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    Skin on or off? Why and when?

    Good morning all I can't decide what the best approach is when grilling various fish: skin on or off? Is it just down to personal taste or is their an accepted 'norm'? for example, when grilling a brill or dover sole, traditionally i feel the skin should be off, but i often find the skin on a...
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    Flambé in Cognac/other alcohol - is there really a point?

    Good evening all! A relatively 'junior' question i'm afraid. I often see recipes calling for flaming or flambéing (is there a difference) a fish or cut of meat in a cognac or white wine - which i attempt to do, but am seldom sure i can actually taste the benefit of such an exercise. Are we sure...
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    Semi-technical Q regarding choice of fat to cook in

    Hello there; i'm a relative newbie to cooking and have been reading various cook books on French & Italian cooking. I can't seem to find alternative reasons for sometimes gently cooking chicken breasts (for example) in butter, sometimes in olive oil, and sometimes in (far less healthy) vegetable...
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    Oil smoke points, and their health significance

    Dear all, I am reading a lot about the various health advantages and disadvantages of various oils, which i hope i can more or less summarize in a sentence: those with low 'smoke points' easily oxidize causing free radicals to be released into the food, which contribute to atherosclerosis/heart...
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    Beef gravy: left over from joint roast

    Greetings all, A maiden post, so i hope i will start an interesting discussion. I often roast beef joints, and always aim to make the richest-tasting gravy with the most depth of flavour. I am often left over with sauce from the roasting pan which i leave to cool in a tall clear pot for...
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