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What are the minimum spices I can use to remove meaty smell?

I cannot eat rare meat. So, I need to cook it. Generally, in my country, we use garlic, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, oil, and salt to cook meat

What is this cut of meat? Ideas on what to make?

I have this leftover chunk of meat in my freezer, and I foolishly did not label it. Does anyone recognize it? I just need to know enough to be able to cook

Some stainless steel more stainless than others

I'm rather disappointed in the latest stainless steel bowl I bought. Left it in the sink unwashed from a salad for a week while I had to be away, came back and

Sanitizing fridge and freezer after days of no power

Coming back from 10-day vacation, we found that our fridge was off the whole time. Fruit and packaged ham in the fridge, veggies fruit and meat in the freezer.

unable to bake runny batter recipes

I made a chocolate cake and recipe calls for buttermilk and oil which makes the batter liquidy,but when I bake it, they turn out rubbery or they become very den

White chili and chocolate

I always put chocolate or cocoa powder in my chili. Now I want to try making white chicken chili. Should I add white chocolate?

Ruined balsamic salad dressing, how to recover?

My favorite balsamic salad dressing seems to have been discontinued, so I decided to make my own. In doing so I added far, far too much xanthan gum and am now l

Help me understand why my stainless steel skillet becomes non stick after frying one egg?

I've been playing around with making my stainless steel skillet stop sticking to my food. I found that seasoning with oil that's just about to smoke works a bit

What is the maximum allowed temperature to cook onions saving the fructooligosaccharides?

Onions are a great source of fructooligosaccharides that are a natural prebiotic that beneficial bacteria of our gut microbiome feed on. Having read about this

Bitter taste of rocket pesto

I've gone overboard with sowing rocket (Eruca sativa, also known as arugula, eruca, rucola, roquette, etc.) in my vegetable garden... To use up the surplus I've

Carbon steel seasoning

I know there's dozen of posts and discussion everywhere, but I'm getting pretty confused. Everyone has something different to say : use rapeseed oil, coconut, o

Is there a decent way to rehydrate and sauté dried chili peppers?

I saw the answer at https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/23560/49643, which makes me think it won't be great. My goals are (in this order): Retain flavor Obtain

Deep frying without schnitzels sticking to each other

How do I avoid the phenomenon of pieces of breaded schnitzel sticking together inside the deep fryer

Latkes variations

What various types of latkes are there? I mean besides the classic potato latke. I mostly curious as to Jewish foods for now.

Disney dole whip variants

Does Disney’s dole whip come in flavors besides pineapple? Disney must have had some ideas along those lines.

What is this spiky-leaved Mexican plant with large seed pods? [closed]

Is this plant edible? Location: Mexico

Do grains sold as animal feed meet the safety standards for human food?

I don't know if the safety standards for human and animal food crops are different or equivalent. Also, if they are different, by what magnitude do the limits f

Is barley the same as bulgur?

Some sources seem to suggest that they are not, some suggest that they are but they are treated/processed differently. I want to know if they are fundamentally

What is the difference between the dairy products quark and skyr?

What is the difference, if any, between the two dairy products quark (consumed in German-speaking countries) and skyr (traditional in Iceland)? They are both s

Poaching a whole fish: kettle or foil?

Some friends and i would like to poach a whole salmon, weighing four to five kilograms. There are two ways we could do this: in a fish kettle, or wrapped in alu

Water came out cloudy after steaming chicken, is it cosidered a broth?

I was surprised since the chicken never touched the water but I guess it dropped some of its juices in it, I was doing a small batch and I tried to taste it but

Does freezing meat lead to differences detectable by blind testing?

"Fresh" meat tends to be coveted relative to frozen meat. I'm not inquiring about the debate of frozen vs. fresh, but rather am wondering about the potential ma

Brown streaking in cooked idli, from white looking batter - what gives?

Batter was made from "double horse" idli mix (which by label only contains rice and urad dal), plus a few fenugreek seeds, ground in a blender as the package re

What's the function of acerola powder in bread?

While I was reading the ingredients list of a supermarket-bought bread (in the Netherlands) the other day, one of them caught my eye: acerola powder. I know ace

Is it true that generally chicken ham is not as tasty as pork ham? [closed]

Recently in my country, subway decided to turn halal. To some people, they are utterly disappointed as subway's pork product are being removed

Mandarins soaking in Vodka

I have been soaking mandarins segments in vodka at room temperature for 20 days in sealed preserving jars. 500mls vodka to 1 kilo mandarins. the fruit began to

Flavor profiles of Steelhead Trout versus Artic Char

I haven't found too many places that sell Artic Char, but how different is the flavor profile of an Artic Char when compared to that of a Steelhead Trout?

Macaron Help - Hollows and Little Feet

I've been attempting to make French macarons using an Italian meringue and aside from a few lucky hits, I've never gotten a perfect batch. Each time is roughly

Cacao percentages and aromas developed in chocolate from different origins

About chocolate: I tasted a 66% cocoa chocolate bar origin of Caribbean coast. And then, I tasted a 66% cocoa chocolate origin of Alpaco (Ecuador). The only t

Softening meat with the vinegar / lemon / onion / pineapple etc. How does it work? [duplicate]

And why does acid make the meat softer?