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Shop Talk: 5 Manly Cooking Blunders

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Frying bacon in the morning is a great idea. Just put on a shirt first.

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Micromanaging the Grill
Listen, pal: Just oil the grate, place your meat, close the lid, and back away. Resist the urge to check your handiwork; every time you do, your grill loses precious heat, increasing cooking times and angering your hungry guests. You have a job to do: drinking beer. Let the flames do theirs.

Keeping Dull Knives
On the American frontier, a sharp knife could save your skin. And you should still keep your blades honed, even if bears and bandits no longer rate as a leading cause of death. Nothing frustrates like chopping with a dull knife; you'll probably just give up and order take-out. What would your pioneer ancestors think of that?

Frying Bacon Shirtless
Hibernation's over. Your stomach grumbles. An idea forms. Bacon! You stumble into the kitchen, not bothering to robe. The bacon goes on the skillet. What's this? The bacon is hurting you! Why, bacon, why? Because hot grease and bare chest skin are not a good combination.

Slicing Steak too Soon
While cooking on the grill, in a skillet, or beneath the broiler, your steak's juices get flowing. After all that exercise, he needs a few minutes to cool down and let those juices settle. Cut into him too soon and the juices run out, leaving you with a dry steak (and maybe some teary eyes).

Overheated Oil
Oil is hot enough to cook with when it makes a test bit of food sizzle. Don't heat oil until it smokes; it creates bad smells and tastes. And never heat your oil to a boil, like you would with water. You could end up with firemen as dinner guests.

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