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How risky is it to eat raw flour, as in uncooked dough?
Does eating raw flour or doughs containing raw flour pose a significant food safety risk (i.e., greater than other dry goods or ingredients in your kitchen)? If so, are there particular cooking or baking processes where we should be most concerned…
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Can I use the green part of leeks for stocks?
Most recipes call for the white and the inner green parts of leeks. I feel like I'm wasting half leek.
After googling a little, I've found some people consider it edible if properly cooked. I guess a couple of hours of simmering should be enough,…
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Can I safely roast a chicken for 4 to 5 hours on a low heat?
Hard pressed office worker and cook here. If I go home at lunchtime and put in a medium sized chicken to roast in the oven can I ensure it's ready to eat when the family get in in the evening?
I've found a recipe instructing me to roast at 120C…
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Does soy sauce expire?
Being mostly made of salt, I often used soy sauce well beyond (as in "two years and more") its expiration date without ever having a problem.
Is that a bad idea, and did I actually take some health risks doing so?
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How do you decide what temperature to bake at?
What is the logic behind the choice of temperature for baking?
Obviously if you're following a recipe it will say what temperature to use, but I'd like to understand the reasoning behind it.
Is it a matter of density (thicker foods need to be cooked…
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Can I add uncooked noodles directly to soup?
Most noodle soup recipes that I see call for boiling and draining the noodles separately, then adding them to the broth already cooked. Is there any reason that I can't just add the dry noodles 10 minutes before the soup is done, and add a little…
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Uses for stale bread?
Community wiki question. I'd like to compile an index of uses for stale bread. Here's a couple off the top of my head. Feel free to just go ahead and edit this list:
As an ingredient
Breadcrumbs, fresh or dried
Breadcrumbs as coating or panade for…
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How should I organize my fruits for storage?
As I learnt from this post, there are some fruits that should not be kept together with the others (e.g. watermelon and apple). Which fruits should be kept separately in order to prevent rotting?
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Can you put polystyrene in the microwave oven
I want to know for sure if you can use polystyrene trays (such as those that meat comes in) in the microwave oven?
I have read some fairly official looking reports and articles that say there's not danger, but there is some anecdotal evidence that…
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Using cast iron on a glass range
I currently rent, and the only problem I have with the house we're in is that it has a glass-top range. I absolutely love my cast iron cookware, and use it as often as possible.
I've heard a few reasons not to use cast iron on glass,…
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Should I taste-test food before serving it?
Do all chefs sample food before serving it?
I ask because I feel like there is a huge sanitary problem here. If the chef gets a taste of the food, doesn't he risk his saliva getting into the food itself?
When I cook at home, should I sample all…
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How do I get rid of bugs in rice?
Can you please suggest to me how to prevent rice from getting very small black coloured insects, they are really irritating us by spreading total house and bothering my little kid a lot. I am from Hyderabad, India.
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Metal dust/shavings in food from knife wear?
I've been wondering about this for a while, since getting interested in knife sharpening.
When using a knife, it will get duller. One (the primary) reason being that you "bend" the edge. You fix this using a honing steel.
After a while though, you…
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Can UHT milk be used to make yogurt?
So I know you can't use UHT milk to make cheese, because of the way the proteins get denatured at that temperature. But can you use it to make yogurt?
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Difference between old fashioned and quick oats?
What are the difference between old fashioned and quick oats?
Can they be substituted for one another in recipes?
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