Cheap Talk.

Food Poisoning with Our high standard of hygine

Do we know that most of the food we eat in hotels, food courts, eating shops, cake shops, as a matter of fact most were not prepared by locals. The cooks are from other country, Singaporeans don't like to work in the kitchen. The job is hot, the pay is low,you get scolded all the times, the customers complain, the waiters walking in circles, Very few people stand the working conditions in the kitchen. If you don't believe me, go get yourself a job in the kitchen as a cook, work for 1 month and you know it's very hard life as a cook, and you will tell yourself how dirty these alliens are, no wonder I sometimes fall ill after after meals. Singapore exchange rates is 5 times China and 2.4 times Malaysia. Taking our dollars to their exchange rate is lots of money. I work in Australia at that time the rate was S$2.26 to $Aust. 1, I was happy to work very hard hard no complains at all. The cooks that work here, lots of them do not know what is hygiene,or don't bother to observe basic hygiene, they smoke outside the building but they will not wash their hands after smoking, they don't wash their hands after toilets. When the hygiene officer visit the shop, the service staff will inform the kitchen and everyone will wear the gloves, cover the bins, and stop putting food in the mouth. The officer visits only last 10 minute, the chef or manager walk with him on his round, he see everything he likes to see and he give the shop a (A) when is time for grading,if the floor is not oily and dried, the the cooking areas dried and clean, the food in the chiller covered,bins cover the cook wear hats, wear gloves The toilets dry, there is soap and toilet paper and no smoking signs on the wall. He checks around and if he don't see any cockcoaches he is happy. Your stomach will let know if the food you eat is value for money, i know you eyes tell you the food looks good, you tongue tells you taste good, but you body tells you a different story........ Wise to cook meals for family and yourself .... take lesson from willy... don't cost you much..... it is easy to remember , step by step i show you how to be you own chef..... simple... nothing to loss, win,win and win........ Cheers!!!

Vegetable cooking ( the old method of cooking vegetable)

Vegetable cooking.

Fill a pot with water.
There must be plenty of boiling water to cook the vegetables, add salt.
Put the vegetables in the boiling water, cook until you can break the vegetables when you press the vegetable with a knife or finger. Remove the cooked vegetables, to prevent the vegetatable changing colour, by putting the vegetables in ice water( by putting in icy cold water the vegetables will not be over cooked and stay green).

Using baking powder
To cook vegetables in boiling using baking powder the vegetable will stay green.
When the vegetables are cooked, put the vegetables in icy water to prevent further cooking.

To serve the vegetables
Reheat the vegetables in boiling water, drain the water.
Using a saute' pan, heat the pan to hot, throw in the butter and vegetable and toss the pan until the favour of the butter gets into the vegetables, season with salt, and check your season, you get used to the amount of salt,using your finger or tea spoon to measure the amount.

Spaghetti bolognaise ( meat sauce always beef but if......)

Spaghetti bolognaise

Bolognaise sauce
1 no chopped onion, (1 no carrot peeled , 1 stock celery peel, 1 no leek,) cut all veggies small diced.
Sweat the onion, and add the other veggies and sweat, add 200g minced beef ( if you can not eat beef then cook with minced chicken, or minced mutton, but if you want a healthy meal, put soft tofu, Tofu taste good, fusion cooking, no worries, as long as you and the persons eating the food love it. Diced 4 large tomatoes into and chuck them in. Sprinke 2 or 3 pinch of oregano and 2 pinch of rosemary(dried herbs, if you can not get the fresh herbs.) Cook until the veggies are tender or soft. Season salt to taste

Spaghetti
Fill the pot with water bring to the boil, pour a little cooking oil in the water.
Put the spaghetti in the boiling, stir the spaghetti now and then to prevent sticking to the pot and spaghetti sticking together. Do not over cooked the pasta. The central of the spaghetti should have a pin size area not cooked. Just like the chinese cooking wanton noodle.
Serve with parmesan cheese. ( Put the parmesan on the sauce to gratinate (on the salamander, flame from the top of the oven to grill until it is golden brown, it taste better or if you don't want to do it, no worries then don't grill it.) Enjoy you pasta...,,,,Cheers!!!!

Mashed potatoes (western food)

Mashed potatoes
Wash potatoes (not U.S. potatoes )
Cover potatoes with water and bring to the boil.
Cook the potatoes until you can poke a knife through easily.
Using a knife remove the skins of the potatoes
Take a whisk pound the potato one at the time until the potatoes are all mashed.
Do it when is hot, add 1 egg to 1 kg, add butter 50g, cream, salt to taste.
Use a ice-cream scoop to dish the mashed potatoes.
Serve with fish dishes, or as you wish, roast items.