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About Enrique Torres
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Expertise
How to cook meat (beef, poultry, pork, fish, shrimps, lamb) using pan friying, grilling and steem systems.

Experience
My company has been deveploping studies in meat cooking since 2000, my expertise is based on the last studies in meat histology changes related to cooking process and recipes. My expertise is focused on juciness, tenderness and yield increasing.

Education/Credentials
La Salle Univ. Animal Scientist 1986-1992 National University of Colombia Food and Science Technology focused on meat processing.1992-1994 Andes University (Colombia) Marketing Specialist 1997-1999 Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia) Food Marketing 2001 Meat processors consultant since 1995.

   

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Rotisserie Cooking Beef6/29/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I am going to be cooking 2-25 lb. Top Round Roasts for the first time on an enclosed spit and need ...
  A: Chris: Take in account the following: 1. The recommended temperature is: 350 F 2. The recommended ...
barbacue intestines6/26/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: my grandma use to barbacue intestines, tripas? they were long and crunchy. I am wondering how to ...
  A: Elisa: Yes, it is a very ancient latin recipe, what i remember is the following: 1. You buy ...
cooking a whole 125lb. pig on an oil drum type cooker6/23/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I will be attempting to cook a 125lb.pig on the 4th of July,using 250 oil drum type cooker. my ...
  A: Kenneth: 1. You can put the pig on its belly to start to cook. 2 The preferred temperature is ...
lamb gravy6/23/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: do you know how to make lamb gravey from scratch?Because i tryed looking it up and the recipes were ...
  A: Anthony: There are some general clues about any gravy: A gravy is a sauce made of meat. In order to ...
wild hog-receipes6/23/2009Keith Patton
  Q: How do I prepare back & hind quarters to smoke
  A: Mary: Are you going to cold smoke or warm smoke them. I ask, because smoking does not usually heat ...
cooking duiker meat6/16/2009Keith Patton
  Q: what is the best way to cook duiker (small deer) meat?
  A: Mary: I should think that any venison recipe would work just fine, but since the Duiker is a small ...
turkey breast and fillt mignon6/16/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: our school frezzer quit friday a.m. and we found it all defrosted on monday . the frezer was not ...
  A: Rachel: It's quite difficult to tell you what to do. If meat was stored with bones and/or contains ...
Part of sirloin tip roast has strong flavor6/1/2009Chef Glen L. Davis II
  Q: I am hoping you can help me out because i am stumped! I cook a roast pork or beef every sunday and ...
  A: This could be because of the diet (grass fed beef tastes stronger than corn or grain fed). It could ...
jerky5/31/2009Chef Glen L. Davis II
  Q: I want to make chicken jerky in a dehydrator for my dog. What is the ratio of salt and sugar that I ...
  A: Yes the temperature is sufficient to kill the bacteria. I am familiar with making venison jerky, I ...
grilling without drying out food5/30/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: We like to make shiskabobs on the grill, using beef, mushrooms, green peppers, shrimp, onion and ...
  A: Mollie: The only thing you can do is to cook the food using the lower temperature, increasing ...
cooking smoked ham5/28/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: we bought half a fully cooked ham (about 8 pounds) from the local grocery store, and my husband put ...
  A: GrannieB: The product you bought is ready to eat without any additional cooking process, for that ...
Pig Roast5/22/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I am roasting a 90 pound pig on a charcoal fired roaster (no rotisserie). My questions are how long ...
  A: Joe: Cooking Time quantity of charcoal depends on: 1. Roaster size. 2. How thick are the meat ...
tough lamb chops5/19/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I got this really tasty lamb leg cut into really thin chops that is preety tough, could it be tough ...
  A: Richie: Meat toughness depends on: a. Origin and type of meat: Lamb is one of the soft meats in the ...
pheasants - how long in fridge?5/18/2009Keith Patton
  Q: My husband took whole pheasants out of freezer on a Friday, defrosted them and breasted them out on ...
  A: I would thing that with the acidity of the chilis that they would keep four or five days if wrapped ...
freezer burn5/16/2009Keith Patton
  Q: Is it safe to use food that has been freezer burned ?
  A: Donna: It is save enough to eat, but if it has been in the freezer long enough to get that way, it ...
Raw shrimp5/10/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: Can you grill raw shrimp??
  A: Tracy: Yes, you can grill raw shrimp. What is very important to know is: Refrigerated shrimps take ...
Searing Steaks5/9/2009Keith Patton
  Q: When I cook Filets I coat lightly in olive oil, season, them put them in an iron skillet heated to ...
  A: Johnnie: The key is temperature, and alas, unless you have a grill that can reach in excess of ...
2/ whole top round roast 30#'s5/8/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I will be sering them on a grill to give them flavor and then slow cooking them in my AGA.How long ...
  A: Bernadette: Cooking time depends on: Grill temperature, piece weight and thickness: The more heavy ...
