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What Material Is Used for Straining Cooking Oil?

While using a new batch of cooking oil each time you fry reduces your chances of acquiring a foodborne illness, straining used cooking oil keeps it fresh enough to fry another day. Straining also keeps the charred remains of your last meal out of the next one that you fry up. If frying is a regular

Coffee - A Great End to Your Meal

Despite the association of coffee with the morning wake-up call, it also makes for a great end to a fantastic meal. Though coffee has become an early morning pastime, it has been used as a ...

What Impact Does Norovirus Have On Food Hygiene And Safety?

Bacteria are an essential part of our lives, but not all types are good. This article explains the basics of bacterial food poisoning and gives some helpful tips about how you can reduce the risk of transferring nasty bacteria between foods.

How to De-Seed & Mince a Jalapeno Pepper

Spicy and flavorful, minced jalapenos add a bold and distinctive twist to a wide variety of spreads, soups, casseroles and other dishes. The seeds deliver most of a jalapeno pepper's heat. By removing the seeds, you can cut down on the spiciness while retaining the flavor.

Making Wine Kits - A Quick Guide

Those who have thoughts of making wine in their own home will often start by looking to purchase a wine making kit. Here is a very brief guide outlining what you should be aware of.

Growing Great Fresh Peaches in Georgia: A Short History

Simply nothing compares to the amazing flavor of a farm fresh, perfectly ripe, sweet and juicy peach. There are hundreds of varieties of peaches, 40 of which are typically grown in Georgia, which fall into ...

Sweet Drinks With Gin

Gin is an alcohol that can be used to make a range of drinks from bitter to sweet. Gin is distilled from juniper berries and is often distilled with other spices. While the alcohol was developed in the 17th century, gin became especially popular during the Prohibition Era when people would make boot

Healthy Cooking With Sous Vide

Do you have problems keeping chicken moist, and flavorful? Sometimes, no matter how you cook it, the chicken comes out dry. Did you know that there is a method for cooking chicken at the exact right temperature each time, and it leaves the moisture in?

How to Decorate a Cake With a Photo

Personalize a birthday, anniversary or baby shower cake with a photo of the guest of honor. You can use any photo to top a cake, even if you have no experience with cake decorating. Choose one special photo or arrange several together to create a collage on your cake. Best of all, this process is ex

How to Steam Fish in an Electric Food Steamer

Adding fish to your diet can give you a varied menu, full of the light and delicious tastes of many different fish varieties. Fish is simple to prepare using standard cooking processes. Steaming is a fast way to prepare fish that imparts big flavor without adding fat. Steam fish in an electric food

How to Make Sautéed Whole Dover Sole

Cooking whole fish in a pan, in butter, is a wonderful way of encouraging a crisp, buttery exterior and a perfectly moist interior. And it just doesn't get any better than doing it with whole Dover sole, especially when it's just come in fresh from Holland. Each fish is under a pound after cleaning

An Introduction To Taco Catering And Mexican Food

Smell coming from food is great, taste of the food is undeniably delicious, and quality of food is very healthy, all these signs are showing that you are eating food of taco catering. Mexico is ...

What is Wine Making Yeast and Why is it Important?

The importance of wine making yeast has largely been ignored by novice winemakers; in truth, wine making is actually the job of the yeast. Winemakers are called such because of the participation they have in moving and mixing and bottling; but the yeast is actually the ingredient that makes the wine

Coffee Drinking & Hydration

Fluids are an important part of the diet. An acceptable way to maintain the body's fluid balance is to drink 6 to 8 cups (1.5 to 2 liters) of various liquids throughout the day. The daily normal average loss of water is about 2,500 ml. About 50% of this water loss is through urine.

Selling Wholesale Soft Drinks

The economy is not doing so well at the moment - it does not take a genius to know that. Businesses feel strained and people do not know where the markets are headed. Businesses that ...

Tips For Easy Dessert in Your Slow Cooker

Why not make dessert in your slow cooker? It is easy and almost impossible to "flop." So, I have been experimenting a little and came up with a few tips to help you.

3 Fresh Ideas For Cooking With Pacific Pollock

You might initially think your choices are limited when planning a meal with pacific pollock, but there are many different directions to take with this incredibly abundant fish. It doesn't always have to come back to the ubiquitous fish sticks or fish sandwiches so popular at lunch and dinnerti