Don't make these mistakes! 30 main kitchen prohibitions for inexperienced cooks

The inhabitants of the social network Reddit shared the main kitchen prohibitions that they learned from their own mistakes — that's what you should never do while cooking. This list of kitchen mistakes will not hurt to have at hand for everyone!

"Never drain used frying oil into the sink, otherwise clogging is inevitable."

"That's the kind of person I become who someone is trying to scratch a non-stick frying pan with metal objects."

"Do not try to catch a knife that has fallen out of your hand. Spare a hand! It's better to jump back so that it doesn't bounce into you."

"Don't make medium—fried chicken fillet-unlike steak, it's disgusting filth."

"Drain the finished pasta into a colander immediately, do not leave it in the water for anything."

"What has touched raw meat should not touch finished meat."

"Do not cut the meat immediately after it is cooked — in this case it will lose a lot of juice and become drier. Wait a few minutes."

"Never start cooking without washing your hands."

"If oil has caught fire in the pan, cover it with the densest cloth, and the fire will immediately suffocate. Water won't help you, you'll only set a fire in the house."

"Do not put food in the dough by eye, it is very easy to distort the proportions and get something completely different from what you intended. Weigh the products on the kitchen scales."

"Using a glass board and blunt cutting knives is equally dangerous for health. You never know when the knife will slip and cut your hand."

"Make the most of fresh ingredients: take garlic in slices instead of powder, fresh lemon instead of concentrate. You can't imagine how the taste will change."

"In order for a good kitchen knife to please you for a long time, do not wash it in the dishwasher, do not leave it wet and do not throw it into the sink, where, again, it will certainly end up in water. And don't cut them anything but food."

"Do not stir the products endlessly in the frying pan: if they come into contact with the spatula more than with the frying pan, you will never achieve the desired degree of roasting."

"Do not fry bacon or other greasy and splashing foods with bare legs and torso. Put on trousers and a T-shirt!"

"Salt the dish not according to the recipe, but according to taste."

"If you are going to evaporate any liquid, salt it after you evaporate, otherwise over-salt it."

"Do not try to squeeze the burger patty during cooking — you will deprive it of juice, and the burger will be over-dried."

"Do not throw fresh chili peppers on a heated frying pan if you do not want to arrange a gas attack in the house! Believe me, this is my personal bitter experience."

"Do not combine water and chocolate in any dishes and under any circumstances."

"Don't spare the oil."

"Don't use blunt knives! Buy yourself a knife sharpener, even the cheapest one."

"Never rinse the pasta for hot dishes, otherwise it will lose all the starch, and without it you will never reach the desired consistency of the sauce. You can only wash the pasta for cold salads."

"Turn off the meat and bacon at the moment when it seems to you that they are not quite ready yet. Leave them in the pan, and the residual heat will finish the rest. Trying to bring them to readiness, you will certainly overcook the product."

"Do not put the product on a cold frying pan — it will burn!"

"Add spices and salt in several steps, constantly trying — so you don't risk adding too much."

"If the sauce is too sour, sugar will save you. But if for some reason you don't want to use it - for example, you don't eat sugar in principle — just put carrots in the sauce, and it will remove excess acid."

"Do not fill a hot frying pan with oil with cold water — otherwise the oil will splash in all directions! My friend was so terribly burned. Let the pan cool down, and then soak it."

"If the baking powder has stuck together, do not use it — only spoil the dough."

"Develop the habit of taking up any dishes standing on the stove, only with a potholder — this will save you from trouble."