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Cooking Tips and Tricks Questions

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How do you clean off burnt vegetable oil off the outside of pots and frying pans?
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What if your chilli is too spicy?
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How do you peel potatoes?
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Why are some boiled eggs easier to peel than others?
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If too much salt is added to a sauce can something be added to reduce salty taste?
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How do you cook boneless chicken breasts without making them tough?
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How do you ripen green pears?
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How do you keep chicken wings crispy if you want to cook them in the crock pot?
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How do you get brownies to cook evenly without getting hard around the edges?
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How did Famous Amos make his chocolate chip cookies crispy?
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Does hard cider equal apple cider vinegar?
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Will peanut butter lessen saltiness?
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How do you get a cake out of a cakepan if you forgot to grease it?
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What to use to cover bowls in microwave to reduce splatter?
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How do you use saffron?
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Why does chilling an onion or chewing gum make you less prone to crying in front of a cut onion?
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How long do you deep fry oysters?
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Is lemon peel the same as lemon zest?
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Is there anyway to get a burn taste out of beans?
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Best vegetables match with chicken?
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How much milk in half half?
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What is chocolate art?
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How do you flame Creme Brulee without burning?
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How long do you cook a 17lb turkey at 350 degrees?
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How do you pan fry chicken and then heat it up in an oven without making the chicken tough?
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What is broiling?
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What is an alternative name for Nutmeg?
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Can mayonnaise be used as an egg substitute in a cake recipe?
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How do you cook filet mignon?
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How do you cut a large tenderloin?
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What cools a dish with too much cayenne pepper?
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Is a roasted hen as tender as a roasted chicken?
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What lasts longer brown bread or white bread?
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How long do you steam fresh green beans?
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Can you cook with wood planks at home in a conventional oven?
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Do cranberry beans and pinto beans taste close enough to be interchanged?
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How to remove salty taste from soup?
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How do you make eggs explode?
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How do you remove salt glazing from frozen seafood Some seafood is frozen with a salty glazing- is there a way to remove the salt once you thaw the seafood?
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Do you not need to remove Hubbard squash from its shell to cook it?
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You added too much salt to your scalloped potatoes?
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How do you tell a bad egg from a good egg without opening it?
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Peanut brittle is too chewy?
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What oil do you use to fry shrimp?
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Cooking pintos without soaking?
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How do you carve a turkey?
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How do you zest a lemon?
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What foods are good to cure a hangover?
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What is the importance of food presentation on a buffet?
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What can be served with lamb?
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What is preferred a flipped omelet or a rolled omelet?
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How long oven grilled chicken pieces?
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How to cook frozen foods in a slowcooker?
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How would you separate sugar from a flour and sugar mixture?
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How many minutes per pound do you cook beef?
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What is blanching?
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Another name for a tart in cooking?
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What is a curry?
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Can you use sherry vinegar instead of sherry?
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How do you know if you have a smoked ham?
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Can you boil sweet potatoes?
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How much juice is in a lemon?
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What could I write on small sheets of paper to add to homemade large fortune cookies - for a party?
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What causes bananas to ripen?
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What is splash-back?
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Is it bad luck to have an empty fortune cookie?
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Can Flour be substituted instead of cornstarch?
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How do you neutralize black pepper after adding too much to a stew?
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Why do sandwiches cut into triangles taste better than those cut into squares?
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Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable?
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