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Won't abalone be unchewable and stony if you steam for 6 hours?

The last time I went to a seafood restaurant in Sai Kung, we bought fresh abalone from store on ground floor, then took it ourselves to restaurant. Restaurant c

What is the best way to cook pasta made from quinoa,amaranth, and brown rice?

I am not sure if this is on topic but was wondering if there is some "trick" to cooking this pasta. That is my question in a nutshell. The package direction say

Does food at room temperature spoil faster if refridgerated beforehand?

I've been told (with anecdotal evidence, by family) that if I put food in the fridge then leave it out at room temperature, even if unopened, the food would spo

Does meat/poultry keep in the fridge for just a couple of days after purchase, or a couple of days after the sell-by/use-by date?

I usually freeze all of my meat unless I plan to use it within one day, but I was just wondering whether I could keep some raw chicken in the fridge until Thurs

If I pan fry battered oysters, when do I add beer and wine?

Picture. I don't want deep fry — deep frying wastes too much oil! I just coat oyster with flour, then pan fry like this — way less oil. But if I wa

Can a good cast iron seasoning really be built from butter?

I don't get it. Various net pundits assert that it's a bad idea to season cast iron with butter, because butter consists of proteins + fat, and the proteins wil

Can't stomach pumpkin flavor. How can I make it edible? [closed]

Never been able to eat pumpkin really, I think it's a combination of it being mushy (texture) and sweet (but not in a good way sweet). My mom

Need to ground peppercorns to stir fry clams?

The Spicy Stir-fried Clam with Peppercorn & Chili (椒香炒蜆) was another irresistible dish which used five different spices to crea

Do leech eggs on crabs harm humans?

If you're eating snow crab, do Kanibiru hazard humans' health? What if you accidentally taste or swallow them? Along Sea of Japan, it’s snow crab time K

What are the (dis-)advantages of cooking vegetables in alkaline water?

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What is the difference between "water/drink enhancers" and cordial?

I was doing a bit of internet browsing today, and I came across this image (linked rather than embedded because of copyright), which shows a bottle of hand disi

What soaking duration for clams in salt water you never exceed?

I phoned supermarket, and seafood monger said "DON'T soak clams and mussels for same time". She said "you can soak clams overnight, but not mussels". She got no

container for bulk fermentation/proofing

It happens to me quite often that I make small batches of bread/pizza/focaccia dough that need to spend several hours in the fridge or at room temperature in a

How to make a good pie dough like the industrial one?

Whenever I follow a pie dough recipe the result is not great. The dough is tearing easily while rolling it, impossible to make it as thin as the on you buy in t

Safe to leave 'new' chicken stock in rice cooker for three hours? [duplicate]

I'm on a Japanese food kick after starting Midnight Diner on Netflix, and recently purchased a rice cooker. I'm experimenting with the delayed

Can you tell if a food is fermented (in a "good" way) or rancid?

The other day I took out a cubed pineapple from the fridge, and when I tasted it it tasted like it started to go "bad." But it actually tasted pretty good and I

What does ginger lose if puréed or ground and left over time?

I know with certain herbs and spices once you cut them open or grind them they can lose aroma, volatile oils and vitamins. I’m wondering about ginger. Peo

Gritty Mouth Feel from Moroccan Spice Blend

I made a tagine style chicken dish that was very tasty, but the sauce had a subtle but fine gritty mouth feel that I'd like to eliminate the next time I try thi

Soak store-bought mussels in fresh water without salt?

How to Buy, Prepare, Cook & Store Mussels Don't soak in water Don't immerse them in water - fresh or salt. Freshwater will kill them; if left for too

High altitude adjustment for a small rib roast needed

I am endeavoring to very slow roast a 3 lb. / 1.4 kg. Boneless Cross Rib Roast. This is a first for me. I want to cook it in a ceramic surfaced Dutch Oven in an

Why do people say that cooking in a cast-iron pan will build the seasoning, while also saying that you should never cook to the smoking point?

A very common claim is that once you start cooking with a cast-iron pan, you never really need to season it again. As you cook, the seasoning just builds up. Ho

Need chewiness and density added to blondies no carbs

I want chewy and dense blondies. The recipe I'm currently using is: 2 cups almond flour 1 cup xylitol sweetener 2 eggs ½ cup butter vanilla extract I've

convert wet brine recipe to dry brine

I've got this amazing wet-brine recipe a few years ago for a bone-in pork chop. (It came from Bucks in DC) I want to convert it to a DRY-brine recipe for home u

How to get crystallized honey out of a bowl

I was attempting to make a teriyaki sauce with soy sauce generous amounts of honey and orange juice boiling it all down on medium heat with some starch to thick

Should one - moreover can one - defrost a frozen lasagna before cooking?

So I purchased one of these "frozen lasagna" products at the supermarket to see what it's all about. It was in the supermarket freezer and indeed I am keeping

Replicating McDonald's Mocha

recently I've been trying to recreate the mocha they make at Mcdonalds. After many failed attempts. Here is how I currently prepare it: Put chocolate powder and

Butter made out of pasteurized cream?

I got a pat of "butter" today at a restaurant and the wrapper said that it contained "pasteurized cream" and salt. Is pasteurized cream the same thing as butter

Can you use cookie cutters on sticky dough?

I am a baking novice trying to make these oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I'm trying to get them to be cute shapes with cookie cutters but the cookies keep spre

Is it safe to keep reusing a portion of old dough?

My grandma told my mum a weird process of making flatbread dough recently that she started to use. But I am not sure about it's safety at all. Initially, normal

Should I reshape refrigerated pizza dough into ball again when taking it out of the fridge?

I made a pizza dough and put it in the fridge until tomorrow. 100% wheat flour, 68% water, 3% salt, 0.3% yeast. I don't remember where I got the recipe, I kind