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Our Most Common Cooking Mistakes
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1. You don’t taste as you go.
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2. You don’t read the entire recipe before you start cooking.
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3. You make unwise substitutions in baking.
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4. You boil when you should simmer.
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5. You overheat chocolate.
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6. You over-soften butter.
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7. You overheat low-fat milk products.
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8. You don’t know your oven’s quirks and idiosyncrasies.
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9. You’re too casual about measuring ingredients.
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10. You overcrowd the pan.
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11. You mishandle egg whites.
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12. You turn the food too often.
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13. You don’t get the pan hot enough before you add the food.
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14. You slice meat with―instead of against―the grain.
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15. You underbake cakes and breads.
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16. You don’t use a meat thermometer.
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17. Meat gets no chance to rest after cooking.
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18. You try to rush the cooking of caramelized onions.
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19. You overwork lower-fat dough.
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20. You neglect the nuts you’re toasting.
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21. You don’t shock vegetables when they’ve reached the desired texture.
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22. You put all the salt in the marinade or breading.
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23. You pop meat straight from the fridge into the oven or onto the grill.
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24. You don’t know when to abandon ship and start over.
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25. You use inferior ingredients.
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26. Your poached eggs aren't pretty
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33. You Incinerate Chicken on the Grill
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34. Your Hard-Cooked Eggs Are Icky
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35. Your Turkey Burgers Are Parched Pucks
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39. Your Cookies Gain Unwanted Holiday Width
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40. Your Flapjacks Flame Out
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41. Your Oven Fries Fizzle
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45. Your Fish Sticks to the Grill
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46. Your Thawed Berries are a Mushy Mess
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47. Your Pudding Looks Like Porridge
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48. Your Soup Sports an Oil Slick
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49. Your Apple Pie Is Too Puffy
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50. You Scorch Your Root Vegetables
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54. Your Breading Falls Off
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55. Your Burger "Meatballs" on the Grill
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56. Your Pesto Gets Dark & Murky
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