Questions about how to store food so as to preserve its freshness and overall quality.
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How to store cheesecake for long-term?
My wife and I decided to have cheesecakes for our wedding last weekend. We'd like to store some for at least our one-year anniversary. What is the proper way to store it, and how long can we expect ...
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What is the best way to store fresh berries?
I have been buying fresh berries from the store on the weekends, and am looking for the best way to make them last throughout the week for use as either a snack or as a component for salads.
The ...
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What is the best way to store chopped vegetables?
To speed up our cooking during the week, I would like to chop up all the vegetables I will need for the week on a Sunday and then just use them throughout the week.
What would be the best way to ...
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Is it safe to reuse loose tea leaves the next day? What precautions need to be taken for storing tea for reuse?
I'm a fan of green tea and I find myself reusing the tea leaves 2-3 times a day. Sometimes I'll just store the leaves and reuse them the next day but it got me thinking if what I'm doing is actually ...
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How can I keep ingredients cold while camping?
I am going camping tomorrow and I was looking for campfire recipes. People use hot dogs, bacon, cheese and other stuff regularly for campfire cooking. But these ingredients must be kept cold.
How do ...
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How can I keep chopped fruit fresh for 2-3 hours?
I need to cut up a large amount of fruit for use in a pavlova dessert tomorrow night - although the same question would no doubt apply to a fruit salad or other fresh fruit item.
Anyway, I won't have ...
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Can you freeze an avocado?
Is it possible to freeze a raw unpeeled unripe avacado for use later?
If not why? If so what is the process to ensure maximum freshness?
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How should I store cannabis butter? [closed]
I tried just keeping it in a tightly-closed container in the refrigerator, but soon it was moldy.
I've read this question, which seems to indicate that ordinary butter should keep safely for weeks ...
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How should block cheese be stored for maximum shelf life?
Just like it says in the title, how can I store blocks of cheese for max shelf life? I will be making a grilled cheese sandwich and shredding 3 varieties of cheese (cheddar, swiss, parm(?)) and I am ...
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What type of bowl is best for a fruit salad?
I am planning on making a fruit salad for coworkers and want to make sure that none of the fruit start to go bad because of the contact with the bowl.
I am planning on using apples, oranges, grapes, ...
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How to preserve spaghetti for a short amount of time?
Let's say I make a spaghetti-and-meatball supper, and I made the spaghetti an hour or so before the meal. What's the best way to keep it fresh and warm until we're ready to eat?
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How to store pancakes
Can I just put a stack in the freezer, with some paper between each? Do I need to make any changes to my ingredients (Milk, Flour, Butter, Sugar, Salt, Eggs) for efficient storage?
When I reheat them ...
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How to store parts of whole chicken for long time?
I bought cooked whole chicken. According to stilltasty.com and with my experience, for more than 1-2 days, I have to place it in the freezer. But then if I want to eat a part of it, I have to thaw it ...
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How should I manage my fridge?
I try to be careful, I really do, but I found a week old cod smelling 'fishy' in my fridge. Normally, I put the date on the package, so at least I know how long things 'last' in there (lost and ...
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What is the most efficient way to remove kernels from a corn cob?
I have access to as much sweet corn as I want, so I would like to remove the kernels and store them in the freezer.
What is the most efficient (low time, high recovery) way to remove the kernels ...
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What is the best temperature to store honey at?
I was wondering what temperature is suitable to store honey bought from stores?
Now in the summer, it can be around 30+ Celsius, and even nearly 40 on some day. Do you suggest keeping honey while ...
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How to recover vegetables that get “refrigerator crisper chill”?
Sometimes my fridge is set to be too cold and if there is not much in it, I find the vegies in the back of the crisper start to freeze. This week it happened to mushrooms, bok choy, and radishes.
I ...
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How long can you store a mixture of old bread in a no-oxygen-container?
I watched a TV-program where they made a mixture of old breads. It has no water in it so it is mainly carbohydrates. They used it to fry up such as chicken and fish.
How long can you store such a ...
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How do I know if a black banana is too old to be eaten?
From time to buy, I buy too many bananas. For the future, I am considering refrigerating them instead of eating them, but they turn black.
How can I know whether a black banana is still edible?
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How should I store 15h cooled and then 2h cooked at 65C white soybeans?
I cooked a litre of soybeans for two hours and cooled them for 15*. I should put them in the refrigerator, but in what solution? My intuition says that an acidic liquid would work. Should I use one ...
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How do you remove the stickiness from reusable plastic container or lid?
I have a blue plastic lid for my glass Anchor container. I noticed that the lid is very sticky to the touch from both sides. I've cleaned it thoroughly with soap but the stickiness is still there. ...
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Hints on storage of vegetables and fruit
Different fruits and vegetables require different treatment in order to preserve their integrity, micronutrient contents and especially taste over the longest period possible.
Time and again I am ...
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Storing Green Onions?
What is the proper method to store green onions? Additionally, how long can it be stored in the chill chest?
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What's the best way to store rice long-term?
I have purchased a rather large bag of rice long-grain white rice (25 lbs) and need to know the best way for storing it long-term. This rice will be used as both a food-storage food source and as my ...
