
Originally Posted by
plong24
i like cooking, i love cooking. i learned it from watching my mom and next thing you know, with out ever being taught how to, i can cook anything i want to cook (making sure complete tanan gamit)
tips:
for starters:when cooking,it doesnt mean it should be the exact taste if your copying from a recipe, it would really matter how YOU TASTE your food, it will tell your eaters what type of cook you are, after get feedback and learn from what they think of what you cook, assess and if you research alot, you'll know where will you be best, this proved somnething for me, now i can serve any pasta and chinese dishes anytime i want and all at most, my guest loves it.
substitute: never substitute a margarine when the recipe calls for a butter, it is very different. research and you'll see. not all ingredients are present in grocery stores, if it calls for a certain herb that you cant find, try to ommit because you may get the worse if you think you can add a different herb. goes to most of ingredients that calls for less amounts. but if it is tha main ingredients , then you really need to find the most compatible, get cookbooks so you can learn which can be compatible with which.
really the best way is to think before you cook, make sure you diverse your self in alot of dishes and always when eating outside, learn to identify and taste, you may not be a food critique but criticizing food you eat out can help you personally. in the end you can make a similar dish that is perfect to your tastebuds, and its upto your eaters how they react, they are the best teachers. as in!