Self-tutoring about cooking and cookware: the tutor mentions induction cooking. The following is according to my understanding. I was looking into ranges a couple months back, because our oven quit. Being about thirty years old, the legacy parts to fix …
Self-tutoring about autumn living: the tutor continues about roasting pumpkin seeds. I mention roasting pumpkin seeds in my article from October 29, 2024. I roasted some more last Friday, with a similar approach, except for a couple of changes. It …
Self-tutoring about barbecue Btu ratings: the tutor mentions a sticking point. I read about how much heat a barbecue needs to produce to be effective: it’s widely agreed, it seems, to be around 80-100 Btu per square inch of cooking …
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Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor finally looks into an issue about roast management. Years ago I heard that, prior to cooking, some people take meat from the fridge just to take the chill out. To maintain food safety, it’s not …
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Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor gets to some unfinished business. Back in my post of June 20, 2018, I mention a rub for chicken legs that I prepared. That day, I used most of the rub; the leftover portion I …
Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor mentions roasting pumpkin seeds. I was carving a few jack-o-lanterns for Halloween, and decided I’d keep the seeds to roast. My wife likes roasted pumpkin seeds. I managed to get most of the pulp off …
Self-tutoring about cooking and food: the tutor looks into an age-old question. Today I was eating cornbread with molasses. The carton of molasses was the 675ml size, and was nearly empty. Eventually, no more would pour out. I also had …
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Self-tutoring about efficiencies of cooking methods: the tutor compares electric stovetop with microwave cooking. Yesterday I was looking through a microwave manual and found some interesting numbers. It draws 1500 Watts but has a cooking power of 1100 Watts. This …
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Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor mentions the habit of using a microwave cover. I started using a microwave cover over potentially messy reheats like spaghetti. Afterwards, if any splatter had happened, I’d just wipe off the inside of the cover. …
Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor mentions re-roasting an underdone roast. I was cooking a roast last night, but an emergency came up, so I had to take it out early: it was not even cooked to “rare”. (It had been …