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How to store fresh coriander for future use, outside refrigerator, so that they don't lose their taste? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Store Fresh Herbs
I have seen this thread: How to Store Fresh Herbs, but I won't want to use a fridge neither I have any garden. All I have is the plastic bottle.
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What is the best way to store carrots?
The carrots that I buy come in a sealed plastic bag. In the store they are not refrigerated. I've tried keeping them in the bag in the place where I keep things like onions, garlic, and potatoes (a ...
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Keep Pakoras Crisp
What's the best way to keep pakoras crisp until being served? I am planning to make pakoras for a party and will not have time to make it as the guests arrive, which is why I would like to make it a ...
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What's the best way to store asparagus?
What's the best way to store asparagus so that it stays fresh and crisp, rather than getting droopy?
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Pickling Peppers
I want to pickle the banana peppers, jalepenos and bell peppers from my garden. I have a small sandwich bag full of banana peppers so far, but no more than that. Is it okay to store them in the ...
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Storing Cream Cheese Icing
What's the best way to store cream cheese icing to make it last as long as possible? How long will it be good for?
The icing is made up of
1/2 cup of butter
1 cup cream cheese
3 cups icing sugar
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Is my fancy cheese still safe to eat?
A few weeks ago, I went to Amsterdam and bought several pounds of cheese, including one massive (3 pound) round of Edam. It was wrapped in wax paper and was told that I could leave it out on cold, ...
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Does the drying out of vegetables affect the taste after cooking?
If I cut the onions and vegetables in the morning, they dry up till evening. Is there a taste change when you eat cooked vegetables, which dried out over 8 hours (before cooking)?
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Tricks to preserve chips (french fries)?
Since I can remember I've always been crazy about chips (french fries for the Americans). As a result I always make too much when I make them for me. The problem I have and have always had is that ...
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Is it safe/sensible to store utensils above the hob?
I have a rack of hooks that sit on the wall that my cooker backs on to, and on this I hang a crowded collection various utensils:
The space is fairly contained, as there are cupboards on either ...
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Non-plastics storage suggestions
I'm looking to get into making my own chilis, stews and spagehtti sauces, but I wonder if there is a better way to store my cooking. I currently use plastic containers that are probably the depth of a ...
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Need to refrigerate vinaigrette?
I've made a red-wine vinaigrette dressing using olive oil (which makes up the majority of the dressing), red wine, garlic, and basil.
My problem is that whenever I take it out of the refrigerator, ...
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Why did my roasted butternut squash ferment?
I roasted some butternut squash, then stored it in the refrigerator for a few days before I had time to puree it all. When I pureed it I discovered that it had fermented. What caused this to happen? ...
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Spice rack/cupboard for kitchen with lots of spices?
My wife and I really enjoy cooking, so we have tons of spices. I understand it's best to keep them in the dark, so we thought we might like a spice cupboard.
Probably 50 or so spices; they don't need ...
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Can I store extra pizza dough in fridge?
I kneaded some pizza dough and it turned out that I have done this double the amount I wanted to. This is my first time. Can I store this dough in fridge? And for how many days?
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Suggestions for storing homemade frozen custard
I've been having a hankering for Rita's ice cream because I love frozen custard. It's so much richer than vanilla ice cream. I've decided to try to make it myself with this recipe.
I have the ...
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How to store Miso
Most recipes I see that use miso require rather small amounts. As I don't want to waste a lot of miso, I would like to know how to store miso long term. Particularly, I want to know if I can freeze ...
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How long can I store soaked beans before cooking?
I've soaked some beans in room temperature water overnight, since 6pm (white navy beans).
How long can I keep them in water before I must use them?
Will they last a day or so at room temperature ...
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Store eggs upside down or not?
This may be an odd question, but someone told me it's better to store your eggs upside down (the pointy side down).
The explanation was that there's an air bubble on the bottom of the egg that wants ...
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Is it possible to keep battered deep-fried (pork) crunchy?
I like the pork in sweet and sour pork to be crunchy, so I deep-fry it and only add the sauce at the last second - or often just have it on the side. I'm thinking of making a big batch of S&S for ...
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Given I have to make the batter now to eat in 3-4hrs, what's the best way to store my pancakes (or the batter)?
I'm about to make some pancakes(1) for my daughter, and will want to make some for me and my wife this evening (in about 3-4hrs), since using a single egg should make at ~six I'll have too much batter ...
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How to remove smell from plastic lid?
A set of Ikea glass jars are used for home counter top food storage. One of them was temporarily used to store bars of soap. Now it is wanted back in the kitchen. The plastic in the lid is retaining ...
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How should I store speck?
How should I store speck cured bacon? Fridge, freezer, cupboard? Wrapped, hung etc
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Can I store suet or home-rendered tallow at room temperature for a year?
This weekend I will be in possession of 100 lbs of beef suet (which I'll be getting from a butcher friend) and plan to render it into tallow. I can't even begin to imagine exactly what this amount of ...
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Storing Baking Soda
How can I store baking soda outside of the box it comes in? I buy baking soda in the orange box all the time however, I don't use it that often but hate leaving it in that box. Is there a proper way ...
