I heard some people on cooking forums questioning why sugar is considered a wet ingredient while salt is considered a dry ingredient. This is a very good question since it is pretty obvious that both of them are actually dry. The confusing thing is that in recipes, you categorize ingredients by wet and dry in …
Have you ever thought of eating raw leeks? They look and smell pretty much like onions that can be eaten raw, so naturally, you will wonder if leeks can be eaten raw as well. But the fact that leeks and onions have many similarities doesn’t mean that they are the same, so you thought to …
Even if it may be obvious that lemon zest and lemon juice are not the same things, they can be substituted with each other in some recipes, while in other recipes, there is no way you can use substitute them. So I thought I would check for every difference that people noticed between lemon zest …
Did you ever make a soup or any other food containing parsnip, and when peeling it, you asked yourself, is it good to be eaten raw? This question came through my mind, but I didn’t try since I don’t like the raw parsnip smell. So I decided to research the topic a bit, first to …
You probably found yourself in a situation where you don’t have the time to wait for your cheesecake to cool by itself on the countertop. Maybe you have guests, and you underestimated how much it takes to make and bake the cheesecake and other staff you prepare for your dear guests. Or maybe you don’t …
There is a fine line between undercooked scrambled eggs, and overcooked/burned scrambled eggs, so it is perfectly ok to ask yourself when are scrambled eggs fully done. This can be a taste thing because not all of us like scrambled eggs the same way, but there are certain things to look for. I checked a …
It happens that you plan to bake pizza or bread in a few hours, but life gets in your way, so you must change your plans, but you already kneaded the dough. So, in this case, you need to know how much you can store the dough in the fridge. Also, I guess the exact …
If you never cooked liver before or didn’t soak it in milk, somehow soaking the liver in milk sounds strange. Don’t worry, you are not alone. I cooked liver before but didn’t soak it in milk, so when I first saw the idea, I thought I would do some research and write an article about …
There is a lot of confusion between marinara sauce, tomato sauce, and bolognese sauce, and it’s totally understandable. They look the same, and in many cases, people who will serve you at a restaurant don’t know the difference either. After all, not everybody is an Italian Chef. Me neither, so I decided to do a …
I know that moment when you forget to put your leftover food in the fridge overnight, and you wake up in the morning having a shock that your food is still on the kitchen countertop. This can happen with lasagna as well. Sometimes you think that it is still hot enough and is not safe …
The meat’s been out of the fridge for a few hours now. It happens to me all the time when I get the meat out of the freezer, and I’m not certain that it will thaw in time for when I want to cook it if I let it in the fridge. So I decided …
Ever wonder why we don’t use pasta(especially spaghetti) instead of noodles and vice versa? They do look very similar and are used similarly, so why not? I decided to do a little bit more research on this topic, and I found quite a few differences between pasta and noodles that I want to share with …
I know this might sound silly, but the question “is kohlrabi a root vegetable?” is actually a very good question since it looks like a lot like turnip, radish, celeriac, rutabaga, and many more others. Still, you will find out that they are not quite the same thing. I was very curious when I had …
Have you ever woke up in the morning and craved a good peanut butter for your breakfast, only to find out that your jar of peanut butter is watery? This can be off-putting because you need an extra effort to stir it back, or it is actually its texture and will not thicken anything you …
Seeing something that looks like a white mold on your chocolate is never fun. The first instinct is to throw the chocolate away quickly. But after a few seconds, you realize that chocolate usually doesn’t have any moisture, so the first question in your head most probably is, is this possible? Can chocolate grow mold? So …
Maybe you know the feeling of asking a barista to put some “caramel syrup, or sauce or whatever it is in your coffee.” If you don’t work in a field that involves food or beverages, those two can seem to be the same thing. I think there are a lot of menus out there that …
Spreadable butter is what most people confuse with margarine, but they think it is the expensive version of it. We use it often for breakfast, and I remember once the cashier from a supermarket told me that I had forgotten my margarine when I was buying spreadable butter. So, for this reason, I will make an …
Christmas time is a special, magical time when all of the most delicious flavors come to your kitchen. And one of the most iconic Christmas flavors is, oddly enough, peppermint ! It’s sweet, refreshing, and brings juuust the right note of nostalgia. But why is peppermint associated with Christmas ? You’d think something as cooling …
Butterscotch and toffee are two of the most common sugar confectionery out there. They are several centuries old, and they are very easy to confuse with one another. Still, there are some key differences that set them apart. Which of these two you decide to use may make or break your recipe, so read on …
If you’re any kind of seafood lover you’ve likely stumbled across surimi. This is a piece of seafood you can get your hands on at pretty much any grocery store, and of various quality. Most of the time we think of cheap, possibly dubious ingredients when we think of surimi. But what is it actually …