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Bubbles on glass stovetop
I have just purchased a glass top stove and the second time I used it there were white bubbles that look like they are inside the burner not something that can be scraped off, I used a stainless steel ...
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Instrument to detect food composition and preparation techniques based on physically sensed molecules?
I was wondering whether it is possible to devise an instrument (or whether anything has been devised), that can be inserted (like a thermometer/receptor/detector), into a food (such as a soup (or ...
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Gasket “lidded” Pioneer Woman Crockpot
My lid to my pioneer woman crockpot has a rubber gasket for latching down to travel. Awful burn rubber smell which over takes the smell of whatever Im cooking. I dont travel. Can I just remove this ...
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Why does KitchenAid dough hook move up the shaft?
I have a KitchenAid Professional 600 mixer. I use it almost exclusively for Kneading whole grain sourdough or other bread on speed 2. The sourdough is medium hydration. I purchased a spiral dough hook ...
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Bleach in cast iron pan, safety concerns?
Someone used a solution of bleach and water (probably 1/10 ratio) on my cast iron, they were letting it soak in this solution. When I noticed I immediately rinsed it off multiple times, scrubbed it (...
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What are the pros & cons of downdraft ventilation?
I'm looking at replacing my cooktop sometime within the next few months. One of the things I dislike about my current one is the exhaust hood, so when I heard about downdraft ventilation my interest ...
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Identify meat slicer
I need help identifying this meat slicer. It has no decals or markings on it anywhere and I would like to buy it a new sharpener.
I’m hoping someone might recognize it! Thank you.
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I need to cook for a group of around 500 people for a week. I have a rough plan, what am I missing? [closed]
I want to preface this with the fact that I have 8 kids, and we enjoy making use of leftovers normally, meaning the meals I cook every day usually either fill up a 2 gallon or 3 gallon pot, and ...
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Could compressed air be used in a 'whipper'
I'm considering a compressed gas whipper like this or this.
They're not cheap to buy, and once they're purchased they require nitrogen, nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide cylinders to work.
This has got ...
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Baking a 6" cheesecake inside 10" silicone pan in water bath?
I don't have time to buy a smaller silicone pan. Will 2" gap around cheesecake pan make a difference while baking in a water bath?
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How to properly use an enameled cast iron grill pan?
I was given an enameled cast iron grilling pan. As I'm entirely inexperienced with cooking using either enameled cast iron or grilling pans, this is way out of my league. I am failing to use it for ...
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How to powder nuts at home?
How can I grind whole nuts (walnuts, brazil nuts, macademia etc) into powder conveniently at home?
I have already tried:
mortar and pestle. I don't like it because the nut dust splashes everywhere, I ...
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Requirements for a stand mixer able to handle bringing together really thick noodle dough? Like 40% or even 35% hydration?
My mom had an ancient 375 watt Kitchenaid, but it broke
(it had already worn down and broken a few times even before I tried noodle dough in it!)
Now she's got an even weaker 275 watt one, which she ...
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Can Le Creuset ware be used on an induction stove?
I am about to buy a Le Creuset set and wonder if the skillet can be used on an induction stove.
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Kitchen aid is noisy at medium speeds
My kitchen aid stand mixer is noisy only at speeds 3-6. It sounds normal at low or high speeds. We greased it, but it was still noisy. We read that it may not have enough grease, so we added more, ...
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Why can't a cafeteria serve chilled apples? [closed]
I like a cold apple. My cafeteria sells room temperature apples. My cafeteria has refrigerators that hold many cold products. Those refrigerators have lots of unused room. Being the trouble maker that ...
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Is there some sort of kitchen utensil/device like a cylinder with a strainer?
I just had to strain a lot of thick liquid and had to place a container on the table and then a metal strainer on the container's "neck" or "entrance". Then I had to pour the ...
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Can I cook eggs in a pan with a plate as a cover?
Is it ok to place a similar size plate on a similar size pan? I mean like, putting a plate on top of a pot so the food can cook. Would the glass shatter? Why shouldn’t I try this? I have a small pan ...
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Getting a better waffle split (stroopwafels)
I'm currently trying to make stroopwafels on an electric stroopwafel maker, and I've had a decent amount of success; my waffles come out brown on both sides, and after cutting them into a circle with ...
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What is the purpose of the pipe inside the double jar juice dispenser?
Here is the picture:
What is the purpose of the pipe inside the double jar juice dispenser?
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How do I keep French bread loaves from drying out while in the Couche?
When rising my french bread loaves or baguettes: how do I keep them moist enough to expand without making a mess of the couche?
Ciabattas for instance have short proofing times as they still have ...
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Leaving cooking equipment dirty
In my household, there are a few items don't get washed right away after use. These include a few all-clad non-stick pans (stated as dishwasher safe), kitchen knives, misc pots/pans, a few grill items ...
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Whip cream dispenser is not dispensing a thick cream [duplicate]
1.) What is the problem, why it dispensed liquid cream.
I followed the instruction. Like, put the whip cream inside then put the charger in then shake the dispenser many times, then I remove the ...
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Best container (if any) for freezing and putting in the oven?
I keep seeing trends online where people make meal preps in single-serving glass containers, then cook them and keep them in the fridge for meal prep through-out the week like this one here.
I like ...
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High pressure cooker classic vs electric multipurpose
I was looking to buy a pressure cooker and I see that besides the classic ones with the valve that you put on the kitchen stove there are some that are electric and also multifunctional i.e. pressure ...
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Can you wash a pop can or ( in my case ) a monster energy drink can in a dishwasher?
