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I used some pre-made pizza dough bought from my local supermarket to prepare some pizza balls (basically pizza dumplings). A problem I encountered was that the dough was very non-sticky so that I c...
When grating harder foods like carrots or parsnips, I have a problem protecting my fingers when I get down to the last couple inches. Raw carrots are too hard to hold with a fork (at least with su...
I'll add my own pic the next time I buy clams, but this Youtube shows my problem. I buy clams at Whole Food Market for years. They sell them on ice, not in running water. How To Clean Sand Out...
I live in Toronto. I can't find living oysters that: got NO worms and parasites. can be steamed with garlic scallions and vermicelli: 蒜蓉蒸生蚝. I don't eat raw seafood. Sources for pics ben...
I screen shot 4:31, from a Hong Kong television cooking show. I stumbled this YouTube video only because I'm learning how to cook 象拔蚌 or Geoduck. I don't speak any Chinese. What's Chef Paul Wong do...
About three weeks ago we had our first night of temperatures below freezing, so I picked the remaining viable cherry tomatoes on my plant. The ones I picked were close to full-size but green. (I ...
I don't speak any Asian language. Why shake raw sea cucumbers "in a box for more than an hour to deliver a unique texture"? What's the science behind this? 吃喝玩樂 - Diary of a Growing Boy: A s(chl)o...
In 2017, my family and I travelled to Maritime provinces in Canada, then Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts to view fall foliage. We noticed that all restaurants there cooked seafood in just two ...
Can you please ID this dish? It's from Shang Palace in H.K.. I see char marks and think this was wok fried. I see wok fried shredded carrots and mushrooms, and some egg slices on top. But what are ...
Let's say I go hunting for rabbits/squirrels/hares/deer and get one. One doesn't want to cook/process them right away because the meat will become more tender after it has refrigerated for a while...
If you Google, you can see that many recipes use coconut milk as the "soup" base for curries. Why coconut milk though? I would've never dreamed of this mix! I would've guessed vegetable or some mea...
Aliza Green's The Fishmonger's Apprentice : The Expert's Guide to Selecting, Preparing, and Cooking a World of Seafood, Taught by the Masters. p 174. Do not eat the organs of a crab, including ...
I have a recipe for a whole-wheat sourdough bread that works pretty well, but it's not very exciting -- it's a basic bread. I've had honey-wheat bread that I've liked, so I'd like to adapt this re...
I've had this pan for 8 years. It's low priced and average — I see no brands or names on it — not even on the bottom! I followed What’s the Difference Between Nonstick and Stainless Steel Cookware...
I frequently make toast with cheese or quesadillas quickly by placing tortillas or bread on a baking sheet and cook them for a short time in the oven. When I place shredded cheese (cheddar) on, it ...
How long do I need to marinate a piece of meat for flavor to penetrate all the way into it? Are there easy calculations based on the maximum thickness? Does it also depend on the kind of meat or sa...
I made a braided challah that came out reasonably overall but tastes a little dry. I'm not sure which parameters I need to adjust. The recipe I followed specifies the following ingredients: 3/...
I have a family member who reacts poorly to homemade bread with yeast in it. (Store-bought is fine, somehow. IDK.) I don't want to exclude him, but I also don't want my nice convenient bread maker ...
Tonight I was preparing poblano peppers for baking (with stuffing). I wore gloves to protect my hands from the oils, and (after a recent case where that wasn't enough) I also ran the vent fan. Ho...
If you leave yoghurt alone for a bit, it tends to separate and leave a puddle of liquid at the top. I was always told just to drain the liquid when it happens, but I'm wondering if it's better to s...
TL;DR: is there something I can coat the inside of metal salt shakers with to protect them? Or am I missing a better clue? I have two pairs of antique glass salt shakers (of significant sentimenta...
I am physically unable to wash sullied fruits and vegetables, particularly ones just plucked from soil. I am disabled, and I injured myself. The water pressure out of my faucets are TOO LOW AND POW...
Why is macaroni primarily sold curved ("elbow") but boxed macaroni-and-cheese sold straight? If I wanted to buy the non-curved pasta, the only generally-available way of purchasing it is to buy bo...
I defrosted these Snow Crab claws, but the meat still clings to the shell. I can't yank all the claw meat out of the shell intact and in one go, because the meat keeps splitting and sundering at t...
I cooked with tempeh for the first time recently. The tempeh came in an 8oz "brick", about half to three-quarters of an inch thick. The recipe I was following suggested boiling it for 10 minutes ...