smoking wild turkey breast5/5/2009Keith Patton
  Q: My husband just shot and brought home a wild turkey. He would like to smoke it on a gas or ...
  A: Michelle: I would first start by brining it. Follow the link: ...
Wild boar steaks4/30/2009Keith Patton
  Q: Is it possible to pan fry these steaks or is it better to cook them slowly in a casserole?
  A: Lilian: You would probably have best luck braising them, or as you suggest, slow cooking them. ...
smoking boston butt4/26/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I need to know how much boston butt to bar b q for a hundred people.I am going to put the meat on a ...
  A: Bryant: Is good to calculate between 5 to 7 Oz per person, but, you have to take in account the ...
Hey4/15/2009Keith Patton
  Q: How do i make beef jerky? Im using a deer meat...from the leg. How do i make the jerky sause to ...
  A: Instead of soy, use table salt and black pepper can add zing in place of louisianne hot sauce, even ...
Hey4/14/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: How do i make beef jerky? Im using a deer meat...from the leg. How do i make the jerky sause to ...
  A: Alex: I didn't know how to make jerky beef, but I found a web page where you can find all ...
Hey4/14/2009Keith Patton
  Q: How do i make beef jerky? Im using a deer meat...from the leg. How do i make the jerky sause to ...
  A: Alex: First you have to marinade it to season it. An important part of the jerking process is ...
Prime Rib4/12/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: What is the best method for cooking a standing rib roast..
  A: Jeff: The best method for me is: 1. Marinate SRR (STANDING RIB ROAST)for 12 hours. The marinate ...
Rotissere Roast4/12/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: Aprox how long per pound do I cook a beef roast using the rotissere on our gas grill? It didn't say ...
  A: Ginny: It takes about 30' per Lb. But you can obtain better results if: 1. Cut beef roast in ...
Pork Tenderloin4/11/2009Keith Patton
  Q: I'm a beginner cook. I'm having 15 coming for Easter dinner. I have a 10 lb pork roast and I don't ...
  A: First you need a good meat thermometer, it is the only true way you can cook meat the way you want ...
filet mingon roast in puff pastry4/11/2009Keith Patton
  Q: I have 2 filet mignon roasts for a total weight of 3.79 pounds. I want to seal them on the stove, ...
  A: It sounds like you want to make a kind of beef Wellington. Did you mean sear them on the stove? ...
rock cornish hens4/7/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I want to serve for Easter 9 rock cornish hens. Do I stuff them as per any fowl and how long should ...
  A: Darlene: There are some tricks when roasting meat pieces: a. You should roast 30 minutes per ...
Goose preparation4/4/2009Keith Patton
  Q: Can you please tell me how to prepare a goose from just being shoot to ready to cook? I have ...
  A: TC: There are a number of ways. If you want to roast the whole bird you should know that wild ...
Texas wild boar4/1/2009Keith Patton
  Q: My husband shot a 100lb. wild boar hog on a Texas ranch today. He kept one ham and one loin. He ...
  A: Dixie: If you are soaking or brining the ham, are you doing it to lessen potential boar taint or to ...
fresh pork sausage3/26/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: I got some fresh pork sausage which I made into patties. I tried two times to fry this in the ...
  A: Billie: There are some thinks you have to know: a. When a fresh sausage is elaborated, some nitrite ...
venison on a rotisseri on a gas grill3/23/2009Keith Patton
  Q: I have a boned and tied venison roast weighing about 3 pounds. Can I put it on the spit and ...
  A: Elizabeth: Sorry i didn't get the answer to you sooner, I was out of town dealing with the death of ...
Defrosting Meat3/22/2009Chef Glen L. Davis II
  Q: If you freeze mince and then you defrost the mince, how long is it ok to cook until after its ...
  A: I am sorry I am not familiar with that terminology, but I think you are talking about what we call ...
Pre-searing Tenderloin3/21/2009Keith Patton
  Q: I like to coat the tenderloin with cracked pepper and kosher salt before searing. Is it ok to still ...
  A: Ed: The purpose of searing is two fold, to create the browning reaction, that creates that ...
Grilling with a oxygen-rich hydrogen flame -- good idea or not?3/19/2009Chef Glen L. Davis II
  Q: Is it practical to grill pork spare ribs using a hydrogen flame BBQ in which for every 1 molecule of ...
  A: Honestly, I have never heard of that kind of equipment. While I do not claim to be a "professional ...
Grilling with a oxygen-rich hydrogen flame -- good idea or not?3/19/2009Enrique Torres
  Q: Is it practical to grill pork spare ribs using a hydrogen flame BBQ in which for every 1 molecule of ...
  A: Green: I have been looking for information about your question, but i did not find much more than ...
frying chicken3/18/2009Chef Glen L. Davis II
  Q: how do you fry chicken in a pressure cooker?
  A: Personally, I do not use a "pressure cooker" to pressure fry chicken. I use a cast iron skillet with ...
deer preparation3/16/2009Keith Patton
  Q: i want to slow cook a deer ham and i would like to know how to soak it
  A: Clifford: If you mean brining it, any beef brine recipe will work. If you are referring to soaking ...
smoked pork3/16/2009Keith Patton
  Q: Keith i recently read about how bad eating uncooked pork can be to your body i normally dont eat ...
  A: John: First the parasite that pork (and bear) can contain is called Trichinosis. It is a worm that ...

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