Tag : cooking myths

Tips on how to shop for ingredients were common in early recipe book, including Richard Briggs' 1788 The English Art of Cookery. The one-time chef at London's Globe Tavern and Temple Coffee House counselled that 'to choose eggs properly, you must put the thick end to your tongue'.

Amazing Ways You are Cooking Wrong (How To Control it: Overcooking the pan, skipping preheating, using dull knives, not tasting the food, overcooking vegetables, using the wrong oil, seasoning incorrectly, boiling instead of simmering, stirring too often, neglecting standing time, measuring incorrectly, not cleaning as you go, cooking meat cold, skipping marinating, and forgetting to read recipes.