dude u cant be for real ….yes bc you *need* to especially for certain food…its like heating a skillet before using it….. if not ur food will be all fuckd up and cook unevenly and i jus…t i cant…. i mean….. i used to work in a kitchen and am a waitress now and i… i cant believe ppl r reblogging this….unless they are 13 years old and have never cooked or baked before.
I never had a domestics class or anything like that, but I was lucky enough to have a mom who thought to teach me how to cook before I got old enough to live on my own. I realize some of you weren’t necessarily so lucky (or maybe you just haven’t gotten there yet), so here are a few things that are “kitchen sense” fundamentals:
Wash your hands.
Check your indicators. Double-check your indicators. Triple-check your indicators. Always know when your stove/oven/etc. is on or off, as well as when it’s hot, regardless. I don’t care what your appliance is or if it’s gas or electric. If it’s supposed to be off, make sure it’s off all the way. Be aware of hot elements and gas running without a flame.
Don’t turn your appliances on until you’re ready to prep/use them.
Turn your appliances off the moment you’re done using them.
Have all your tools/ingredients ready before you start heating anything
Do not use metal utensils with non-stick pots/pans. You will scratch them and ruin them forever.
Never leave a pot/pan on heat without something cooking in it (skillets are an exception here; they’re made for that)
Never leave an active stove unattended
Always use hot pads/oven mitts whenever handling anything that has been/is near a hot element, in the oven, or any other heating source. Use a hot pad to set it down on.
Always preheat your oven.
Raw meat is unsanitary. Wash your hands again after handling it, before handling anything else.
Check your indicators.
Recipes are guidelines. It’s okay to experiment and make the recipe your own.
Package instructions are not recipes, nor are theyguidelines. When something says it needs to be heated to a specific internal temperature, it’s for safety. Follow the instructions.
Wash your hands.
Rinse your fresh fruits and vegetables.
Check your indicators.
Conventional cooking usually takes a while and typically involves a fair bit of preparation. Know what you’re making and plan your meals accordingly.
Butter is delicious, adds flavor, and is great for keeping things from sticking to pans. Margarine can be used in place of butter for many, many applications.
Hotter cooks faster. This is not always a good thing. This is sometimes a very, very bad thing. Learn when to use lower heat.
Check your indicators
Many frozen foods must be thawed before being cooked conventionally, or they will not cook evenly. Especially meats. Thawing takes hours.
Be careful when seasoning. Remember that you can always add more if you haven’t put in enough, but it’s impossible to take out the extra if you overdo it.
It’s okay, good even, to cook things at the same time so that your whole meal is ready at the same time. Just be careful. Don’t overwhelm yourself.
Elevation effects how long you need to cook certain things, such as boiling eggs. Know how your location effects your cooking.
Wash your hands.
Whoever said a watched pot never boils was an unabashed liar. However, an unwatched pot will almost certainly boil over on you, and then you’ll have a huge mess.
If you’re watching your pot and it’s trying to boil over, gently blow on it and/or turn on the stove fan to reduce any immediate foaming. Lower the burner heat until the foaming stops
It’s okay to ask for help. Don’t be ashamed..
Check your indicators.
Hopefully some of you will find this useful. Remember, cooking can be fun, and learning how to prepare your own meals can be really fulfilling (and delicious!). You don’t have to be a gourmet chef to be proud of what you’ve made. Just remember to also be safe and conscious while you cook.
Why do artists refuse to use references why why why.
It’s not a contest to see who can get by without them. It’s not cheating to look at a thing in order to know what the thing looks like.
You don’t get stronger or better by pretending. Nobody is impressed by the awkward whatever-it-is you just drew. Use references.
I don’t think a lot of people know that it’s not cheating. I recall seeing so many piece of art called out because they referenced a pose, someone recognized it, and then proceeded to shame them for it. There’s this belief, both by creators and the audience, that artists should just be able to translate the ideas from their head to paper, and if they don’t, it’s plagiarism, or not true originality (spoiler alert: there’s no such thing).
I myself didn’t start using references until very recently, because even I was under the impression that it was frowned upon. And that belief has seriously crippled and stalled my ability to improve as an artist.
As a restarting artist, I can confirm. I just never knew. I thought you were just supposed to know how to draw the body correctly and if you didn’t you had no talent.
(( I am going to say this again, loud and clear for everyone:
USING REFERENCES FOR ART IS NOT ‘CHEATING’!!!
If you can draw/paint without references, great! But if you need to use them, and feel that your art can be bettered by using references, please, use them! This is one of the biggest tips I can give to artists, is USE REFERENCES!
Anyone who would dare to attack someone for using references after ‘recognizing a pose’ is a dipshit, who doesn’t know a thing about art.
Do you know who else used references for their art?
Norman Rockwell
Alphonse Mucha
Gustav Klimt
Toulouse Lautrec
Vincent Van Gogh
Paul Gauguin
Edgar Degas
Gil Elvgren
Frida Kahlo
Pablo Picasso
Disney Studios
And thousands of others! So, artists! Go forth, and use references!!! ))
What do you think artists do when they ask someone to stand infron of them for 6 hours and then they draw this person. Do they cheat? Or when they place a still life and then paint it, cheating again? LOL
Soooo. I made this post originally on my personal blog (I’m eliciaforever), and it was nothing more than a little rant about a specific incident that I deleted after five minutes. But before I could delete it, it took the hell off on me, and now it has all these notes. And LOTS OF AMAZING INPUT.
And I just wanted to add in response to the above tags in particular, that shaming people for using references is something that happens to so many of us SO OFTEN. It doesn’t matter how skilled you are. People think art is supposed to be magical or whatever, and anything else is a crime. The reality of course is that art is a thousand times more deliberate than a lot of people think it is.
So yeah. Good info to pass along. Use references, kids. ❤
Reblogging because I think it’s important especially for young artists to gain the confidence to use references.
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