All of these treats are sweet and can be made without expensive ingredients or exclusive tools. Sometimes a little tweak in the presentation is all it takes to make an old ingredient seem new. These treats are all easy to make, easy to give and easy to store. If only they were easy […]
Question:
What is Fennel?
Which parts of fennel do you eat?
Answer:
Fennel is a plant from the Umbellifereac family of plants, making it related to parsley, carrots, corriander and dill. Its texture and general appearance is much like celery – although the coloring, shape and taste are all slightly different. […]
When baking, what’s the proper way to grease my pan so that the cake pops right out after baking?
Answer:
There are two steps to properly grease & flour a pan. These 2 steps are important when making baked goods, especially cakes and quick breads.
If you are […]Question:
How to Blanch Green Beans? How do I keep my green beans crisp and green? How do I blanch asparagus?
Answer:
Below are the steps for blanching fruits and vegetables, like green beans. Included is a table of blanching times, so important to the blanching process.
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Question:
How to blanch almonds?
Blanching technically means whitening and for almonds that is true, because blanching makes it easy to remove the brown skin (seed coat) and produce a white almond. Below are the steps for blanching nuts, such as almonds or pistachios. For information on blanching fruits and vegetables, please see […]
Question: How to boil water?
How do you boil water? What is the boiling point of water?
Answer:
Water boils at 212ยฐF, that is the boiling point of water.
Getting water to it’s boiling point is a simple process necessary to know when you begin cooking, as many recipes begin with boiling water.
[…]Question:
What is Blanching?
Answer:
Blanching, in culinary terms, is a quick partial cooking process where you quickly cook and then quickly cool the food. This process has many benefits which are explained below.
Blanching is helpful for many reasons:
1) Blanching is used for removing skins […]
The Keurig Platinum Brewer is a beautiful and sleek looking machine for any countertop, but especially nice at night with it’s blue LED lights illuminating the room. We can see why you asked us about these machines, because the entire line of Keurig K-cup brewers fit with our philosophy of trying not to […]
Question:
How to ripen an avocado – How do you ripen an avocado after purchase?
Answer:
Believe it or not, the answer is simple: leave it on the counter. That’s it!
Avocados do not ripen until they are picked. They produce ethylene gas once they are picked, just like bananas, and ripen nicely […]
Question:
How long to thaw a turkey?
How long
does it take to thaw a turkey? What is the thawing time
needed for a turkey? How long to defrost a turkey?
How do you thaw a turkey?
Answer:
We have a chart below with all thawing times for
turkeys.
But first, let’s look at two
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