Advice to Those Who Don’t Know How to Cook
12/04/2016
Advice to Those Who Don’t Know How to Cook
Submitted by: Cedric P Loiselle
Most of us are too busy to ever have time in the kitchen. When was the last time you cooked for your family or even for yourself? If you can’t answer this question, you are probably one of those people who would just grab a burger on their way to work and go home and have pizza for dinner. Maybe you did not go to cooking school and could not even boil potatoes or make omelets. So, you have canned beans in your cupboard and you would rather find yourself dining at a nearby eatery. However, it is worthwhile to learn how to work in the kitchen. It’s very beneficial.
The first thing to understand is that cooking doesn’t have to take ages. What puts off many people from working in the kitchen is that they think it always takes a lot of time. If you don’t want to be late for school or work, you can prepare quick recipes that don’t even take ten minutes. Have you tried preparing quick quesadilla and mashed avocado or egg omelet?
Don’t be put off by mistakes. Disasters can happen in the kitchen. Even chefs make mistakes, so don’t fret if you failed on your first attempt to cook beef steak. Cooking major recipes can be really scary, but as the cliché goes, practice makes perfect. But please do not serve your practice recipes to your guests.
Invest in good cooking utensils. If you want to be a good cook, you have to have the right materials. Starters need to have measuring instruments, different types of knives, a chopping board, pans, cooking pots, spatula, ladle, meat tenderizer, and so many more. You don’t need to buy all together at once. And just because you don’t have a mixer doesn’t mean you cannot cook anymore. You can always use something else. If you don’t have an electric egg beater, you can use a fork.
Go to a cooking school. While you can learn recipes by reading cook books, there is nothing better than learning through demonstrations and actual applications. Where else can you see demos aside from cooking schools? There are a lot of schools to go to. And right now, there are available online cooking courses. Cooking lessons are exciting for those who have no background in cooking but are very willing to learn the art.
Perhaps being good in math is a plus if you want to learn the basics of cooking. Instructions most likely include measurements. If a recipe is good for 8 persons, and there are only four of you, you probably should halve the amount of each ingredient. Go back to the basics of learning how many tablespoons there are in a cup or how many grams there are in a kilogram. You will be glad to have come across this reminder when you double or halve a recipe.
Most dishes follow quite a predictable pattern. If you read a lot of cook books and observe a lot of cooks, you will notice that many dishes start with heating oil in a pan and sautéing onions and garlic. Then, add the beaten eggs or the chicken breasts. The rest is history.
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