[DISCUSSION] Techniques That Changed Something For You - eviltoast

A lot of good cooking is in technique. What’s something that you discovered or was told that really changed something meaningful for you? For me, I had struggled a lot to make omelettes. They always wound up becoming scrambled eggs because I sucked at flipping them over to cook on the other side (I like my eggs cooked pretty well so this was important to me.) Finally, watching someone else make an omelette, I noticed they didn’t flip it. They put a lid on the pan, turned the heat down, and let the top cook that way. I tried it myself and now I make almost perfect omelettes every time. Have you had anything like this happen to you? If so, what was it?

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Specifically for tactile techniques, I’d say wok movement and flipping. High heat and constant movement are key to good wok fried foods, and flipping in the wok is almost the only way to ensure multiple sides of ingredients will make contact with the pan. Wide spatulas generally only move things around.

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      3 months ago

      Learning to flip things in any cookware is still a work in progress for me, but it always gives impressively better results when I can manage it, so it’s something I want to master!