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If other fermented products are acceptable to you: soy sauce, especially tamari Worcestershire sauce fish sauce (nam pla, teuk trey) kombucha lacto-fermented ketchup non-tomato ketchups ch...
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: (b) Macaroni is the macaroni product...
The supply of fuel gas is limited by the following factors: the size of the house (building, apartment) connection to the main supply the size of the connection in your kitchen If yo...
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...
There are lots of varieties of potato that cover a large range of starch content, sweetness, flavors and textures. The type of potato used will be a bigger influence on the final dish than the way ...
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...
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, ...
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...
The taste of rice wines is completely different from the tastes of fruit wines. There is no single US product that will work for all three of these. However, in these days of the Internet, you sho...
Have you considered asking T'ang Court? You can email them at tlhkg.tang.court@langhamhotels.com (as per their web page in December 2021).
Thanks to the pandemic, you probably already have a good solution: wear a face mask. And the glasses are already helping protect your eyes.
A WaterPik or similar water flosser should work for this. You'll want one with an adjustable pressure, as the highest setting won't be suitable for the more delicate vegetables. A pre-rinse in a l...
The best results depend on: freezing after the first rise and shaping, but before proofing in a form that you can store easily with minimal trapped air So: knead your dough and ...
I believe you will find this article both entertaining and useful: https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-vegan-nacho-sauce-as-good-as-the-real-thing-recipe-vegan-experience (the recipe alone i...
Fresh sugar cane and sugar cane juice will spoil quickly; bacteria love it. Reduction into jaggery allows it to last much longer -- if kept dry, indefinitely.
A vegan dish made from chickpea flour, sodium bicarbonate, almond milk and sugar is usually referred to as a pancake, not an omelet. Sodium bicarbonate is used as a leavening agent; baking powder c...
Every batch of naturally fermented foods is unique; you're going to have to check. That said, the things you should be concerned about: right now: is the sauerkraut acidic enough? Use test st...
What you are experiencing is a partially overcooked green bean. The exterior membrane is partially detached from the flesh of the bean, but the seeds have not yet been cooked through. Don't boil g...
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...
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.
Here's the method I use for situations where it is important that I do the separation, and the quantity demanded is moderate -- say, up to a dozen eggs. It is possible to purchase liquid yolk and ...
Saxitoxins are the mechanism for paralytic shellfish poisoning. They are not produced by the creatures, but absorbed from passing blooms of microscopic creatures. They are not eliminated by cookin...
If you are looking for more onion flavor, my first suggestion would be to use more or larger green onions. The author's preferred green onions might be larger than what you have available.