Archive for Know your "Kitch" terms
Kitchen Cooking terms 5.0
In this edition of "Kitchen Cooking terms", I have decided to go with cooking items that may not be essential, however, they are very handy to have in anyone's kitchen. These are tools that make life a lot easier in the kitchen, and less time consuming to cook your famous meals. Handy tools around the kitchen [caption id="attachment_1339"...
Kitchen Cooking terms 4.0
Welcome back for another installment of kitchen terms! This week I decided to veer away from sharp blades and concentrate on: Small appliances! Yes, that's right...electrical appliances in the kitchen! Who doesn't like gadgets? For that matter, most of the kitchen appliances I will be talking about are "useful gadgets". That makes these things...
Kitchen Cooking terms 3.0
The importance of kitchen knives is unmistakable when cooking, however, which ones do we really need to use and own if we aren't a chef? I have collated (5) common kitchen knives that I think are important in a basic kitchen. Anyhow, in the upcoming editions of "Kitchen Cooking terms" I'll come back to knives again, and discuss more specialty...
Healthy Foods that Pack a Punch!
[caption id="attachment_877" align="alignright" width="77" caption="Fist of fury"][/caption] The other day, as I was in the process of cleaning clutter, I almost threw out some interesting food and health information found on a card by the "The Cancer Research Society Inc." (Canada). So, I am in debt to them for their good research which I am...
Kitchen Cooking terms 2.0
[caption id="attachment_690" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dry ingredients only!"][/caption] dry measuring cups: Dry measuring cups are used only for dry goods like: flour, sugar, rice, and dry pastas. Most sets have cups with the measurements of 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup, and 1/4 cup. If you got a set of cups with more measurement sizes, you...
Kitchen Cooking terms 1.0
[caption id="attachment_483" align="aligncenter" width="243" caption="stir fast!"][/caption] whisk: A whisk is usually a metallic object that is made up of coils that that connect at the handle. They form what looks like the skeleton of a club. It is used to stir the ingredients (usually dry combining with wet ingredients) into a mixture that...
Handy cooking terms to know around the kitchen!
[caption id="attachment_527" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Congrats on the badge Ferris!"][/caption] If you are a basic cook like most people and didn't go to chef school, than most kitchen terminology you have to learn on the fly. You learn as you burn cook! What this section of the site is aiming to do, is to give us common...