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Cooking Tips

How to de-vein prawns with Curtis Stone

It’s generally preferable to de-vein prawns before you cook them. I don’t like to fight with my food once it’s on my plate. I’ll occasionally play with my food but not have to start getting picky trying to find remove a yucky black intestinal cord filled with sea bed waste. So, before you cook them,…

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Kitchen Skills

How to separate eggs. There are a few ways.

As always, there is more than one way to do something and in this case how to separate eggs. You can either run it through your fingers, between the shell halves and if you really want to show off crack the egg into a bowl and pick the yolk out with your fingers. Always crack…

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Kitchen Skills

How to crack black peppercorns without a pestle & mortar.

Do you need some cracked pepper but no pepper grinder or pestle and mortar in sight? Get out a saucepan and a dish cloth and you’ll be ‘cracking peppercorns’ in no time! Hmm… “Cracking Peppercorns”, sounds like a good name for a band. A bit like Smashing Pumpkins!

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Kitchen Skills

How to make a hard boiled egg!

If you’re a first timer or old pro, it’s still worth while checking this video out. Always start by placing your eggs in cold water, then turn on the heat and start timing when they begin to boil. This is what will prevent them from cracking.

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Kitchen Skills

How to peel and cut ginger.

Ginger can be tricky to deal with at times. Here’s how to peel and cut ginger from DIY Food. Keep and eye on the knife and your fingers, it’s easy to make a mistake.

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Health & Hygeine

How to protect yourself against salmonella poisoning.

We don’t want to be scaremongers but follow these simple guidelines to protect yourself and your family from contracting salmonella. Wash your hands after handling raw meat or poultry Wash fresh fruit and veg before eating Avoid eating raw eggs Prevent cross contamination of raw food with fresh produce and cooked meat. Use separate chopping…

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