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By Julia Fuller

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Pickled onions are delicious. If you can them without cooking, they will retain their crunch. Home canned goods containing high acidity can be stored in a cool area out of the sunlight for up to a year. How can you pickle crunchy onions without ... more »

How to Poach an Egg

By FlufferNutter

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The mysterious poached egg. How to cook an egg like that? It may be easier than you think. After reading this article, you'll be making your own eggs benedict in no time!.. more »

How to Prepare for a Cookout

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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When you're the guest at a cookout, it always looks so easy. There's food on the grill, beverages in the cooler and napkins and paper plates blowing off the tables. From the host's perspective, it's not nearly as easy as it seems. There's a whole ... more »

How to Prevent Food Borne Illnesses at Home

By sashasweder

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This is a beginners guide to making your holidays and celebrations in your home foodborne illness safe. Simple steps that seem to be common sense until you notice you or your family have not been following them properly. Warning: This article may ... more »

How to Properly Season a Cast Iron Pan

By DawnChesbro

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Using cast iron pans for cooking is a wonderful way to obtain a nice caramelized crust to your foods. Add to that the fact that cast iron pans add to your daily dietary intake of iron and the fact that cast iron pans are superb at heating evenly ... more »

How to Protect Food From Flies During Outdoor Garden Parties

By Sarah Wilson, CCRP

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I love eating outdoors. I mostly enjoy relaxing and eating in my outdoor garden or on my house deck. I look forward to family picnics and at Myrtle Beach we can reserve a section with tables and grills. However, here in the South, insects are a ... more »

How to Quickly Slice Mushrooms

By LoLoBug

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This How-To explains how you can breeze through slicing a pound of mushrooms in less than 5 minutes!.. more »

How to Remove Mold From Maple Syrup

By NinaH

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Real Maple Syrup is one of the treats of the American Northeast, from Virginia to Maine. Most of us use it sparingly since it costs so much more than commercial "pancake syrup." But if you use it sparingly, even if you refrigerate it, you may ... more »

How to Remove Raw Garlic Smell Off Your Hands

By Maddie

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Have you ever noticed when you cut raw garlic that no matter how much soap you use the smell of garlic remains?.. more »

How to Rescue a Broken Sauce

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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A sauce based on eggs can be temperamental, breaking down from a thick, creamy mixture to a thin liquid with grainy curds in the blink of an eye. Mayonnaise and hollandaise are both emulsions of egg yolks, but when they separate--unlike Humpty ... more »

How to Separate the Yolk From the Egg White

By CCrock

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Here's how to separate the yolk from the egg white!.. more »

How to Shell a Hard-Cooked Egg

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Hard boiled eggs are delicious, but sometimes they prove difficult to shell. The following steps will walk you through peeling the shell off the egg. Just remember, don't crack the egg too sharply or you'll sacrifice some of the egg along with ... more »

How to Skin an Avocado with a Spoon

By GardenGuru

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Waste not, want not. Here is a quick and effortless method of relieving an avocado of its skin, and still getting every juicy bit of the green gold inside... more »

How to Smoke Meat Without a Smoker

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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The aroma and taste of meat that is slowly cooking in a smoker is simply divine. Not everyone has the luxury of owning a smoker or even a back porch to put it on. For those who love the taste of smoked meat but have no place to cook it, these ... more »

How to Solar Cook Broccoli and Rice Casserole

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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People won't believe you cooked this gooey, cheesy casserole by the heat of the sun (well, mostly, anyway). Serves four as a side dish... more »

How to Solar Cook Pinto Beans

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Beans take a long time anyway ... why not save some energy and cook them with the sun? Serves six as a side dish... more »

How to Steam Corn on the Cob

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Steam cooking is a quick and easy way to cook fresh corn on the cob. Steaming corn takes much less time than boiling corn, and it allows the corn to retain its flavor, nutrients and color. Follow these steps to steam corn on the cob... more »

How to Substitute Honey for Sugar in a Recipe

By EJLightning

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When you consider sweeteners, honey tends to be (or at least should be) near the top. It has varying levels of sweetness (typically more so than sugar), can add character to a recipe, and it is even suggested that honey contains some level of ... more »

How to Tell If an Egg is Still Good

By Kristina N

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I have learned from talking to other cooks/bakers, a way to tell if your egg is good or bad. Try this one simple method... more »

How to Thresh and Winnow Harvested Wheat by Hand

By Kat Yares

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Once hand-harvested wheat has cured, it is ready to be threshed and winnowed. This will separate the wheat from the chaff. This should be done on a clear, sunny day when there is a light, but not gusting, wind. Read on to learn how to thresh and ... more »

How to Truss a Turkey

By Althea DeBrule

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Trussing is another word for tying a turkey, after it has been stuffed or seasoned and is ready to be roasted. Trussing ensures that your bird cooks evenly and keeps its shape after roasting. There are many ways to truss a turkey and some turkeys ... more »

How to Use a Double Boiler

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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A double boiler is a cooking device that consists of a saucepan partially filled with boiling water with another bowl or pot inside of it, the contents of which are heated through contact with the boiling water. Double boilers ensure slow, even ... more »

How to Use a Wok for Fried Rice

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Fried rice is an important part of cuisines from Japan, China and Thailand. Because it can be added to just about any Asian-style dish, mastering fried rice is a necessary first step in learning to Asian cuisine. The best way to prepare fried ... more »

How to Achieve Great Fried Chicken

By howudoing

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How to make Achieve Great Fried Chicken, less grease, less calories and the best flavors from your imagination. How this will impress even your vegan friends... more »

How to Bake a Frozen Pie Crust

By jpaint

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Many recipes call for a pre-baked pastry pie shell. If you don’t want to make your own crust from scratch, a frozen pie crust is a great option. Frozen pastry pie crusts are available in the freezer section of most grocery stores. They usually ... more »

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