Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Mise En Place

     No matter what kitchen that you work in, if it is a professional kitchen or your home kitchen, the very first thing that you should do is to get your Mise en place together. Mise en place literally means to get everything to the point of readiness. Mise en place is simply getting everything that you need for or menu or recipe together and ready to cook.
     What most people do is to wait until they are cooking and then remember that they have forgotten something. They wind up running around the kitchen grabbing the things they need as they need them. Everything needs to be right at hand so that you can lay hands on it when you need them. All of the prep needed for a recipe needs to be ready to put into the skillet or pot.
     If you have everything ready ahead of time your experience in the kitchen will be better. Your cooking will come together and your results will improve. A little advanced preparation goes a long way. 
  

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