One of the reasons to cook by ourselves is because we want to be healthier and save money. Because of these reasons, I started cooking after started studying in university. I found that cooking is really great knowledge.
I think that discussion is important for us to improve our cooking skills. Any one is welcome to write down their questions about cooking here or answer other people’s questions, or even just share their knowledge here.
My sharing:
Vegetables and fruit today are sprayed with too much pesticide. Organic fruit and vegetables are too expensive. If you cannot afford to buy organic vegetables and fruit, but you do not want to take in too much pesticide, you can take the advice from “Lucus Cooking Dictionary”.
1. Try cilantro. Because of its special smell, there will be fewer pests attacking it. Therefore, farmers normally seldom spray pesticide on it. It is suitable to eat without cooking. It is also one of the vegetables that contain the most Vitamin C.
2. Underground vegetables, such as carrots, potatoes, yams, pumpkin. Because they are underground, farmers usually do not spray pesticide on them.
3. Peel off the skins of fruit and vegetables, such as tomatoes, apples, and so on, because there is too much pesticide on their skins.
4. Wash vegetables with running water.
5. Besides brushing teeth, we can also use teeth brush to brush the skin of uneven vegetables and fruit, such as bitter gourd.
6. Plant by yourselves. If you plant vegetables by yourselves, you can have a chance to exercise. Research shows that people who are closer to nature have better mental and physical health.
My Questions:
1. I cook with only rice cooker, without using any oil. To tell the truth, I cook any things including vegetables, fish, and eggs by simply boiling them and normally eat only the food without drinking the soup. My question is that how to make the soup delicious without using any MSG. I need fast recipe, which does not take too much time?
(the more answers, the merrier.)
My first answer:
Boiling tomatoes to make the soup has a great sour flavor.
2. Last time, I bought a fish from shopping centre. While I bought it, I really did not see any problems with the fish. After cooking, I found that the fish is extremely smelly. The fish is bad already. Can you tell me how to tell whether the fish is fresh?
3. How many minutes does it take to boil small squid with a rice cooker?
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Comments
Excellent advice. I learnt a lot about healthy eating by reading this post.
Dear Monika,
Okay, I am looking forward to your recipes.
It must be very happy to cook for other people.
Thank you so much, Monika.
Lucus
Dear Anele，
Thanks for your advice,
I think you must have great knowledge about health.
I will try to make fish soup with lemon juice.
I am sure it will be very nice.
Lucus
All the best.
Thank you Lucus foryour attention and for joining my group.
I have to tell you that I cook every day(or every second day) for my little family.
Here,it is a tradition that we eat soups for starter,and meat or pasta for main dish...so I know many kind of delicious soups.
It would take long,to write here all the soups,but I found good sites where you can find recepies.
Another thing is,that beside Hungarian citchen I like Thai kitchen,especially their spicy soups with lots of chilly.It does good to the organism,energizes and heats,and the strong spices are "disinfectant' in a way,as in Indian kitchen...My favourite is Thai crab soup with cocconut milk....mmm..I like it too much!(When I stayed in Germany,I ate a lot of that soup.)
http://thaifood.about.com/od/thaisnacks/tp/bestthaisoups.htm
More Hungarian soups for you here:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,hungarian_soups,FF.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfQZNv0Q9F4-check out this video,how to make a delicious green pea soup,very easy method....(the lady has a strong Hungarian accent:))
If I'll prepare some easy soup,I'll write you down my method,with photos in my group,ok?
See you soon!
Dear Romana,
We are really looking forward to your recipe.
Dear Anele,
I am sure your are a great cook.
I can also confirm that you are good at making soup.
What are your favourite soup?
Dear Monika,
I have already joined the club.
I really appreciate your liking to my post.
Thanks for your teaching a again.
I will try it tonight.
Then, I will tell you how I feel.
Can you recommend me some more soup?
like mushroom soup, tomato soup.
I am sure you are very good at cooking soup.
Thanks
dear Lucus,
I really appreciate your effort of learning us useful steps to healthy eating...
maybe you know,that I have a cooking group in my EC,if you won't mind I'll link your post there too,to the group's discussions:
http://my.englishclub.com/group/letscooktogether
answering your other question about soups,I have to tell you,that I eat soup every day.Barely passes a day without I'm not eating a soup for lunch,sometimes I onlyjust eat soups.
My favourite soups are chicken soup or soup from beef meat in it:))
method of preparation:http://www.netcooks.com/recipes/Poultry/Ujhazi.Chicken.Soup-Hungari...
another easy preparation method of this soup(I prefer this one):
I think preparing a soup doesn't take much time at all,in the contrary:you have just to put everything in a pot,and wait...it's great!
Preparation:
Clean the chicken and cut it into eight pieces. Include the neck, liver and gizzard as well. Add cold water and cook it until it boils, then remove the foam. Add salt, onions, garlic, tomato and spices and continue to cook on low heat. When the meat starts to soften, add vegetables, thinly sliced mushroom, cauliflower and green pepper. If you use fresh green peas, add with the rest of the vegetables, if they are canned, then only add at the end. Before serving, add finommetélt (very thin pasta for soups) cooked separately in salted water. Serve with the meat and vegetables and offer vinegary horseradish on the side.
Ingredients:
Good luck,don't forget to tell me later,how did you like it!:))