Questions tagged [lid]

When I do anything on the stove - boil water, make rice, make a stew for 3 hours - I always wonder whether I should be using the lid. The conventional wisdom is that the lid makes water boil faster. Is this true? Sometimes I have oddly-shaped pots…

I intend to make a lot of chutney with raw garlic, herbs, green small hot pepper, salt, pepper, turmeric, all in apple vinegar. I want to store this chutney out of fridge, in glass jars for long time. I think mixture of apple vinegar, salt and hot…