Posts by dsr
Here's a fun and relevant fact: the "dryness" of a bread is influenced more by the amount of fat in it and the details of baking than by the original water content. In this case, I recommend the f...
"Macaroni" in common usage in the US specifically refers to "elbow macaroni", the kind of dried pasta you are talking about. The US has a standard of identity. From the Code of Federal Regulations:...
My experience: Coffee + water in container, filter afterwards: good. Coffee in fine-mesh bag in water in container: good, but needs longer brew time or some agitation. Coffee in steel mesh su...
The goal is not so much to limit exposure to air, as to limit humidity loss. Covering your bowl with plastic film or foil is perfectly reasonable, as long as it has enough room for expansion. Remem...
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 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 ...
All commercially available sugars are refined from plant materials. The simplest refining is to chop and/or macerate the plant, filter the juices, and then boil them until the sugar precipitates ou...
Unfortunately, no. Even the same type of pepper grown in the same fields year after year will vary significantly in Scoville rating. The specific rain and temperature profiles will cause the major...
They are the same cooking method. However, an outdoor gas grill is typically not built as well as indoor gas grill of the same cost, because they need to include a housing. Practically speaking, th...
While beans are often canned with calcium chloride to keep cell walls strongs and salt for flavor, all of the starch that leaches into the water is inherent in the beans. It just needs to be let ou...
Thanks to the pandemic, you probably already have a good solution: wear a face mask. And the glasses are already helping protect your eyes.
For the sake of safety, do not hone towards your body or anyone else's. There is no special benefit to it, and much more risk.
This is entirely a matter of personal preference. The actual determining factors in honing with a steel are consistency of angle and force on both sides of the blade.
Galvanized metals are dipped in a hot zinc bath. The resulting zinc coating prevents rusting. https://university.upstartfarmers.com/blog/be-careful-about-zinc-in-aquaponics points out that zinc l...
This is actually a food safety measure. The purpose of canning is to preserve food against spoilage by microbial action. The method of canning is to heat food to pasteurization -- that is, the com...
Roasting is dry, high-heat cooking. In this case, it looks like the idea is to concentrate the flavor of the squash by removing excess water and developing Maillard reactions to add additional comp...
Zucchini (courgette) noodles. You'll want to bring the raw zucchini and an Oxo handheld spiralizer ($15). It's tiny and lightweight, almost as if they had designed it for backpackers. One medium z...
Milk is water, protein, fat, and sugar (lactose). In a half-cup of milk, I google: 4g protein, 4g fat, 6g sugar. I would substitute in a half cup of water, ignore the extra protein, add a drip more...
Each pan of the waffle maker is made by pouring molten metal into a mold, then applying many layers of a non-stick coating. Repairing a break in this location is not reasonable. Waffle-makers in w...
With regard to texture: meat is a sponge of proteins holding water. As you cook it, the sponge tightens, forcing out water. If you stop and let it re-absorb the liquid, and it will regain some tend...
The softest chicken is chicken that has carefully been raised to the minimum safe cooking temperature, then had the cooking process stopped. The options: cooking in a high moisture environment me...
On serrations: Serrated edges are a mixed blessing. They accomplish several purposes: serrations pack more cutting edge length into the same overall blade length. This gives a mechanical advantag...
What you've got is a set of flavors and a desire for a certain texture. That texture should be supplied by something which provides protein as well as body. The classic non-meat patties are made o...
Did you use a wash? A water wash (a few tablespoons of water applied to the top about halfway through) can give you a crispy crust. An egg wash (whisk an egg in a bowl with a small splash of water)...
This question appears to be trying to create controversy. If you want to make a specific style of food, you may need specialized equipment. Certainly, specialized equipment makes certain things ea...
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