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I started my starter 8 days ago. I stopped feeding it after Day 4. It has been left on the counter. It has been stirred but not fed for 4 days. Is my starter still ok? It's kept in a mixing bowl ...

I am currently wondering when I see in US fish markets "Fresh Scottish Salmon" or in Europe "Fresh Alaskan Salmon". How do you ship fresh fish across continents? By plane over night? Or there is no ...

Hi I have added some garlic paste in tomato sauce now it tastes somehow a little strange how to get rid of that?

I have a batch of sourdough that I've been maintaining and feeding for months, and currently trying to save from spoiling after repetitive periods of laziness, where I left the batch unfed for more ...

I recently discovered that adding baking soda to increase Ph in a pressure cooker promotes the Maillard reaction (see article, and this answer), and I want to try this with steamed sweet potatoes. In ...

My apple bread recipe called for adding the sugar in with the sourcream, eggs and vanilla. I forgot to add the sugar until the dry ingredients and the apples were added. I added the sugar to the ...

I really like the french fries from a nearby takeaway shop, so I asked if I could buy a bag of commercial fries (par-cooked then flash frozen) from him, which he agreed to. However, my chips turn out ...

I've become obsessed with Lao Gan Ma brand chili sauces. This "Old Godmother" brand sauce is apparently a phenomenon in China and feels like it's about to break out in the export market similar to the ...

Dalgona coffee / whipped coffee is a hit recently, which is made from instant coffee powder, hot water and sugar. I was wondering if there are any possibilities that we could have similar results if ...

I purchased some "super bagel flour" that lists these ingredients: Bleached Wheat Flour Enriched Malted Barley Flour Potassium Bromate Is "malted barley flour" in this "super bagel flour" in ...

Different flours have different levels of humidity, or they absorb different amounts of water during mixing. It would be useful to be able to measure the dough humidity to judge the ratio of ...

In Scotland (and other parts of the British Isles) when making "mince and tatties" (cooked ground beef accompanied with boiled potatoes) it's not uncommon to cook doughballs, or dumplings in the mince ...

There was only oil in it and there is no smoke when I cook in other pans. Also the heat was medium and I'm afraid if I turn the heat any lower that my meal will be under-cooked

I sell bread at farmers markets. It gets moldy very fast. How can I get them to last longer?

i am first timer, so though of making chicken tikka paratha using following receipe, but i mixed together all the ingredients of dough like maida, semolina,flour ,sugar, ghee(i was short of butter) ...

I have been feeding my sourdough starter daily for just over 2 weeks and everything is constantly going wrong, at first water was sitting on the top, then it started smelling of nail varnish and now ...

Its my brother's birthday today. I have the cake mix to bake him a cake, but due to quarantine, I don't have the ingredients needed to make a cake frosting, like cream, butter, chocolate etc. All I ...

I'm really trying to make a great low fat muffin. No matter how hard I have tried with this one (I am not over stirring), I can't get these to rise past a mini muffin height, and this batter is so ...

The label says all 7g sugar are added but there is no sugar in the ingredients. I know oats do have naturally occurring sugars. The brand is oat from Costco: I've noticed the Califia Barista Oat milk ...

Just confused is there any difference between mayo and chicken spread, what are the ingredients that make them different

Living alone I can not resist buying pots of pickles. But I do not dare to open them as I know I will not finish them before they go off, even when kept in the fridge. I have binned a few pots with at ...

I started my first sourdough starter about three weeks ago and after one week put it in refrigerator and the next week fed if 3 times in 12hours intervals an then put it back into fridge , but now ...

I feel this is violating at least one law of physics. I’ve tried twice now to make polenta recently. All my life it’s worked as expected. But these last two times the cornmeal starts to setup ...

I want to make mass marina from scratch but I couldn't find a DIY recipe on it. Is it possible to make mass harina from scratch at home?

I tested my yeast using the method explained on this video: https://youtu.be/p8ydC1Of_Zw (go to 2:05 min) Here is the method in case you can't access the video: 1) dissolve 1 tbsp of sugar in half a ...

