.
· Heavier red meats, such as roasts, need a dry red wine. Lighter meats, such as pork, poultry, and fish, do well with a white wine.
· You can balance a meal quite nicely by serving the same wine you used in your recipes. If you want a different wine, at least keep similar, such as reds with reds.
A Final Thought
Cooking with wine is a great way to add a new dimension to your favorite recipes. It only takes some experimentation to realize which wines are your favorites to cook with!
How Much Wine to Use
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to cooking with wine; however, it is better to start with a little and then add more if you feel the dish needs more. It is important to realize that the flavor of wine when it is used in cooking doesn't come from the alcohol but from the true nature of the wine. In fact, very little alcohol is left in a finished dish, as most of it will evaporate.
You can also boil down the wine, as this will help concentrate the flavor, such as sweetness or acidity. You do have to be careful not to use too much, as it can easily overpower the flavor of the dish. Begin with a small amount to allow the flavors in the dish to blend. You can always add more, if needed.
Will Any Bottle of Wine Do for Cooking?
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To begin with, find a common red or white that you enjoy. For marinades, sautéing, chicken, and seafood, Sauvignon Blanc is an excellent choice. For red meats or sauces with a red meat base, a Chianti or Cabernet Sauvignon is perfect.
Try to avoid wines that have a heavy flavor from oak. It tends to give the food a bitter taste. In addition, if you use a wine that is quite sour or very fruity, the flavors will be very prevalent in your dishes. This is one reason to avoid the very cheapest bottles of wine.
Tips for Cooking with Wine
The more you cook with wine, the better you will get at determining how it will affect and flavor your dishes. Here are six good tips to help you get started:
· Replace the water in a recipe with your favorite wine.
· Add a tablespoon or two of red wine to your brown gravy. Let it simmer for a bit to let the alcohol evaporate.
· Make a marinade of your favorite flavored oil and wine for meat and poultry.
· It is best to heat the wine for meat dishes before you add it. However, avoid boiling it because it will lose a lot of its flavor. Warm wine helps to tenderize meat, while a cold wine can make your meat a little bit tougher.
· Heavier red meats, such as roasts, need a dry red wine. Lighter meats, such as pork, poultry, and fish, do well with a white wine.
· You can balance a meal quite nicely by serving the same wine you used in your recipes. If you want a different wine, at least keep similar, such as reds with reds.
A Final Thought
Cooking with wine is a great way to add a new dimension to your favorite recipes. It only takes some experimentation to realize which wines are your favorites to cook with!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Cooking Tips - Easy To Use Venison Cooking Tips
A good many people will love to get their hands on a good recipe
for a deer meat dish. For most, this is not the first time they will be
trying their hand at cooking deer meat and for a few it will be and
these people will be more than grateful to get a few good venison
cooking tips.
Irrespective of you being a seasoned cook or a newbie the following tips will be very useful to you:
The first thing to remember is to never over-cook the meat. , the more you cook red deer meat the more it will dry. Once the meat has dried there are few and very difficult ways to moisten it again, and even the gurus have known to have given up.
Set the internal temperature to not more than one hundred and forty degrees because this is the temperature the meat begins to dry. In order to accurately determine the degree of preparedness of the meat it is advisable to use a meat thermometer.
Allow the meat to soak in the juices when you remove it from the fire. Keep it covered for at least fifteen minutes and serve it hot. If you want you could fry or brown the meat fast over a fire. However, prevent it from getting over cooked. Whatever you do, you still have to allow it to rest before serving it.
Some of you will just love to broil or grill the venison meat, if you do decide to broil or grill the meat stop cooking when it is rare or medium done.
Many people will definitely consider marinating the venison meat in a favorite sauce. This does keep the meat very tender and ads to the taste as well. Most of the time adding moisture to the meat while grilling is not necessary. However, try spreading a small quantity of butter or grease over the meat before cooking. If you have broiled or grilled the meat remember to let it soak in the juices for at lease 10 minutes before serving it.
Stews and pot roasts are more ways to prepare venison meat. These are slow cooking ways and the cooking is done over low temperatures. Both the techniques require crock pots that make the entire cooking process of cooking venison meat very simple.
