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What does it mean when chia seeds are bitter?
I have bough some chia seeds in bulk and when I add liquid their gel have a bitter, almost chemical taste. What does it mean (bad quality? stale?) and how can I get rid of it (if that's safe)?
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What happened to my steak?
I have trouble cooking a steak 'medium', and to be honest, cooking it at all.
These were my steps:
Bought a steak (hip) that was about 1cm to 1.5cm in height. I let it reach room temperature (1 to 2 ...
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Eating cookie dough
How can I eat cookie dough safely? I want to make cookie dough ice-cream like the Ben and Jerry's range, however I don't want salmonella.
How do Ben and Jerry's sell make theirs, assuming they don't ...
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Eating raw fish: what are parasite infection risks really: how big?
I make sushi often, and i never use sushi-grade fish...i simply buy fresh fish from the market. I know the requisites of frozen for 20 hours etc., but I know for sure there are many restaurants in ...
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how long can you keep uncooked lentils - red and brown
how long can I keep uncooked lentils in my pantry?
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In a restaurants' kitchen in SC, is it DHEC approved to store raw meat next to ready to eat food?
In a cold table, is it dhec approved to hold raw meat up top next to ready to eat food, provided they have lids. There is a 3-4 inch steel spacer in between each top holding area. It would not be ...
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How to extract raw honey from honeycomb?
We recently had to get a swarm of bees removed from our house and moved to an appropriate lodging. We have been left with about 2kg of honeycomb - some of it clean, some of it with old honey/larvae/...
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Why do the Japanese eat a lot of raw fish?
Was trying to answer this question for a school age child writing an essay about Japan. Short of Wikipedia's "hundreds of years ago, you arranged for fresher fish by transporting it live" nothing ...
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egg yolks and egg whites
I was making an old recipe to serve and it is with pineapple, cream cheese, dream whip and other ingredients and it says to beat 2 egg yolks and mix in then beat the 2 egg whites and fold in at no ...
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Is there a safety issue with freezing raw chicken with raw stuffing?
I was planning on making stuffed chicken capons and freezing them raw. This is with fresh raw chicken and raw stuffing (no eggs), and then freezing the chicken stuffed with stuffing and defrosting and ...
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Use by date on cacao butter
I have just used cacao butter 6 yrs out of date to make raw chocolate adding honey and raw cocoa powder. I didn't realise until after I had made the chocolate how out of date it was. Is it OK to eat? ...
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Raw Kale - Korean side dish
I'm trying to get more raw veggies in my diet in general and Kale is such a good one. I recently had a raw kale side dish at a Korean restaurant that may or may not have been fermented. It's flavor ...
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What is a "raw smoked" gammon (or ham)?
In many recipes I've come across the term "raw smoked gammon" (sometimes also "raw smoked ham"). English is not my primary language, so such terms are sometimes difficult. This site has an answer on ...
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Raw pork and raw chicken touching each other
I bought a huge bag of pork bones, pork spare ribs and chicken bones.
To save time and space I combined them all and separated them into 4 bags and chucked them in the freezer. Now i'm not so sure ...
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Beverage Cooler vs Small Refrigerator for Raw Chicken?
I'm entering a bazaar and I currently only have a spare beverage cooler (a Daewoo 123 watt beverage cooler) for my bazaar stall. This being the current circumstance, I want to know if a beverage ...
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Do I have to cook salame
My specific query is to the products on http://www.columbussalame.com/products/italian-delicacies
The website says that it is "cured and naturally aged"
Does this mean I dont have to cook it before ...
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Fresh salmon that was frozen after: till when can it still be eaten raw
I always buy fresh salmon filet, cut it into pieces and put it in the freezer.
I usually take a frozen piece cut it and eat it raw.
My question is: for how long can a frozen salmon filet (frozen ...
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Why are my doughnuts raw in the middle?
I recently began making doughnuts. I did a few experiments.
The first time I followed the recipe exactly and they came out perfectly. Large, airy, and soft. But on day 2 they were too dry and lost ...
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How can I fix a bitter raw leek soup?
My son just got his braces adjusted and in a panic to make him a lunch for school, I made the following soup in my vitamix with what I had on hand. The problem is that the soup is very bitter (raw ...
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Mixing a banana with homemade sunflower butter turned into a horrible, leathery substance. Why?
I often make sunflower butter in my food processor by pureeing raw sunflower seeds. Today I decided (after the seeds became creamy) to blend a banana into the mixture. The result was horrible:
Almost ...
