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Mayonnaise advise

I am making vegan garlic mayonnaise at home using soy milk as an egg alternative. The taste is good on the day I make and bottle a batch. For some reason, howev

What is the biggest safe container for soup?

What is the biggest safe container for soup? The soup comes out of the slow cooker at a high temperature (not measured), but I need to refrigerate it for stora

Adding tomatoes to pizza dough

I want to try this pizza recipe and it calls for putters beets to be added to the dough to make it red. Currently, I have so many tomatoes. Would replacing the

How do you split Chickpeas?

I'm currently reading a South-Indian cookbook which is adamant that you only use split chickpeas in the recipes, but I can only find the unsplit variety. What d

Super tiny bugs in store bought raspberries

For a while now, I've been seeing incredibly tiny bugs in store bought raspberries. They survive refrigeration and I can rinse them off (I think, can't be sure

Is it possible to remove the smell from rice mistakenly stored in a detergent box?

By mistake I stored rice in a detergent box. I took it out for cooking, but it smells like detergent. What should I do? Is there any trick that can remove the d

Preventing stickiness in Candy Apples

I cook the sugar to a hard crack stage 300. I have used some gel pigments after temp is reached. The candy coating is perfect for about 3 - 5 minutes and almo

When conserving food in jar, why is the jar turned on its head when cooling?

I am talking about the process, where you cook food, for example, a vegetable and conserve it in a jar. The jar can then be stored in a non-refrigerated area.

What can I mix with a sweet liquor to cut its sweetness? [duplicate]

I have a flavored liquor, Salted Caramel Crown Royal, that is really sweet. What kind of mixer could I use to cut its sweetness?

Canned corned beef dinner, for hiking [closed]

Am wondering how to make palatable dinner with canned (European) corned beef (aka bully beef, not the same as American corned beef). This is

1 ltr Milk is not curdling even after squeezing 2 lemons; What could possibly wrong?

I was trying to make Paneer (a type of cheese). So I boiled once then added 2 table spoons of lemon juice. Milk should be separated out instantly from water but

Forgot to add Sugar in cookie dough . Is there any way to add sugar? [duplicate]

While adding ingredients to mixture(for cookies), I forgot to put brown sugar.. Now that when i've baked cookies, what alternate can I add to

Why do my mung beans turn from green to dark brown in a rice cooker?

I use a rice cooker like the one shown below to cook dried mung beans and red beans (Adzuki beans) as well as rice of course. After boiling and cooking, the ri

Mondernist Green Tea Microwave Sponge Cake - Siphon charging

I just saw a recipe for microwave sponge cake. The mixture is strained before putting in a siphon and charging. However, there is no mention if that is a NO2 or

How long does it take to pasteurize something at 60C?

Take for example a custard. I recall reading somewhere, probably on the internet, that heating it to 70C will kill all the bacteria in it for sure. I also recal

Is it possible to freeze my own 'oven-fry' crumbed food items?

I cook quite a lot for a less able person, who would find it impossible to shallow fry the fish-cakes I make for her, but who would be quite capable of taking t

Prevent noodles from sticking when leftover in fridge

and sorry for the basic question but I'm a... basic cook. I'm trying to replicate a simple meal I buy at the local shop which is fine when eating hot, but when

What type of flour is ideal for sourdough?

I have found a recipe for sourdough starter culture that calls for 50 grams of flour with 50 ml of water, but the recipe does not state what specific type of fl

Little maggots on top of my home-made apple cider vinegar, is it bad?

This was my first attempt at making apple-cider-vinegar at home. I did this all following a tutorial from YouTube. I simply cut a few apples and put them in a c

How much protein from the stock of one large chicken (2kg) carcass once legs, breasts and wings removed?

I can find details of how much protein per body of fluid (e.g. 1 US cup) but to be honest we probably all make stock to a different concentration, so that makes

Thumbnail sized worm found in different places around the kitchen. What is it?

I have been finding these small worms around the kitchen, sometimes around packaging of salt, for example, sometimes on the ceiling. This is what they look lik

Newbie to Dutch Oven

I just bought a dutch oven and was wondering if I can use that instead of a larger pot for pasta. Can you also bake casseroles in it?

Temperature range for canned goods

Temperature range for canned goods? The question is about home canning in glass but I suspect the same applies to commercial metal cans. I have read under 70

Is the aluminium foil usable in this condition?

As the title says, is the aluminium foil still usable in this condition? If you notice, there's a very obvious white portion in the center of the aluminum foil

Is there a way to make pasta dry rather than watery?

After I boil and strain pasta it tastes watery unlike rice which can be dry if you don't use too much water. Is there a way to make pasta dry too?

What is the thick white substance in my pasta water?

As you can see in the pic, the water in my pasta has a thick white substance. All I did was water, pasta, salt, boil. What is this substance? Is it a sign

Why should you serve risotto on a hot plate?

In many places it is said to "Serve risotto on a hot plate - or else" or "you better serve it on a hot plate". Why is that so?

Does pasta boiled in tap water absorb chemicals?

Apparently chlorine goes with boiling but I'm not sure if this is true. However I know that chloramines also exists in tap water and concentrate more with boil

How much salt does pasta absorb compared to rice?

Apparently if you cook both pasta or rice in salty water both will absorb salt. It seems to me the salt changes the taste of the pasta more than it changes the

When making a sauce, at what point should you add the wine?

Should you add it right after heating the fat? Or after youre done sauteing all the veggies so they soak all the wine? Or should you start with the wine THEN ad