When cooking venison meat it is a good practice to use a pair of tongs to turn or pick the meat. This is a way of piercing the meat and allowing a bit of the juice and flavoring to penetrate the meat.
There is a lot to be learnt about venison meat cooking and there are a lot of tips at many portals that offer information for free. Try reading some books as well about venison cooking before starting out to prepare your own venison dish. In no time at all you will have mastered all the tricks of venison cooking.
Irrespective of you being a seasoned cook or a newbie the following tips will be very useful to you:
The first thing to remember is to never over-cook the meat. , the more you cook red deer meat the more it will dry. Once the meat has dried there are few and very difficult ways to moisten it again, and even the gurus have known to have given up.
Set the internal temperature to not more than one hundred and forty degrees because this is the temperature the meat begins to dry. In order to accurately determine the degree of preparedness of the meat it is advisable to use a meat thermometer.
Allow the meat to soak in the juices when you remove it from the fire. Keep it covered for at least fifteen minutes and serve it hot. If you want you could fry or brown the meat fast over a fire. However, prevent it from getting over cooked. Whatever you do, you still have to allow it to rest before serving it.
Some of you will just love to broil or grill the venison meat, if you do decide to broil or grill the meat stop cooking when it is rare or medium done.
Many people will definitely consider marinating the venison meat in a favorite sauce. This does keep the meat very tender and ads to the taste as well. Most of the time adding moisture to the meat while grilling is not necessary. However, try spreading a small quantity of butter or grease over the meat before cooking. If you have broiled or grilled the meat remember to let it soak in the juices for at lease 10 minutes before serving it.
Stews and pot roasts are more ways to prepare venison meat. These are slow cooking ways and the cooking is done over low temperatures. Both the techniques require crock pots that make the entire cooking process of cooking venison meat very simple.
When cooking venison meat it is a good practice to use a pair of tongs to turn or pick the meat. This is a way of piercing the meat and allowing a bit of the juice and flavoring to penetrate the meat.
There is a lot to be learnt about venison meat cooking and there are a lot of tips at many portals that offer information for free. Try reading some books as well about venison cooking before starting out to prepare your own venison dish. In no time at all you will have mastered all the tricks of venison cooking.
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some amazing Cooking tips and tricks for FREE! Learn how to create the
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Cooking Tips That Anyone Can Use to Make Cooking Easier
There are many reasons why you may need to cook at some point in
your life. When you do need to cook it is always a good idea to get help
with a guide or in another way so that you can learn how to be a good
cook. One of the things that will help you a lot is to find cooking
tips. There are many tips for cooking online and offline that will teach
you a lot.
The more cooking tips you find the more you will learn. It is always a good idea to write down the tips for cooking or put them on your computer where you can find them. This is important because you will find many times as you are cooking that you will need to refer back to your tips. So always keep them handy, just in case.
Here are some basic cooking tips that you can start using right away when you cook. These tips for cooking will help you save time in the kitchen and will also make cooking less stressful for you. They can also help you save money. Many of these tips are used by the best chefs around the world.
One: Get a small note pad or a white board that you keep by or on your refrigerator. You want to write down any groceries that you will need when you go shopping.
Two: Before you start cooking anything you want to make sure you get all of your ingredients ready first. In other words, do all your mixing, chopping and measuring before you start cooking.
Three: You want to prepare and cook the foods that will take the longest first before you do the ones that don't take long. This will help everything get ready at the same time. Plus, while the food is cooking you can do other prep work that will allow everything to be done at the same time also.
Four: Have more than one timer in your kitchen. You want one timer for each dish you will be cooking. This will help you concentrate on what you are doing instead of trying to mentally keep track of what time each dish comes out.
Five: You don't want your bowls to be sliding all over the place when you try to stir or mix the recipes, so you can easily stop this from happening by putting the bowl onto a towel before you stir.
Six: You can easily stop a pot from boiling over by placing a toothpick between the lid and the pot. You can also do this with covered casserole dishes.
These are not all of the cooking tips you will want to know but they are the ones that will help you the most when cooking. Remember to find as many tips for cooking as you can because the more tips you have the easier cooking will be for you.
