Moist chicken
If you want your chicken to stay nice and moist while grilling, marinate it in yogurt. This technique is often used in the Middle East and India, and adding spices like garlic, cumin and black pepper to the marinade will emulate the flavors of these areas.
Adding eggs
If any recipe requires that raw eggs be added to a hot mixture, wait until the mixture cools unless the recipe says otherwise. Raw eggs + hot mixture will actually end up cooking the eggs and the whole recipe could be ruined.
Chopping peppers
If you are preparing peppers for crudite or some other form of cooking, be sure to remove the seeds before serving or adding them. If any of your guests are not particularly fond of spicy food, this will take away much of the heat of the peppers.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
More Warm Weather This Week
Unsually warm weather for this time of year, will make a return this week. With the potential for 80 degree weather, later this week.
For today, we will see temps in the low to mid 70s, away from the beaches. In Southern Queens and Brooklyn, a sea-breeze this afternoon, may prevent high temps from reaching 70 degrees. Tonight a backdoor cold front (a cold front coming from the east), will cause skies to cloud over and drop temps in 50s this evening than middle to upper 40s overnight. An isolated shower is also possible. Tomorrow with the light east/southeast winds, off the ocean and partly cloudy skies, high temps will only reach between 60-65 degrees.
On Tuesday night, the backdoor cold front, comes back as a warm front. This will cause winds to switch from a east/southeast direction, to a west/southwest direction. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, will have at least partial sunshine, with highs possibly reaching upper 70s to middle 80s. Especially farthest away from the beaches. Another cold front, could give us a chance of showers and t-storms sometime late Thursday or on Friday. But 90% of time, it will be dry.
I will have more updates this week, on the warmth and threat for rainfall.
For today, we will see temps in the low to mid 70s, away from the beaches. In Southern Queens and Brooklyn, a sea-breeze this afternoon, may prevent high temps from reaching 70 degrees. Tonight a backdoor cold front (a cold front coming from the east), will cause skies to cloud over and drop temps in 50s this evening than middle to upper 40s overnight. An isolated shower is also possible. Tomorrow with the light east/southeast winds, off the ocean and partly cloudy skies, high temps will only reach between 60-65 degrees.
On Tuesday night, the backdoor cold front, comes back as a warm front. This will cause winds to switch from a east/southeast direction, to a west/southwest direction. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, will have at least partial sunshine, with highs possibly reaching upper 70s to middle 80s. Especially farthest away from the beaches. Another cold front, could give us a chance of showers and t-storms sometime late Thursday or on Friday. But 90% of time, it will be dry.
I will have more updates this week, on the warmth and threat for rainfall.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Cooking Tips 101
Many years of watching cooking shows and practicing in the kitchen have led to the accumulation of many helpful tricks that you may not pick up elsewhere. Here are a few choice ones:
Cooking with oil
To check that oil has reached the right heat for cooking, splash a few drops of water into the pan. If the oil sizzles and spits, it is ready (just be careful not to burn yourself).
Marinating fish
Because of the delicate texture of some types of fish (salmon, tilapia ect...), marinating them in liquid for longer than 10-20 can make them soggy and crumble in the pan when cooking. A thick fish steak like tuna or swordfish can be marinated for significantly longer periods.
Washing strawberries
The best way to clean strawberries is to wipe them with a damp towel. They are porous by nature and will soak up a lot of liquid. If rinsed under running water and not eaten soon afterward, they can rot more quickly.
More tips will undoubtedly come, so stay tuned!
Cooking with oil
To check that oil has reached the right heat for cooking, splash a few drops of water into the pan. If the oil sizzles and spits, it is ready (just be careful not to burn yourself).
Marinating fish
Because of the delicate texture of some types of fish (salmon, tilapia ect...), marinating them in liquid for longer than 10-20 can make them soggy and crumble in the pan when cooking. A thick fish steak like tuna or swordfish can be marinated for significantly longer periods.
Washing strawberries
The best way to clean strawberries is to wipe them with a damp towel. They are porous by nature and will soak up a lot of liquid. If rinsed under running water and not eaten soon afterward, they can rot more quickly.
More tips will undoubtedly come, so stay tuned!
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