Spices and Herbs Pairing is a method of combining ingredients to develop the quality in taste and aroma of the dish. To master this method, experience and willingness to experiment are the main keys. However, If you are new to cooking you don't need to worry because in this article I will give you guidelines for Spices and herbs pairing for variety of meat.

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Chicken

Chicken is the blank slate of land animal meat. Mild in flavor, you can pretty much throw anything on chicken and it will taste good. Since there are so many different flavor options, you can go from savory options to brighter, sweeter options in a heartbeat and still have something amazing to eat. 

Chicken dish goes well with:
Garlic
paprika
Lemon Peel, Lime Peel, Orange Peel
Cilantro
Rosemary
Dill
Cinnamon
Bay Leaf
Tarragon

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Beef

When you are cooking with beef, you want herbs and spices that can stand up for themselves. They will have a strong flavor on their own, and they will be able to compliment the strong flavor of beef without becoming overwhelmed by it.

Some ingredients that match with beef are:
Basil
Bay Leaf
Black Pepper
Cayenne
Cumin
Curry Powder
Dry Mustard Powder
Garlic
Green Pepper
Onion
Oregano
Rosemary
Sage
Thyme

Barbecue pork spare ribs flat lay

Pork

Pork is an interesting meat. Its not overpoweringly flavorful like beef, but its not exactly a blank slate like chicken. It is somewhat sweet, but overall a savory food. Pork can sometimes be used as a replacement for beef, in certain recipes.

spices for Pork include:
Cinnamon
Caraway
Ginger
Garlic
Mustard
Sage

Mutton

Mutton is the more mature meat from a sheep that is three years old or older. Lamb, the more popular sheep meat in America, comes from young sheep that are about one year old or younger. IF the sheep is less than three months old, the meat is called "spring lamb." Mutton is a popular meat in India, and as such a lot of Indian spices are well suited to this meat.

Some strong spices for Mutton:
Garlic
Turmeric
Coriander
Cumin
Thyme
Dill Weed
Mint
Rosemary

Sole with cherry tomatoes

Fish

"Fish" covers a wide range of a variety of types of animals that we enjoy eating. Depending on the fish, herbs and spices can give them a lot of flavor! There are very few things that you can add to fish that will help the flavor improve.

Those are some tips for spices and herbs pairing to achieve harmonized flavor. To read more about our Tips and Tricks visit our Blog and stay tuned on our Social Media Instagram and Twitter. Cheers Neighbors!

Hello neighbors! It must have crossed your minds "why are there so many Start Shopping Local Products campaigns now?". There are many reasons for the creation of the slogan, one of which is its benefits. Let's discuss it in this blog! The following are the benefits of shopping at local sellers.

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Decrease Carbbon Footprint

Are you familiar with the "carbon footprint"? yup, Carbon Footprint is better known as pollution. So, how can shopping locally reduce pollution? By shopping for local products, you reduce the pollution produced by the means of transporting the product. The means of transportation that send products from outside the city and even abroad will produce a lot of pollution every day. Imagine if this kept happening every day of the year.

Affordable Price

Buying locally produced and harvested goods will be very cheap compared to buying imported goods from supermarkets. Local sellers do not need expensive land and buildings to rent, so selling prices do not require high increases. Distributors of local products also do not need to include high shipping costs. Can you imagine the price difference?

The Seller Master Their Products

It's impossible for the vegetable sellers around you to provide laundry equipment like in the department store. They will focus on selling vegetables and become experts on their products. These small sellers will be very careful with the products they have been selling for years so that small changes such as color, aroma, or texture will be noticed by them. You can also ask a lot of things about their products.

Easy to Reach

In your opinion, which one is easier to reach? a seller in a market near you or online goods from out of town? Of course, the local market is closer. Not only that, in the market you will be greeted by many sellers with different variations of shops and products. You can also find unique products that you have never met before.

