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Can you cook a digorno's pizza after its been thawed for 1 day

is the pizza still ok to eat after being thawed for 1 day

Could you smoke a sauce?

I want to add smoke flavour to a somewhat runny pepper sauce. I thought of letting it simmer on the barbeque and also have some wood chips in water to provide

How to remove brownies cleanly from silicone molds?

I've recently started looking into making brownies inside silicone molds (in particular, this guy) and I've noticed that it doesn't seem to matter whether I gre

Does reducing the clear juice from tomatoes have a name?

I have been cooking a very light tomato topping for tortellini using dicing tomatoes. I saute them very briefly until the flesh begins to soften, then remove t

Adding pasta to soup

Is there any way to add pasta to soup without the pasta doubling in size and getting mushy in the fridge later.I've even tried putting uncooked pasta in with th

How can I keep greengage jam green rather than orangey brown?

How Cani keep greengage jam green rather than orangey brown?

Has anyone tried to cook spaghetti or other pasta in a skillet?

I was watching Sara Moulton's TV show last night. She did a segment on breakfast for dinner. Part of the one recipe involves browning the pasta in a skillet fir

Does soy sauce counteract hot stuff?

I put some soy sauce and a generous amount of Frank's RedHot Extra Hot into my chicken stir fry but it was considerably less spicy than I'm used to. Does soy s

How much salt should be used in dishes for the best flavor?

Is there a way to determine how much salt per quantity of food is required? For example if I use 1kg of ingredients then I need at most one tbsp of salt. Any s

Dissolving xylitol in a raw, home-made chocolate

I was doing a home-made, raw chocolate, made of: raw cocoa powder raw cocoa butter xylitol, substituting sugar The problem was that xylitol was not dissolving

What is the term for serving a soft-cooked fried egg that breaks when the meal is consumed?

Recently I went to a restaurant where they served home-made pasta with a soft-cooked fried egg on top, and then proceeded to stir and mash the egg and whisk the

What is the proper way to cook a hamburger on a Pit Barrel Cooker that doesn't result in fast cooking taste?

I have a Pit Barrel Cooker. I have made hamburgers on it before but I keep running into several issues. When it comes to anything else, brisket, ribs, chicken,

Non plastic/glass microwavable plates

Its well debated topic whether plastic / glass plates are unhealthy when used to heat food in microwave oven. I was thinking to get rid of them altogether. I t

What cooking gadget is that?

I was watching youtube vids about cooking and I saw this Gordon Ramsay one about broccoli soup. Around the 56 second mark to the right of the broccoli on the ta

Can I cook with cosmetic coconut oil?

I have this jar of coconut oil from NOW Foods that my wife found in the beauty isle. She wasn't using it, and I'm wondering if I can use it to make pancakes. Th

Chemistry of making carbonated water?

I've found guides online for making carbonated (soda) water at home using a CO2 tank, a regulator and a plastic bottle. The guides suggest using "ice cold" wate

Can chicken stock be used as the basis of a savoury loaf?

I have a surplus of jelly like chicken stock. I hope to mix it with flour, baking soda and eggs, with some herbs and spices, to make a savoury loaf.

Can I freeze left over Shake & Bake coating mix after it's used? [duplicate]

After coating my chicken with Shake & Bake, I transfer the remainder into a container and freeze it until I need it again. Is this an unsa

Why is my Buckwheat soba noodle dough crumbling?

I am trying to make Buckwheat noodles (Soba). The recipe involves nothing but buckwheat flour and water. I am failing to make the dough solid. It crumbles apart

Poached eggs at altitude?

I recently signed up for America's Test Kitchen Cooking School and followed their directions for poaching eggs. I brought my water w/ vinegar & salt to a l

How to thicken buttercream without adding more sugar

I made some buttercream frosting for brownies using this recipe. Because The frosting is going on brownies, it needs to be thicker than what it would be on som

Can i make ice cream with artificial sweetener

I wonder if an artificial sweetener like sucralose or erythritol could be used to make a reasonably soft ice cream.

What are these white 'bits' in my nutella

I recently discovered an ancient, sealed jar of Nutella at the back of a cupboard. Like, really ancient! Like, it claimed it expired in 2012! When I open i

Is it safe to reuse steamer water?

My youngest is a fussy eater, and we have problems getting him to eat vegetables. Recently we've tried using a wide steamer and he likes it, because its wide e

what should I do with overgrown beautiful clusters of Chia seed leaves? [duplicate]

A few weeks ago I soaked Chia Seeds to add to my daily smoothie the following morning.However, this got forgotten to add and left over for the

How to make fluffy Appam without Sweet?

I have seen all recipies of Appam that use sugar for fermenting. How can I make salty tasting fluffy white appam ? I have wasted around 3 kgs of rice trying it

Left out, store bought, Tyson sealed fully cooked chicken patties 20 hours [duplicate]

Came in from store but forgot to put up my Tyson fully cooked chicken patties. Never opened, seal not broken, 20 hrs later--do I trash em?

Will different kinds of sugar or coffee affect coffee syrup flavor?

This coffee syrup is basically a 2 to 1 ratio of sugar to coffee, and you boil it to a thick syrup. A person who tasted the final dish said it tasted like espre

What are these utensils?

A friend of mine is on vacation and found these in their condo. I love to cook and now I have to know what kind of utensils these are. Please Help.[

What are the names of these food dishes? [closed]

There is pizza on the bottom, but what are the names of the remaining dishes like the one with the asparagus on top of what looks like bread a