13 Common Cooking Myths Get Debunked
Published 4 years ago in Ftw
Common cooking mistakes can come from anywhere, such as passed-down recipes, or ill-advised "best practices".
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Adding vinegar to your cooking water makes your hard-boiled eggs easier to peel. Vinegar doesn’t do much, but there are a few things that can help you peel hard-boiled eggs. The older an egg is, the easier it is to peel. For another easy trick, submerge eggs in cold water immediately after cooking.
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Microwaving robs food of its nutrients. It isn’t the microwaving that reduces the nutrients, it’s the application of heat in general. So, the same reaction happens if you’re microwaving just as it does if you’re baking, grilling, frying, or doing anything else to cook. In some instances, microwaving can actual preserve more nutrients because of the short heat exposure time.
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