Question:
Which ground beef works best?
What is the best meat to fat ratio when purchasing
ground beef?
Answer:
The meat to fat ratio listed for hamburg, ground beef or ground sirloin is usually referred to as the grind. It is listed on the label as a percentage. The percentage of meat is listed […]
How do you wash mushrooms?
Since mushrooms are not the prettiest – OK,
that’s in the eye of the beholder –
but I think we can agree that they are not the
cleanest of all the vegetables that one could
possibly choose.
So, a common question that comes to mind when looking […]
Question:
What are gherkins?
Answer:
Gherkins are
tiny pickles that are made from a variety of tiny
whole cucumbers.
Question:
What is Ghee?
What is clarified butter?
Answer:
Ghee is actually pure butter fat. Butter consists of water, milk solids and milk fat (about 80% of butter is fat – it’s the same fat as in milk, but the fats are far more concentrated in butter). Removing everything but the fat, along with the specific […]
Question:
What is
charcuterie?
What is a charcuterie board?
How do you assemble charcuterie?
Answer:
Charcuterie is a
type of cooking that was developed to preserve
meats (mostly pork) before refrigeration was
readily available. This French word is used to
describe or include any meats that are smoked,
cured or otherwise cooked. Meats in this
[…]
Question:
How much ham per person should be served at
dinner?
Answer:
When deciding how
large of a ham to buy, it is good to know how much
ham is considered a serving.
How much ham per person to serve depends on the type of ham […]
Question:
Can you use a cast iron pan on a glass top stove?
Answer:
It’s no secret that we think that old cast iron pans are the bomb, but what if you have a glass top stove? Glass top stoves look beautiful when they are new and clean, but they can be rather easily scratched […]
Question:
What is a country ham?
For that matter, what is a city ham?
Answer:
A country ham has to
do with the process on how the ham was made.
Country
hams are seasoned and then slowly smoked, giving
them an intense flavor.
Country hams are dry-cured, or rubbed […]
Question:
Should you wash chicken?
Should you wash a chicken before cooking?
Does washing chicken remove germs?
Answer:
We recommend that you do NOT wash chicken before using for the reasons listed below.
Should you wash chicken?
You can, it will not hurt the bird, but it
may […]
Question:
What is the difference between “high”
and “low” temperature settings on a
slow cooker?
Answer:
Actually, there is no difference in the actual
cooking temperatures between settings for the
original crock pot and most other slow cookers.
The difference between slow cooker settings is
about time and not temperature, which is about
[…]
Should you eat green potatoes? All the
scoop on green potatoes.
How to Clean a Cutting Board?
What’s the best way to clean and deodorize a cutting
board?
How to make healthy pancakes Make easy
healthy pancakes with this simple recipe.
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harbors germs if not properly maintained.
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