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Food 101: Barbecue Basics and How To Grill
It’s the first official day of Summer, and you can bet your ass there’s gonna be ton of barbecues today! The two go hand in hand, thanks to grilling being a particularly outdoorsy activity. Sure, you can barbecue food during winter, but the comic relief will be off the charts. Beside that, there’s still just something charming about seasonal cuisines, and so leaving the grilled food to summertime just seems right in a sense. Grilled foods, afterall, are one of the healthiest ways to cook. They contain less fat due to it dripping away under the high heat, and don’t need breading or extensive manipulation, meaning they’re easy to prepare gluten-free or for people with other food allergies.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Some people don’t know how to grill. What do you do if you’ve never done it before? Hell, as far as cooking methods go, grilling is potentially one of the more… not ‘dangerous’ ones per se, but rather you do need to know the proper techniques involved in grilling or you can either injure yourself or just totally ruin the food. If you’re an out and out dad and can grill in your sleep, fantastic. This post is here for everyone who’s trying it for the first time, or just wants the knowledge for future reference.
Food 101: How To Make French Toast
Breakfast is probably the least sacred of meals during the day, often getting skipped due to time constraints and laziness. Which is unfortunate since breakfast is incredibly important from a biological and diet standpoint, and also because there’s some delightful treats that you don’t really see in any other meals the rest of the day. The ‘Big Three’, as I like to call them, which include pancakes, waffles, and french toast, are the three best and most important breakfast meals you can have at your disposal. They’re foundations that can be eaten many different ways and are really friggin’ delicious. Sadly, pancakes take a bit of preparation even with box mixes, and waffles require borderline commercial-grade machinery in order to be made. As such, those two are a bit of a stretch for everyone with a busy lifestyle. That’s why Meg and I save those for the weekends. However, french toast meanwhile is quick and easy enough for you to prepare any day of the week before going to work. And don’t be lazy, freezer french toast isn’t gonna save you that much time in the long run. If you have about 10 minutes, you can make french toast.
Food 101: Cooking Utensil Essentials
Following up on our last post about pantry staples we’ve decided to do another spotlight-style feature on more kitchen essentials, this one with 50% more rhyming! This time, we’re covering essential cooking utensils. Afterall, it’s great and all that you have your ingredients, but what are they all worth if you don’t have the correct tools to get the job done? If you’re a fellow poor couple or just moving out to a new life, you’ll probably wonder what utensils and tools you’ll need at your new living quarters. Follow our handy guide, and you’ll have everything you’ll need.
Pro-tip: Storing Your Dry Goods
I’ve already filled you in on the importance of keeping things like flour and sugar stocked in your pantry, however to make sure you’re really getting your money’s worth, it’s important to store them properly. We recently found out the hard way what happens when you use flour that’s gone bad. The result was sad chocolate chip cookies. Don’t let sad chocolate chip cookies happen to you. Here’s what you can do to prevent that.
Adorable sad cookie made by shelikescute on Etsy.
Food 101: Know Your Roll
Awhile back I gave you the rundown on pantry staples. While it’s important to keep food staples on hand, there are some good things to keep in your pantry that you’re not going to eat. Today I’m here to fill you in on some pantry staples that aren’t edible, but are important in food preparation and storage.
Whatever could they be? I’m sure the suspense is killing you.
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