Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:46:26 -0700, Serene Vannoy
> > wrote:
>
>
>>> So what kind of cook are you? The 'clean up as you go along' type
>>> or the 'do it all in one go when you're finished' type? Or
>>> somewhere in between? Just wonderin'.
>>>
>>
>> I'm mostly a disaster when I cook, but I try to be better about it.
>>
>
> I used to be a disaster type cook but when I learned how to mise en
> place with all the little bowls, etc, I became much better and
> cleaner.
>
The idea of mise en place freaks my mom out a little bit. I like to do
vegetable prep early. So I'd be in the kitchen at 2PM and she kept saying,
"It's not dinner time yet, why are you doing that now?" LOL I find it
works better if I go ahead and (for example) mince the onion, dice the
tomatoes, grate the zucchini ahead of time. It's portioned, in the fridge
and ready to go. I assemble everything else I'll need by the stove/oven.
Then when it's time to cook, it's all there. It definitely makes cleanup
easier

Jill