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How To Remove Meat From a Lobster. How To Eat Starfish. How to Use a Charcoal Grill. Outdoor Charcoal Grilling - How to Cook on a Charcoal Grill Video. Cooking outdoors over an open flame is a great way to infuse meats and vegetables with loads of delicious flavor.

Outdoor Charcoal Grilling - How to Cook on a Charcoal Grill Video

Take this step-by-step tour to see just how easy and fun grilling can be.See Transcript Hi, I'm Jonathon Stewart for About.com Food, and today it's all about outdoor charcoal grilling. From the days when our distant ancestors sat perched over open flames with whittled twig-skewers, outdoor grilling remains one of the most tasty and fun ways to cook today. Benefits of Charcoal Grilling While there are many great ways to cook food outdoors, today we're going to focus on the charcoal "kettle" grill. As grills go, they're the least expensive, and since your food will be cooking over the smoke of burning coals, the flavors they retain will tend to be richer and more robust than food cooked with other grills. Tools Needed to Grill Select the Charcoal.

How to Clean Copper Tea Kettles. How to Dry Persian Limes. Vietnamese Food, Recipes, and More: How to Dry Orange Peels. Canned Tuna Vs. Fresh Tuna. How to Make Shellfish Stock. Method 1 Break thick shells (lobster and crab) into smaller pieces by putting in a sealed, thick plastic bag and either rolling with a rolling pin or hitting with a meat hammer to crush.

How to Make Shellfish Stock

Cut up thinner shrimp shells with a chef's knife. Don't crush or cut too small. You can even skip this step if you want, if you are already dealing with broken up shell pieces (like cracked crab). Place in a large roasting pan and roast at 400°F for 10 minutes (this step you can skip, but it greatly enhances the flavor). Put the shells in a large stock pot and add enough water to cover the shells with an inch of water. 2 Put the stove temperature on medium high and slowly heat the shells in the water. 3 Put the thyme, bay leaves, and parsley in cheese cloth. How to Buy Shrimp. How to Peel and Devein Shrimp. Note: Shrimp need to be kept cold.

How to Peel and Devein Shrimp

While you are working with them, keep them in on ice, or in ice water. See this link about seafood safety. Method 1 Pull off the head (if it is still attached) and legs. 2 Starting with the head end, pull off the outer shell. Alternatively, you can leave the shell on and use a pair of kitchen scissors to cut along the outer edge of the shrimp's back, cutting the shell so you can get to the vein. 3 Using a small paring knife, cut along the outer edge of the shrimp's back, about 1/4-inch deep. 4 If you can see it, remove and discard the vein the runs along right under the surface of the back, with your fingers or the tip of your knife.

How to Soak and Cook Dried Chickpeas. Chickpeas are practically a staple in Middle Eastern cooking.

How to Soak and Cook Dried Chickpeas

They are the basis for foods like hummus, and falafel. How to Cook Mussels. Seafood Storage - Shipping Seafood - Seafood Storing Tips. Fresh fish should be rinsed under cold water, then patted dry with an absorbent paper towel to prepare it for storage.

Seafood Storage - Shipping Seafood - Seafood Storing Tips

This is an essential step when storing fresh fish. You can store your fish by wrapping in plastic wrap (tightly), placing it into a resealable plastic bag, or storing it in an air-tight container. Place in refrigerator or freezer. Raw Oyster Safety and Marine-Related Wound Exposure to V. vulnificus. How should I store live oysters, clams, and mussels?

Raw Oyster Safety and Marine-Related Wound Exposure to V. vulnificus

Live (without shells removed) shellfish should never be stored in air-tight containers or bags since the animals can die from lack of oxygen. They can be loosely covered with clean, damp paper towels or cloths to prevent them from drying out in the refrigerator. Store live shellfish above raw meat, or poultry, so juices don't drip on them. Do not store live shellfish directly on ice, since the melting fresh water may kill them. At what temperature should I store live shellfish Optimum storage temperature is below 40°F, but temperatures of 35°F or lower (especially freezing temperatures less than 32°F) can kill shellfish. All Butter Crust for Sweet and Savory Pies (Pâte Brisée) Recipe. 1 The minute you even think you might want to make a pie crust, cut up a stick of butter into smallish (about 1/2-inch) cubes, and put it into the freezer.

All Butter Crust for Sweet and Savory Pies (Pâte Brisée) Recipe

The colder the butter the better luck you'll have with creating a flaky crust. Freeze the butter at least 15 minutes, better an hour, best overnight. How to cook mussels - how to clean and cook mussels including steaming, grilling and baking. How to cook and serve lobster including details on how to boil, steam or grill lobster and how to store cooked lobster meat. There are several ways of cooking lobster, however the simplest and most common method is to boil or steam it.

How to cook and serve lobster including details on how to boil, steam or grill lobster and how to store cooked lobster meat.

Lobster must be cooked in salty water, so that the flavour of the meat is maintained, and sea water is preferred if available. Do not panic if sea water is not an option for you, as salted tap water will be fine. You may add a mixture of wine, vegetables and herbs to the water in order to give the lobster meat more flavour. The residual liquid may also be used to make a delicious stock or sauce. Humane dungeness crab kill. Common Ingredient Substitutions Article. Measurements. Substitutes for Whole Grain Mustard. How to Cook Eggplant to Tender, Silky Perfection. Eggplant holds an esteemed place in many Mediterranean cuisines—caponata from Italy, ratatouille from Provence, moussaka from Greece, baba ghanouj from all over the Middle East, and myriad hot and cold dishes from Turkey, where eggplant is the king of vegetables.

How to Cook Eggplant to Tender, Silky Perfection

But many American cooks hesitate when it comes to eggplant. What does salting the eggplant do? Your One-Stop Shop for Work Lunch Ideas. For two years, I’ve been fairly consistently packing my lunch for work.

Your One-Stop Shop for Work Lunch Ideas

And like tons of other personal finance bloggers, it’s saved me mad dough – somewhere in the neighborhood of $2500, I’m guessing. To put it in more concrete terms, that’s 5% of the down payment on a house, two sweet vacations, rent for four months, ten 160GB iPods, or 80 semi-decent pairs of shoes. Nice. How to Hard Boil an Egg. How to Make Bread at Epicurious. F resh homemade bread, whether a soft white sandwich loaf, a crusty sourdough, or a rich brioche, is truly a culinary gift. But many cooks—even experienced ones—find the unique requirements of bread baking intimidating. Boneless Chicken Recipe. Custom Search Boiled chicken comes out tender and easy to shred. You can use chicken breasts or a whole chicken. Never boil a frozen chicken - you always have to thaw it first.