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Safe to wash rice the night before and leave overnight before cooking?
I'm trying to figure out a convenient way to bring fresh rice for lunch. Cooking it the night before and leaving it in the fridge causes it to become dry and hard and unpleasant, and I've read that it's not safe to leave cooked rice out at room…
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What job is the fat doing when I prepare bread dough, and what to expect if I use the wrong amount?
I've been baking bread for years and no longer really measure the ingredients. But I'm no expert on the science of what I'm doing. I add fat (lard) because I've always added fat.
What job does the fat do? And if I have long been using too little or…
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Why is a copper bowl recommended for whipping cream and egg whites?
They say you can get the whipped cream or egg whites "higher" or "stiffer" if you use a copper bowl. Why is that?
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Why are non-orange coloured carrots so uncommon?
Carrots come in a great variety of colours, from almost white to dark purple. However, the most ubiquitous colour variety is orange, and often the only to be found in regular supermarkets. Why is this?
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How do cooking utensils remain safe for use?
Say I were to be cooking chicken in a pan, and I'm using tongs to flip the chicken periodically. By the time the chicken is done, how can it still be safe to use the tongs I started with to handle the chicken? Obviously it's come into contact with…
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Turning regular noodles into no-boil noodles
I've been told by other that you don't need to boil the noodles for lasagna before you assemble and bake it. They claim that you can just lay them out on the pan raw and assemble as usual and the heat from the oven + the liquid from the sauce is…
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How can I make macarons with "feet" in my oven at home?
I've tried many macaron recipes, and all have tasted very good. The problem is they always end up as a meringue, or looking like cookies. They usually don't have the "feet" that macarons are known for. My success rate on every recipe I've tried…
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What good substitutes for saffron exist?
I am a big fan of paella, amongst other uses for saffron. However, it can be a very difficult and/or expensive spice to obtain.
What good substitutes exist?
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Does black tea have the highest level of caffeine? If so, why?
It's said that tea, in general, has lower levels of caffeine than coffee, and that black tea has more caffeine than green tea (which has more caffeine than white tea).
This suggests that the higher degree of fermentation of the tea, the higher the…
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How can you recognize cold milk that has gone bad or is about to?
The methods that I know to test cold milk is to either boil it and look for the break, taste it (yuk!), or hope it smells bad enough to know it's bad.
Is there an easy and scientific way to know whether milk is still good? and for how much longer…
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How to get a synthetic cork back in a wine bottle?
The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a synthetic cork, I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that…
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Is it safe to use a propane torch bought at a Hardware store?
I've come across recipes that involve the use of a Butane or Propane torch. Is it safe to use a propane torch bought at the Hardware store, or is there something different about the torches and/or fuel that is sold at a culinary store?
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Making yogurt without heating milk?
Most recipes for yogurt indicate that you should heat/boil the milk, then cool it.
Is it possible to skip this step, and use milk straight from the fridge? Would the result be terribly different?
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What distinguishes pork sausage from ground pork?
Let me preface this by saying that I am basically a complete novice when it comes to cooking. So I apologize if this is a silly question.
I sometimes like to cook things using ground pork sausage, but much of the time it's nearly impossible to find…
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What's the difference between Salami and Pepperoni?
What is the difference as far as content-pork, beef?
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