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What's the white liquidy substance that can appear when cooking salmon?
When I cooked salmon filets on the grill last night, after the filets had been on the grill for a while, I noticed that the salmon secreted through the surface of the filet a white liquidy substance that looked sort of like mayonaise or ranch…
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How to take care of Silicone cookware
I am starting to collect various piece of Silicone cookware. I would like to find out how others keep their silicone cookware clean or if they try.
I put my Silicone cupcake tray into the dishwasher last night and sure enough its does not clean well…
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When baking a cake that calls for butter, should you use salted or unsalted?
I'm baking a cake using a cake mix and extra ingredients. It calls for 5 tbsp of butter, but I'm not sure which to use, salted or unsalted. What difference would it make??
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How to make bread with plain flour?
So... Since the lock-down everybody turned baker (can't understand why, since there is plenty of bread in the shops) and I can't find bread flour anymore.
Is there a way to use plain flour instead?
I have 1.5kg of strong flour left, can I mix it…
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Why doesn't my cookie recipe work in the US?
This may sound like a stupid question, but I am not sure what to do. Even though I am not a professional, I was on a course and I am not allowed to post any recipe [copyrights thing].
I relocated from Israel to the States (California) and I have…
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Cumin in Taco Seasoning?
I've noticed that I never taste cumin in the tacos I get at restaurants, yet cumin is often the most noticeable flavor in pre-made taco seasonings. When and why did cumin get associated with tacos? Why is it not used in most restaurant preparations?
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Is it really necessary to properly heat oil in a pan before frying veggies?
As an example, we often lightly fry onions in (preferably) Olive Oil before adding them to any number of dishes, such as scrambled eggs for breakfast.
My talented cooking friends frequently remind me, "Don't put your veggies into the frying pan…
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What was this pickled vegetable which I was served at a middle eastern restaurant?
I was eating at an Iranian/Persian restaurant and they brought a bowl of pickles to the table. Among them was the usual wild cucumber, green tomato, pink turnip, etc. but there were also several strange ones I had never seen before.
They were…
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Instant coffee melts like chocolate
After my instant coffee (with chicory mix) powder got hard due to moisture I decided to heat the hardened coffee in a pan, and it got soft stuck to the pan like chocolate, and even had strings when I broke it (something like when you pull a caramel…
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Fried gnocchi with spinach, bacon, cream sauce in a single pan
If I only have 1 hot plate and 1 pan, what is the best order of cooking these ingredients.
The tricky part is the spinach.
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Why did my rum cake turn black?
A friend baked a rum cake for me. She baked it in an aluminum pan. The cake was soaking in rum. Overnight the cake turned BLACK. I suspect this is a chemical reaction, but cannot find information to back my theory. Surely, this may not be safe…
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Does squid ink pasta bleed?
Will the black color from squid ink spaghetti bleed onto other ingredients?
I was recently given a package of squid ink spaghetti. I haven't used it before and I want to try something creative.
I was thinking of separately cooking some regular…
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What's the proper way to muddle mint for a julep or mojito?
Not a huge fan of the mojito, but my wife loves 'em. A good julep is another matter... But mine have a bad tendency to end up with lots of little mint pieces that get stuck in my teeth. So what's the proper way to prepare the mint in these drinks…
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Cleaning a Sieve
Is there a better way of cleaning a sieve, other than stabbing at it with a brush, in a manner such as this ?
I can't help but think there must be....
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Baking bread ... without crust?
My fiancee doesn't like to eat the crust of bread. I like to bake bread. But she ends up cutting off like half of each piece in the process of de-crust-ifying it. What are some suggestions to make bread have no crust? Is it possible?
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