The more cooking tips you find the more you will learn. It is always a good idea to write down the tips for cooking or put them on your computer where you can find them. This is important because you will find many times as you are cooking that you will need to refer back to your tips. So always keep them handy, just in case.
Here are some basic cooking tips that you can start using right away when you cook. These tips for cooking will help you save time in the kitchen and will also make cooking less stressful for you. They can also help you save money. Many of these tips are used by the best chefs around the world.
One: Get a small note pad or a white board that you keep by or on your refrigerator. You want to write down any groceries that you will need when you go shopping.
Two: Before you start cooking anything you want to make sure you get all of your ingredients ready first. In other words, do all your mixing, chopping and measuring before you start cooking.
Three: You want to prepare and cook the foods that will take the longest first before you do the ones that don't take long. This will help everything get ready at the same time. Plus, while the food is cooking you can do other prep work that will allow everything to be done at the same time also.
Four: Have more than one timer in your kitchen. You want one timer for each dish you will be cooking. This will help you concentrate on what you are doing instead of trying to mentally keep track of what time each dish comes out.
Five: You don't want your bowls to be sliding all over the place when you try to stir or mix the recipes, so you can easily stop this from happening by putting the bowl onto a towel before you stir.
Six: You can easily stop a pot from boiling over by placing a toothpick between the lid and the pot. You can also do this with covered casserole dishes.
These are not all of the cooking tips you will want to know but they are the ones that will help you the most when cooking. Remember to find as many tips for cooking as you can because the more tips you have the easier cooking will be for you.
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Cooking Tips - Quick and Easy Basic Cooking Tips To Make Food More Tasty!
The best part about learning easy to use basic cooking tips is
that anyone can apply these in the kitchen to save on precious time and
remain relaxed while dealing with modern lifestyle demands that have
made life so busy.
What follows are just a few of the handy hints and tips home-makers can incorporate into their daily schedules to plan meals and prepare nutritious food for the family and guests in a jiffy, besides staying in a budget.
You can avoid Bacon pieces from shrinking by pre-washing them under cold water and then fry them. Similarly, the gassy quality of beans can be reduced by pre-soaking them in a big container to which a tbsp of Soda bicarbonate has been added. Another handy kitchen hint is for boiling eggs: a wee bit of salt or a dash of vinegar added to the boiling water will keep the egg-shell intact. Cooking experts recommend boiling corn for up to 3 minutes, adding it into the dish of boiling water without any salt to avoid losing out on taste and pouring hot water over frozen vegetables that are wedged together.
Grating cheese that has been pre-frozen close to half an hour will help it shred easily, while a pinch of sugar into the batter of a pancake will ensure even and faster browning; a quickie recipe for making the a flakey pastry for a pie calls for replacing the teaspoonful of vinegar with water.
Other basic cooking tips relating to cooking with unripe fruit and vegetables is to simply store them in a brown-paper packet bag kept in a dark cabinet for a couple of days and chopping iceberg lettuce into wedges for saving time used in tearing the greens! Another useful tip for cutting out the acidic taste of tomatoes when cooking spaghetti sauce is to stir in a pinch of Soda Bicarbonate to it while thick cream soups made of tomatoes, mushrooms, chicken and celery make for good, instant sauce-recipes too.
Vinegar contains qualities to quickly release the natural juices of a meat product and facilitate its cooking and just a tbsp added to boiling water when cooking ribs or meat will give you faster, tastier stews in a fraction of the time. Similarly, soaking dried vegetables in 2 cups of water to which a tablespoon of vinegar has been added will revive them. For cleaning skewers made of wood, a pre-soak in cold water for about 20 minutes will ensure they do not burn as prone to doing - try some basic cooking tips to raise your quality of life.
What follows are just a few of the handy hints and tips home-makers can incorporate into their daily schedules to plan meals and prepare nutritious food for the family and guests in a jiffy, besides staying in a budget.