Can you wash a pop can That os recealable but empty in the dishwasher or will it degrade?
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"bags" for making potato dumplings
Two days ago, as the Belgian son of a German mother, I tried to make Grüne Klöße, a German potato dish, created from grated (?) potatoes. The potato flakes get squeezed, in order to get the water out, ...
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Trade-offs of round vs square food storage containers (Cambro, Carlisle)
What are the trade-offs between using round vs square food storage containers?
I'm looking to buy a supply of several sizes of commercial-grade (eg Cambro or Carlisle) food storage containers. I'm ...
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How do I efficiently measure viscous ingredients? [duplicate]
I often find myself preparing certain foods that contain viscous ingredients like honey and tahini sauce. For instance, one of my dressings contains both of these, which I currently measure out in a ...
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Advice on commerical kitchen layout
I'm setting up a commerical delivery only kitchen and so far I have a flat top grill and fryers. Beside these under the hood i need to add induction hobs for cooking potatoes and pasta and rice ...
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Is combination Microwave oven capable of doing all food types?
I am making a small 2 bedroom rental unit with kitchen but on tight space, and I'd like to understand, whether equipping a wall mounted Microwave Oven, instead of the usual Oven+Microwave, would ...
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How are these positive candy molds used? (if that's what they are)
We bought a large lot of mixed equipment at an auction, and one group of items has us puzzled: they're something to do with candy, but they're positive, not negative. We're not sure if you use them ...
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Superfine Grinder for table salt
I would like to use salt that is ground to a very fine / small grain size.
What do I look for in a grinder to achieve this? Is there a grain size?
I have seen coffee grinders, but their grain output ...
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Is there a device for separating the sediment from home made wine?
I'm thinking of a device that will probably look something like the image in this answer, a tube with a valve at the bottom. Then we could let the bottom sediment out, then collect the clean wine, and ...
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What Advantage Does a Meat Press Give You When Making Your Own Deli Meat?
This is the device in question:
I've seen multiple videos online of people using this to make deli meat out of leaner cuts like chicken breast. They grind up the breast, season it, compress into this ...
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Deglazing pan with textured coating
I saw some frying pans in the store with unfamiliar nonstick coatings called Megastone, and Granite something. Both of those surfaces are not smooth but are flecked with slightly raised specks, ...
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Is MAPP gas safe for searing meat and Creme Brulee etc?
I'm looking to purchase a bigger gas torch that will double as a Sous-vide meat-searer and to finish off Creme Brulee as my small kitchen torch is just not up to the task.
Rather than regular propane ...
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Soft goat cheese as pizza topping without mess
I use soft unripened goat cheese as a pizza topping. I prefer it over crumbled goat cheese for these reasons:
Soft goat cheese browns easier, melts easier, and has stronger flavour/tang compared to ...
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Best way to store a stick sous-vide circulator after use
Having managed to send two sous-vide circulators to the great electronics graveyard in the sky, I am determined not to repeat the same mistake with my third and most recent acquisition (a Buffalo ...
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Inconsistent temperature recommendations on different roasting thermometers
I'm looking at two different roasting thermometers of the same brand and I'm wondering why they have different temperature recommendations for the same kinds of meat.
For example, the first one (TFA ...
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Open-Source Stand Mixer (Kitchen Equipment)?
Where can I find designs for an open-source stand mixer?
I'm generally looking for small-scale, industrial-quality kitchen equipment that's open-source. I'd prefer a set of machines that share the ...
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How tight should a vacuum sealed bag be? [duplicate]
From what I remember from new, my vacuum sealer doesn't seem to suck air out of the bag as well as it used to. While the bag does "Crinkle up", there seems to be more air inside the bag than ...
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Can a tool for cracking macadamia nuts be used for cracking hickory nuts?
Chinese hickory nuts (山核桃), or Carya cathayensis, are related to American pecans. Both are species of hickory, Carya illinoinensis.
Here is an example of Chinese hickory nuts from Changbai Mountain (...
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Why are brand new out of the box cast iron skillets black?
Iron is a grey metal. I read that when you cook it turns black from a reaction to the food. But this has never been used.
I tagged utensils but technically this is not a utensil or is it.
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Why do slow cookers have such a gap between the heating unit and the crock pot?
I've had a number of slow cookers in the past and all seem to be roughly the same in this regard:
The outside of the unit is red hot to the touch when they're on
The crock pot inside the unit can ...
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How important is material thickness in really large cooking pots?
I need a stainless steel pot of 100 liters or maybe even bigger for cooking. They sell at different wall material strength at the wholesale, varying from 0.8mm to 1.6mm (they all have sandwich bottom ...
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Replacement rings/gasket for Rocco jars
I see two types of material for replacement gaskets for Rocco jars, silicon and rubber. What would the difference of these materials be if simple used for food storage at room and refrigerator ...
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Which way around should the inner pane of glass go in my oven door?
I removed the inner pane of my oven door in order to clean it. But I did not take care to note which way around it was, because it didn't occur to me in time that this might be a relevant concern. One ...
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How to protect stainless steel BBQ from rust
I recently got a stainless steal BBQ and it is mostly outside but last one became full of rust, I only know oxygen when touch with steel make rust, but now how do I protect it? It is 20 dollar grill.
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Master Chef metal pot - I cannot find any details about if it is oven safe
I acquired a metal Master Chef pot many years ago and it cooks perfectly. However, I am worried about using it in the oven and do not even know what material it is made of so Is there an easy way to ...
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