Basic Cooking Tips

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Basic Cooking Tips

As with many things, you have to learn to crawl before you can run when it comes to cooking. Most cooking shows and websites are devoted to the nuances of cooking instead of the basics. We, on the other hand, cover both.

If you have trouble boiling water, this is the site for you. Our basic cooking tips are designed for the beginning to novice chef. Yes, you to can cook rice without it being a disaster. Yes, you to can make brownies that need not be used as hockey pucks.

When you first start cooking, it can be intimidating. There is a tendency to worry e ... Read more »

Clarified Butter: For clarified butter,slowly melt unsalted butter over low heat.
Don't let the butter come to a boil, and don't stir it.This
allows the milk solids to separate from the liquid butter.
Once the butter has separated into three layers-foamy milk
solids on top, clarified butter in the middle and milk solids on
the bottom--turn off the heat. Skim the foamy white solids from the ... Read more »

To substitute honey for sugar in recipes, start by substituting
up to half of the sugar called for. With a little experimentation
honey can replace all the sugar in some recipes.

When baking with honey remember the following
Reduce any liquid called for by 1/4 cup for each cup of honey used. 
Add l/2 teaspoon baking soda for each cup of honey used.
Reduce oven temperature by 25 F to prevent over-browning.

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Place the first chopstick so that thicker part rests at the
 base of your thumb and the thinner part rests on the lower side
 of your middle fingertip. Bring your thumb forward so that it
 traps the stick firmly in place. At least two or three inches
 of chopstick should extend beyond your fingertip.  Relax.
 Now position the other chopstick so that it is held against
 the side of your index finger by ... Read more »

Store cheese in your refrigerator, which approximates the
 temperature of aging rooms. Keep it wrapped tightly in plastic,
 away from air. Air helps mold grow on cheese. If you get a little
 mold on the outside, just cut it off. The English say if mold
 won't eat your cheddar it can't taste very good.
  Bring cheese to room temperature before melting. Melt cheese
 over a low heat to help prevent toughening ... Read more »