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Cooking Filet Mignon
Posted on May 6, 2025 by
Rickey Harvey
Filet mignon is French, of course, with filet meaning "thick slice" and mignon meaning "dainty." Filet mignon comes from the small end of the tenderloin (called the short loin) which is found on the back rib cage of the animal.This area of the animal isn't weight-bearing, thus the connective tissue isn't toughened by exercise resulting in extremely tender meat.This also means that the meat lacks some of the flavor held by meat that has the bone attached...
Deep Fry Chinese food
Posted on April 6, 2023 by
Rickey Harvey
There are usually 2 ways of deep frying in Chinese cooking:- Deep frying the components directly- Deep frying the ingredients with batterThe latter is the most widely used method.Here are a few pointer in how to deep fry Chinese food most efficiently.The sizes of the ingredient bits should be uniform.The measurements, including the depth of the bits that you are frying should be as close as you can get them...
Clarifying Butter
Posted on November 17, 2022 by
Rickey Harvey
Clarified butter is a delightfully rich concentrated butter that can be used in cooking and making mouth watering sauces.Traditional techniques for making this rich butter concentrate can be a little intimidating at first, but not anymore.There's a really straightforward and easy 4 step method to make clarified butter.The only catch is that you will need to plan a day ahead of time.The first step would be to gradually melt one or two sticks of unsalted butter over low heat...