32. For some like me, cooking recommends a certain attire- if you don't have an apron, follow the same guidelines for 'Painting clothes'.
32b. If you don't have clothes you're okay with dirtying, saran wrap provides an acceptable shield.
33. Be prepared to treat burns. For third degree burns, leave it alone and go to the hospital. For first or second degree burns, run or soak the burn in COOL water (NOT warm and NO ice) for 30 minutes (this time frame is preferred, but assuming you're still cooking, this seems unreasonable. But do try to keep a cool, wet rag on the area after you remove the burned area from water). Also, do NOT put butter, mayonnaise, or any other oily kitchen crap on it- this will only trap the heat in your skin, worsening the burn. After the burn has cooled, loosely wrap gauze around it. Note: This only covers immediate care- Google help after this. Also, for burns on the face or those that are larger than 2.5-3 inches, pay your doc a visit.
34. Take the time to learn when serrated and non-serrated knives are best used. I can say no more, as I'm not entirely sure yet myself.
35. Melting chocolate is an art. Remember: slow and steady wins the race.
36. If nothing you bake comes out right, don't worry yet- it may be that your oven is lying to you. Figure out if your oven is the temperature it says it is. I have no idea how to do this, but I'm sure Googling "oven calibration" or something could yield some how-to's.
37. Take the necessary steps to defrost meat before cooking (unless you have instructions accounting for this lack of foresight). Tossing a frozen brick of chicken into a frying pan makes cooking less fun than it already is.
38. If your milk seems to be spoiling before the expiration date, check the temperature of your refrigerator while singing milk's favorite lyrics dairy loudly: "What's cooler than being cool? Ice cold!" Alright, alright, that was a weak joke..as if I wasn't enough of an OutKast already..