Cooking studio with recipes
When it comes to baking, weighing ingredients is much more accurate than using volume measurements such as cups or pints. If a cake is too dense, too small, or cracks on top, those are all problems that result from incorrectly measuring the flour. Why is it important to weigh ingredients when baking? Measuring ingredients for …
Can I boil a kettle with a 12V battery? It takes a surprisingly long time to boil 750ml of cold water using a 12V kettle. If you are lucky, it will take more than 30 minutes, even longer if the water is very cold. Can you boil a kettle using an inverter? At a minimum, …
Since baking soda is essentially a salt, it dissolves equally well in temperature and cold water, but high temperatures promote dissolution. It is important to note that baking soda is not activated by water alone. Both water and acid are needed to initiate foaming. What happens when you mix baking soda with cold water? What …
Vinegar and baking soda, when used in moderate amounts, are not harmful to the washer, but extreme use may affect some of the coatings on the drive shaft components, the parts that switch the cycle from fanning to spinning. Is it OK to put baking soda in a front load washer? Can I use baking …
Generally, when olive oil is used for cooking, it is best kept to pan frying only. However, it is definitely not ideal for deep frying as the smoke point is too low and it overheats. If you are looking for an oil to fry in, canola is a great option. Is it OK to deep …
The recommended minimum cooking temperature for ground beef is 155 degrees Fahrenheit (68 degrees Celsius). Ground beef should be cooked at this temperature because the lower temperature destroys any bacteria that may be present in the meat. Why must ground beef be cooked to 155 degrees Fahrenheit or more? E. coli, a bacterium commonly found …
Compared to air and land, water is a slow conductor of heat. This means that to raise its temperature, it must acquire more energy than an equivalent amount of air or land. Also, the fluid structure of water means that its molecules are in a constant state of motion. Why does water take longer to …
Cooking rice is an irreversible and endothermic reaction. In other words, once rice is cooked, it cannot be restored to its original state. Rice is endothermic because it absorbs heat from the outside and uses it to cook rice. What type of change is cooking rice reversible or irreversible? Cooking rice is an irreversible change …
Boiling water description or science: pasta is added to water before it begins to boil. Pasta will begin to break down in warm water as soon as the starch dissolves. It takes the intense heat of boiling water to “set” the outside of the pasta. This prevents the pasta from sticking together. Does the water …
If your chicken is slimy, stinks, or turns yellow, green, or gray, these are signs that your chicken has gone bad. Throwing chicken past its expiration date, being raw raw or 4 days cooked and refrigerated for more than 2 days or being in the temperature danger zone for more than 2 hours. Why is …