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Advice for soon-to-be college student [closed]
This fall I'm starting my freshman year; because of this, I'm going to move out to my own flat. I've figured out that it's a wonderful opportunity to learn cooking. I know some really basic stuff ...
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How do we escape the cycle of bad college eating?
Mouseover text: And yet I never stop thinking, 'sure, these ingredients cost more than a restaurant meal, but think how many meals I'll get out of them! Especially since each one will have ...
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Cheap sources of protein?
Soy meat, flax seeds and peas are probably the best known such sources. Are there other cheap sources of protein?
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How to use Bones in Soups?
I have now a pile of chicken bones and I have heard they can be useful in making some food. How should I preserve them and where can I use them? Should I cut them into pieces and throw them into a new ...
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Cheaper alternative to parmesan cheese?
The parmesan cheese in pasta recipe is quite expensive.....do we have cheaper alternative??
Are there are cheddar cheese which can replace parmesan cheese?
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Good Idea to Buy Discount Meat For Freezing?
My local stores for some odd reason sells chicken legs for about 1.5 EUR per kg, they are not old products according to the packages. I have made a lot of chicken soup lately but I am starting to get ...
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Good, cheap, easy-to-make food that can be reheated [closed]
I'm trying to find a good variety of cheap foods to eat for lunch at work. Since I make lunch the night before, it has to be something that's good cold or microwaved, and since I'm making this ...
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How can I make cheap, smooth homemade Alfredo sauce?
I've tried making Alfredo sauce several times based on a few online recipes.
It generally comes out pretty tasty, but also with one flaw: the sauce is grainy or gritty because the grated Parmesan ...
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Never ending soup; is it actually safe?
In the poor student or youth worker days it was popular to have never ending soup; a large pot on the stove that was topped up with new and leftover ingredients when available
Normally the pot was ...
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How can I know whether a potato is too old?
I have many kilograms of potatoes that are turning bad, I don't want to throw them away. The term "turning bad" means that the best-before days on the products vary between 1-4 weeks i.e. they are old ...
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small, medium or large eggs
When I buy eggs, I have trouble deciding which size is the best value.
Does any one have any tips?
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How to cook insects?
I love touring and I am trying to cut my dependency on my protein sources such as soy powder, beans and other supermarket stuff. Touring is a bit like camping but with longer distances and a bike. So ...
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Where can I bulk-buy cheap parmesan?
My friend planted three rows of basil in his garden to make pesto, and now we need to source roughly 25-50lbs of parmesan. With that kind of quantity, cheaper is better.
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Which parts of a chicken are used to make chicken soup?
I boiled a chicken legs for over 2 hours in low temperature. The soup is yellow and with very soft chicken. It tastes very good after adding some salt. Which part of chicken is the most appropriate ...
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How to create a soup with frozen chicken?
I have chickens in the freezing box. How long can I keep my fatty chicken legs there until they become dangerous to eat? How should I defreeze the chicken? Can I just put it to the hot water or should ...
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Looking to start cooking…but I'm a total noob. Where should I start? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What recipes should every high school graduate know how to cook?
So here's the deal: I've told myself on at least 10 different occasions that I was going to learn how to ...
