All my life I’ve cooked pasta in regular pots. The most fancy thing I had in regards to pasta cooking was a pot with little holes in the lid and a locking
I have a non stick Tramontina frying pan. Today, in an effort to remove the brown stains on the reverse (metallic) side, I put the pan in boiling water with bak
I have a bottle of Dave's Insanity Sauce. I enjoy putting it on my food in small quantities and have no trouble handling the heat... in my mouth. The problem is
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What general rules do I need to follow to keep my food safe? How do I know what temperature to cook something to, or whether my food is safe a
I was beating butter with sugar to make a cake. I used President brand butter (80% fat) and it was soft at room temperature before beating. However, only after
When I try to score bread with a lame, the blade tends to catch on the dough instead of slicing cleanly through. This means that I have to run over the same cut
I got myself some glutinous rice, but it's suggested that I use a cotton cloth in order to cook it. Thing is, I take food safety quite seriously and I wanted to
I bought fish online but I noticed it had tripolyphosphate additive. Is there some way I can at least reduce the content without compromising the fish? I was
I saw that many no-churn ice cream recipes use gelatin to prevent crystalization. Unfortunately, I don't have any gelatin left but a lot of agar-agar powder. C
For products that start out shelf stable but are labeled "refrigerate after opening," I'm wondering if it's possible to safely return them to their shelf-stable
I was frying chicken and I noticed the amount of time needed to fry the chicken and how dark the batter will end up depends largely on the temperature of the oi
What name is given to the type of cookie that has no icing? Wanted the correct term to find on the internet the type of cookie that receives a mark like the fi
I have a bunch of dried chillies (chipotles, poblanos and pasillas). My preferred method for using these is to soak them in hot water for about 20 minutes, then
When I was a child in the 1960s, we had a Co-operative restaurant that served the most incredible home-made broth. A few years ago, I visited a cafe, and their
I've been working on a sourdough starter for almost 3 weeks and I can't seem to get any rise out of it. I feel like I've tried every trick I've read online and
Newbie. I have a 3-lb fresh Arm Roast from a local butcher shop. They did not slice it into 1-lb. slices this time, so I need to figure out how to do that. I
I've heard that whole black pepper is put in sauces for flavour, but it is not supposed to stay there in a finished dish, because it's quite unpleasant to bite
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I have a batch of King Arthur sourdough starter that I mixed up several months ago and have been using ever since. I keep it in the refrigerator and feed it wit
I know I can boil a chicken for about 30 minutes I want to boil a chicken with vegetables, lemons and some spices for 3+ hours. Can I do it safely? How is th
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Apologies in advance if this is a question that has been asked before but I can't see anything. I have a past rolling machine and I am comfortable with the pas
I'm considering some new cookware and some sites have recommended I get a deep saute pan and a stock pot. But from looking at All Clad's choices for the stockp
When I boil cereals (rice, quinoa, etc.) to freeze, shall I drain water first? (the water I want to drain is the water I used to boil which was not absorbed by
My instacart shopper has accidentaly given a pack of cow feet, in addition to the soup bones I ordered. Can I boil the feet alongside the bones while making
Is there something like a printer that makes it easy to create icing art on cookies? All the work to create the example below, I believe there is something tha
I tried this pistachio nougat recipe once and it came out great. I've tried it two other times and the nougat hasn't set well at all. I'm thinking that this is
I've been making sourdough recently and trying to get the knack of using a really wet dough. I've watched a number of YouTube videos, and I do all the stretch a
Last weekend, I made some fresh pasta without a pasta machine. I used a simple recipe of 200g AP flour, 2 large eggs, ~1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt, kne