Unanswered Questions
864 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Technique to find and eliminate the needle bone in lamb shanks?
In lamb and in cattle, the fibula and ulna bones are vestigial (http://www.aps.uoguelph.ca/~swatland/ch2_1.htm, "In beef and lamb carcasses there is a single major bone, the tibia or shank bone...") ...
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White texture on natto
I'm making a first time natto in natto/black garlic pot. So I go by the recipe.
First soak beans for 24 h then steam to be softer. Put natto starter
inside a small amount of water and mix it with ...
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What happens to the cream and egg white in a Ramos Gin Fizz?
A Ramos Gin Fizz uses both egg white and heavy cream in order to form an extraordinarily stable and dense head on the drink.
When egg white is whipped, it forms a foam through protein networking. When ...
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What are these dark spots on my walnut kerns? Are they safe to eat?
Sometimes, when I'm eating walnuts, I'll find one with some dark spots on the kern surface, as shown in the photograph below. I normally prefer to err on the side of caution (I think I read somewhere ...
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How do I create slippery and light jelly for drinking?
I created an experiment with 10 different water/gelatin ratios but none provided the required results.
I'd like to create viscosity similar to Jelly Juice pouch bags. However, when the results I'm ...
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How does the speed of nigari addition to soy milk affect the resulting tofu?
When making tofu, nigari water (magnesium chloride) is added to soy milk to curdle it.
In my personal experience, adding the nigari very slowly (over the course of tens of minutes) produces soft tofu ...
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Is it possible to make a Dutch baby, or similar, without an oven?
I find myself temporarily without an oven, but am really craving a Dutch baby. Since a Dutch baby is cooked in a very hot oven, clearly I can't make a normal one. But is there any version of one, or ...
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Why would acorn meal still be bitter after cold leaching for a month in the fridge?
I've successfully leached, ground and dried acorns to make flour in the past. Problem: currently have a batch of ground acorn meal which I have been cold leaching in the fridge for at least a month. ...
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How do I clean my gas oven at the very bottom where the burner is?
Last night I was baking a peach cobbler at 400F when my son noticed orange flames coming out of the vent holes at the sides of the bottom panel of the oven. I shut off the oven and eventually the ...
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Possible to get Sugar Syrup and Coconut Oil to solidify together (Emulsifier needed?)
I'm trying to make a 'magic-shell' like topping from burnt sugar syrup by mixing burnt sugar syrup (sugar + corn syrup heated until dark copper color, cooked with water until smooth) with coconut oil. ...
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Guidelines for cooking Desert Truffels?
I have gotten my hands on a number of fresh blackish Desert Truffles, which are apparently quite different from the European ones. To quote:
Desert truffles have nothing to do with their European ...
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What is the minimum processing time for salsas?
I found a recipe (Wonderful Salsa at Food.com) that called for it to be processed for 10 minutes. I'm seeing now that other salsa recipes call for 15 or more minutes. Is this true for all salsas, or ...
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Cause of Spoiled idli?
I have prepared idli which was spoiled after steaming.
I followed the following process:
Soaked idli rava (coarsely ground rice) along with whole black gram(without skin).
Grinded with mixie to ...
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What are food additives that help popsicles/shaved ice melt slower?
What are food additives that help popsicles/shaved ice melt slower?
Simple popsicle ingredients: water, sugar, flavoring
I used agar agar and gelatin before, but don’t want to: The texture is not the ...
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What's this orange jelly on pomelo?
I was peeling my pomelo when I noticed this orange gelatinous substance between slices. No other places were found and the fruit looks good from inside. Is it safe to eat?
