It may sound kind of silly but understanding your pots, pans, stove or cooktop and oven are essential to being a brainy gourmet or just plain good cook at home; which in fact applies to being one anywhere including in any restaurant. Why?
Because, its not just your taste bud preferences and or chemistry of food that you have to understand, its also how to cook food as in what pot/pan/dish, on what temp and for how long that matters just as much as how much sweet or savory to put in.
Some meats need high temps at first and lower later toward the finish. Some meats do better in a glass dish such as meatloaf which also requires more than anything less space around it... hence 'loaf'.
Too much space in the pot/pan/dish for some foods only dries them out. Some foods require to be covered while cooking and some not. Some foods need a short cook time like stir fry and some longer cook times like stew.
You really don't need a 'recipe' to know what to cook and how to spice it up; but, knowing and or understanding your pots, pans, stove and oven can reduce any followed recipe from coming out all wrong. Once, you get that... you will never need a recipe again. You will just be able to whip up dinner like a Brainy Gourmet.
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