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Archive for January, 2011

A hamburger press is an extremely handy kitchen gadget, but most people don’t really use them! They may get a couple of uses out of it, but it ends up buried in the pantry after just a couple of uses. What can you do to make sure that you actually use yours? It’s simple, read through the rest of this post!

The best counterpart to burger presses is a scale, and when you are measuring out your burger patties, you’re going to be using your press frequently. Most patties are a third or quarter pound before cooking, and when you’re consistently in the habit of weighing them out beforehand you’ll pull out the press every time.

Having a press that works well is also important. Many people are tempted by the cheap plastic burger presses due to their low price, but end up put off by the fact that they don’t work very well. Upgrading to a cast aluminum model is relatively inexpensive and can help you use your press even more. The best of these models will have a nonstick coating on them to prevent the meat from sticking to it, a very important feature on aluminum models.

Some people simply don’t barbecue enough to justify keeping their burger press close by. This is a shame, but can easily be remedied! Barbecuing is something that really brings people together, and it makes less of a mess than cooking indoors. You can also cook burgers in a pan on the stove if you simply can’t bring yourself to go outside and fire up the barbecue.

If there is a single tool that can help you cook better burgers it’s a hamburger press. However, it will only help if you actually use it, so figure out what it’s going to take to make this gadget a regular part of your cooking toolbox.

Although expensive, avocados are delicious. Moreover, these are rich in healthy fats, protein, minerals, and vitamins. Getting the most out of this creamy fruit entails knowing how to store avocado. Actually, there are a number of ways pertaining to avocado storage. If the fruit on hand is whole, its ripeness should be determined.

If still hard, it needs a few more days to be at its peak in terms of usefulness. In this stage, storing avocado may be performed in two manners. First, its ripening process can be expedited by storing it in a paper bag at room temperature. This is helpful if such fruit is to be consumed sooner. Meanwhile, if not in a rush to use it, it can just sit on the counter until ripe. It is so vital to learn storing avocados properly at this specific point because improper storage will not ripen them correctly, resulting in a gritty and an unpleasant texture.

Premature avocados must never be refrigerated, just like when storing tomatoes. When already soft but still has some resilience, they are ready to be eaten or to be kept in the refrigerator for preventing them to overripen. On the other hand, if there is no more resiliency whilst there is increased softness, the fruit’s meat has perhaps started to turn brown. Thus, it should be used already.

Learning how to store avocado following cutting up is also important because it is most likely going to become brown soon unless lemon juice is added after tightly wrapping the cut pieces in plastic wrap. This process will make the avocado pieces, as is or mashed, last for up to a couple of days inside the refrigerator. If there is no lemon juice, lime juice, apple cider vinegar, or white vinegar will do.

Avocados can be frozen if to be used after a longer period of time. However, this is not advised if maximum quality is desired. All in all, it is indeed a precious asset to know how to store avocado, especially for people who have these as part of their regular diet.