Master Chef Training Package (WFPKMC)
- Boot Camp Video on DVD and Electronic Guide
- Apprentice Video on DVD and Electronic Guide
- Boot Camp Ingredients for making 5 dishes
Master Chef Training Gift Package (WFPKMG)
- Boot Camp Video on DVD and Electronic Guide
- Apprentice Video on DVD and Electronic Guide
- Boot Camp Ingredients for making 5 dishes
Definitive Chinese Cookbook (WFCBAA) - Download Electronic Book in Computer Program
- Used on Windows XP computer systems only
- Not available for Apple Mac
These days many of us are out of our home for over ten hours in a day. There is little time to prepare a good and rather healthy meal. I’m going to review some tips that will save you time in preparation your Chinese meals. Here are some great quick ways to cook your Chinese food fast:
1. Use common ingredients as substitute for hard-to-find ingredients. Some Asian foods may not be available in your local grocery store. You may substitute other foods when cooking your meals. If you need Asparagus in your dish, you can substitute broccoli, string beans, and other green vegetables. Another example would be substitution for black mushrooms. You can use fresh American mushrooms.
2. Buy food ingredients in larger quantity. A) Buy a whole chicken. Remove the bones or debone the chicken and use the bones for soup stock. Use the chicken meat for your Chinese dishes to be stir fried with vegetables for your refrigerator. B) Another technique is to buy a fresh fish like walleye or tilapia. Remove the bones from the fish known as filleting the fish. Save the bones for soup stock and use the fillet part of the fish for stir frying. As you can see there are numerous ways, use food when buying in bulk.
My friend Howie asked me to share this with you. It’s rather interesting and short clip on what people think about authentic Chinese food. You may want to turn your volume down since it’s louder near the end of the clip. It’s a good video edit and mix of music.
When you are dining out at Chinese restaurants, try to avoid going to those large buffet place since many of them have a lot of greasy foods. The best way eat healthy is really to eat a well balanced meal. It’s important to eat a good portion of vegetables over meat and rice. You may prefer to stay away from eating several of those egg rolls and other deep fried dishes. These egg rolls and other fried foods initially stem from the roots of American Chinese type of restaurants. Here are some ideas that you should consider when dining out:
1. Finding a great restaurant. Go talk to your friends and family and ask them which restaurants that have experienced. Look in your local papers and internet site to find a recommend restaurant. You may need to stray away from your local town to find a good one. More
On June 8th, people are excited about this festival since the government has not taken away two holidays from May so that the holidays would be more spread ut.The two single day holidays are the Qing Ming Jie known as the Tom Sweeping Festival, and the Duan Wu Jie known as the Dragon Boat Festival.The Tomb Sweeping Festival is would families gather at family tombs, clear out the mess in their houses, and burn incense with paper money.This burning of the paper money is suppose to sent money to dead in their spirit world.As for the Dragon Boat Festival, there is more history where it is always celebrated on the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (June 8).There a lot ideas on origins of this day, but the most popular brief is the one with Qu Yuan (choo yu-ehn) who was a popular poet in 339 B.C. to 278 B.C. living in the Chu state.He was a wise man who fought against corrupt leaders which official had feared him.The official spoke to the Emperor and convinced him that Qu Yuan has difficult to handle and dangerous.The Emperor Huai (475 – 221 BC) dismissed Qu Yuan and exiled him.
If you crave a particular food (like sweets), then you can substitute your foods with something else. I found a list of food substitutes that you can use on a daily basis. Click on More to see the entire chart.
After using your wok, it’s important to clean it properly and store it correctly to prevent rusting. The following are the proper steps to help store the wok properly.
After use, rinse the wok with plain warm water. Dip it into some mild dishwashing soap to clean embedded food particles.
If any more food is sticking to the surface, use a soft sponge to gently brush the food particles away.
Towel dry the wok. Or, even better, place the wok over a burner set on high heat. One of the purposes here is to burn the grease from the last cooking sessions into the surface.
After the wok is smoking and the surface does not look shiny and oily, store the wok in a warm, dry place.
Both seasoning and storing your wok are important in keeping your wok in excellent shape. If you happen to get a little rust on it, don’t worry about it too much. Try to lightly brush it away, but, otherwise, just re-season the wok and continue using it. Other than that, use your wok often to develop a tasty seasoning on it to enhance your flavors.
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