Mama’s Virtual Cooking School
I have always intended to use this site for more than just my random ramblings, and I think it’s about time to start, don’t you? I would like to start sharing with you some of my own kitchen tips and tricks. (my staff has directed to me start with telling you exactly how NOT to see the grill on fire like I did Saturday night during service, but I think I might leave that for another day…)Here are two examples of the ridiculous volume of of useless knowledge I have in my head… - to rid your kitchen of unpleasant odors (just after cooking fish or Indian food for example), wrap citrus rinds loosely in a foil pouch and place in a 325 degree oven. In about 15 minutes, your kitchen will smell fresh and happy - put your chicken (or roast, etc.) on whole carrots and stalks of celery laid out crosswise in the roasting pan. This will lift it slightly off the bottom of the pan so that the drippings can flow more freely, and at the same time impart more flavor into the vegetables, which can then be used as a side dish for your meat, or later with the carcass for making stock I asked when I started this blog for suggestions of recipes you would like to see, or other such bits of kitchen wisdom. I’m happy to say that I have received a number of requests, and I promise to get to them all. So… shall we begin?
