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How to color Jiaozi (chinese dumplings)?
I am planning to make Jiaozi (Chinese dumplings) for a friend's party. Because she is vegatarian I'd like to make one set of vegetable dumplings and one set of conventional dumplings. To make it easy ...
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Coloring colored ice-cream
I would like to buy strawberry ice-cream for my friend, and most of the strawberry-flavored ice-cream is pink in color. However, I am thinking of serving the ice-cream green color instead. Is there ...
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Colored cake without food coloring?
I'm wanting to make a layer cake for a birthday WITHOUT food coloring. Specifically, I'm wanting to make red and blue. Could I add raspberry juice or puree to a basic white cake recipe or would that ...
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How to prevent food colouring changing the taste of food?
I am a keen baker with a big sweet tooth. I often use coloured icing and sponge when I bake, but often the colouring I use changes the taste of the icing/sponge.
Does anyone know how to prevent the ...
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Why is my green tea brown?
As Crystal Gale once wrote, "You're gonna make my green tea, brown." Or something like that.
When I typically order (the free or close-to-free) green tea at Japanese restaurants, it's usually ...
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Where is a good place to buy food coloring in bulk?
We use a lot of food coloring, not so much for cooking but for activities with my little one. Do you know of a good place to buy food coloring in bulk (either in store or online)? It can be quite ...
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Are American food colourings weaker than in other countries?
I was looking at baking a yet-to-be-determined-colour velvet cake, and happened upon a recipe for blue velvet cake: http://bakebakebake.livejournal.com/3342197.html
This calls for two tablespoons of ...
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How can you make gray or black butter?
Soon, I'll be serving garlic bread, but I would like to add something to the garlic-butter, to make it darker (gray or black). It should look like lead.
So far, I've found two ideas:
- add dark ...
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How do I color an egg black? [closed]
My friend and I are trying to make 'ninja black eggs' which are essentially hollowed eggs filled with powdered material.
We have two questions:
Is there a way to thicken the egg shell? My ...
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Why are drippings from restaraunt ground beef colored orange?
I've noticed over the years that whenever I cook ground beef from the grocery store, the drippings in the beef are typically clear in color.
When eating out, if I order a particularly greasy ground ...
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Tips for patriotic vanilla ice cream
My wife will be making home-made vanilla ice cream with our ice cream machine tomorrow. To celebrate the holiday, we wanted to make it red, white, and blue ice cream: essentially a white base with red ...
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What effects will xylitol have as a sugar substitute?
What effects does xylitol have when used in place of sugar?
Will replacing sugar with xylitol lower the calories in my candy?
Does it have a laxative effect if eaten in quantity?
Will my fruit ...
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How do I colour ready-to-roll icing
I'm making a cake for my daughter's birthday. I'm a bit rubbish with icing and decorating, so I plan to buy some ready-to-roll icing to cover the cake. The problem is that the cake is shaped liked a ...
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What is the best way to make purple butter icing?
Will mixing red and blue food couloring work or is there a better method?
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I would like to make my own food coloring with natural vegetables, what is the technique?
I read that you can use Beets to make a natural Red food coloring, how would I go about doing this?
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Would the same mixing principles that apply to paint work for Food Coloring variations?
If I wanted to create different shades using Food Coloring, is there a different method of mixing them or would the same principles apply as with paint. Is there a standard mixing chart that details ...
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How to make saffron really color my risotto?
So I've recently bought some saffron (stems, not ground), then tried to make some Risotto with it. I got my water boiling and added about 5 stems to it. I didn't really measure the water because I can ...
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How can I fix an unpleasant color in a dish?
Last night, I made a Peperonato pasta sauce. It was delicious, but when I added the balsamic vinegar at the end of the dish and then cooked it off (leaving a sweet reduction) it left the whole sauce a ...
