May 2008 - Posts

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:09 AM

How (and why) should I brine meat?

If you’ve never brined a chicken breast, you won’t really believe the impact brining has on meat until you actually taste it. Brining makes meat very tender


Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:28 PM

How do I make marinade from scratch?

Sure, you can buy bottled marinade. But there’s a reason you’re hanging out on the WC board—and it’s not just to earn a Nesticle. It’s because you like


Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:02 PM

What do the different meat grades mean?

The USDA uses as many as eight grades to indicate the quality of different types of meat, including beef, lamb, veal, pork and poultry. Beef and lamb grades


Posted by Nest Colleen

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:26 PM

What is compound butter?

It’s regular butter…on crack. Butter is softened to room temperature to the point of being malleable—but not melted—and mixed with herbs, spices, citrus,


Posted by Nest Colleen