Cooking a large volume of food in a home kitchen for gatherings and parties can be a difficult responsibility. If you want to optimize your productivity in the kitchen Keeble Outlets has provided a brief video about setting up your preparation area. Chris provides a few tips and techniques on cutting down the number of moves to the garbage can, minimizing cross contamination of food and decrease the amount of paper towels used during prep and cleanup.
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As you can see in the video, if you focus on economy of motion one can spend even more time prepping food and less time roaming about your kitchen. Keep a few bowls handy to prevent multiple trips as well as getting your hands dirty in and around the garbage. If you compost (a very good idea if you can!), use one of the bowls to keep the organic waste until you have time to pitch it in the composter.
Raw meat liquids, especially poultry, seafood and pork, can be dangerous if consumed. In order to avoid cross-contamination, always keep knives, utensils and cutting boards separated when prepping both meats and vegetables. Keeping things separated lowers the risk nearly to zero. If you don’t have double the utensils necessary, prepare all vegetables first then prep the meats– being careful to not reuse any knives after they have cut meat. You can also get a variety of excellent anti-bacterial cutting boards on the market today. This helps reduce the risk of contaminating food once you start prepping your food.
As our natural resources decline, it is particularly essential to lower our waste stream. Choosing a cotton kitchen towel will allow you to almost completely remove the need for paper towels. Plus, a kitchen towel can last you for a couple of years while you could use dozens of rolls of paper towels in the same time period. As Chris recommended in the video, keep one towel on your shoulder or tucked in your apron for fast access. You can quickly clean your hands and clean up sudden spills. Keep another towel handy that has been sprayed with any number of kitchen safe cleaners like Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface so you can catch any stray mess caused by raw meat juices.
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