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lundi 5 mai 2014

3 Cooking Mistakes Even Experts Should Consider

By Bob Oliver


When you think about some of the most common mistakes while preparing meals, which ones come to mind? Perhaps it's miscalculating just how much sugar a pastry needs or maybe you left a loaf of bread in the oven a few minutes too many. Many can chalk these up to being rookie mistakes but those who have been preparing meals for several years still encounter struggles, whether they were of their own faults or not. Forbes recently put together a list of such mistakes but here were the top 3 that stood out to me.

1. Chop your onions carefully. It's surprising to see which actions should be taken when preparing food and there's a level of care to consider with onions that even the most experienced of chefs may forgo. The first rule to consider is that before cutting the onion, leave the root intact. Finger placement is also important so that the appropriate cuts can be made without actually making contact with said root. This should give cooks a good start during the chopping process.

2. Understand just how much butter should be used. Contrary to what many people might believe, there are actually quite a few nutritional properties to consider with butter. A couple of examples are in the realm of fat-soluble vitamins, A and E being two such vitamins to consider. With that said, there is cholesterol to consider with butter as well, so the concerns behind it aren't unwarranted. It's just a matter of keeping the amount of butter used as moderated as possible in the long run.

3. Make sure that you understand that not all produce goes in the refrigerator. Tomatoes come together as one of the best examples of this, seeing as how they thrive better in warmer environments as opposed to cooler ones. If you decide to go with the latter, chances are that your tomatoes will have a strange texture as well as a taste that isn't nearly as rich as it should have been. Potatoes and onions are just a couple of other instances to keep as far away from the fridge as possible.

There were other aspects that the article covered as well but, in my view, these are some of the most important ones to consider. Chefs have to understand that there will always be mistakes made in the realm of culinary arts, even by those who pride themselves on being some of the most experienced individuals in said realm. However, certain takes do not have to be focused on for long. All that matters is that effort is taken in order to ensure that the mistakes in question do not occur again.




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