The other week I tried cooking the braised carrots, date and chickpea recipe from Ottolenghi, published on the Guardian that I have put below. It was delicious and super easy. As someone who doesn't ...

You commonly see recipes that call for sautéing onions before adding the rest of the ingredients. It’s not uncommon for me to sprinkle salt on the onions. However, if a recipe calls for starting with ...

I know that St Louis ribs are a subset of side ribs. What cut of ribs are Memphis ribs and Kansas City ribs from? Side or back?

Capocollo is 70 Calories per 55 grams. Coppa Di Parma is 110 Calories per 33 grams What cut of pork is each from?

I've bought a frozen fresh octopus. As most recipes suggest I'm planning to boil it, and then char it on the grill. The problem is that it's pretty huge and we are only 2 people. Would it be ok if I ...

After I have let store bought frozen roll dough rise can I refrigerate to cook later! Thanks

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/sky-high-chocolate-mousse-pie/#tasty-recipes-69503 Using this recipe, calls for cream of tartar. I don't have that, I've only got tartaric acid. Would that work? Or ...

If I am making dough for sweet cinnamon rolls in a bread machine how can I tell if the dough needs a little more liquid or a little more flour when the paddle is mixing it? Is there a finger test or ...

Rectangular sticks of butter usually come wrapped in a wax paper-esque wrapper that is folded over the stick. How am I supposed to use the wrapper so that I can easily unwrap the stick, cut off a ...

I went out to buy flour for making regular western bread (perhaps sourdough if I can make the starter) and the only flour I could find was a 5kg Chakki Atta (medium) from a generic brand in my local ...

I was making a small batch of chocolate cake and decided to flavor it with peppermint extract (as a substitute for vanilla extract). Foolish me added the extract directly to the eggs (not beaten). A ...

The high-protein flour has 11.5% protein — the 00 flour has unknown protein content. I understand that "00" is a statement of the flour's grain size and not its protein level, but I assume that there'...

I made pizza from scratch, including the dough. I followed the recipe correctly and kneaded it for around 30+ minutes until it passed the windowpane test. It was stretchy and not too dry or wet. I let ...

Frozen beef barley soup. Can I add more ingredients to thawed soup and safely re-freeze

Are these two terms basically the same? I am trying to learn more about food safety and preserving food longer.

After following recommendations found online for pressed tofu (as in tofu that was squeezed to pour out more water. Shrinking to about 40% in size), it seems to be a really good/simple meat ...

I've tried cooking a basic shakshuka a few times, and always come up against the same problem of the tomatoes burning to the bottom of the pan before the eggs are fully cooked. The basic recipe I ...

I cook some cheap store bought burgers because I am an exchange student and it is really easy and cheap. While in the oven, these burgers(especially when made out of red meat, because I also get ...

I've made homemade pasta with AP, 00, semolina, and durham flour. Now, I'm interested in experimenting with incorporating farro (because I had a great farro pasta dish at a local restaurant) or rice ...

I've bought an ice cream bucket with, who would've guessed, cream - as one of its' ingredients. Now of course I've done some research and found out, that cream is usually produced with a centrifuge ...

When cooking potatoes and bellpepper in an oven, it is highly recommended to pre-heat the oven. Why would it be a problem to put them in the oven while it is heating up ? Thank you very much ! :)

I had a partially frozen pork tenderloin that I browned on all sides, then put into a hot oven at 365 degrees. At some point the oven was accidentally turned off. An hour and a half later I ...

I've read in another answer, that for bread stretch and fold and kneading is more or less the same. On the other hand, almost all of the pizza recipes say kneading and almost all of the bread recipes ...

I've had a bottle of Muscat de Rivesaltes on the shelf for a while but opened it last night for cooking. How should I store the remainder, as I'll be using it rather slowly? It's a very lightly ...

I buy clams at Pusateri and Whole Food Market for a year in Toronto. They sell them on ice, not in running water. How To Clean Sand Out of Clams | Kitchn Place all the clams in a bowl and fill it ...