6 keep food Recipes

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

did you know, budweiser beer conditions the hair, pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish, cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes, mayonnaise will kill lice , it will also condition your hair, glue - paint on your face , allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any., shiny hair - use brewed lipton tea, sunburn - empty a large jar of nestea into your bath water, minor burn - colgate or crest toothpaste, burn your tongue put sugar on it, arthritis wd-40 spray and rub in , kill insect stings too, bee stings - meat tenderizer, chigger bite - preparation h, puffy eyes - preparation h, paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals), stinky feet - jello, athletes feet - cornstarch, fungus on toenails or fingernails - vicks vapor rub, kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (wow, and we drink this stuff), kool aid can be used as a dye in paint also kool aid in dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint , your kids will love it and it won tsp hurt them if they eat it, peanut butter - will get scratches out of cd s! wipe off with a coffee filter paper, sticking bicycle chain - pam no-stick cooking spray, pam will also remove paint , and grease from your hands! keep a can in your garage for your hubby, peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls, when the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on, heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar, body paint - crisco mixed with food coloring. heat the crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice, tie dye tsp-shirt - mix a solution of kool aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the tsp-shirt and soak, preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years, a slinky will hold toast and cd s, keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with colgate toothpaste, wine stains , pour on the morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt., wax - take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel., labels off glassware etc. rub with peanut butter, baked on food - fill container with water, get a bounce paper softener and the static from the bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. soak overnight. also; you can use 2 efferdent tablets , soak overnight, crayon on the wall - colgate toothpaste and brush it, dirty grout - listerine, stains on clothes - colgate toothpaste, grass stains - karo syrup, grease stains - coca cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. we know it will take corrosion from car batteries, fleas in your carpet 20 mule team borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. maybe this will work if you get them back again., keep fresh flowers longer add a little clorox , or 2 bayer aspirin , or just use 7-up instead of water., when you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you squeeze for freshness or softness did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week monday, tuesday, thursday, friday and saturday. each day has a different color twist tie., are, monday = blue, tuesday = green, thursday = red, friday = white, saturday = yellow ., if today was thursday , you would want red twist tie; not white which is fridays (almost a week old)! the colors go alphabetically by color blue- green - red - white - yellow, monday through saturday. very easy to remember. i thought this was interesting. i looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers do have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. you learn something new everyday! enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping., forget gatorade for migraine headaches. powerade won tsp work.

kosher salt, light brown sugar, juniper berries, crushed, black peppercorns, crushed, ginger, peeled and thinly sliced, bay leaves, skin-on, bone-in fresh ham , shank end (keep cold), peach preserves, light brown sugar, dijon mustard, raspberry vinegar, ground ginger, kosher salt and freshly ground pepper