| Soul food recipes can help make your life easier in the | | | | They'll often miss a little detail that could change the |
| kitchen. They help you avoid the trial and error | | | | integrity, taste and overall result of they dish. |
| frustrations our great-grandmother's had to go through. | | | | 2. Not Fully Understanding Cooking Terms. You can |
| She often test dishes for months or years to get a it | | | | trace many mistakes back to this one basic mistake. |
| right. Because of today's recipes we can take | | | | Not knowing what a specific action term means. If a |
| advantage of others work and effort and enjoy the | | | | recipe requires you to broil and you thought it said boil. |
| tasty results and time-saving benefits. | | | | Or you stir when the recipe said to whip, especially if |
| But regardless of the obvious benefits, cooking | | | | your making a topping, your result will be less than |
| mistakes can still happen when attempting to follow a | | | | satisfactory. A good tip is to simply keep a dictionary |
| recipe you can't wait to try. I receive many letters from | | | | close by , if in doubt about a term look it up. Better to |
| readers confused as to why a certain recipe didn't turn | | | | take 2 minutes to look up a term you're not sure about |
| out right. On closer examination it's normally one of the | | | | than waste time making a bad recipe mistake. |
| 3mistakes I'll list in this article. In fact, if you make sure | | | | 3. Not Checking Your Temperature This is a biggie |
| to avoid making these 3 mistakes your recipe will have | | | | although it may see obvious at first glance. A large |
| a 75% chance of turning out right. | | | | percentage of recipe mistakes happen because of |
| However, if you make one of these mistakes your | | | | temperature problems. One point to keep in mind is |
| dish will have a 75% chance of turning out wrong. | | | | realizing many ovens heat differently because of |
| Either, bland, tasteless, dry, or generally inedible. | | | | calibration, altitude and other factors. So, after you've |
| 1. Missing the Action Words. Many times people go | | | | made sure you've set the temperature correctly, make |
| over the ingredients they'll need for the recipe with a | | | | sure you check the food often. |
| fine tooth comb. But they'll often miss one or more of | | | | As you follow these simple but important solutions |
| the action words or verbs in the menu. For example, | | | | you'll start to get more soul food recipe confidence - |
| chop, dice, mince, fold, simmer, etc. They'll rapidly boil | | | | and experience more mistake-free recipe success. |
| instead of simmer or they'll dice instead of mince. | | | | |