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Is it okay to leave uncooked chicken over night but refrigerate it in the morning and then cook it? [duplicate]

I bought some chicken and I accidentally forgot to put it away and I put it in the fridge in the morning and I want chicken can I like boil it

Nixtamilizing Corn for Tortillas

I am new to the process of making tortillas from corn, I understand that the nixtamalization process and using heirloom corn are important to make traditional t

When you buy an uncooked frozen pizza, if it is soft does that mean it hasn’t been frozen?

I just wanted to know... Is it safe to eat if the pizza was soft after being bought frozen from the store... it wasn’t mushy or anything, but it was a lit

I'm cooking a Romanian meatball soup for 60 people. How much of this soup do I need to feed 60 people?

This is the recipe (in Romanian) for the meatball soup. Here is the ingredient list translated: Servings: a pot of 5 L Ingredients - savoriurbane.com 2 carrot

Safe to freeze boiled/ blanched pork bones/ meat for future use to cook soup?

This is relating to Asian/ Chinese style soup/ broth cooking. I am a very busy person and do not have time to cook. I cook in a small kitchen with the basic c

Does adding turmeric to meat marinade negate the bacterial buildup at room temperature?

I've learnt from this site that after applying marinade to meat, it has to be kept in the fridge for marination because meat at room temperature for more than t

Canning Jar bottom pops off during canning

Each canning season I have a canning jar that the bottom cracks off during the canning process. Anyone know why? The jars are checked for cracks, chips and ste

How much water to use when cooking pasta in an Instant Pot

The de facto Instant Pot manual at hippressurecooking has a page on cooking pasta but doesn't explain how to determine a proper amount of water to use when cook

Problem storing Kosher Dill pickles

I have been putting up Kirby cucumbers following Grandma's recipe for over 30 years using just 1 tablespoon of kosher salt, garlic, spices, dill, alum and water

What additional ingredients and steps to take to make fast cooking oatmeal from oats?

I am specifically dealing with oat flakes, however I would be happy to hear answers from the spectrum of oats. Preferably cheap, healthy, fast and easy but a c

Pithy sweet potatoes - okay to eat?

This sweet potato is spongy and slightly holey inside. Is this safe to eat? It's similar to this question, Holes inside a sweet potato, but mine is only sli

Sourdough starter - Have I been doing it wrong?

I made my own starter a couple weeks ago: flour and water, and left it on the top of the fridge. I have been feeding the starter each day for the past two week

Pitaya Red Velvet Cake became brown

Starting point: I was trying to follow a red velvet cake recipe from the internet, but since I always try to replace industrial/artificial ingredients by more

How to make oil have powder garam masala taste?

I'm wanting my oil to taste of garam masala. At the moment I'm adding a little bit of powder to oil and frying it. The problem is the powder doesnt dissolve a

fried garam masala tastes watery

Recently I've been frying garam masala because I want some tasty oil(which should not be watery). At first it was kind of working however it now seems the oil

What is the purpose of the jelly and milk powders in this energy bar recipe?

I modified this recipe for survival bars by moving the sugar to the wet ingredients and boiling them on the stove until soft-ball stage. My goal was to reduce t

Cooking steak in frying pan, problem with oil splatter

I was using canola oil and put the stove top setting on "high - 9". I read plenty of guides suggesting there will infact be oil splatter, but it was pretty exce

What kind of sauce did I "invent"?

One day I had an idea for a special "sauce" to use on (chicken) burgers. The basic idea was to give it some sort of "salad dressing" like taste. The basic ingr

Why isn't my roti soft?

I have tried this recipe but i want roti more soft. Roti recipe 500 g Wheat flour 15 g Salt 50 g Oil 300 g Water or as required

Why did my cake go Offsided?

Not sure where I went wrong 3 layers cake, cutted the top (levelled) Cooled overnight Did buttercream in between and on the sides Fridge for 3hrs It's offs

Is it safe to store dry food products under the sink?

I'm in an apartment with limited kitchen storage space. I want to store some dry food products like tea, coffee, cereal, rice, etc. but the only place I found f

How do I prepare ash bolete mushrooms for recipes?

I got about a grocery store paper bag in about 10 minutes under pine trees in the yard, so I was wondering what the best way to prepare the ash bolete mushrooms

Is water necessary when cooking meat in a pressure cooker

I recently bought packaged pork ribs, 3.5 lbs, preseasoned with whiskey black pepper. I was planning on cooking it in an instant pot, but I'm still a bit of a n

What is the coating of this spring roll called, and how is it made?

I had these spring rolls at a restraunt, but as you can see the outside was quite different to the 'normal' spring rolls I usually see. The texture is light an

What kind of whetstone for sharpening a nylon edge?

I have an unusual question on the topic of whetstone. Although this isn't a knife's edge, I thought that maybe someone here might be familiar enough with the ty

Storing (freezing) spare falafel: cooked, shaped, or just the mix?

I'm currently soaking chickpeas to make falafel for the first time - rather more than I need for this evening, so I'll have some spare mix, probably enough that

How much juice can a mango yield if run through a juicer?

If I know the weight of a mango, or the weight of a bowl of mangoes, is there any way to reasonably estimate what volume of juice the mango, or bowl of mangoes,

Why does this Egg McMuffins recipe taste terrible?

I tried to recreate the taste of a McDonald Egg McMuffin at home. I cut an English muffin in half and cooked it in the oven. I fried an egg in a pan. I added m

Name for turning ingredients to powder / mush, and then molding back into their original shape

Is there a name for the technique of turning an ingredient into a homogeneous mass, and then molding it back into its original shape, or the shape of a less-pro

Does allowing apples to brown before long cooking affect the final flavour?

While making an apple and smoked chilli chutney yesterday (based on the one in Jocasta Innes' Country Kitchen p.266 but hotter) I was thinking about the brownin