Gourmet 101: A Guide to Better Cooking
February 21st, 2009
They say that the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Actually, the stomach is the best way to everyone’s heart – both male and female and young and adults alike. So, if you want to please your family, friends, neighbors, and loved ones, here is a guide on how to make your cooking better and more satisfying:
1. Cut down cooking time. Fish should be slightly pink at the backbone, while string beans ought to be a bit crunchy in the mouth. Brown-fleshed fowl, sea food, roasted game, and veal all win from not having been around too long in pots and pans. No wonder why Chinese and Japanese foods taste perfectly delicious!
2. Avoid complicated preparations. Jellied crayfish a la Parisienne with all sorts of mayonnaise is less tasty in the long run than crayfish in simple oil and vinegar dressing.
3. Give priority to fresh market food. It is best to draw up the menu in keeping with the freshest and most appetizing products found in the market that very morning.
4. Do not spice up dishes too well. The new chefs no longer serve “high” dishes, game being settled but fresh, and have done away with spices that only too often disguise the taste of doubtful fermentation.
5. Go for lighter sauces. Heavy sauces like bechanel, Grand Veneur and Mornay, are time-consuming to make and often very rough on the liver. Sweet and spicy chili sauce and gravy, on the other hand, are very easy to make, yet provide the same appetizing taste.
6. Prepare regional dishes. Once in a while, prepare unusual meals, exotic dishes, or regional specialties. Why not try Mexican food on Mondays, Japanese cuisine on Tuesdays, Chinese chow on Wednesdays, and so on and so forth?
7. Master all the techniques. You should always be aware and familiar of the latest innovations and technologies in cooking. Moreover, you must know how to use such modern equipment and when not to use them.
8. Finally, invent. Go with your instincts. Do not be afraid to disobey the rules once in a while. Most of the time, the best and most delicious meals are not written on the cookbook. Instead, they come from the heart and the taste of the cook.
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