My father used to say, “Chuck doesn’t do anything in halves.” He was right: sometimes its a virtue and sometimes a curse. He and my mother taught me to cook, sometimes using cookbooks, like Julia Child's, but more frequently just winging it. This site is a roller coaster ride of recipes, articles, ingredients and anything else that involves cooking and presenting food. There is something here for everybody from beginners to experts.
Cooking Temps
Chicken breast 165, Chicken thigh 170 or more. Pork med well 145, Pork med 140, Rack of lamb med rare 131, Beef very rare 125, Beef rare 130,Beef med rare 135, Duck Breast 126, Salmon med 118, Disclaimer: USDA stds dictate much higher temps. To be super safe, cook everything until it is dry and crunchy, then toss it in the trash
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How? Maintain a diet with significant amounts of sugar that causes inulin resistance. Simple, and almost everybody is doing it! Metabolic Syndrome is a pandemic. It affected 1% of the US adult population in 1980 and now affects 30%. It is becoming common in children. It is basically obesity and Insulin resistance.
Eating fructose, being obese, and not exercising are key components to developing it. Simple dietary and life style changes can prevent it. Monitoring my blood sugar continuously was the big breakthrough. I started investigating insulin resistance with a passion and realized that I knew almost nothing about healthy diets.
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