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Beeswax is widely available, safe for accidental consumption, and will protect surfaces from the corrosive effects of atmospheric moisture and salt. Although bees are not harmed in the production, ...
The major (I say major - that's a relative term) difference between bread flour and all-purpose flour is the gluten and protein content; bread flour has more of both. In practical terms, this means...
Today I run out of oil that I use for my pan to roast meat, vegetables and other stuff. I found myself in my local supermarket and was bewildered by the sheer variety of oils. However, in my superm...
Take it as a lesson for next time! Fundamentally, if your cake isn't done yet, there's not much you can do except bake it for longer - there are things you can do before you cook it, but once it's ...
TL;DR This does not answer your direct question on how to change the proportions. Instead it just solves the problem. Simply buy a bottle of molasses, and then you will never need to consider this,...
One very obvious benefit is the situation when the freezer breaks. Then everything gets destroyed. A benefit of freezing is that, provided that the freezer does not break, is something you cannot r...
It is often possible to add another sweetener as a replacement for sugar. In most cases, however, the substitution will not be as sweet as pure cane sugar, and will often pick up the flavor of the ...
Today I made a casserole based on tortillas (basically nachos but with more ingredients and in a casserole dish). Besides tortillas, I've added a mix of vegetables (tomatoes, chilli peppers, paprik...
If you can avoid it... don't. Many ovens (certainly here in the UK; not sure about anywhere else) have either an integrated or a separate grill, with heating elements or gas flames at the top of th...
One thing that might work (depending on how you want your omelet), is to quarter it before turning it. This makes it easier, because the parts fit better on the spatula. Now you can simply turn eac...
The Scary Sharp system is, in general, the cheapest reliable method of getting blades sharp. It consists of getting a solid, flat work surface, adhering abrasives (sandpaper, to begin with) to the ...
Anything fried that needs flipping: Pancakes Grilled cheese (admittedly, this is easy enough to flip since the bread keeps everything together) 1 Hamburgers 1 Note: I make grilled cheese and h...
I'm not sure why exactly you can't create tags, but myself, I would take the pragmatic approach here. If you genuinely think that the question is on topic, just tag it with anything (something appr...
I'm not sure what I was doing wrong, but on the third or fourth try the tags started behaving. https://cooking.codidact.com/questions/276311
You ask in your question if you should add more oil when you have this problem. Absolutely not. When I have trouble keeping the omelette together, it's almost always a sign that I've added too much...
Everyone loves burgers and everyone has their own idea how burgers should be ideally done. So it's burger time! Your task is to create some juicy burgers and share them with us. (And after you've d...
I made my first sourdough bread recently. The friend who gave me the starter also gave me a basic recipe attributed to Ed Wood, which I followed (1 cup fed starter, 3.5 cups all-purpose flour, 1 t...
When you baked your bread, you most likely missed some heat from above. (And it seems that the oven you use might be designed that way, meaning that preheating uses top and bottom elements but reta...
Burger with self-made patties Link to recipe to make self-made patties: https://cooking.codidact.com/articles/276556. Just a simple burger with self-made patties. Added vegetables were lettuce, tom...
I brown a lot of ground beef for meal prep and as the base of everything from pasta sauce to Mexican casserole. I've noticed two different possibilities for heat - high and semi-searing, or low and...
I would like to use a home-made subsitute for meat in dishes or sauces which traditionally have some. I live in Western Europe and have access to a variety of industrially-made vegetarian steaks bu...
