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Which foods are most likely contaminated by dairy due to processing methods used?

I am Vegan but also highly allergic to milk and wondered if anyone is familiar, or has come across any knowledge about which foods and food groups are typically

Triple cooked chips: Removing moisture by cooling

Triple cooked chips (French fries) are made by: Boiling the chips, then cooling them in the fridge/freezer to remove moisture Deep frying at a low(ish) tempera

UK laws regarding consumption of food or beverages in a commercial kitchen?

When cooking in a commercial kitchen in the UK, what are the rules about consuming food or beverages while on shift? I was previously trained to not eat or dri

Why is store bought frozen food worse than homemade?

I made multiple dishes following recipes and froze them, and they tasted a lot better than store-bought equivalents. Why does it happen? Isn't current technolo

What are "Honey Bubbles" and how are they made?

I recently had the thrilling privilige of eating a Kaiseki meal at Kichisen in Kyoto. One of the meal's many highlights was a desert course consisting of a la

How can I increase the shelf life of a cut onion? [closed]

While chopped onion is kept in deep freezers for a longer time and then kept at room temperature inside an airtight container it still remains

Techniques to toast mate tea leaves

The most common way of drinking mate (iles paraguariensis) tea is infusing its green leaves with hot water in a special way (chimarrão). However, there

Messed up brisket

First brisket ever and I don't know what went amiss. Marinade? Coke a Cola. 24 hours. (I thought it sounded funny but FUN) Followed epicurous recipe but i

Best natural green food dye

I'm going to attempt a Sage Derby this weekend. I want to stain the large curd with green on the outside so that it has a marbled look after pressing. What coul

Why does my home-made bread go mouldy?

I've been using a Panasonic bread-maker for about 20 years; in fact, I'm on my second machine. I use stone-ground wholemeal flours from different mills and, as

Can I use wood from a camphor tree for a barbecue?

I have some dry wood from a camphor tree in my garden. Is the wood suitable for open fire barbecue?

Does there exist a chemical-free, homemade substitute to deli?

Kids eat cold cuts cheerfully, whether alone or in sandwiches. I avoid salamis as their (saturated) fat content is conspicuous and alarming, but even the better

I've put too much onion on my macaroni salad and it overwhelms other ingredients. Is there a way to tame down the onion taste?

I made the mistake of putting all of the chopped onion in my macaroni salad before testing it. Now the onion taste overwhelms all the other ingredients. Any eas

How can I remove sticky residue from a pot I boiled salsify in?

Yesterday I made black salsify. I got the salsify fresh and peeled it myself. Knowing what a hassle that is, I rinced and scrubbed it, put on disposable gloves

Queso fresco / queso latino is raw food?

In Spain, you can find "Queso latino" in the supermarkets (at least in DIA). It comes in sealed plastic bags as it contains a lot of water and quite soft. I und

Best knives that don't need regular sharpening

I'm looking for a knife that doesn't need to be regularly sharpened. The knife is for someone who has damaged wrists, and they find it difficult to have to cont

Do people add onions when cooking meat via sous vide

I never really see or hear of people adding onion to the bag when they are cooking meat with sous vide. Are there any reasons not to add onion? Would it affect

Cauliflower: mildew, or just darkening with age?

Unless the cauliflower in the market is extremely fresh, I usually see at least a couple specimens with tiny blackish freckles on the bumpy "flower" surface.

Honey bubbles taste question

What do honey bubbles taste like? I'm asking because I've got almost no sense of smell or taste myself. The answer is probably obvious though.

Making pearl couscous in slow cooker

I've been using a slow cooker to make casseroles lately and would like to try using it to make Israeli couscous. I can't find anything online that tells me how

Which varieties of milk cheese are raw food?

Which varieties of milk cheese are raw food? I mean the well-known varieties of cheese, not the many varieties small vendors can have that are only known in sma

Can fresh basil cause tomato sauce spoilage?

I added fresh basil to tomato sauce once it was bottled, just before sealing. Never done this before and I lost the whole batch within 2 weeks. Can fresh basil

bone broth..chicken carcass, lamb bones with some meat left out for 3 hours from pressure cooking [duplicate]

I left my bone broth out after pressure cooking for 3 hours. It was warm when I got home and consisted of a chicken carcass, lamb bones with a

Freeze cookies before or after baking them?

I need to make many batches of cookies for a party next Saturday, and I would like to start baking them now. To make sure they're still tasting fresh six days l

Why would you flour your bread loaf pans?

I found a recipe for white bread that says to grease the pan and then flour it. I know you do that with some cakes, but I have never seen a bread recipe that ca

What can I do with solid cocoa?

Someone game me a lump of solid cocoa (from Samoa, if that matters). What can I do with it that I cannot do with cocoa powder?

Glass bottle thickness ratings

I notice that the popular Bormioli Rocco stoppered glass bottles have numbers on the bottom. Some higher quality ones I have are numbered "18" and some more rec

Resting for brownie batter

It's traditional to rest dough for some pastries like cookies and breads. I think it allows more time for delicate enzymatic processes, to yield a better flavor

What to do to get tender, edible steak instead of it being rubbery?

I've seen this, but it does not answer my question. This is with regard to the Kerala beef fry or even Kerala beef curry; not the western way of cooking stea

Non-sweet sugar replacement for French macaron

I've been working pretty hard on my macaron game lately and have wanted to make a savory biscuit/shell, however I can't think of what I may be able to replace p