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Fri, Feb 6th 2015 5:00pm — Michael Ho

There are all kinds of cooking shows and recipe books, providing a vast and endless library of ways to make any meal you can think of. With this flood of information, the simplest meals can seem daunting because there are so many different recipes and instructions. There really is no single correct way to do anything, but some instructions are easier to remember than others. Here are just a few examples.

Watch this video on how to cook bacon without creating a charred mess. Cooking bacon in a pan of water doesn't seem like a common method, but this seems like a easy enough trick to try. Plus, you get bacon in the end. [url]
Martha Stewart claims to have a foolproof way to cook hard-boiled eggs. Except the key tip omitted is that older eggs are easier to peel than fresh eggs. [url]
If you make pasta a lot, try this method of boiling dry pasta in a frying pan with a lot less water than usual recipes use. Or you could just continue to stick a foam cup filled with water and curly noodles in a microwave.... [url]

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Anonymous Coward, 6 Feb 2015 @ 8:16pm

Pro Tip
You want to cook the best bacon you've ever had?

Simple!

Star off by baking your bacon at 150 degrees for 20 minutes,
250 degrees for 10 minutes, and then 350 degrees for 5 minutes.

Slow cooking meat always yields the best results!
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- Anonymous Coward, 6 Feb 2015 @ 8:29pm
  
  Re: Pro Tip
  I forgot to mention, thicker cuts you'll want to 'sear' in a pan first before baking. I haven't tried searing ultra thick cuts of bacon, but I'd imagine it's possible?
  
  'Merica!
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- nasch (profile), 9 Feb 2015 @ 7:27am
  
  Re: Pro Tip
  I'll try that some time if I can remember to. I tried the water technique and it worked well.
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Personanongrata, 7 Feb 2015 @ 6:09am

mmmmmmmm...... bacon.
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Rekrul, 7 Feb 2015 @ 8:56am

Ever since my family got a microwave, that has always been used to cook our bacon. Cover a plate with a paper towel, add the bacon, cover with another paper towel. In the beginning my mother had a problem with the bacon sticking to the paper towels, but then I came up with the idea of spraying them with non-stick cooking spray.

I still use this method for cooking turkey bacon, although I no longer have to use the spray as it doesn't stick like real bacon.
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Roland, 7 Feb 2015 @ 6:26pm

EZ-peeling hard-boiled eggs
Don't boil your eggs. Steam them for 11 minutes plus-or-minus, and they will be easy to peel. Don't use too-fresh eggs because you want to use eggs that have developed an air space at one end. Without that, you get cracked shells and egg white making a mess.
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- Anonymous Coward, 7 Feb 2015 @ 6:43pm
  
  Re: EZ-peeling hard-boiled eggs
  I swear, I have some sort of curse looming above me whenever I try to boil an egg.
  
  I'll totally give your method a whirl...
  
  Thanks!
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- John Fenderson (profile), 9 Feb 2015 @ 10:11am
  
  Re: EZ-peeling hard-boiled eggs
  I use a method kindof in between boiling and steaming. I boil the water, put the eggs in, then when the boiling is about to start again, I take the pan off the stove and put a cover on. I let it sit for 9-13 minutes (depending on how hard I want them cooked: I usually go for 11, which results in a solid-but-still-moist yolk). Perfectly cooked every single time.
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ana hadga, 11 Feb 2015 @ 3:26pm

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