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Top 10 Mistakes Beginner Cooks Make - AVOID | Cooking Basics & Essentials Ep.14 | Cooking with Anadi
Apr 23, 2019
Hey everyone! Here are the top 10 mistakes that beginner cooks make that you should definitely avoid! If you've started your culinary journey, this video will help you correct those common mistakes!
I'm guilty of having made some of these mistakes myself and I gotta say fixing them makes a world of difference! On this episode of Cooking Basics and Essentials, we'll address why you may be making mistakes and what to do instead! Following these 10 tips will definitely help you be well on your way to becoming an excellent cook!
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hey guys welcome back to another video
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on cooking with a Navi today I'll be
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talking about the 10 most common
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mistakes that beginner cooks made so
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let's get started right now number 1 not
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reading the entire recipe before you
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start cooking this is a great tip for
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you to avoid any stress any hassle or
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any confusion while cooking and ruining
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your dinner painting a mental picture
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will really help make sense of what
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you're doing and it will help you become
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a better cook because you'll have a
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basic understanding of why we are doing
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what also it will help make sure that
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you have your meat supplies ready which
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is just a fancy word for having
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everything in place and since you are a
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beginner cook having a basic storyboard
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of how the recipe is gonna progress will
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really help you experience much better
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and will encourage you to try more
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exciting recipes in the future also some
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recipes of mine let's say includes half
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a serving of the guacamole recipe like
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you all to the entire step of making the
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taco and say for taco night and you
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haven't bothered reading that's OAD guac
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as well
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that's an extra 10-15 minutes just
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wasted when the talk was already ready
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and just becoming mush which brings me
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to point number two which is following a
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recipe blindly and this especially holds
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true for a seasoning food you don't just
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add a teaspoon of salt because the
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recipe calls for a teaspoon of salt each
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person has their own preference of salt
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what baby salty to me may be perfect for
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you whipping you blind to you may be
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good enough for me so you always taste
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your food and same thing with chilies
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don't just add a bunch of chili or too
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little chili if the recipe just calls
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for it after all the only person's gonna
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eat this at the end is you try to
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understand why we are having this taste
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your food if you want to be a better
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cook you want to be present in the
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moment
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see why we're doing what we're doing and
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this will ultimately help you come up
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with your own recipes because you'll
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know these basic concepts talking about
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taste let's talk about part number three
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which is taste taste taste you want to
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taste your food at every stage and you
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want to account for ingredients that you
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add to your food which includes a lot of
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salt already in it
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so that's salted butter Parmesan cheese
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and any canned products even bacon is
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really salty on its own do you want the
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recipe to conform to your preferences
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you want to taste your food tasting your
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food at every stage will help you
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understand how the recipe is changing
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and transforming at every stage I will
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help you develop your palate understand
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what each ingredient brings to the table
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I always taste all my food while I'm
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cooking it to ensure that it's up to my
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standards point number four clean as you
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go
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please I do not want you to work in a
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dhoti station in a dirty kitchen on a
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dirty countertop that is disgusting and
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it's gonna lead to disgusting food you
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cannot make beautiful clean food working
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in a dirty disgusting kitchen you want
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to clean at every stage let's say I did
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a marinade that's ready mining in a bowl
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you clean up and you go to the next
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stage not only will this help you
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prevent any cross-contamination between
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vegetarian non-vegetarian Salmonella
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fish going on chicken no one to always
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have a clean organized workstation so
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your mind is clutter free and this can
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apply to many other scenarios in your
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life but today was only gonna talk about
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the kitchen after all cooking is an
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almost zen-like experience maybe not for
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all maybe one day for you and to achieve
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Zen you need calm and peace and that
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cannot come from clutter and mess number
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five use
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blunt knife in the kitchen this is the
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worst thing you can do to put yourself
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and your loved ones in danger a blunt
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knife is so much less effective in
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cutting than a sharp one you have to
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struggle to chop and that can lead to
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the knife slipping may be hitting your
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finger your arm your hand and I know you
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don't want that ask me I've been through
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this and I've stopped putting my knives
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in a drawer where they can just roll
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around not with other equipment and get
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blend over time I try to keep it aside
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on its own place and try to keep it
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sharp whenever I can best tip I can give
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you is to hone the knife before and
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after you're done using it a sharp knife
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is your best friend in the kitchen and
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it's gonna make your job so much easier
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and it's gonna help you make clean
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beautiful looking food so don't be
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afraid the knife is too sharp if you
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know the proper techniques you're in
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good hands after all
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would you write with a blunt pencil this
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brings me to point number 6 overthinking
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and making the dish more complicated
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than it needs to be at the space that
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you're at let's say you enjoyed a
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delicious meal at your favorite
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restaurant last night and you want to
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make this at home what's gonna end up
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happening is you're gonna get turned off
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by the entire process maybe you won't
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try stepping your foot in the kitchen
