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Noyau - advice on roasting apricot kernels, please
them in a medium oven for 5-10 minutes to denature the cyanide components, which might make a consumer ill. But here’s the problem – even two minutes at 350F/180C is over-toasting them. They don’t taste like...
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How to make Truffle Honey
I assume it will break down and denature the flavor and scent compounds, thus destroying the flavor. I have some honey’s from Alemany market that have very specific flavor profiles arising from the specific flowers the bees...
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Caffeine content after baking?
Does anyone know if baking caffeine will denature it or if it will remain active? I am baking a dessert with lots of powdered espresso and wondering if it will give everyone a buzz. Thanks!
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Will the enzyme die: unripened papaya as meat tenderizer
, however. Many are denatured by cooking temperatures approaching boiling, but I have not heard that cold does it. Try it and see. You can also buy dried papayin in health food stores—it is the ingredient in many meat...
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Fondue Fuel- Where to buy?
, and department stores, since it’s pretty common for those heated serving trays. If it has an alcohol burner and takes liquid fuel, buy denatured alcohol. The most common store brand is Paco solvent, usually sold in the...
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bread baking: more info on wheatgerm, please
any other advice about it? I really like how it tastes raw (nutty, sweet, wheaty), but I’m not sure if baking denatures its health-giving properties, and whether it’s possible to add too much to bread. Thanks...
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Fondue or Chinese Hotpot cooking fuel
Hi, I’m looking for a alcohol-based liqulid fuel (denatured alcohol) that’s used to cook a Chinese hotpot or a fondue. Does anyone know what’s exactly called? Where can I buy a product like this in Toronto? I...
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discolored stainless pot?
to remove it, you can use a lot of elbow grease and a cleanser like Barkeeper’s Friend or you can try a mixture of boric acid and denatured alcohol (neither of which are toxic). You might even try plain old Borax if you...
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Slate Counter tops ... any ideas on removing white water spots?
Would love to know the product name. Our counter guys came back in late August, told us they’d been sealed with the wrong stuff, stripped them with denatured alcohol and then added ... Old English Oil — which I know...
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how to make turkish delight
pistachios (or other nuts), maybe even little chunks of fruit (dried?) and use other flavors — maybe orangewater. but could you use apple juice, peach or pear nectar, pineapple juice (that had the enzymes denatured by...
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Chicken Breast
Value in pure monetary terms only? I would value the bone-in, skin-on breast: it offers fuller flavor, better texture and moisture of it compare to the often-denatured other thing. (Now, I should add that boneless, skinned chicken...
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Why would my frozen ribs go bad?
,over and over is an issue.Also disposal of waste is often a barrel with chemicals to de-nature the fat etc,to speed up the process of de-comp.Certified meat handlers as well as other certified food handlers take...
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Yogurt - WTF just happened?
You added enough whey to prevent the yogurt from properly congealing, but the heat of boiling was sufficient to achieve whatever denaturation wouldn’t happen at room temperature. Compare to making paneer, which separates...
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Fondue Pots -- Electric or Something Else?
The one I’ve had for longer than I can remember uses a small alcohol stove under the pot. It has some wick-like material that you saturate with methanol or denatured alcohol, and there’s a little rotating bezel that...
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What causes the differences in the firmness of shrimp and fried clams? Is it the quality of the seafood or the cooking?
. If the seafood sits in citrus for too long in marinating or in a raw prep like ceviche, it can start to denature the proteins too much, lending a mushy quality to the food.
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