Getting To Know The Basics When Cooking

Finding your way around a kitchen can be a challenge for anyone, I certainly know it was for me. I don't need to say this but I will - wash your hands meticulously before working with food.

Furthermore, clean the work area and ensure that the garbage is emptied every day before it gets smelly and the police walk in to search for a body as happened to a client of mine. It took him years to live that one down. A clean kitchen is really nice to work with and so are sharp knives. Buy a decent survival knife which may be used for camping etc and make sure you have adequate lighting in the kitchen. You really need to see what you are doing or you will find that the medical kit your ex-wife's lawyers forgot about useful. This is especially true when working with boiling water and oil.

Remember that the cutting bord and kitchen sponge is the two dirtiest objects in your house (yes, even more than the toilet and your cell phone). Hence the cutting bord must be thoroughly washed at high temperature and the sponge replaced regularly and kept dry when not used. Food poisoning is no joke and a sure way of never having guests over again. Obviously that may also be an advantage with some family members.

Luckily I like doing dishes and fancy myself as being rather good with it. A good tip is that white vinegar left for an hour or two in a burned pot will make it much easier to clean. The secret is hot water and lots of soap. I have not bothered with breakfasts for I am sure you know how to fry an egg. Thus let us continue to my homemade meals.

You will no doubt note that the spices remain mostly the same for it is really a matter of personal choice but this worked for me. I also divided the meals alphabetically with a small picture of the final product next to it. Since many of my loyal readers are Americans (good folk all of them) I included the temperatures in Fahrenheit also. Of course down here in South Africa, we use the metric system (anything as long as it is not English was the motto when the Afrikaner was still in charge). We also speak a different kind of English all together which led to many misunderstandings.