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again what people fail to understand is
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restaurant food requires hours of prep
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ahead of time hours of me there plus my
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best suggestion is to make basic recipes
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try to get those concepts and then start
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joining these recipes together like
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blocks of a puzzle and then start
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joining these separate components that
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you have mastered because you've been
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focusing on the basics and then joining
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them like blocks of Lego to make your
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ultimate restaurant-quality meal at home
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I didn't become good at cooking
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overnight I have made lots of bad meals
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I've made lots of basic recipes and just
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having all these experiences helps me
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put things together
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know what would work well together after
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all you didn't learn how to run on day
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one did you like anything else it's
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gonna need practice and it's gonna need
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lots of learning and I am here to guide
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you through that journey another point
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which will turn you off against cooking
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is point number seven which is
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substituting ingredients mindlessly
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without understanding why it's there
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it's serious because for saffron I don't
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believe there's any substitute for
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saffron and if the dish doesn't turn out
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like you last remembered having it at
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your favorite restaurant then you're
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gonna be turned off like I did
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everything and I'm not getting the
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results when you didn't use the proper
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ingredients ingredients are there in a
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recipe for a reason yes recipes are
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there to guide you but the ingredients
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are the bare bones that you need in the
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recipe anything else it's not the same
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recipe anymore
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that's a twisted version of it for
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example we're making pizza requires a
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special type of flour to get the right
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consistency of the dough cooking
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involves a lot of chemical reactions
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lots of chemistry and you can't just
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change things and expect it to behave
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the same way but so what I will suggest
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is if you really cannot find the recipe
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and I try to reach out to the person who
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post the recipe or research as to what
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this ingredient is what are some good
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substitutions and if this will even work
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not if Paula should wait until you can
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find that ingredient I would love to
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make a mole a chicken taco I have been
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unable to find the Mexican chili peppers
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so I haven't made it I haven't bothered
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even trying because I know it's not
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gonna be as good there's no point having
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something that is not perfect and
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there's no harm in striving to be
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perfect even though you're a beginner
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it's just gonna raise your standard that
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much higher and this fill again is still
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upon you the respect for proper
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ingredients which will make you become a
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better cook now this brings me to point
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number eight I would suggest you find
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your guru someone who
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has a similar palette like you and is at
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the top of their field people like
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Gordon Ramsay not the stewards sanjeev
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kapoor people whose food you can relate
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to and that gets you excited because if
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you cook like the people you idolize you
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learn faster and you'll be happier
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because you'll be cooking like your idol
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it is super exciting it's like finding
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your favourite band you and the bank are
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vibing together you and you guru in the
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field of cooking will be wiping together
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you start to understand much better why
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this chef is adding this ingredient at
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this step if you make the journey that
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much more fun and will help you become a
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better cook also what I forgive you is
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focus you need focus and anything you do
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in life and to get some focus if you
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just focus on one or two key people in
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cooking it'll help you refine these
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basic skills and really improve upon the
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skills that you're learning also it will
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help you develop your own style because
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you understand these techniques these
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flavors you develop your palette that
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much better and you think that much
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happy alright number nine there will be
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missteps don't put your head down keep
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going forward as you're early in your
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journey accept those compliments and
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cherish them and seek out criticisms and
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don't be afraid to receive them because
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the next meal will be that much better
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the more criticisms you get the bread of
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the next meal would be see it like that
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always see in the positive light it's
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gonna help you so much and also you need
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to enjoy the little moments the things
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that you did get right Oh what did you
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not get right how can I improve this ask
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these things so you get to know where
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you're going wrong and what you can do
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to improve them go ahead and research if
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you don't have time
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and just experiment try again try again
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like anything get back on the bike you
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just try again until you are a pro at it
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and this brings me to point number 10
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there is no way that you'll be as close
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to being as skilled as a professional
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chef on day one that's fine maybe not in
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a year as well that's fine but you're
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well on your way there to keep these 10
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tips that I've discussed in this video
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in mind you are already better than most
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you'll have every new meal to look
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forward to you'll find a new way to
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meditate cooking is like meditating -
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meets that need more time in the kitchen
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will help you discover a whole new way
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to find peace in your day each new meal
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that you'll cook with these tips in mind
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will bring you closer to a professional
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chef but want you guys to keep these 10
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tips in mind the next time you start
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cooking the meal if you guys like this
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