Tips, Tricks, and Answers and Techniques
Tips updated: March 15.2010

It's Time to Cook Up a Storm!
 

Grilling Meat Outdoors

Don't try to grill anything that's too thick. A one-inch cut is the thickest you'll want to throw on the barbecue.
Anything thicker will burn on the outside before it cooks in the middle.

Always allow the meat to come to room temperature before putting it on the grill.
This will help the meat cook evenly. If you put it on the grill straight out of the refrigerator, the outside will cook quickly,
and the inside will still be cold.

Alternatives to Common Baking Ingredients
 Have you run out of a key ingredient for your favorite recipe?
Don't stress—you might have something comparable on hand already.

Self-raising flour. If you're out of self-raising flour (or if you just don't keep it on hand), replace it with plain flour sifted with baking powder.
For 1/2 cup of self raising flour, substitute 1/2 cup of plain flour plus 1 level teaspoon of baking powder.

Dealing with Fresh Fruit

You can keep grapefruit in a fruit bowl on your counter for about a week from when you buy them.
However, if you want your grapefruit to last longer, all you need to do is put them in your refrigerator in a plastic bag,
or use the fruit and vegetable bin of your refrigerator.

Deep fried Turkey, YUM, but be careful!

Be careful deep frying your turkey!

 

Turkey Day Calamities and How to Avoid Them

Thanksgiving horror stories?
Find out about some of the most common calamities and learn how to avoid them.

Deep-Fried Fireball
Deep-frying your turkey may make for a juicier bird, but it can also lead to a fiery fiasco, not to mention that it is a very unhealthy way to cook anything! If you do decide to deep fry, though, make sure you take these precautions.

Thaw your turkey completely.
Make sure to cook outside, away from structures and combustibles.
Deep frying on a wooden deck is not safe!
We actually heard one guy was trying to deep fry a turkey on a wooden deck and got a phone call. He ran in for what was to be a second to grab the phone and the oil got TOO HOT and burnt his deck, his home down!
Try to avoid cooking during precipitation, since water may cause the oil to spatter. Above all, never leave the fryer unattended, and monitor the temperature closely.

Deep fried Turkey is great, but be careful!

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