You can avoid Bacon pieces from shrinking by pre-washing them under cold water and then fry them. Similarly, the gassy quality of beans can be reduced by pre-soaking them in a big container to which a tbsp of Soda bicarbonate has been added. Another handy kitchen hint is for boiling eggs: a wee bit of salt or a dash of vinegar added to the boiling water will keep the egg-shell intact. Cooking experts recommend boiling corn for up to 3 minutes, adding it into the dish of boiling water without any salt to avoid losing out on taste and pouring hot water over frozen vegetables that are wedged together.
Grating cheese that has been pre-frozen close to half an hour will help it shred easily, while a pinch of sugar into the batter of a pancake will ensure even and faster browning; a quickie recipe for making the a flakey pastry for a pie calls for replacing the teaspoonful of vinegar with water.
Other basic cooking tips relating to cooking with unripe fruit and vegetables is to simply store them in a brown-paper packet bag kept in a dark cabinet for a couple of days and chopping iceberg lettuce into wedges for saving time used in tearing the greens! Another useful tip for cutting out the acidic taste of tomatoes when cooking spaghetti sauce is to stir in a pinch of Soda Bicarbonate to it while thick cream soups made of tomatoes, mushrooms, chicken and celery make for good, instant sauce-recipes too.
Vinegar contains qualities to quickly release the natural juices of a meat product and facilitate its cooking and just a tbsp added to boiling water when cooking ribs or meat will give you faster, tastier stews in a fraction of the time. Similarly, soaking dried vegetables in 2 cups of water to which a tablespoon of vinegar has been added will revive them. For cleaning skewers made of wood, a pre-soak in cold water for about 20 minutes will ensure they do not burn as prone to doing - try some basic cooking tips to raise your quality of life.
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and learn some amazing Cooking tips and tricks for FREE! Learn how to
create the perfect meal on a shoe-string budget. And yes, you get to
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Tips For Cooking Chinese Food
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Tips to save time
There are various ways that you can take in order to save your time in cooking Chinese recipes. For example, rice is something that is often cooked more than needed. When this happens, you can freeze it and stir-fry it later for another meal. This will not only cut on the cooking time, but also improve on the taste with additional oil and ingredients.
Tips to add Chinese touch
It is very simple to make a dish or course characterized with Chinese flavor without changing anything other than the cooking oil. Sesame oil is one of those materials that we can use in this respect. When you are cooking shrimp with normal vegetable oil, it will taste still grease as usual. But when you cook it with sesame oil, it is covered with a Chinese color.
Tips to create unique recipes
Your creativity will be enhanced if you cooking Chinese food frequently. When you find a recipe for chicken that you like very much, you will be wondering if this same recipe can be used in cooking shrimps or crab. Most of the time, you are correct. And you have probably come up with a unique recipe that no one else has ever used. During this process, you will not only enjoy creation, but also have fun.
Now that you have learned some tips to cook Chinese foods that are time saving, characterized with Chinese flavor and fun, use them when you are preparing for your next meal. You will find that your are enjoying Chinese cooking more and more.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Easy Tips For Cooking Certain Types Of Fish
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Rainbow Trout
One common type of fish that makes wonderful meals happens to be rainbow trout. Rainbow trout live in freshwater and they have firm flesh that has a nice fat content. You can find these trout in fillets or you can find them whole as well. While many people like to fry them, healthier cooking options include baking, steaming, grilling, and broiling.
Salmon
Albacore Tuna
A variety of different tuna species are available out there today and the one that has the lightest flesh happens to be the Albacore tuna. It is a bit more expensive than other tuna species, but it has a wonderful meat that is flaky and tender. It has a high fat content, which makes it an excellent type of fish to add to your diet. Use it in tuna salads or you can find albacore steaks to grill or bake as well.
Flounder
Flounder happens to be a tasty saltwater fish. The flavor is very mild and the flesh is flaky and white when you cook it. This is a type of flatfish. If you cannot find flounder in your area, other fish options with a similar flavor include dabs, halibut, and sole.
Cod
One of the most popular types of saltwater fish happens to be cod. It is well liked because of the very mild taste that it has. It is often used to make fish cakes or sticks. Usually cod is reasonably priced and it makes a tasty meal whether you fry it, broil it, or bake it.
Mahi Mahi
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