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How to make raclette

I'm looking for a certain product. Its use is similar to a fondue cooker except that you use little frying pans and the food is cooked from the top and botto...

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Troubleshooting homemade pasta

I am having trouble making noodles. I made them for years and they were fine. Now when I make them, they are tough. I do not use a machine. I do knead them a...

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How do you make pasta by machine?

Many years ago someone gave me an Italian pasta making machine. There are plenty of shops near where I live that sell really good pasta, so I just put it in ...

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Hungarian tarhonya/pasta

My Hungarian grandmother used to make a dried pasta called tarhonya, basically a mixture of flour and eggs (not sure if they’re whole or only yolks). Do you ...

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Recipe for fluffy dumplings

I need a recipe for good, fluffy dumplings. The last ones my mother made were tough, heavy and chewy. Any recipes or secrets?

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Frying radishes

I saw a recipe for fried radishes and neglected to copy it down. I think it used white radishes. Do these white radishes have a name? I tried the fried radis...

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Fresh peppers for chile rellenos

I have fresh Anaheim peppers in my garden that I would like to use for a baked chile relleños recipe that I have in a cookbook. The cookbook actually calls f...

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Cooking crabs

When catching live crabs in crab pots, how do you get them ready to boil, and how long do you boil them to be safe?

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How to smoke fish/other foods

How do you smoke fish? Is it simply the method of cooking the fish or do certain ingredients also need to be added?

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Blooming flower onion recipe

Could you please give me the recipe for the blooming flower onion, I have just got back from the States and whilst I was there I bought the special cutter bu...

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Spice sheets/dry rub mixtures

Several weeks ago, a TV cooking show described 8" x 8" plastic sheets that had been coated with a mixture of spices. These sheets, it was said, are used by m...

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