HOW TO BE A BETTER FRIEND
Ever wonder how to return the help your friends have given you?
How to be the kind of friend everyone wants? Well, read on!
Steps
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Remember that friends are there for both the good and the
bad. If your friend is going through a difficult moment, try to be
there for him/her. Even if you can’t solve it (and you usually
can’t) knowing someone is there with them will help them more then
you can imagine.
- If your friend is doing something that you don’t agree with:
tell them. If it’s something that can’t harm them, but you don’t
like, give them your opinion and then drop the subject. If it is
something potentially harmful to them and they won’t stop, seek
help.
- Don’t wait for them to seek you out. If this is a friend you
don’t see often: Call them! Visit them! Don’t always wait for them
to look for you, make it be both ways. However don’t go overboard
into stalkerish attitudes. If your friend doesn’t call back after
you’ve called twice, let things cool and call another friend.
- Don’t judge your friends. No matter what they’re doing you
don’t agree with, remember that it is their life and you’ve got to
respect their choices. You can support them, or tell them you don’t
agree, but don’t judge.
- Don’t try to imitate your friends. This kind of attitude is a
turn off and may make your friends beg for some distance from you.
Remember to be yourself, no matter what.
- Learn to listen. It’s a good skill to have. Everyone loves to
talk about themselves. Practice not interrupting with things like,
"Oh yeah, I did that too once…" and starting in with a story
about yourself. Ask lots of questions and be interested in what
your friend is saying.
Tips
- Value your friends.
- Don’t change because you want to please a certain friend.
Always be yourself.
- Be there for your friends. They need you.
- Familiarity breeds contempt. Don’t be so common to them that
they take you for granted. Be willing to give the friendship a
breather so when you meet up again it’s still a good friendship.
It’s like Twisted Sister says, "you gotta stay hungry".
Warnings
- Make sure that your friendship is two-sided. You don’t want to
be pursuing a friendship with someone that really doesn’t care
about you.
This method ensures the juiciest, tastiest steaks and chops,
despite the howls of derision that will probably arise from the
lips of “expert�? chefs!
- Acquire steaks and/or chops about 25mm (1 inch) thick. Rinse
with cold water, pat dry and then attack them with a table fork,
stabbing them all over, turn over and attack the other side. Now
sprinkle salt and pepper over one side and rub in well, using
either your fingertips or the back of a spoon.
- Turn meat over and repeat on the other side. Pour some cooking
oil into a frying pan and heat up to medium heat, pack meat into
pan and put a lid on it. Leave for one minute, remove from heat and
wait until the sizzling stops before opening the lid. Flip meat
over with a spatula or egg lifter, replace the lid and return to
the heat for about ninety seconds.
- Once again remove from heat, wait for sizzling to stop, lift
lid, flip over, dust with just a hint of garlic salt or other spice
of your liking, close the lid and return to the heat for five
minutes. Remove from heat as before, wait for sizzling to stop,
open lid, flip meat, dust that side with your spice and return to
heat with lid on. Wait another five minutes, remove from heat and
wait for sizzling to stop, take out your meat and eat.
- This is the basic method and will ensure juicy, well-done
steaks or chops. Cook for a shorter time if you want rarer
meat.
- Stabbing the meat with a fork makes channels in the meat, the
ends of which are spread with seasoning when you rub it. These
channels fill up with the juices of the meat.
- Try it once and you will wonder why anyone uses any other
method to cook steak or chops!
- If the pan dries out, add a half cup of water to which a
squeeze of lemon juice has been added, not more oil! Allow the
water to evaporate away by opening the pan after the sizzling has
stopped and holding it over the heat until it has all disappeared.
Then close the lid and keep over the heat for about thirty
seconds.
- The reason for removing the pan from the heat and waiting for
the sizzling to stop is to ensure that the cooking oil does not
spatter all over the place and burn you.
Warnings
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- Cooking a steak well-done removes all the natural flavor of the
meat. No real steak-eater would ever eat a well-done steak.
- This technique produces an extremely well-done steak. Even
shortening the second section to three minutes on each side
produced a rather tough and disappointingly overcooked piece of
meat.
Things You’ll Need
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- Meat. The choice is yours.
- Salt, pepper, garlic salt or other spice.
- Fingertips, or if you lack them, a spoon.
- Cooking oil.
- Water and lemon juice.
- A healthy appetite can be added for extra enjoyment.
