{"id":696,"date":"2011-09-15T13:50:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T17:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=696"},"modified":"2021-03-22T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T21:59:03","slug":"basic-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/basic-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Cook: Basic Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basic Kitchen Skills<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Here are some lessons that you can learn so that you can do basic meal preparation safely. They are all Third-Party videos from YouTube, but still… I’ve reviewed each of them, and these are basic skills that all people, young and old, should know about or how to do.<\/p>\n

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  1. Saute<\/a> – Just a touch of EVOO or butter will improve taste, and not add too many calories.<\/li>\n
  2. Dice<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Roasting a Chicken – Part 1<\/a> – Part 2 – Part 3<\/li>\n
  4. Scramble Eggs<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Make a Roux<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. How to Mince Garlic<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Cross-Contamination<\/a> – Poultry is the biggest culprit, but there are many offenders.<\/li>\n
  8. Sharpening a Knife<\/a> – There is a difference between sharpening and honing the blade of a knife<\/li>\n
  9. Honing a Knife<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Basic Knife Skills<\/a> – Keep your finger tips clear<\/li>\n
  11. Keeping a clean work area – A can of Chlorox bleach wipes is a good kitchen companion<\/li>\n
  12. Respecting your kitchen and kitchen tools<\/li>\n
  13. Storing leftovers<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Simmer vs boil<\/li>\n
  15. What does mis-en-place mean… and why? – A bit of foresight can keep you from being rushed<\/li>\n
  16. Steam vs hot water<\/a> – Water will wash away many of the nutrients<\/li>\n
  17. Handling fires<\/a> – Water on a grease fire could kill you.<\/li>\n
  18. Washing your Hands<\/a> – Staph germs can live on your hands for hours.  A bit of soap and 30 seconds could save your life.<\/li>\n
  19. Expiration Date – Spoilage<\/a> – Commercially canned products can be kept for up to ten years as long as the cans are not damaged or bulging.<\/li>\n
  20. Mirepoix<\/a> – Carrot, celery and onion<\/li>\n
  21. Trinity – Carrot, celery and bell pepper – South eastern United States<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    WikiLearn: http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Category:Basic-Cooking-Skills<\/p>\n

    Review later: http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/lifehack\/cooking-101-20-lessions-to-kick-start-your-cooking-skill.html<\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/food\/healthy-light\/simple-cooking-skills-every-kid-can-master-00400000009914\/<\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.paklinks.com\/gs\/household-affairs-and-cuisine-corner\/294776-basic-kitchen-skills.html<\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Culinary+School+of+the+Rockies+Chef+Michael+Montgomery&aq=f<\/p>\n

    Cooking with Skinny and Mini – http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/chefskinnyandmini#g\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Basic Kitchen Skills Here are some lessons that you can learn so that you can do basic meal preparation safely. They are all Third-Party videos from YouTube, but still… I’ve reviewed each of them, and these are basic skills that all people, young and old, should know about or how to do. Saute – Just … Continue reading “Learning to Cook: Basic Skills”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,63,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks-and-tools","category-cooking-for-one-and-a-half","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21502,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/21502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}