lspencer534
01-15-2011, 9:36am
Here's a couple to start it:
1. So you bought some fresh fish filets, did you? What do you do with them before anything else? Well, you put a liberal amount of sea salt in a bowl large enought to hold the fish pieces. Then dissolve the salt with water, enough to cover the fish (use cool or cold water). Put the fish into the bowl and wash it; use your hands. You'll see the water turn very cloudy. Repeat with new salt and water until the rinse water is clear. Then pat the fish completely dry. That cloudy stuff is bacteria and dirt. BTW, this does not make the fish taste salty at all, but you'll be surprised how much 'fresher' the fish tastes.
2. Cook all pasta except spaghetti in a large skillet. Add water to the pasta, and add more water as it is absorbed by the pasta. You want the pasta to absorb all the water you add; don't have the pasta floating in water when it's done. Do not drain the pasta before serving it; it needs the starch for sauces to properly adhere to it. "But you're leaving all that starch in the pasta for me to eat!". Yep; it's a starchy food--eat something else if you want. BTW, you can also cook spaghetti like this; it's just less messy to cook it in a pot.
1. So you bought some fresh fish filets, did you? What do you do with them before anything else? Well, you put a liberal amount of sea salt in a bowl large enought to hold the fish pieces. Then dissolve the salt with water, enough to cover the fish (use cool or cold water). Put the fish into the bowl and wash it; use your hands. You'll see the water turn very cloudy. Repeat with new salt and water until the rinse water is clear. Then pat the fish completely dry. That cloudy stuff is bacteria and dirt. BTW, this does not make the fish taste salty at all, but you'll be surprised how much 'fresher' the fish tastes.
2. Cook all pasta except spaghetti in a large skillet. Add water to the pasta, and add more water as it is absorbed by the pasta. You want the pasta to absorb all the water you add; don't have the pasta floating in water when it's done. Do not drain the pasta before serving it; it needs the starch for sauces to properly adhere to it. "But you're leaving all that starch in the pasta for me to eat!". Yep; it's a starchy food--eat something else if you want. BTW, you can also cook spaghetti like this; it's just less messy to cook it in a pot.