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What is the purpose of creaming butter with sugar in cookie recipes?
I got distracted while assembling the dry ingredients for a cookie recipe and added the sugars, which were supposed to be creamed with the butter first. Fortunately, the sugar was added last and I was able to salvage enough to cream it.
What does…
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How can brown stains be removed from pots and pans?
I haven't been cooking for long — recent college grad — so I'm doing a lot of experimentation and making a lot of rookie mistakes. One of them is shown here for your viewing pleasure:
My mom gifted me this pan less than a year ago. She used it…
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What is the difference between green, white and black tea?
What is the difference between green, white and black tea? Are all based on original tea leaves?
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How did replacing flour in muffins go so wrong?
I had a whole bag of Cocoa Puffs that had gone stale, and thought it would be fun to mess around and see if I could bake something with them. So I aimed for muffins. I more or less based it on a banana muffin recipe I make all the time:
2 1/2 cups…
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Should I peel kiwifruit?
What should I do with the kiwi peel?
I've got no problem with its taste and feel
and eat them whole when I'm by myself.
Is it in any way bad for my health?
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Does water "go bad" in this sense?
I have an electric water boiler in the kitchen. I put fresh tap water into it, boil it up, and use it for my coffee. Then, an hour later, I go back and press the button again and have it re-boil the now room-temperature water, and use it for another…
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What is this device?
What is this device called? The length is exactly 12 inches.
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What is this glass object for?
I inherited a bar set. It has a wide variety of glassware, all of which I recognize except this piece
The bottom portion holds a 1/2 cup. There is a small hole connecting the top and bottom. The top section is about 2in in diameter with a 3/4 inch…
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When a recipe asks to add spices to the oil, can you add the spices directly to the sauce for the same effect?
Many chefs add spices to the oil because the "oil brings out the flavors". But I want to experiment with different spices and quantities (which is hard because you can't taste the oil and predict the end result). My question - when a recipe clearly…
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Can I use cooking sherry instead of red wine in my stew?
So I found some Sherry Cooking Wine ($6 CAD) at my supermarket and I don't want to go and shell out too much money on a real bottle of wine just for a stew, is it possible to use cooking wine like Sherry Cooking Wine as the base of the stew?
If it…
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How do I pound chicken (or other meat) without making a mess?
Despite my best efforts, my kitchen (and sometimes the chicken) always looks like a war zone after pounding 8 or 10 breasts. Maybe this is just a messy job, but I think there must be something I'm missing.
I've tried using mallets, both metal and…
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Why does this entire carton of eggs have 2 yolks each?
I got chills this morning making breakfast as I cracked open 6 eggs in a row, all having 2 yolks each.
I've read this is caused by an anomaly that is considered normal in an egg here and there.
I guess the question is, is a whole crate of…
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What's (really) the difference between fruit and vegetables?
I was wondering what's (really) the difference between fruit and vegetables. Obviously I can name different fruits and vegetables, but if you ask me what's really the distinguishing factor, I wouldn't know.
Things that I think may be the difference…
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Why should I "rest" meat after cooking?
I often read in recipes that I should "rest" meat after it has been cooked but what does resting the meat actually do?
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How to succeed with making omelette
Sounds simple but I seem to fail every time, that is it turns into scrambled eggs instead. How do you make it so that you can flip it over both without it breaking and before it burns?
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