Problem: Article: Rinse the frozen fish in cold water to remove ice crystals from the surface. Avoid warm water, since this can promote bacterial growth and waterlog your fish. Always wash your hands in warm, soapy water before handling raw fish. If the fish has not been gutted, use the thawing method below instead, then remove the inedible portions. Pat the fish dry with a paper towel. This will remove additional ice crystals, as well as the moisture clinging to the fish scales. Thick slabs of frozen fish will take a long time to cook, but you can reduce this by wrapping them in foil or parchment pouches. The ice crystals in the fish will turn to steam, remain trapped in the packet, and help cook the fish more quickly. Increasing the cooking speed is especially important for high-heat cooking methods, as described below: Grill fish in tightly closed foil packets, to prevent the outside charring while the inside cooks. If pan-searing the fish, do not wrap the fish. Instead, cover the pan once the fish begins releasing juices, to trap steam that helps cook the fish evenly. Cooking the fish for a couple minutes will melt some of the ice on the exterior. This makes it easier to rub oil, butter, or marinade into the fish, and to get spices to stick. If you are breading the fish, you can place them fully frozen in a pan and cover with a thick layer of bread crumbs and spices. You can cook frozen fish however you would normally cook fish, or look in the recipes section for ideas. Frozen fish can take twice as long to cook as fresh fish, but you're still saving time by skipping the thawing stage. This is only a general time estimate, and the actual amount of time required varies base on the thickness of the fish. Check on the fish every couple minutes, using the following tips to tell when its done: Cut a slit with a sharp knife. When done, the fish will be completely opaque near the surface, and just starting to become opaque in the center. If you have a food thermometer, cook the fish to an internal temperature of 145F (62.8C).
Summary: Rinse the fish in cold water. Dry the fish. Use special techniques for thick fish or high-heat cooking. Season the fish partway through cooking. Cook for twice as long as you would fresh fish.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: The following terms will be used throughout the examples, and are common in problems involving algebraic fractions: Numerator: The top part of a fraction (ie. (x+5)/(2x+3)). Denominator: The bottom part of the fraction (ie. (x+5)/(2x+3)). Common Denominator: This is a number that you can divide out of both the top and bottom of a fraction. For example, in the fraction 3/9, the common denominator is 3, since both numbers can be divided by 3. Factor: One number that multiples to make another. For example, the factors of 15 are 1, 3, 5, and 15. The factors of 4 are 1, 2, and 4. Simplified Equation: This involves removing all common factors and grouping similar variables together (5x + x = 6x) until you have the most basic form of a fraction, equation, or problem. If you cannot do anything more to the fraction, it is simplified. These are the exact same steps you will take to solve algebraic fractions. Take the example, 15/35. In order to simplify a fraction, we need to find a common denominator. In this case, both numbers can be divided by five, so you can remove the 5 from the fraction: 15 5 * 335 5 * 7 Now you can cross out like terms. In this case you can cross out the two fives, leaving your simplified answer, 3/7. In the previous example, you could easily remove the 5 from 15, and the same principle applies to more complex expressions like, 15x 5. Find a factor that both numbers have in common. Here, the answer is 5, since you can divide both 15x and -5 by the number five. Like before, remove the common factor and multiply it by what is "left."15x 5 = 5 * (3x 1) To check your work, simply multiply the five back into the new expression you will end up with the same numbers you started with. The same principle used in common fractions works for algebraic ones as well. This is the easiest way to simplify fractions while you work. Take the fraction: (x+2)(x-3)(x+2)(x+10) Notice how the term (x+2) is common in both the numerator (top) and denominator (bottom). As such, you can remove it to simplify the algebraic fraction, just like you removed the 5 from 15/35: (x+2)(x-3) (x-3)(x+2)(x+10) (x+10) This leaves us with our final answer: (x-3)/(x+10)
Summary:
Know the vocabulary for algebraic fractions. Review how to solve simple fractions. Remove factors from algebraic expressions just like normal numbers. Know you can remove complex terms just like simple ones.