Slow Cooking May Be Far Better Than High Heat

Reuters Health ^ | 11/12/2002 | Maggies Fox

[r9etb]

Corned beef is usually braised -- cooked at a low temperature with lots of moisture. So are ribs, and any other cuts that need tenderizing. Not quite the same thing as boiling.

You've never had an "Irish boiled dinner," then. Corned beef (with spices), cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, all boiled together in one big pot. Mmmmmmmm.....

[The Shrew]

Prime Rib or Top Round of Roast

Place your Prime Rib fat cap up in a roasting pan and cover generously with the following well mixed seasoning blend:

2 oz Coarse Ground Black Pepper
2 oz Minced Garlic
2 oz Minced Onion
1 oz Crushed Rosemary
5 oz Kosher Salt

Preheat the oven to 225 degrees and roast the meat for approximately 20 minutes per pound until you reach an internal temp of 155.

A delightful roast and one you will thrill your holiday guests with. Serve with horseradish sauce.

Regards,

TS

[Desdemona]

Ron makes me ill. Julia Child is my hero(ine).

[Spunky]

Desdemona, most people don't cook using the microwave, but a lot of people reheat food in them.

I heard of a study done about the plastic containers people use to reheat the food in. It was shown that the plastic did put off a toxic chemical that causes cancer.

The problem is studies come and go and a person never knows what to believe.

[mombonn]

You sound like my husband before I married him :-). He was using the microwave to turn frozen french fries into .... a congealed pile of potato

LOL! Before I married my husband, he used to microwave pot pies. He'd take it out of the tin container, put it back in the box, and nuke away.

Then there was the time I was away for a few days, and he bought some deep-fried mushrooms, brought them home and teamed them up with a bowl of Grapenuts!

[bert]

...next time I put salmon on the grill in the spring....

Bert's slow cooked Salmon recipe...

Cut a 2" wide strip across the grain of a salmon filet

Sprinkle a generous coating of Lemon pepper over all exposed surface

Broil under low heat till flakey

It's so simple I can do it and I'm just a man.

[daylate-dollarshort]

"I like my poached eggs runny. I like my burgers rare. Too bad for the health Nazis."

Me too!!

One of the great disappointments in my life occurred recently when I stopped at Burger King after a long, long period of abstinance.

I ordered a double Whopper, medium rare. The young girl taking my order responded that they only cooked them well done. I responded that I thought Burger King's advertised philosphy was "Have it YOUR way".

Without batting an eye she said "you can have it your way, as long as it is well done".

Go figure.........

[BADROTOFINGER]

Internal temp of 155? Thats a little well done isnt it? I was thinking about 140-145...JFK

[BADROTOFINGER]

I think that their burgers are precooked now. You would be surprised at how many places use precooked food all the way around. At the place I work, the burgers, pot roast, patty/link sausage, and even the prime rib are all precooked...JFK

[general_re]

It's so simple I can do it and I'm just a man.

Of course you can - cooking with fire is a man's domain. And I ain't talking about gas stoves, either ;)

Lemon pepper is good with salmon - try basting it with a lemon garlic sauce some time. Mmmmmm.

Dang it, now I wanna get out the grill again....

[daylate-dollarshort]

Tell me it ain't so!! Please tell me it ain't so!!!

[husky ed]

Why have High on the dial if your not going to use it. They should just make it so the dial can't go past Med
That's like never trying to peg the speedometer at 150 (or what ever your car shows). They should just make all speedometer stop at 85. To take all the fun out of driving

Oh yea, they did that back in the 80's.

[Desdemona]

Why have High on the dial if your not going to use it.

To boil big pots of water for pasta.

[antidisestablishment]

I took a nutrition class in college years ago. I thought it was going to be a cooking class--turned out it was pre-med and taught by a woman with a photographic memory. I still have nightmares!

Anyway, we had to keep a diet log and the instructor used mine as an example of the worst diet: bacon and eggs (eggs cooked in bacon grease), pizza and beer (breakfast LOL), fast food and muchies of every sort. So for years, I know I am soon to die of a heart attack. When the USAF decided to test my cholesterol because I had reached the ripe old age of thirty, I figured they would kick me out for having the worst ever results. However, my tests came out perfect: low overall and twice the ratio of good to bad.

All the health fads (including medical recommendations) are just hot air. There is oonly ne rule to good health. All things in moderation.

[colorado tanker]

Yum! This time of year slow roasted beef or pork really hits the spot, as does pot roast or beef stew.

[SoothingDave]

I could live without a microwave pretty easily. The only thing I use it for is to reheat left-overs.

Two words -- baked potatoes.

No one wants to take 45 minutes and heat up the house just for a side dish on a summer's day. A few minutes in the microwave and some steaks from the grill and voila!

SD

[Desdemona]

Two words -- baked potatoes.

No one wants to take 45 minutes and heat up the house just for a side dish on a summer's day. A few minutes in the microwave and some steaks from the grill and voila!

Gas grill or charcoal? With a gas grill, heat it an hour earlier, put the potatoes in tin foil with oil rubbed on them and throw them on the grill with the meat. You can also slice the potatoes and make packets with onion, garlic and salt and pepper.

Microwaved potatoes are like rubber.

[SoothingDave]

Gas grill or charcoal? With a gas grill, heat it an hour earlier, put the potatoes in tin foil with oil rubbed on them and throw them on the grill with the meat.

That's kinda my point. This assumes one is able to plan an hour ahead and that one wants to use up that much propane. It's much easier to just nuke 'em.

Microwaved potatoes are like rubber.

Try cooking them less. Or more. Or something. Granted they aren't as fluffy as an oven baked potato, but they aren't nearly as bad as you make them out to be.

SD

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

pizza and beer (breakfast LOL)

Of COURSE! You did say you took this course in college?! ;-)

[Desdemona]

Propane? No, dear, we have an in-ground gas grill. Everybody here has them. It's too hot to heat up the houses in the summer. Besides, they're much more efficient and overall cheaper than charcoal.

Either I have a fluffy potato or it better be mashed. Life is too short to eat bad food.

No cooking in the microwave in my house. End of sentence.