This is a guide about cooking bacon. Cooking bacon can be a very messy job. There are alternatives to cooking bacon in a frying pan that can help reduce the mess.
This is a guide about cooking with cast iron pans. Cast iron pans are a safer alternative to non-stick pans. For the best results, it is important to know how to season and clean them.
Preparing Previously Frozen Potatoes
How do you prepare frozen potatoes that have been blanched? Do you thaw them before adding them to water to cook? or do you heat them from frozen state?
Checking Oil Temperature When Frying
Dip a toothpick or a match (be sure it's made of wood!) in the hot oil. If it's ready for frying, there will be tiny bubbles around it as if the wood is "boiling". If it's not ready yet, try again. Each time you check, make sure to use a fresh piece of wood.
Grill Green Beans and Potatoes
These are soft chewy and good. Just grill them together.
I want to use cabbage with corned beef, but the cabbage froze on my deck. I forgot to bring it in after shopping. Can I still use it it's still whole?
If it's not safe to use Ziplock bags for your eggs in a bag, what do you suggest we use?
This is a guide about cooking dried beans. Using dried beans can be much cheaper and healthier than using canned but they do take a bit more time to soak and cook.
Wooden Spoon When Cooking Fudge
When making fudge, use a wooden spoon not metal. Heat from the fudge will go to the spoon and it takes longer for the fudge to come to the right stage.
Converting Conventional Oven Cooking Time for NuWave
If a recipe says to cook in a regular oven at 350 F for 45 minutes, how long should it be cooked in the NuWave? Is there a calculation or formula?
I need advice for reheating a turkey I cooked yesterday, 12/18 for dinner guests this evening, 12/19. At what temperature do I need it to be, to reheat a fully dressed, unsliced turkey and keep it moist and juicy too?
Calculating the Cooking Time When Doubling a Recipe
I need to know how long to bake a chicken/cheese casserole when I double the recipe. I live at a high altitude - 6500 ft.
When I roast a small chicken in a same sized roaster, I add about 4 cups of either chicken broth or boullion to the roaster with the chicken already in it. I rub softened butter or margarine on the chicken first and add a few shakes of poultry seasoning on top of it.
Making Spanish Rice in the Rice Cooker
This is a guide about making Spanish rice in the rice cooker. We are very familiar with Spanish rice as a common side on a combination platter at our favorite Mexican restaurant. Adapting the recipes for this tasty dish to your rice cooker can simplify its preparation.
Cooking Turkey Breast in a GE Stand Alone Roaster
How would you cook a turkey breast in a GE stand alone roaster?
Cooking Brown Rice in a Rice Cooker
This is a guide about cooking brown rice in a rice cooker. Brown rice is a healthy alternative to white rice. However, brown rice not only needs to cook for a longer time that white rice, it requires more liquid for cooking. Unless your cooker has directions for brown rice, you will need to make some alterations to the cooking process,
Using a Nordicware Eggs 'n Muffin Pan
I need some help on the Nordicware eggs 'n muffin pan. I lost the instructions for this and have a few questions. How long do you put it in the microwave (800 watt oven)? What power level do you use?
Cooking Squash in the Microwave
She poked holes in it and put in microwave for 10 minutes at first. We ended up putting it back in for about another 5 minutes, and it was great. After removing the seeds, she added a little margarine, brown sugar and cinnamon, and removed the squash from its 'shell'.
Once the package is opened, it usually goes bad in about a week. I get around this by cooking the entire package about 3/4 of the way done and then putting it in a zip-top bag and keeping it in the freezer.
Prevent Gummy Rice with a Towel
After steaming rice, remove pan from heat. Place folded cloth towel over the saucepan, replace the lid, set aside for 5 to 10 minutes. Towel will absorb moisture so you will have rice with no mush.
This is a guide containing cooking oil tips. We use cooking oil for many recipes. Some are better for cooking at high temperatures such as when making stir fry. Others add a nice flavor to your dish.
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Some of the main ingredients in Chinese Food are ginger, garlic, and sesame oil. These are the odors you smell when you walk into a Chinese Buffet. Here are a few tips to getting a better flavor out of your Chinese cooking.
A reader asked if you could bake bacon. Here are the responses we received from the ThriftyFun community.
What are some uses for bacon grease? We like to put a little in green beans, especially fresh picked ones.
