martes, 4 de septiembre de 2012

Cooking Tips

10 tips to keep food fresh


Here are some tips to consider for lacocinay food. Thus last longer and kept fresh for use.

    
The butter should be kept covered in the refrigerator as it absorbs odors very easily.
    
When you need to store chopped parsley or other herbs, keep them in damp paper towel and then dry on paper towels. Place in a plastic bag and close. Store in refrigerator which stays fresh for about a week.
    
When buying fresh mushrooms, always store them in your refrigerator in a brown paper bag, not plastic bag. So retain their freshness twice as long.
    
For a leftover cake or foot seem freshly made wrap with foil and heat for 10 minutes in a conventional oven at 350 °.
    
To quickly ripen tomatoes, place them with some apples in a covered container or bag with some holes. Apples give off a gas that accelerates ripening.
    
Do not refrigerate fresh tomatoes purchased. Rather save the stem down in a basket or bowl for continued maturation and improves the taste and texture. Refrigerate achieved maturity when desired.
    
When reheating cooked and refrigerated, food liquids boil for a few minutes, and stir the food vine sure the center of the food reaches at least 65 ° C. At this temperature, the pathogenic bacteria are destroyed.
    
Do not use containers that are cooked or served. Store food in small portions, and use clean containers shallow and that could become clogged.
    
To open canned foods (asparagus, olives, sardines, tomato sauce, etc.), always discard the packaging-it can rust inside quickly and keep them with your broth.
    
The dishes should be eaten cooked, refrigerated or frozen within two hours. This time depends on the ambient temperature: in summer the bacteria can reproduce and become harmful in less than an hour.
 
Tips for proper use of the microwave
 

 


This is the detail of the steps to test resistance, crockery and microwave safe containers.

Resistance Test

Use on porcelain, earthenware, thick glass, clay, hard plastic, ceramics.

1-Place a glass of water in or on the side of the container to be tested.

2 - Heat on full power for 1 minute.

conclusion:
If the material is kept cold and heated water this container is suitable for use without problems
When this warm, no longer used for cooking
When hot or deformed, the container can not be used in any occasion.

SI
Resistant plastic tableware microwave (no grill).
Refractory glass containers.
Wicker Containers (cooking is more suitable for short).
Perforated bags suitable to microwave.
Paper towels or cotton to cover the food.
Pirotines: ramekins for cookies and muffins that do not need to be greased.
Absorbent paper.
Dig teeth, wooden chopsticks.
Hilo decocinacomún to tie plastic bags for microwave.
Wooden Spoons and otrosutensiliosde.

NO
Trays and foil.
Demetal utensils and containers (aluminum, stainless steel, etc..).
Fine glassware.
Dishes with painted parts or elements.
Dishes with cracks or breaks or gluing.
Adherent film role.
Wax paper.


 Tips for cooking in microwave

When cooked in the microwave usually have the problem that the food is undercooked in parts, or we remove doubt or just add some wrappers that hinder even cooking.

So here a few tricks to correct errors and find out for sure when preparing our meals in the microwave:

     Stir food 1 to 2 times for cooking is complete and couples.
     If you put some canned food to defrost it, take the package to avoid absorbing toxic elements.
     The red and white meat should be cooked as soon as they have been thawed. To help, use a thermometer to check the temperature, and that there are no bacteria.
     Do not wrap food with dark bags, newspaper or rags decocinaporque have toxic substances. Nor introduzcasutensiliosdemetalo foil in the microwave.
     If you warm puree, porridge or other foods of similar consistency, agítalas well so there are no hot spots than others.
 
 


Tips to preserve vegetables


In your fridge can never miss all kinds of vegetables, which are the main source defibrayvitaminasA and C, as well as water and minerals like magnesium, potassium and calcium.

The problem comes when put in the fridge. When long kept dry out, they become yellow and lose its nutritional properties. Or simply fail, and no more than throwing the trash.What a waste!

But do not worry, here are these valuable tips to help you conserve lasverduraspor longer and make the most.

1. Save lasverdurascon a plastic bag unlocked so you can entrarles air from the fridge. You will find that it is much better than store without it. Ideal for celery, parsley, peppers, spinach.

2. Break lasverdurascon lasmanos-or tell your partner to do so you do not ruin yours. Cut with knife causes rust and darken quickly.

3. If there is not much space or your fridge is dirty, for example chooses algunasverduras carrots, artichokes and beets - and precocínalas. Then the guards in containers that can be placed in other areas of the refrigerator.

You have three options

     Blanched, ie boiling for 5 minutes.
     Steaming or in a pressure cooker.
       Cook them in the microwave with water or not (depending on the type of vegetable).

You see, with this there is lost.So to eat vegetables!
 

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