Defrosting Meat

We missed a cooking demo by the Grill-A-Chef in Union Square at the market, but I got to ask him one question.

I asked him what I needed to do to get meat crispy, and after some insightful talk, I asked him what I should do to defrost meat. He said that might be the key to improving the way I cook meat.

So I asked another cooking authority, my mother, and she said that she never freezes meat. So that's one way to do it.

The way I'm going to do it is different -- I'm going to make sure I defrost the meat even if it has to be in the refrigerator for 24 hours after it's been in the freezer for some time.

The freezer exists to enable us to go shopping less frequently. Use it!