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 Kitchen tips for making pasta:  1. If you don’t want your pasta to boil over, add few drops of oil while parboiling.  2. If you don’t want your pasta to stick together, parboil, then wash with cold water.  3. If you want your spaghetti bolognese to bang, don’t mix the sauce with the pasta (ie make it like rice and stew) for the white pasta, add a bit of olive oil (better if you’ve used it to cast demons) salt, garlic and parsley. You’ll probably never have your pasta any other way. 4. Red wine in the sauce will always be a game changer. Do not recommend for anyone.  5. Half-done pasta (I’ve just learnt that it’s called al dente) is an acquired taste, but really nice. Experienced it for the first time in Italy and almost screamed blue murder, but I make it for myself now and really enjoy it. 6. Please don’t break your spaghetti. If you’re worried about it fitting into your pot without being broken, boil water first before adding it. It’ll bend and fit in.  ...
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How to make catfish pepper soup

 HOW TO MAKE CATFISH PEPPER SOUP

   INGREDIENTS

* Catfish

* Uziza seeds 

* Calabash nutmeg (Ehuru)

* Negro pepper

* Onions

* Scotch bonnet pepper

* Seasoning cubes

* Utazi/scent leaves

* Shrimp powder (optional)

* Paprika powder (optional)

   PREPARATIONS

* Cut the fish, remove the guts and wash. Pour some hot water and let it sit for about 2mins. This helps to remove it's slime and also firm the fish while cooking. Lastly properly wash with some vinegar and cold water. Transfer it into a pot.

* Take out the shell from the Calabash nutmeg, negro pepper and blend. You can as well toast them on low heat for 2min, remove the shell and blend. Blend the uziza seeds and set aside.

* Roughly blend the onions, pepper and set aside.

* Add the blended pepper and onion, blended Calabash nutmeg, uziza, negro pepper, salt, seasoning cubes, water and cook for 10mins. Taste and adjust with some seasoning if necessary.

* Wash and slice the utazi leaves, add it to the boiling fish. Gently stir and let it simmer for 2mins.

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