Cooking Tips to Share

[kochmeister]

Ha Ha.... busted! Yeah, used to be. Way back in my Swiss days in Zurich. Now doing something altogether different but I still cook occasionally on weekends.

[nat.mum]

heehe my intuition is that good eh!  now we have a kitchen master to learn from.. cool . that means you can keep your skills alive

[sleepingfish]

Secrets in the kitchen to share :
Stick a sng buay in tomato on the top for 6 hours. Makes it a lot sweeter when you chop it up for your salad.
Chopped garlic and soak in cooking oil and store in fridge. Easy for cooking. No need to chop everytime.
Soak bittergourd in salt water to make it less salty.
Whenever you boil pasta or veg, rinse with tap water to stop cooking process so it does not overcook esp. pasta which has to be "al dente" (to the bite)
When using mortar and pestle to pound chilli or rempah, cut a slit in a plastic bag and slot the pestle in. The plastic cheet acts as a cover over the mortar and prevents juices messing all over the floor.
Store your blenders upside down to allow any liquids to flow out of the motor.
Put cinnamon stick or star anise around your storage areas to keep ants away.
A cut lemon left on the shelf in the fridge helps keeps odours away.
Eggs should be kept sharp side down.
Excess bread can be kept in freezer for a long time. Steam it when needed.  Enjoy !!

err........   Soak bittergourd in salt water to make it less salty.

[kochmeister]

heehe my intuition is that good eh!  now we have a kitchen master to learn from.. cool . that means you can keep your skills alive

Sure, ask away for cooking tips. No problem. But I must warn you, I can't cook chinese/asian food. My fried rice sucks. Anything Italian, French or whatever else shouldn't be a problem.