/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Hi there, I'm normally over on /fit/ but I thought that /ck/ would be a more apropos board for this question and I'd love your help.

I want to get into cooking more to help with weight loss (and because I've been more curious about it and it sounds fun) but one thing I'm ALWAYS worried about is under cooking my chicken. I've heard 4 minutes on each side but is that true? I'd hate to be the kind of cook that needs to cut into a chicken every time to check if it's ok and then end up with dry chicken.

Are there any specific rules for different meats? Do those 'press your palm/wrist/forearm' tricks actually give you an idea of rare/medium/well done? Any tips for a newbie in terms of food safety?

>>6453527

Undercooked chicken... If I had any interest in Japan at all I'd go and eat that fugu all day erry day.

Voluntary eating somthing that could fuck you up get's my balls tingling,It's like I'm testing myself against the chicken, I am stronger than the chicken.