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Is raw honey safe to consume?
I recently purchased a jar of Very Raw Honey from my local market. I purchased it because it was on sale, but eventually I looked up whether it was safe or not to eat and came across articles such as ...
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Alternatives to massaging fresh kale?
I plan on making a raw kale salad for a large group and was wondering if there is another technique besides massaging it with my hands, which will likely get sore after breaking down a large quantity ...
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Cooking raw chicken beside heating quesadillas
In a kitchen that has only a flat top to cook with, is it safe to cook raw chicken on it and at the same time heat a quesadillas on the same surface but on opposite side of the flat top?
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Where can I find the most complete possible list with raw products and their respective pH?
I'm looking for the most comprehensive list of raw products such as vegetables, fruits, meats, seeds, etc. used in the kitchen (Oriental Cuisine) and their respective pH. I found so many things about ...
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Is it safe to store raw meat alongside pre-cooked produce (ie. ready-made pies) in the fridge?
Simply, as the title says I’d like to know if it is safe to store raw meat alongside pre-cooked produce (ie. ready-made pies) in the fridge. Given the ready-made pies still need to be cooked to a high ...
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How can I make a raw vegan shrimp paste substitute?
I would like to make a raw vegan shrimp paste substitute. I have seen people suggest using mushrooms -- yes, but.. how would you make it taste like Thai shrimp paste?
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How to clean utensils used to cook raw ground beef that have been left in the sink overnight?
I cooked some ground beef yesterday and by the time evening came was too zonked to do the dishes. Now it's the following evening and they are still in the sink. How do I clean the stainless steel pan, ...
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Hours for bacteria to form on raw steak [duplicate]
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Why is it dangerous to eat meat which has been left out and then cooked?
I left raw steak on the cement floor for 18 hrs. Should I not eat it because the meat has gone bad? ...
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Can salmonella show up in a raw-egg product once it has already been made?
I know raw eggs should be avoided, especially by sensitive people (children, pregnant women), as they may contain salmonella. Let's say I make a big tub of ice cream, with raw eggs, and several people ...
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How do I make raw peanut butter creamy?
I bought fresh ground peanut butter, and it's great and all, and I really like it for peanut sauces, but I really just want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and this stuff just isn't right for that. ...
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How long can I keep raw-egg based salad dressing refrigerated
I made salad dressing with, raw egg, mustard, olive oil, vinegar, minced garlic, salt & pepper. How long can I keep this refrigerated? Thanks
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How to deal with a fresh hare?
My neighbour has just given me a freshly shot hare, but has been pretty unhelpful as to what I should do with it. Pheasants I can deal with, but this is a step too far.
Any suggestions (apart from ...
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What should I know about the peels of raw fruit and vegetables?
I've not been paying much attention to what I ate, but now I have just become a vegetarian and want to try eating much more raw foods.
I know that in many fruit and vegetables, most of the important ...
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Minimal tasty preparation of raw chayote
I've got a couple of chayotes that I'd like to try raw. I've never had chayote before, but from what I've read, they're pretty bland when raw and require significant seasoning to be tasty.
How do you ...
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Can I leave out raw already-formed cookies for close to an hour while I wait for the oven to be available?
I'm making a cookie dough and forgot that I already had something in the oven. I prepared a baking sheet of cookies to go into the oven - but there is something already in there that requires another ...
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Can I safely serve raw beef roasts that were left out to thaw for several hours? [duplicate]
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Is it safe to cook a steak that was left out (raw) for 7 hours?
I left out 2 separate packages of unopened raw beef roasts overnight. They were frozen solid when left on the ...
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Does paneer have to be cooked?
I want to just toss it into some indian food I have. Does it need to be cooked first or is it ok if it just warms up a bit when I throw it in the sauce?
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Sashimi Recommendations?
I've recently been to China, and I've tasted an extraordinary dish I wasn't used to. Later, I've found out that the name is Sashimi, which is made with raw fish (salmon) and wasabi. Now I want to make ...
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Is it safe to eat raw fish?
Raw chicken is generally considered not safe to eat. A lot of people eat sushi/sashimi though, and they are made from raw fish. So, how come that's safe (if it is)?
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What flavor should you highlight from an oyster?
I've noticed some seafood restaurants put so much stuff on baked oysters, it completely overpowers the oyster. You could have baked a napkin, and it would have tasted just as good.
And then it can ...
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