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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-09-13 06:40 pm

[ SECRET POST #3906 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3906 ⌋

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Re: Give me some cooking tips.

(Anonymous) 2017-09-14 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Use online recipe sites and look at the reviews.

Ignore any that say "I swapped out the flour for shredded carrots and the baking soda for powdered sugar and the eggs for the last soft sigh of childhood captured in a mason jar, and my pancakes turned out terrible." but if twenty say "1 tablespoon of salt was like deepthroating a salt golem, reduce it to 1 teaspoon, it's probably a typo." then take note.

Practice with stuff you don't mind fucking up and throwing out. Better to burn twenty pancakes than your entire week's food budget. You will fuck up, it's part of learning.

Not always true, but try the simple recipes first. I've found if there's a version that uses 20 ingredients and a version that uses 5, a lot of the time the simple one will be tastier.

Don't be afraid of the microwave. Need to add a 1/4th cup honey to something? Put it in a glass measuring cup and nuke that honey! It'll pour easier. Need to dissolve sugar in hot water? Microwave, baby! Lots of leftovers microwave wonderfully. Defrosting frozen veggies for soup?
Into the microwave with you! Melted butter? You get the point. I cringe when I see people saying that real cooks don't even own a microwave. Obviously they're not great for everything, but people who say real cooks can't ever use the microwave are just being stupid elitists.

Cheesecake with cracks in it from baking tastes the same as cheesecake without cracks.

Get a rice cooker. The rice robot can make rice perfectly every time, but rice is a bitch to do on the stove,

Steam your eggs (in your rice cooker is a good way) instead of boiling them, they peel so much easier.