What are the best practices you’ve learned to save time or make a meal better.

  • Malcriada Lala
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    132 years ago

    Always keep canned tomatoes in the pantry. Particularly tomato paste. It’s a great ingredient that can add a depth of flavor to a variety of dishes.

    Whole spices really do make a big difference and it’s worth knowing how to use them even if you don’t make them part of your everyday cooking. When its time to make a special dish, using whole spicessl that you grind fresh will be worth it.

    Use acid in your cooking. Citrus, viniger, wine, yogurt, etc will often upgrade a dish.

    Parchment paper/aluminum foil is your friend. Minimize your time scrubbing dishes by minimizing the mess you make when baking food.

    • funnyletter
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      32 years ago

      I have a few recipes that were clearly written or modified by someone using really old ground spices. Like I have a recipe for apple muffins that legitimately calls for two teaspoons of nutmeg.

      I do like 4 rubs of a nutmeg on the microplane and it’s perfect.

      • @x4740N
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        12 years ago

        Isn’t nutmeg toxic in the right amount