One of the reasons I love our butcher is that they'll do the cutting for us at no extra cost, but yes, it's good to know how to do it oneself.
Some of the skills my mom taught me that I'm glad I know about: how to make soup from bones; how to clean shrimp quickly and easily; how to make a roux, a white sauce, a cheese sauce, a creamed vegetable, a creamed soup; how to tell when chicken is done cooking; how to make a perfect steak or lamb chop or london broil; how to set the dinner table; how to make schmaltz; how to clean and cook almost any vegetable with minimal loss; how to make really good mashed potatoes; how to stuff and truss a bird; how to make matzoh balls and spaghetti sauce and lasagna; how to stretch dinner on a moment's notice even if you're serving individual game hens; and the most useful of all, how to eyeball food to see what needs to be done when
Some skills I've learned since, that I value: how to make jellies and jams; how to make kim chee; how to cut onions quickly and uniformly; how to bake bread; how to make really good chicken stock; how to incorporate whole grains into food in a yummy way
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Date: 2007-11-06 12:21 am (UTC)Some of the skills my mom taught me that I'm glad I know about: how to make soup from bones; how to clean shrimp quickly and easily; how to make a roux, a white sauce, a cheese sauce, a creamed vegetable, a creamed soup; how to tell when chicken is done cooking; how to make a perfect steak or lamb chop or london broil; how to set the dinner table; how to make schmaltz; how to clean and cook almost any vegetable with minimal loss; how to make really good mashed potatoes; how to stuff and truss a bird; how to make matzoh balls and spaghetti sauce and lasagna; how to stretch dinner on a moment's notice even if you're serving individual game hens; and the most useful of all, how to eyeball food to see what needs to be done when
Some skills I've learned since, that I value: how to make jellies and jams; how to make kim chee; how to cut onions quickly and uniformly; how to bake bread; how to make really good chicken stock; how to incorporate whole grains into food in a yummy way