Comments on: Getting better at cooking http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking Cuban food and ideas that arise from cooking it Thu, 27 May 2010 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lara http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2995 Lara Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:18:03 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2995 So well said and, for me, so easy to lose sight of. Whenever my cooking lacks that "je ne sais quois," I will have to look back on this. Excellent post! So well said and, for me, so easy to lose sight of. Whenever my cooking lacks that “je ne sais quois,” I will have to look back on this. Excellent post!

]]> By: Mamey http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2974 Mamey Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:34:46 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2974 And if you can't make salt your friend, try extra garlic, or black pepper, or tiny pieces of Japanese peppers (capsicum anuum)which resemble cayenne peppers but are mild to slighty hot. And if you can’t make salt your friend, try extra garlic, or black pepper, or tiny pieces of Japanese peppers (capsicum anuum)which resemble cayenne peppers but are mild to slighty hot.

]]> By: Jose http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2965 Jose Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:42:44 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2965 Roy, it's your thirst for knowledge. Roy, it’s your thirst for knowledge.

]]> By: Roy M http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2964 Roy M Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:08:56 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2964 Fantastic! Again...you make my mouth water Fantastic! Again…you make my mouth water

]]> By: Jose http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2953 Jose Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:49:47 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2953 Very true Alvin, the nose knows. Very true Alvin, the nose knows.

]]> By: Alvin Mullins http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2952 Alvin Mullins Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:01:42 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2952 Very true. Even when I cooked professionally I did not see that many cooks taste their food enough. I would add smell. At least 50% of how our brains react to taste comes through our olfactory organ. You can test this by putting a clothes pin on your nose and blind fold your eyes and taste something. It will be nigh impossible to taste much. When you go to buy your meats, smell them. Always buy from a butcher if possible. Fish that smells fishy is no good. Beef that's off can be smelt. When you are cooking waft the fumes into your nose does it smell right? Then taste it. Great article. Very true. Even when I cooked professionally I did not see that many cooks taste their food enough. I would add smell. At least 50% of how our brains react to taste comes through our olfactory organ.

You can test this by putting a clothes pin on your nose and blind fold your eyes and taste something. It will be nigh impossible to taste much.

When you go to buy your meats, smell them. Always buy from a butcher if possible. Fish that smells fishy is no good. Beef that’s off can be smelt.

When you are cooking waft the fumes into your nose does it smell right? Then taste it. Great article.

]]> By: Alex http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2948 Alex Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:27:12 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2948 Gustation? Fer Reals? Gustation? Fer Reals?

]]> By: Nathan http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/recipes/getting-better-at-cooking/comment-page-1#comment-2947 Nathan Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:34:56 +0000 http://www.arrozyfrijoles.com/?p=140#comment-2947 Wonderful post and very true. Wonderful post and very true.

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