Supporting Your Surrounding Development

By buying from people who live near you, the economic cycle will be localized in your area. "Then what's the benefit for me?" Of course, with the increase in the income of sellers around you, the quality of the places used by sellers will improve, as well as public facilities, which of course will get more funds from the soaring income tax of local residents.

create Job Opportunities

The more buyers in the local market or shop, of course, it will be accompanied by an increase in sellers. One seller will not be able to serve 1000 buyers at once, so an opportunistic potential seller will certainly take this opportunity to help supply the needs of consumers. The higher the availability of jobs, the higher the standard of living of the people around us.

those are the benefits of Shopping at local sellers for ourselves and those around us. It is almost the same as Kokikan's vision which wants to prosper the neighbors by providing a platform for those who want to sell food easily. To find out how to be Cook at Kokikan check us out on Instagram or Twitter.

Why not becoming an Entrepeneur from now?

Now imagine there’s Edeline. Edeline is currently graduating from university, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. However in covid era, it is hard to find a job. Edeline has the ability to cook; thus she’s thinking of opening a culinary, home cooking business at home.

Here’s what she does;

  1. Determine what type of conventional business that she wants according to her budget, ability, and location.
  2. Find an investor to run your business in place & worker.
  3. Pursue some licenses and permits. 
  4. Marketing & Social Activities.
  5. Start Selling and ask for feedback.

Opening a business at home, which they prefer not cost so much, opening your business at home, especially in cooking, is not complicated anymore.

How Do We Start Home Cooking Business?

Meet KOKIKAN, in Kokikan we offer you some cooking business that is only based on your neighborhood, which is more affordable, efficient. You can sign up for free and wait for confirmation that allows you to build a business in cooking. Moreover delivery is one of basic business especially those who move in cooking business, in Kokikan delivery is free and much faster in terms of delivery. 

Kokikan is a marketplace that helps you grow your business in your neighborhood with your homemade foods.

Thus Edeline doesn’t want to complex the process in terms of the cooking business, so she’s choosing to sign up Kokikan. Because to have some license and permission is complex you need to run it for more than three months, even more, Edeline doesn’t want to wait open a business to difficult she’s only want to introduce the product in her neighbor thus Kokikan is the best marketplace for her.

With Kokikan, we help you to open a business in culinary, engage you with your ability in terms of cooking without a license to make some homemade food and expertise by you only, and design for your neighborhood, and with free delivery and fast food delivery that our terms provide you, you are going to be easier.

When we were young, mother would tell us what we can and cannot do and That is Kitchen Myths. Then sometimes she said that if we do this, it will do us something bad for a while. When my mother said that, we must believe her because when we were young, we didn't know that it was a fact or a myth. When we grow up we know that facts are different from myths. But there are a few people who still believe in the myths about their mothers said, maybe they have had bad experiences. Which people are you? Who believes in myth or fact?

But do you know that there are also a few myths about cooking? According to below, we want to tell everyone what can’t be done in the kitchen against myths.

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The Myths

  1. Put it in the cup to know if an egg is good or not

The ancients said, if the egg is put in a glass filled with water, if it floats, the egg is good. But if he drowns eating it is a sign that the egg is not good.

2. Add onions to cold water

Another Kitchen myths is to Add Onion to cold water. Because when cutting an onion our eyes will sting, so before cutting it we have to put it in cold water so that when cutting it doesn't sting our eyes.

3. Don't store butter other than in the fridge

Butter should be refrigerated. because if you don't put it in the fridge, the butter will melt. then also will be loose rotten.

4. Don't eat scallops that don't open while cooking.

Because it is considered mussels that do not open while being cooked means the scallops are not cooked or not tasty.

5. Use salt to get rid of the fishy smell

The fishy or seafood smell of pungent fish can be removed, by soaking it in salted water.

For you, how about you after reading it? Believe in yourself or not about the above? Then if you want to try it at home, you can do it, so I hope this information is meaningful to you.

Questes of Wednesday

The truth or the myth is not important. It seems that the book or the newspaper don't know which is important. The most important thing is that from there we can get how much knowledge
Question

Do you have any questions, or what do you want to know next time, you can talk about it in the comments. In the next opportunity, we will try to prepare the best for all of you. We hope that this article is meaningful to you.

Don't forget to share this article with your friends and family. Download and use Kokikan on your phone. Eat homemade food made by your neighbor. 

For your attention, thank you and see you in the next article. Stay safe guys.

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