INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Fresh garlic has more nutritional benefits and greater flavor than garlic flakes, powder or paste. Therefore you should always choose to use fresh garlic in your cooking when possible.  When buying fresh garlic, look for plump, firm bulbs with unbroken skin. Avoid bulbs that are soft or shriveled looking. Store fresh garlic uncovered in a cool place away from direct sunlight, as this helps to prevent sprouting. It should last for up to a month before it grows moldy. Fresh garlic needs to be prepared in a particular way to maximize its health benefits.  Separate the cloves and remove the skin from each, then crush or chop the garlic and leave it to sit for 5 minutes before using it in your cooking. This sitting period allows an important enzymatic process to take place: a phytonutrient known as alliin is converted into allicin, an active compound that is responsible for the majority of garlic's health benefits. After the 5 minutes are up, the garlic should be eaten or used as quickly as possible as the allicin will quickly become inactive. During cooking, add crushed or chopped garlic near the end of cooking time to retain the most flavor and nutritional value. Garlic is an extremely versatile herb and can be used in a wide variety of recipes. Try using garlic in some of the following ways:  Add fresh garlic to salad dressings, salsas, and butters to add a fiery and pungent flavor. Add a few cloves of garlic to trays of roasting meat or vegetables to add a milder, more aromatic garlic flavor. Use chopped garlic as a base in sauces, soups, and casseroles for improved flavor.

SUMMARY: Use only fresh garlic. Prepare garlic correctly. Add garlic to cooking.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: When you are speaking with someone who stutters, you may be tempted to finish a sentence for them.  This can be even more frustrating for the person who stutters.  Avoid cutting them off and finishing what you think they are about to say. When speaking to either an adult or child who suffers from stuttering, keeping the conversation calm and relaxed can help.  By speaking slowly and without a sense of urgency, it allows both people to communicate without pressure, helping to reduce the effects of stuttering. While speaking with someone who stutters, give them the same attention and care that you would in any conversation.  Maintain focus on the speaker, make appropriate eye contact, and practice good listening skills as they speak. Don't assume you know what they are going to say and lose interest. If you are speaking with a child who stutters, never criticize or become frustrated with them.  Treating anyone who stutters poorly will only lead to the development of self-esteem and confidence issues.  Give praise to children when they are speaking clearly.  Never punish or criticize them when they stutter. Accept them as they are, offering encouragement and support.

SUMMARY: Don't finish sentences. Keep things calm. Stay engaged during a conversation. Offer praise and acceptance to children who stutter.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Shelled nuts often contain a fungus that can be toxic to your cockatiel. You should also avoid nuts in their processed form, including peanut butter. Shellfish contain bacteria that our bodies can tolerate but that birds have trouble processing. As a result, you should never feed your bird shrimp, crab, or lobster. Canned food is heated in a way that causes it to lose much of its nutrients. It also has unhealthy levels of sodium. Stick to fresh fruits and vegetables. Cockatiels are allergic to several varieties of fruits and vegetables. Refrain from feeding them avocadoes, mushrooms, rhubarb, tomato, and eggplant. They are also allergic to the pits of apples, apricots, organs, cherries, peaches, pears, and plums. Refrain from indulging your bird in your own vices. Do not expose it to alcohol, tobacco, sugar, chocolate, honey, salt, or greasy foods.

SUMMARY: Do not feed your bird nuts. Do not feed your bird shellfish. Do not feed your bird canned food. Beware of toxic fruits and vegetables. Remember that, if it isn’t good for you, it probably isn’t good for your cockatiel.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you have refrigerated your batter, you will need to remove it from the fridge and allow it to sit at room temperature for at least an hour.  The dosas work better with room-temperature batter. Bring the cooking surface up to temperature for about 10 minutes with medium heat. An appropriate cooking surface would be a nonstick skillet, an iron griddle, or a flat tawa. The best way to prepare and season the cooking surface for making dosas is to pour a few drops of oil on a cut onion and rub the onion with pressure around the pan.  You may find that you need to adjust the amount of oil depending on the cooking surface that you use, but one or two drops should be enough. The size of your dosas will be, in part, determined by the limitations of your cooking surface.  Dosas can be made small, for individuals, or larger, to share.  If you plan to make larger, shareable dosas, you will need to double the amount of batter you use for each one.

SUMMARY:
Bring the batter to room temperature. Heat the cooking surface. Season the cooking surface. Decide what size you want to make your dosas.