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What are the best cooking hacks you've learned over the years?

3 years ago by PoodleDoodle to c/cooking

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What are the best practices you've learned to save time or make a meal better.

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Motorhead1066 26 points 3 years ago

Biggest hack? Realizing that humans have been cooking for millennia, and that it's in the best interest of big business to convince you that it's difficult/expensive/extremely complicated.

You don't NEED the fancy equipment every company out there is trying to sell you.

Not everything needs to be gorgeous on the plate, or a whole production to make.

The poorest people in the world cook delicious food every day.

For instance, you don't need NEED a +$150 Japanese chef knife to cook at home. What you need is something that can hold an edge through general maintenance, a whet stone, a kitchen towel to dry off your blade immediately after you hand wash it, and a little bit of patience.

IKEA sells some surprisingly great single construction (steel blade, steel handle) knives, and their single body chef knife is like $25. Just get an honing rod for use before you start slicing, and a whet stone for periodic sharpening (there's TONS of YouTube videos of all the different ways of sharpening your knife), and remember to wash and hand-dry after you're finished. My chef knife cost me barely anything, and I've used it for years and years, and it still slices through a tomato without a problem. Also, I only cook for myself, so I can absolutely 100% guarantee my whet stone will "outlive" me.

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SpaceNoodle 7 points 3 years ago

That being said, a mandoline can save a lot of time, and a kevlar glove paired with that will save a lot of fingers.

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Motorhead1066 2 points 3 years ago

Not exactly a mandoline, but I used to work at a place with a cheese slicer named "Old Nubby." It had blooded the entire team at least once.

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lwuy9v5 1 point 3 years ago

I've had >$150 knives. But my favorite one might still be the first one I bought that was just $30 and pretty unspectacular

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Techpriest 1 point 3 years ago

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