Cooking 101: Everything You Need To Know

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Cooking 101: Everything You Need To Know
How many times have you dreaded going into the kitchen to make breakfast, lunch, or dinner? You might need a new perspective. Cooking can be enjoyable and relaxing if you try to see it in another way. Here are a few cooking tips that are sure to get your taste buds tingling and entice your inner chef to come out.

Keep a few pointers in mind if you plan to attempt cooking with skewers. When using metal skewers, square or twisted skewers hold food better than the round skewers.

Partially frozen meat is easier to cut into thin strips. This is a good way to cut strips for Asian dishes, such as Chinese and Thai. When meats are partially frozen, the slicing is neater and the meat's fibers don't tear and stretch as easily. But, if you use this technique make sure that the meat strips thaw out again before you cook them.

Has it ever seemed like you were wasting food when you threw away fruits that were moldy? Would it be less wasteful to cut off the moldy sections and save the rest? Unfortunately, you cannot save half rotten fruit and expect it to be healthy. Get rid of them quickly, as mold can develop and cause health problems.

Try adding cauliflower to your mashed potatoes to lower the fat content. Cauliflower has a kind of bland taste that mixes well with potatoes and the other ingredients in them. Cauliflower has the same texture and color as mashed potatoes, so the dish will be transformed into one that has more vegetables and fewer calories.

Soaking raw potatoes for 30 minutes prior to frying will produce the crispiest French fries. By leaving the potatoes to soak up cold water, the fibers are reinforced. This makes it so when you fry them, they'll withstand the heat better and won't break down completely.

Try to cook the foods that you are talented at when you are cooking for a special event. Preparing a meal for someone important, or that you hope to impress, is not the time to experiment with new recipes or exotic ingredients that you have never used before. Making a meal you are confident will taste good can make the night more enjoyable.

Try some of these handy tips the next time you make a meal. Once you try some of these tips, you will believe that perhaps cooking is not so difficult after all. You may just start to enjoy it, and you might find that you can't get enough of experimenting with new recipes. Make cooking a fun part of your life!