Comments on: Top 10 Tips for Great Home-cooking

By: Craig in Portland

Craig in Portland — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:07:16 +0000

Don’t cook with salted butter! Salted butter is for spreading and eating, like on toast or corn, or muffins.
Cook with UNsalted butter!

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Top 10 Tips for Great Home-cooking » cookmasti.com — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:52:20 +0000

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By: bucketheadrocks

bucketheadrocks — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:44:14 +0000

Stupidity lives everywhere

By: ddubia

ddubia — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:51:12 +0000

I'm 59 years old. Been a single parent of my son since he was 3 (is 21 now). At that time I became the chief cook and bottle washer. Been trying to prepare good, tasty, wholesome meals since. I've been surfing food/cooking sites for several years. This is the best site, by far, of all I've seen. Good, basic instruction and tips. The chicken noodle soup and beef barley recipes are perfect. I make a good chicken noodle soup already. Have had many compliments from son and others. But your tips convince me my soup will be kicked up a notch immediately.

I've become bored of my usual recipes and have been dreading cooking meals because of it. Always thinking I need new recipes. It turns out what I really needed is new methods to prepare the ones I already make.

Thanks for a great site. I'll now go on to search the rest of it. I'm excited at what I'll find!

By: Alletron

Alletron — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:14:23 +0000

Is it sad that I immediately recognized that bowl of salt as Alton Brown's on "Good Eats"?

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By: gabi319

gabi319 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:12:35 +0000

From the Kitchen Myths website:
Hot pan, cold oil – “…This works of course, so it is not a myth in that it is untrue. It is, however, false to think that this is the only or the best way to prevent sticking. What you really want is “hot pan, hot oil” and that’s what you are actually getting because the cold oil heats up almost instantly when added to the hot pan. You’ll get the same results if you heat the oil along with the pan rather than adding the oil at the last minute. In fact some cooks prefer this technique because the appearance of the oil in the pan can give you some indication of when the pan has reached the proper temperature.”
I never heard the saying until I stumbled on that site. My mom’s a cook for a living and I had always seen her put oil in right when the heat’s turned on (but that could also be from an Asian superstition about leaving a pan empty).

Thank you Thank you Thank you for recommending to splurge on some decent cookware! Well…you didn’t really recommend but but gave an either or situation… I used to work for a retail store that required us to take product knowledge courses and that’s one of the learnings that stuck with me. It’s not just because the store earned more money from the more expensive brands but also because the cheap college stuff doesn’t help make food taste good and can be dangerous from melted handles or handles that break off especially when you pick up a full pot (that happened to me and I was burned from belly to calves. Luckily they were only first degree burns) to bottoms warping causing uneven heating or tipping over…Knives that appear fancy but dull quickly, dent/chip off or cut at a dangerous slant… There are plenty of ridiculously overpriced items but splurging a little is a good investment for the long haul.

One tip when cooking meat… leave it alone! Continuously flipping makes it lose flavor. Flip only once per side.

By: someonelse

someonelse — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:44:34 +0000

I hate cooking in general, I’m also not that keen on eating. Personally I think most people eat too much, and devote too much effort too it. I only eat once a day, and only from a microwave. anything else is a waste of time ad money to me.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:51:12 +0000

My five tips would be:
1. EXPERIMENT-things sometimes get better when you try something new.
2.LESS FEAR, MORE FUN- don’t be afraid of having a meal come out bad- everything in the kitchen is a learning experience.
3. DON’T UNDER OR OVERSEASON- both are horrible.
4. DON’T OVERCOOK.
5. BE SAFE.

By: spinny

spinny — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:52:10 +0000

“I saw a recipe that called for 1/4 cup of basil pesto for pasta that served 4 people.” that amount of basil pesto would have barely covered enough pasta for 4 people, it would have still needed cream or olive oil to extend it.