Cooking principle?!
Cooking principle?
How to learn to cook, base of cooking, cooking base, how to cook, quick recipes
Answers:
read lots of books and magazines, watch lots of cooking shows, research on the internet, but most important, just cook, cook, cook!
during your journey to learn (which will never end) you will begin to notice that you pick up alot here and there, and sometimes don't even realize it until you catch yourself using a technique or sputtering off some off-the-wall information about something you didn't even know you knew!
but most of all, have fun with it. enjoy it. love it. it will treat you and your friends and family well in return.
You would want your cooking to finish evenly, in good color and balanced flavor.
Cut veggies in same size; same for the meats too. You don't have to cut both in same size, but veggies the same and meats the same. This way they cook at the same rate.
Your gonna want your meats to be cooked and veggies crispy and colorful. Meats usually take longer to cook, so start with meat first.
Balance the flavors. Don't make it too strong in one particular flavor, unless that's what you want.
You want good cooking utensils. This makes it a lot easier.
Finally, take a good cooking class or at least buy a book or two. but, the best way is to have someone show you how to do it, like the TV shows.
Von Appetite.
I strongly recommend you buy a good manual - there are several available, the ones I like are
Leiths food bible
the silver spoon
but especially the first one - it has sketches showing how to joint a chicken or how to shape a bread dough. Very interesting.
Cook books!
Hmmmmmm.
The best way to learn to cook (in my opinion) is by trial and error. (hopefully much less error).
When I was growing up in my family we were not taught how to cook, and there was no internet. I always thought that was unusual. In my recent years, I've come to be thankful that that's the way it was. I did not learn the 1 and only bland style of cooking there was in my family. Just plain' ol meat and potatoes.There are 6 girls in my family and none of us now cooks the same way. One of my sisters can't prepare a meal unless it comes out of a can or box. Some adopted my moms style (again without having been taught). I am very adventerous in the kitchen (I have a food & beverage backround so I know many styles of cooking and have knowledge of the basics and am familiar with many cuisines).
I have a good palate so when I eat out and try a new dish (if I was impressed) I go home and try to duplicate it.
That being said, the best thing to do is start out by making simple dishes using a cookbook as your guideline. Stay away from pies, pastries and desserts at first. They can be the most challenge. (in my opinion)
The first meal I ever made by myself was fried chicken. I just guessed at what I was doing. I had seen my mom make it and evidentially paid pretty good attention because it turned out great. (patience was the biggest obsticle for me, I was 16). The rest of that meal was opeinig a can of peas, boiling and mashing potatoes and making a milk based gravy from the stuff in the bottom of the dutch oven I cooked the chicken in.
What I'm trying to say is just go for it. Start out with meals you like, even if it's just macaroni & cheese. You will develop your own style as you go. Be open and versatile. Watch tsome cooking shows to learn techniques. Go to the website www.vidoejug.com and watch a dish being prepared step by step. Why you can even find sites that will tell you how to slice a tomato, chop an onion, press garlic and peel a carrot.
Good luck. Go for it.