Well, there's most of your problem. You do NOT want your pan rocket hot for frying an egg. In fact, you want to do it gently, at about 250 degrees. After all, if you were using butter (as I do), you wouldn't want it to smoke or...
Agreed.
A case in point. This weekend, my wife whisked me away to Catalina Island. (Well, she tried to. The airline cancelled our flight out of Oakland after a few hours' delay and we had to drive all night, not getting to...
Resist the temptation to play with your meat while grilling. (You can take that either way. Both are good advice. ;))
Excessive movement causes sticking. Your meat needs to sear properly before it's moved. A good sear won't...
It's a fungus that grows on corn. It's considered quite the delicacy. Think of it as really smelly corn truffles.
In Mexican cuisine, it's known as huitlacoche. To scientists, it's Ustilago maydis.
