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Reply by Jinnicide

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Not sure that I have any tips, but discovering and learning to use the following things properly revolutionized my cooking:


-making and using your own stock
-sherry/wine
-cornstarch
-liquid smoke
-sesame oil
-toasting/lightly frying your herbs and seasonings before adding them
-how tannins, fats, salt, proteins, etc all work from a chemical perspective, and a nutrition one (ie: tannins bind to fats, stuff like that)

I love the science of food, and the more you learn about it the better your food will come out!


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Reply by L. Staples

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Get a cast iron ASAP! 


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Reply by Ben

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When scrambling eggs, follow these tips:

  • Don't add milk or water
  • Don't add salt until the very last second before you add the eggs to the pan, as salt alters the structure
  • Stir the eggs in the pan with a spatula slowly in a figure-eight pattern
  • The lower the heat, the better the result


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Reply by Deanna

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I recently ordered Blackened Chicken Alfredo from a local Italian restaurant. OMG. DELICIOUS. I had never heard of doing blackened chicken!


There’s tons of recipes online, and it costs WAY less to make at home! 


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Reply by Deanna

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I recently ordered Blackened Chicken Alfredo from a local Italian restaurant. OMG. DELICIOUS. I had never heard of doing blackened chicken!


There’s tons of recipes online, and it costs WAY less to make at home! 


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Reply by 𝕽𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖊

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I can use a microwave 


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Reply by Tracy

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Dont cut the root off of the onion while chopping. Cut as close to it as you can without cutting into it to avoid tearing up


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Reply by Jinnicide

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Also I just recently discovered the magic of GHEE.


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Reply by electroslag

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Making your own stock for soup is the easiest thing in the world! I have a bunch of bags in my freezer; one for veggie scraps, one for chicken bones, one for pork bones.


Once the bags get full I throw them in a big pot with water and boil until the bones fall apart/veggie scraps get mushy if it's only veg. For bone stocks it's gonna take all day usually.

Then I pour the finished stock into ice cube trays and freeze, that way if I only need a little bit for a recipe I can just take a couple of cubes! It helps save money and reduce waste and it's really easy.


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Reply by robin

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tip of the day is that finishing pasta in a pan with sauce is a million times better than just straining the pasta and throwing it on a plate/in a bowl. reserve some of the starchy water from when you cooked the pasta and use it to adjust the consistency of the sauce! even if you've just got ragu or some shit, trust me on this one


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Reply by Killeesi

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just learned a rice trick to avoid burning to the bottom of pan. Boil water, add rice to boiling water, stir for a a min after a min or so turn off burner let it sit and finish cooking itself. I seriously burned rice to my pot every time I  cooked no matter how hard Id try to prevent this. thanks to Discovery + and watching Amy Schumer learns to cook. I love her she cracks me up I had to watch. Her husband is a pro and I learned a few things from watching those two.


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Reply by Oscar

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I bought a kitchen scale and started weighing  out my recipe ingredients instead of going by volume. The end results are much more consistent, and there are so many measuring cups and spoons I don't have to wash afterward


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Reply by Tayla Gaffney Blake

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I weigh some things like doughs and cakes and for stuff like vinaigrette's I just do it by eye and taste and marinades, just through the spices and oil in and its worked well so far


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Reply by bowie

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I’m all about slow cooking


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Reply by Ben

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Use kosher salt instead of fine-ground salt, and sprinkle liberally.


It's more satisfying to work with and easier to adjust.


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Reply by Sean

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dont touch the red-hot stove. #1 tip any credible chef would give.


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Reply by Gershon

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A kitchen scale can change your life


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Reply by Gershon

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A kitchen scale can change your life


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Reply by Davey Treen

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Don’t put knives in the dishwasher! The detergent dulls the blade. A dull knife is just as (if not more) dangerous as a sharp knife!


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Reply by rion >:)

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The deliciousness of a meal is directly proportional to how much onion and garlic you add to it. You can add curry powder to just about any savory meal to make it 10x better (but be mindful with how much extra salt you add bc it usually has salt). Measure your oil.


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