I am a beginner when it comes to bread, and for expedience I make almost all of my bread using a bread machine. I've always used bread flour, followed the proportions specified in the instructions...
I've recently baked a sheet cake with fresh apples, vanilla pudding and crumbles. The moment I took the tray out of my oven I saw that the cake wasn't really baked. The fluids within the pudding an...
A lot of baking recipes require sugar in order for the baked goods to taste sweet. For my own part, I would like to avoid consuming too much sugar as it's detrimental for your health. I've heard th...
tl;dr: how should cheap ground turkey be frozen: raw, browned, browned with onions, or cooked into finished food? What are the safety and texture/quality implications? Supermarket-quality ground tu...
There are cotton filters for home cold-brewed coffee, but it would also be possible to make cold brew without any sort of filter during the brewing, just run it through a disposable filter afterwar...
I made toasted cheese sandwiches with soft, fresh white bread. They where softer then I expected when I took them out of the frying pan. Kind of bendy and floppy around instead of holding their sha...
I live in shared flat and today I rummaged through our kitchen a bit. There I was surprised to find the following kitchen tool: It has small holes in it and the area around it heats up pretty qui...
Today I found some interesting things while rummaging through the kitchen in my shared flat. One of the things I found was a waffle maker but sadly it's a bit broken. The hinge between the top and...
I am 3D printing some cookie cutters, but the models came scaled too small. I can scale them up, but was wondering how tall I should make them? How tall is the average cookie-cutter measured fro...
I don't want cook clams with pepper, peppercorn or chili. I stumbled this picture. I tried cook this at home. First I added white wine to a rondeau pot, and simmered. Then I put clams, celery, a...
Looking for clam recipes I came across this picture: Claims [Typo for Clams] with celery and daikon is light and flavorful. What are those gold flakes on the clams? I added red lines to sig...
I know these are restaurants with Michelin Stars, and I have no cooking degree or education. But my first impression is these ingredients don't mix! If you mix them, you'll get gastro enteritis!!!...
I go on a backpacking/camping trip every year where some of the participants are gluten-free and to make them feel included we try to have everyone eat the same thing. The problem with gluten free...
I desire to make a vegan, cookingless, coconut chutney as a dip for Dosa. The coconut milk I have is regular coconut milk which is quite dilute, so I assume that the first thing I need is to thick...
Someone in my family has serious allergies, and I'm craving for other ways to cook clams WITHOUT black bean or soy sauces or chili. Please don't repeat https://cooking.codidact.com/q/279395.
I don't speak any Chinese, but I stumbled this question on Quora. At 2:24, Hong Kong Chef Paul Wong says you can cold water bath noodles, but not vermicelli. Why?
Food keeps sticking to my pan, and my fry pan is too shallow! When I stir fry rice, for ex., some rice always flies out the pan! Also, the rice cooks onto the bottom of the pan when I fry it and ...
I don't know Chinese, but I'm assuming that this blogger is correct in his English. But I don't see any sundried mandarin peel? Steamed garoupa with sundried mandarin peel (古法陳皮咸肉蒸老鼠斑) - a very ...
I don't speak any Asian language. Why no sushi course in traditional kaiseki? Do kaiseki restaurants not serve sushi? Can I still order sushi separately at kaiseki restaurants? 吃喝玩樂 - Diary of a G...
Can you please ID this dish? It's from Shang Palace, H.K.. I see broccolis as decoration. But what's that gelatin? I think I see some mushrooms inside the gelatin. Thanks.
I chanced on this clay pot (煲仔) on Tripadvisor for a Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong. I see cellophane or glass noodles, and spring onions. Or are those scallions? How are the scallops ...
Can you please ID this dish? It's from Shang Palace, H.K.. Google translated "海參的協奏曲", captioned on that Openrice page, to Sea Cucumber concerto. I'm guessing the fried nest was made with potato, ...
A recipe for fudge called for sifting confectioner's sugar into the pot rather than just adding it. The recipe also called for whisking continuously, so the sugar would be distributed immediately....
I've never seen a Western Cuisine restaurant steam fish with soy sauce and mandarin peel, 陳皮, like Hong Kong restaurants. Can I do this at home? I feel unconfident because restaurant commercial ste...
Sometimes on long backpacking trips, I will eat oatmeal without cooking it first, usually due to a lack of either time or fuel. Is there any nutritional value lost from that or would I gain less c...
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