Cooking tips.

[longers]

I like food and thought maybe a thread based on simple little cookery tips was in order. I've had a couple of good tips this week and thought you might like to share some of yours.

1) A bit of salt on the chopping board helps stop it sticking to the knife when chopping garlic.

2) Quick pickled onions. Slice an onion and leave it in vinegar overnight. I don't like raw onion and pickled onions just taste of vinegar but these taste very nice. Perfect in a butty or as a side dish.

 

[Noodley]

Add some English mustard to white/cheese sauce.

 

[hubgearfreak]

don't try to cook low fat food, for example using half fat cheese or yoghurt and such like. when the factories do this, they use clever emulsifiers and flavour enhancers to replicate the fat. if you do it, it'll end up with poor results.

 

[Noodley]

Don't use butter with elephant's footprints in it.

 

[longers]

Fresh tomatoes stored at room temperature seem to taste better than those kept in the fridge.

Cook steak from room temperature and put any oil or seasoning on the meat not in the pan.

 

[TVC]

Don't have a w*** after chopping a chilli

 

[Noodley]

Add some cocoa to chilli just at the end of cooking.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Never, EVER, EVER do cheese on toast in a microwave .

YOU GRILL IT !!!!

Fekkin heathens, cheese s'posed to be cooked from top.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Don't have a w**** after chopping chilli

Add some cocoa to chilli just at the end of cooking.

Any connection ??????

 

[Noodley]

...cheese on toast in a microwave...

Would that not be cheese on warm bready mush?

 

[Noodley]

Any connection ??????

Well he mentioned chilli and I thought of cocoa rather than thinking about going for a w----

 

[bonj2]

caramelise ginger by frying it with honey, whack some salmon in there and have it with boiled potatoes and salad.
Best meal ever, i eat it several times a week.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

caramelise ginger by frying it with honey, whack some salmon in there and have it with boiled potatoes and salad.
Best meal ever, i eat it several times a week.

How much ginger do you use? When I'm doing a stir fry, I usually grate about half a 99p Somerfield pack of root ginger and that's about right for four of us.

 

[Dayvo]

Don't use butter with elephant's footprints in it.

Reminds me of a joke!

Why's an elephant got four feet?

Cos he'd look stupid with four inches!

 

[Chuffy]

Don't have a w*** after chopping a chilli

Never give your girlfriend a w*** after chopping chilli...

Roast spuds in bulk and freeze. Makes doing a roast dinner so much easier.