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What happens if I use vegetable oil in a cake?
I want to bake a cake out of baking mix bought at a shop. The mix already contains flour, baking soda, vanillin, other minor components. The manual says I need to add butter.
I'd like to use vegetable oil instead of butter - most likely sunflower…
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Why and when does a skin form on heated milk and how can I prevent it?
When I heat milk, sometimes a skin forms on it, which I'd like to avoid. I originally thought that this happens above some specific temperature, but after paying attention more closely, it seems to me that the skin forms while the milk is already…
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How can I reheat a roux-based (alfredo) sauce in the microwave without separation?
I made an alfredo sauce last night using a roux made with ghee instead of regular butter, since that's what I had on hand. The ingredients were: ghee, flour, heavy cream, garlic, pecorino romano, and salt and pepper to taste.
The sauce turned out…
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Is it okay to measure flour by weight by converting from volume?
I don't have a big jar to put my flour in so it's hard to measure by volume (you have to fluff the flour, pour it into a cup and then remove the excess - which cant be done outside of the original bag).
It it okay to just look up the conversion (for…
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Should I prick sausages during cooking?
Whenever I go to a BBQ and sausages are cooking, the chef will always prick the sausages while they are cooking. I have no idea what this does, I assume it's to get the fat out, however I recently read that you should never prick sausages as it…
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Can I freeze Milk?
After a bit of miscommunication, my wife and I ended up buying 6 litres of milk between us. I don't really want to waste it, so I'm wondering if it's safe to freeze some of it and defrost and use it later?
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Mystery ingredient in cookies with cream tartar
The attached picture is of a cookie recipe from my grandmother who passed a year ago. I would like to make the cookies, especially since they share my daughter's name, but there is one ingredient that I can't decode. It appears that the recipe calls…
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How to interpret this recipe for walnuts harvested at a given time?
I have the recipe for a liqueur which requires using
walnuts harvested around the 21st of June.
(Yes, the walnuts have to be far from ripe. The recipe call for green walnuts having no hardened shell yet)
The recipe came from the South of Europe…
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Why can I have an indoor pizza/wood oven, but not a BBQ or smoker? (or can I...?)
I know people have indoor wood-fired pizza ovens. I also know that in general people cannot have barbecues or smokers indoors, presumably because of the potential for leakage of dangerous or deadly gasses. I am confused because both of these methods…
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How can I make McDonald's type French Fries
I have eaten french fries from most popular fast food joints. McDonald's has been the best by far.
Crisp & crunchy on the outside yet moist inside, still maintaining the potato taste. Also it does not go soggy after taking it out of the deep-frier.…
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Why is the dishwasher not recommended for my All-Clad MC2 line of pot and pans?
I just looked on the All-Clad website (faq 7 and faq 13). It says that because the MC2 has a brushed aluminum alloy exterior, it mush be hand washed. Why is the dishwasher bad for it?
It's just soap and water (and sometimes rinse aid) right? Is it…
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Unexplained Butterflied Roast Chicken Success
Yesterday I started working on a six pound butterflied roast chicken a little too close to an evening meeting. I butterflied the chicken and patted it as dry as possible inside and out with paper towels. I then mixed up some olive oil, lemon…
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What's the best way to store lettuce in the refrigerator?
What is the best way to store lettuce in the fridge?
Should I store it in an airtight container, or an open bag?
Should I wash and cut it first?
Should it be stored wet, or patted dry?
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How long can hard cheeses last in a refrigerator?
I had chunks of various hard cheeses, mostly parmesan, in my refrigerator for varying lengths of time. Some as long as 3+ months.
I've never seen any obvious signs of spoilage and have never been struck down by food poisoning after using said…
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(Intentionally) Mixed Texture 'Scrambled Eggs'
I'm trying to replicate a strange form of 'scrambled eggs' that I had on holiday in Austria recently, but I can't figure out how it's done.
Instead of the usual fluffy, semi-soft yellow 'clouds', all roughly the same texture, this was a mix of…
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