Unlike beef, mutton and to some extent, lamb, which need to be hung to tenderize the meat, pork is eaten fresh. It does not keep well, so you must be very careful where you store it and for how long. Thanks to modern cold storage, pork is no longer seasonal can be bought safely at any time of the year. But in hot weather it should be bought only from a refrigerated display.
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Cantonese cooking also specializes in soups, especially turtle soup,steamed,roasted and grilled(broiled) pork and poultry dishes; “double pan” and large earthenware casserole type cooking. A great deal of clear chicken broth is used as a stock or base of light gravies and is preferred to the sugar used by other schools to achieve “sweetness”. And, of course, in keeping with the Taoist principle, underdone is well done, literally,in Canton! This is particularly true of their low oil, quick, stir fried “chow” dishes, a technique which originated in Yang Chow; hence the name.
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Time can be saved by preparing meat dishes to be frozen, which can be eaten cold or reheated for serving. Pre-cooked joints, steaks and chops are not succesfully frozen, since the outer surface sometimes develops an off-flavour, and reheating will dry out the meat. Cold meat can be frozen in slices with or without sauce. Fried
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Black, red and white currants are all frozen in the same way. They should be stripped from the stem with a fork and washed in ice chilled water, then dried gently. For later use un jam making, pack dry into polythene bags. For a dry sugar pack, use 8 oz sugar to 1 Ib prepared berries, mixing until most of the sugar is dissolved. Use 40 per cent syrup, if a syrup pack is preffered. Blackcurrants are particularly good to freeze as a syrup or as a pureee to use for drinks, puddings and ices, or as a sauce. To serve, thaw at room temperature for 45 minutes. Storage time: 1 year. Boskoop Giant and Wellington are best blackcurrant varieties for freezing.
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