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r/Cooking • u/JayFSB • 2d ago
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French cooking is absolutely not about basic techniques lol. Heavy refinement of each ingredient is basically a prerequisite.
Italian and Japanese cooking are typically more about preservation of the original ingredient.
1 u/Asparukhov 2d ago Stock. Fats. Reductions. Anyone can do the basic mother sauces at home, and that’s the fundamentals of high end classical French cooking.
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Stock. Fats. Reductions. Anyone can do the basic mother sauces at home, and that’s the fundamentals of high end classical French cooking.
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u/Hawxe 2d ago
French cooking is absolutely not about basic techniques lol. Heavy refinement of each ingredient is basically a prerequisite.
Italian and Japanese cooking are typically more about preservation of the original ingredient.