10 Critical Ways To A Perfectly Foodsafe Kitchen

Writen by Terry Nicholls

Food poisoning is related to unsafe food, a dirty kitchen, and dirty kitchen appliances. If you follow some safety rules, food poisoning will never occur.

Your Refrigerator

1. Freezing does NOT kill bacteria; it only controls their growth. Common bacteria grow rapidly at 60° F to 120° F. Keep the temperature of the refrigerator below 50° F. Keep the freezer temperature at about 0° F.

2. Don't take foods out of the refrigerator until you're ready to cook them.

Dishwashing

3. Clean well with hot water to kill bacteria.

4. If washing dishes by hand, leave them to drain rather than using a tea towel. If you use a tea towel, change it often. Paper towels are a better option.

5. Dishcloths are a prime spot for bacteria to grow and multiply. Wash them regularly with hot water or in the washing machine using the hot cycle with antibacterial products.

Cooking

6. Cook thoroughly to kill bacteria but don't overcook to the point of charring. It may form amine compounds that may cause cancer. Don't cook food partially and leave it to cook later.

7. Wash your hands thoroughly with an antibacterial soap before and after cooking.

8. Wash vegetables thoroughly. Wash all lentils, legumes, rice, etc. with lots of water. These are often treated with powder, polish, and even colors, to make them attractive.

9. When you want to use leftovers, heat them to a high temperature so that any bacteria that may have multiplied in the refrigerator will be killed. Throw away any leftover food still left after it has been reheated once.

10. Don't cook if you have a cut on your hand as cuts and scratches harbor many bacteria.

Terry Nicholls
My Home-Based Business Advisor
www.my-home-based-business-advisor.com

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About The Author

Terry Nicholls is the author of the eBook "Food Safety: Protecting Your Family From Food Poisoning". In addition, he writes from his own experiences in trying to start his own home-based business. To benefit from his success, visit My Home-Based Business Advisor - Helping YOUR Home Business Start and Succeed for free help for YOUR home business, including ideas, startup, and expansion advice.

Learning The Many Cooking Terminologies For Success In The Kitchen

Writen by Justin Brown

Cooking can be very satisfying, and learning about the different ways to cook and finding new; different recipes to experiment in the kitchen is exciting. This had led to a bunch of television programmes appearing and even more cookbooks arriving to offer chefs tips, advice, and recipes. However, a good starting point for many wanting to get into the kitchen and to begin putting recipes into practice is to know the different terminologies used with cooking.

Learning the different cooking terminologies is important as a dish may be prepared in a number of ways, and each of the preparation methods can result in varying flavours. Here are just a few of the terms cooking recipes may require you to perform:

Grilled

This is a more common term that many will already know, even if they don't often cook. When a recipe requires you to grill a food item, it will basically mean that you need to cook over an open flame, whether it is by gas or charcoal. Obviously the most ideal place to do food grilling is over a grill.

Frying and Deep-frying

These are terms that are often confused, but they are actually quite different. Frying can be done using a frying pan and with oil or butter, whereas deep-frying on the other hand means that the food needs to be submerged in boiling oil until it is cooked. This can often be seen in fast food chains where the food is placed in a basket and submerged into the boiling oil, often to produce french fries, tender breaded chicken, and funnel cakes.

Sautéing

An alternative to frying is sautéing, to produce strong flavours from your food. To sauté food, cook quickly using a small amount of fat (oil or butter), and use a frying pan to receive best results when using this cooking method.

Broiled

When a recipe calls for the food to be broiled, it means that the food should be cooked by direct exposure to a flame or heat element. You may find the "broil" setting on many ovens, although it is important to place the food on the top rack when using this setting.

For those that cook and prepare meals regularly or just beginning to become interested in cooking, familiarize yourself with the many different preparation and cooking terms. At least learn the basic terms so that you can prepare the food in the way that the recipe intended, and also, before you start cooking a new recipe or dish, firstly read through the recipe instructions so that you know the cooking terms and exactly how to execute them. This is especially important if you are cooking to time schedule.

For more information on cooking, we encourage you to visit the cooking school recipes website. JustinBrown has put together some great, informative articles for those wanting to find out more. Justin Brown also runs a great site on wedding invitations, and a resource for free articles at ArticleBlotter.com.

Bring Your Imagination At The Table

Writen by Kadence Buchanan

Before you decide to spend another evening sitting in front of the television screen and eating delivery food, imagine the following scenario. You enter the house and after taking a shower, you put on your beloved home-wear and you put on your old music compilation. As the familiar sounds of your once favorite songs fill up the air, your doorbell rings and a friend arrives holding an iced bottled of white wine and a bag full of fresh groceries. You both enter the kitchen and in less than an half an hour you leave the kitchen premises with a feeling of happiness all over your faces. In an hour the dinner will be ready and you take advantage of the time to catch up and remember old moments while building new ones.

Cooking can easily turn to be a fun and relaxing process that requires nothing more than your own imagination to turn a classic and boring dinner into a colorful, tasteful fiesta. Whether you are cooking for yourself or you are exposing your cooking talent to a group of friends, who are willing to taste your efforts, cooking can be more than a simple act of preparing food before consumption. With the variety of cooking techniques existing today, your next cooking challenge can become a new hobby you will probably decide to invest more time in exploring. By selecting, measuring and combining the different ingredients with a handful of creative spirit, cooking in itself can become your next favorite sport.

Before concluding that your cooking attempts will never resemble the cooking masterpieces you always enjoy when visiting your mother's or even grandmother's kitchen kingdom, keep in mind that like all sports, cooking takes practice before you can be officially named the next master chef. With the plethora of cooking recipes worldwide and with the variety of ingredients and methods of preparation applied to food, cooking something unique you can even name after you, is not that difficult after all. Changing the flavor, texture, and appearance of your food is not only a highly creative process, is considered by many to be an extremely joyful experience. Vegetarians or meat-lovers can easily enter this game of competence and creativity and taste the outcome of their efforts proud of their newly acquired skill.

Thus, next time you decide to pick up the phone and order your combo pizza during another late night craving, give your body and pocket a break and attempt to experience the cooking temptation of creating your own pizza heaven in the comfort of your own house. Friends and family members can always be part of the process of act as the final culinary judge. Organize cooking nights, exchange recipes, rent a movie, play a game, or just hang around feeling relaxed. Your cooking days can be tremendously altered by adding just one crucial ingredient; your imagination.

Kadence Buchanan writes articles on many topics including Cooking, Boating, and Outdoors