Potato are no Small Fry

Have you ever been to the Supermarket and became curious of what's the difference between all these Potatoes?
It comes in different Sizes, Shapes, Colours and nevertheless Price too !

It's important to know the capability of the Potato you choose !
Some are not suitable to make Curry, some are not suitable to Baked Potato.
You won't die using the right potato, but it will definitely waste your effort cooking any dishes with it.

In Malaysia there are 2 Most Common Type Potato ;Russet and Yukon Gold
Do you know if you use Russet Potato in Curry, it will break into tiny pieces which is not ideal for a good bowl of Curry !

Russet Potato

- White Flesh
- Breakup easily after cooking * Not Suitable for making Curries
- Light & Fluffy Texture
- Mashed Potato, Baked Potato, Fries

Yukon Gold

- Yellow Flesh
- Able to Hold it's shape well after cooking
- Rich & Dense Texture
- Curry, Potato Salad, Roasted Potato

New Potato

- Immature Potato *Harvest before ripen
- Resulting in a very thin Skin
- Not all New Potato are Small Potato and not all small Potato are New Potato
- Roasted Potato

CAUTION : POTATO ARE NO SMALL FRY ! Potato could Kill You or Send you to the Clinic

If your Potato is turning green *Like the Incredible Hulk
Cut the green part away
It's Poison/Toxic. *Affect Nervous System

HOWEVER  !
Do Not Bother Peel it Off if you are cooking for somebody you hate.

Long Live Mr Potato Head from Toy Story

Liquor vs Liqueur

Have you ever wonder does alcohol totally evaporated after being cooked?
Before we get into that let me share with you the difference between Liquor or Liqueur? *So you can be a guru when you're having a drinking session
- Why some Alcohol are called Liquor and some Liqueur?

So before you get yourself drunk or Teleport yourself to your bed.
Here's a breakdown for you.

Liquor
- Un-flavored distilled alcohol

- 5 types (Whisky, Rum. Vodka, Gin, Tequila)

1)Whisky

- Distilled from Grain Mash (Barley, rye, wheat, corn)
- Some Malted, some not. (Different Flavor)

2) Rum

- Distilled from Sugar Cane

3) Vodka

- Distilled from Sugar rich plant
- Potato, corn, molasses, grain

4)Gin

- Distilled from Juniper Berries

5) Tequila

- Distilled from Blue Agave

Liqueur  = Flavored Alcohol 

- Liquor steeped with Fruit, Herb, Spices and Sugar
- Baileys. Kahlua, Grand Marnier, Malibu

The easiest way to identify is
 Liquor (Unflavored) vs Liqueur (Flavored)
Absolut Vodka = Liquor
Absolut Vodka Raspberry = Liqueur

Here's a Myth
"Alcohol will totally evaporated after cooking"

It's busted and proven wrong!

"Some alcohol will evaporate but not all!"

Here's a chart of how much Alcohol Retained After Cooking

Preparation Method	Percent of Alcohol Retained
alcohol added to boiling liquid & removed from heat	85%
alcohol flamed	75%
no heat, stored overnight	70%
baked, 25 minutes, alcohol not stirred into mixture	45%
baked/simmered, alcohol stirred into mixture:
15 minutes	40%
30 minutes	35%
1 hour	25%
1.5 hours	20%
2 hours	10%
2.5 hours	5%

So even if you cook a Red Wine Beef Stew for 2.5 hours, you still have 5% of the remainder alcohol in it.
Before you serve it to your friends/family , think again!