Sour cream is made from pasteurized milk. After pasteurization, healthy bacteria are added to ferment the milk. The fermentation creates lactic acid, which gives the cream its characteristic mild tang. Although people have cooked with fermented cream for centuries, sour cream as Americans know it was brought to the US by Eastern and Central European […]
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How to Make Gravy Less Salty – A Guide
You’ve worked hard to make that perfect roast. When you take it out of the oven, you see lots of good cooking juices in the roasting pan – perfect for making that finishing touch, a good gravy. So you go to work, but uh-oh. The gravy wound up too salty. What a waste, you might […]
Reheating Roast Beef
Roast beef is certainly a treat that you are extremely unlikely to have every night, particularly for those who love beef. There’s nothing more sinful than to let that tasty roast beef go to waste. Roast beef is a great dinner, but it takes time. Doing one on the weekend and having the unspoiled part […]
How to Thicken Homemade Tomato Sauce
Homemade tomato sauce has a vivid fresh flavor that is worth it. It is the base sauce used in lots of autumn and winter comfort foods like stew, minestrone soup, and chili, and the bright, garden goodness of homemade sauce will enhance almost any tomato-based recipe. Making tomato sauce from the scratch is a challenge […]
How to Remove Food Coloring from Skin?
Food coloring has now become synonymous with plating, cake decoration, etc. Most people nowadays have taken to exploring new ventures and hobbies. With the advent of social media and other platforms, it has become a trend to display our eccentricities and hobbies. Given such circumstances, it becomes natural to dabble in different aspects of crafts […]
How to Reheat Chicken Pot Pie?
When it comes to pies there is hardly anyone who hates it. E it apple, minced, or lamb, everyone just loves to indulge in some nice hot pie. Popularly prepared over the festival season, many people often go for the chicken pot pie if they do not prefer sweet pies or red meat. This humble […]
How to Make Oatmeal Last?
Oatmeal is one of the most nutritious and durable whole grains on the market. Filled with fiber and important vitamins and minerals, oatmeal is the mainstay in household pantries across the world. If you’re trying to use it as a hot breakfast cereal, a foundation for savory and soothing porridge, or want to add texture […]
How to Make Icing Thicker
For those with a sweet tooth and a knack for baking or working with confectionery, getting the icing right is so imperative. It is the decoration and the presentation of the cake that is possible with the right consistency of the icing. Be it cakes for anniversaries, birthdays or any other celebrations, anything with beautiful […]
How to Cook Frozen Crab Cakes?
Crab Cakes are everyone’s favorite. Who doesn’t love them? The fresh sweetness, flaky texture, and slightly crisp goodness are only achieved when you prepare them with the fresh crabmeat. Another alternative would be prepared and frozen crab cakes. Since they are typically flash-frozen in their freshest state they can be used with the same level […]
How to Tell if Lemon Juice is Bad – A Guide
Does Ginger Root Go Bad – A Guide Does Lemon Juice Go Bad? The short answer to that is, yes. Lemon juice does go bad. You might assume that the citric acid in lemon juice will keep it from spoiling. While that’s true to some extent, it’s not a very long extent. When lemon juice […]