Comments on: How to Cook Like Someone Who Can’t Cook and Doesn’t Particularly Enjoy It http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/ Life after "Death To The Extremist" Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:04:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: effika http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-28 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:25:25 +0000 http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-28 I think this or something similar goes though my boy's mind when I ask him to make anything other than ramen. This post was a mind-opening experience, both for the amusingly haphazard cooking and the Ubuntu tip. :-) And I get to use one of <a href="http://www.thermoworks.com/products/thermapen/tpen_home.html" rel="nofollow">these babies</a> at work. If you have extra cash and have to know instantly to +/- 1% how done something is (and possibly also leave it in a blast chiller and have it come out OK), that thermometer can't be beat. I think this or something similar goes though my boy’s mind when I ask him to make anything other than ramen. This post was a mind-opening experience, both for the amusingly haphazard cooking and the Ubuntu tip. :-)

And I get to use one of these babies at work. If you have extra cash and have to know instantly to +/- 1% how done something is (and possibly also leave it in a blast chiller and have it come out OK), that thermometer can’t be beat.

]]> by: lilzilla http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-22 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:57:01 +0000 http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-22 Put the pasta water on first; if it boils early turn it down as low as it goes. It'll come back up to the boil much faster when you need it. Lots of salt in the water makes for much tastier pasta. Chicken is done when you take a piece off, cut it in half, and it's not pink inside. Or when you taste it and it tastes done. I highly recommend <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Cook-Everything-Simple-Recipes/dp/0028610105" rel="nofollow">How to Cook Everything</a>, which has incredibly useful "basics of ____" sections that'll give you tips on things like how to know when chicken is done. Put the pasta water on first; if it boils early turn it down as low as it goes. It’ll come back up to the boil much faster when you need it. Lots of salt in the water makes for much tastier pasta.

Chicken is done when you take a piece off, cut it in half, and it’s not pink inside. Or when you taste it and it tastes done.

I highly recommend How to Cook Everything, which has incredibly useful “basics of ____” sections that’ll give you tips on things like how to know when chicken is done.

]]> by: fluffy http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-19 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:20:11 +0000 http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-19 Or you could type it as an entity like é, as &e;acute (which in turn is written &amp;eacute). Or you could type it as an entity like é, as &e;acute (which in turn is written &amp;eacute).

]]> by: 2chey http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-18 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:13:34 +0000 http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-18 Really, remembering to dethaw the chicken is the hardest part. So if you got that covered, that is great. Chopping up the chicken also helps it cook easier, especially if you are sauteing. Although, baking is probably the easiest method, I think! Really, remembering to dethaw the chicken is the hardest part. So if you got that covered, that is great. Chopping up the chicken also helps it cook easier, especially if you are sauteing. Although, baking is probably the easiest method, I think!

]]> by: Luke http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-17 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:56:52 +0000 http://zole.org/2007/02/04/how-to-cook-like-someone-who-cant-cook-and-doesnt-particularly-enjoy-it/#comment-17 Cooking! Get a probe thermometer; You'll never be wondering "Is this food going to kill me?" while eating again. In general, things need less cooking than you think. Except when you're in a hurry. That old saying about a watched pot is annoyingly true. I've lost count of the number of times that I've been halfway through cooking and belatedly remembered the starch water. (An electric kettle helps a bit, if only to provide a second place to heat some of the water in a hurry.) Watch all of Good Eats. Cooking!

Get a probe thermometer; You’ll never be wondering “Is this food going to kill me?” while eating again. In general, things need less cooking than you think. Except when you’re in a hurry.

That old saying about a watched pot is annoyingly true. I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve been halfway through cooking and belatedly remembered the starch water. (An electric kettle helps a bit, if only to provide a second place to heat some of the water in a hurry.)

Watch all of Good Eats.

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