Cooking Techniques
- To get a close-to-vacuum seal on food in a zip lock bag for marinating or freezing, place the bag with the seal open in a bowl of water. The pressure from the water will push the air out of the bag and you can seal it.
Shortcuts
- If you don’t typically go through a whole loaf of bread before it gets stale, try keeping the loaf in the freezer. Sandwiches made with frozen bread stand up better to spreading on toppings and will thaw by lunch. – Cook’s Illustrated magazine, Number 157
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- Apple Sauce – To enhance the flavor of homemade apple sauce, boil the reserved apple peels and cores in 1 cup of water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until boiling. Reduce to medium heat, cover, and cook, until mixture is deep in color and cores have broken down, about 15 minutes. – Cook’s Illustrated magazine, Number 154
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