Tell me, do you like to cook? You really enjoy the process, all trying to, like to experiment and come to a real thrilled with the results? Or your path - hastily zababahat eggs, cook the pasta, and be done with it?
Cook who loves little. It is only in the culinary programs a lot of beautiful, fresh food, perfectly clean kitchen and beaming delight cook excitedly that something is broadcast simultaneously slicing, frying, Spahr, bake, and then, oops!, - delicious dish. And everything just so easy. Take it and do it.
Yeah of course. Come into the kitchen - there is a lot of dishes in the sink, outside sink, and sometimes even on the stove. In the refrigerator - the mouse was hung up, and not left a farewell note. And how does all possible to work?
I've recently started to fall in love with cooking. Not, fry eggs and cook pasta I am preparing for a long time, but it is to catch a buzz from the process, I became in the last couple of months. Many people ask (mostly women): "How do you like to cook? This is the same amount of time and effort. Neeee... "
What can I say? Cook, of course, it is lazy. Particularly tasty cooking, and a lot. Especially when you are tired and want to just fall on the sofa, legs and drygnut sleep dreamless sleep.
Especially sorry for his precious and wonderful time, and so is running out, and now it is necessary to spend on cooking, which stopchut and as a call will not be asked for ten minutes.
But there is something that it is necessary, agree. Now the choice is yours - or kayfovat from the kitchen, or to turn a daily ritual, which will not be washed into something dreary, depressing.
You want to improve your skills in the kitchen? These tips are taken from a remarkable article on Quora and backed up by a personal experience of the author. Welcome.
1. Treat the product with respect
Just think about how much work invested in your simple daily breakfast. After all, for the sake of each ingredient were working people, drove trucks loaded with products tested, sorted, neatly laid out on the shelves of shops.
All that is "self-evident" - the fruit of the labor of many people. Think about it before you buy something or cook.
Thanked all those who worked for the sake of peace you had breakfast. Do not waste food in vain, do not allow food spoilage, clearly expecting the quantity you need. Think about how best to prepare and delicious. This is the best gratitude.
2. Do not lose contact with food
All sorts of kitchen gadgets - it's cool. Grasping such a such tongs, serving spoons, forks, skimmers, brushes, hammers - all super-cool. Divide and rule.
BUT. Do not obsessed with cooking utensils to the state, when you can not remember what the cabbage to the touch. Loss of contact is dangerous, you no longer feel the products do not have any idea what is different chili peppers that you bought today from the one that was last week. And suddenly he was not sharp at all even once? Pick it up, cut, smell, feel, bite. Explore the length and breadth of products - their taste, aroma, texture. When you clearly understand what you're dealing - it will be easier to navigate in the course of the preparation of dishes. And, of course, in the end it will turn out much tastier dish. Not knowing what kind of food on the table, you can cool nalazhal.
3. Each month, try something new
Remember that a truly great artists - they steal. Peeping through the keyhole in the other countries of the kitchen! Especially with the Internet make it easier than ever. An excellent source of inspiration - Italian cuisine, I think. Simple fishechki and traditions in cooking food make Italian cuisine simply delicious unique, even in the context of the simplest dishes. For example, Italians love to fry the bread on the grill, sprinkle on top of a little olive oil, and on top of that already who like - such as curd cheese with herbs and garlic. Om-Nom-nom. )
4. Only hendmeyd, only hardcore!
Before you buy some new kitchen device, learn how to start to do everything with their own hands. Of course, cool to buy a smart device, and save a lot of time and nerves. But it is something akin to how to buy a Mercedes, not knowing how to properly park. You can hire a driver, and he will park for you, but where is the unique feeling of oneness with the machine, where the proud realization that you all can all know how? Learn all crush, grind, dry, fry gently and whisk by hand. Torment, poke, suffer mentally and physically, but learn how to do it independently.
5. Prepare for their most loved ones, loved ones and close friends
It's simple. Cook in a good mood, cook with love. Prepare for those you love. For a guy, girls, moms, dads, dog for himself. I love to cook for all his many men - Man, brothers, father. I do not know what kind of a woman do this, unless it is moved by, looking like a minute ago, hungry and angry men recklessly homyachat food, turning into a satisfied purring cats.
6. Use all of the most recent
Use all the freshest, whenever possible, canned, when necessary, and frozen when you have nowhere to go.
Frozen Food - do not rub it. Everything should be as fresh. Keep this in mind and try to use as much as possible fresh food.
7. During cooking try everything. Several times!
If you do not have the habit to try your dish in the cooking time - quickly relearn! For, with a probability of 99%, you will receive a completely unpredictable and, most likely, not very tasty result. I feel like you do not want to - and have tried. The more often - the better. What will be more likely to try, the less admit mistakes.
8. Allow the product to reach room temperature
It is not necessary, only taking out products from the refrigerator or freezer, this minute to throw them in a pan or in a pot. This is especially true of meat and fish. Make sure to get them in advance and let come to room temperature. Then the pulp is cooked evenly, and the cooking time will be reduced.
9. Work in a clean and clean up immediately after him
This is a very wonderful habit - clean up immediately after him. All this sort of understand, but no one somehow does not. Came shoveled the entire visible eye debris into a pile on the table free piece of something there is cut, thrown on pan for a quick eat, hurled dirty dishes in the sink with a light wash intention "tomorrow morning", and went Affairs. Everything is fine, but "tomorrow" comes usually in two days, a bunch of dishes, place of nowhere and generally melancholy green.
The moral of the story is - clean up as we go along! Cooked, we take the damn pot at once and washed, minute things. It is very simple, and frees you from the endless and unfulfilled "breakfast." In addition, the workplace is always pure and free. The beauty.
10. "By eye" can cook everything except baking
When you're messing with cakes - at least one of your eyes should be directed in the text of the recipe. Maximum carefully proofread recipes and work out how all with surgical precision. Even if we can not too edible, be comforted myself with the thought that you have done everything possible. =)
Happy to you everyday cooking! Share your experiences in the comments, make the most beautiful article about how wonderful it is - to prepare. :)
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