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Pasta - boil with salt, not oil, oil makes the pasta gluggy.
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Buy a rice cooker. Rinse the rice at least 3-4 times to wash the starch off before cooking.
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nicola wrote:Buy a rice cooker. Rinse the rice at least 3-4 times to wash the starch off before cooking. Yes! When I was in Malaysia I asked somebody to teach me how to make really good rice. They looked at me like I was crazy and switched on their rice cooker. Apparently people don't use their pots any more.
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coconut rice - use creamed coconut instead of coconut milk, especially when using brown rice.
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Don't stir chocolate when you are melting it for a recipe..It goes all chunky
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to season meat-salt-pepper-garlic
Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything.
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Bachelor Stew - toss all ingredients and seasonings in your cupboard into one large pot and douse with two gallons of distilled water. Bring to boil then adjust to simmer. Drink and serve ice cold beer all day long and then dole out the mushy meatless stew after everyone is thoroughly soused. Makes about one serving more, per person, than anyone will want to ingest. Great for those occasions where you don't wish to make a good impression.
 The best thing you can do for your fellow,
next to rousing his conscience, is - not to give him things
to think about, but to wake things up that are in him...
to make him think things for himself - George MacDonald
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nicola wrote:Pasta - salt, not oil, oil makes the pasta gluggy. Gluggy. A real culinary term. 
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Onomatopoeic - words that sound like the meaning
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chefkathleen wrote:nicola wrote:Pasta - salt, not oil, oil makes the pasta gluggy. Gluggy. A real culinary term. It's obviously one of those Australian terms we all love to hear pronounced.
The best thing you can do for your fellow,
next to rousing his conscience, is - not to give him things
to think about, but to wake things up that are in him...
to make him think things for himself - George MacDonald
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Never ever slow cook anything with merlot(shudders)
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Loislane wrote:Never ever slow cook anything with merlot(shudders) LMAO, that's the best time to cook - anything, Lois :)
The best thing you can do for your fellow,
next to rousing his conscience, is - not to give him things
to think about, but to wake things up that are in him...
to make him think things for himself - George MacDonald
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he he ..yeah drink it,just don't cook with it...I like the Floyd way of doing cooking...A glass for me ,a glug in the food, another huge ass glass for me...a glug in the food
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Loislane wrote:he he ..yeah drink it,just don't cook with it...I like the Floyd way of doing cooking...A glass for me ,a glug in the food, another huge ass glass for me...a glug in the food And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how to be a chef.  You're not supposed to tell all of our secrets Lois. 
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Don't watch the extended version of Fellowship of the Ring whilst cooking potatoes.
If you're going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill
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You know you really look like Sean Bean in that avatar Reprehensiballs. I'm sure I've mentioned it before.
Tip: do not turn steaks over and over on the bbq, it dries them out. Turn only once when nearly cooked through.
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Do not prick sausages, all the juice and flavour runs out. They will not split if you cook them slowly. Never buy any which has "meat" as the main ingredient listed  Where are your tips smarty pants chef?
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Let the steaks come up to temperature before putting on the grill so that they don't stick. About 30/45 minutes.
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Mushrooms are not sponges. Go ahead and wash them.
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Add bacon.
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When in doubt, wash it out. And add alcohol - lots of it.
The best thing you can do for your fellow,
next to rousing his conscience, is - not to give him things
to think about, but to wake things up that are in him...
to make him think things for himself - George MacDonald
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sear your meat
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salt meat BEFORE you cook it.
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Freshness is key.
The best thing you can do for your fellow,
next to rousing his conscience, is - not to give him things
to think about, but to wake things up that are in him...
to make him think things for himself - George MacDonald
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Never fry bacon in the nude.
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don't whip potatoes to much -they'll turn to glue
Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything.
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fry mushrooms in a dry pan ...stirring regularly ...add a knob of butter at the end
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Steak on Barbecue; Marinate meat in seasoned olive oil for about 2 hours - throw of fire, allowing flames to cook meat for about 3 minutes turning only once (medium, to rare)
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Use a box grater to grate frozen butter into biscuit (I don't mean cookies) dough. This helps them turn out really light and fluffy.
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MrNudiePants wrote:Never fry bacon in the nude. Ouch!
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