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Questions about possible substitutions for an ingredient. Please indicate the reason for substitution.

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I host dinner parties for a small group of friends and one of them has a garlic allergy. When adjusting recipes I've been struggling to find the right substitute for garlic. Onion seems like the ...
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All my whole wheat bread recipes use honey, but i want to use sugar. What is the ratio of sugar-to-honey when adding sugar instead of honey in whole wheat bread recipe?
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I have found several accounts of indigenous methods which are necessarily complicated. Koreans generally make acorn starch (which is often listed as flour) which is used as cornstarch or tapioca ...
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I am likely to end up with a moderate amount of butter that has had the water boiled out (I’m making garlic confit and need something to do with the leftover butter). I’m thinking of trying to use it ...
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I've found a Mole recipe that I'd very much like to try. It's by Chef Saúl Montiel and can be found on the Epicurious Youtube channel. The problem is though, one of the ingredients is fresh, ripe ...
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I make sausage rolls whose filling contains the following ingredients: 500g beef mince 500g beef sausage mince 1 egg 1 diced onion 2 grated zucchinnis 2 grated carrots ½ cup breadcrumbs 2 tablespoons ...
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I made homemade heavy cream for ice-cream the melted butter got hard when I poured it Into the milk. Can I melt the butter/milk mixture & see if the butter will soften & blend?
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There is a very traditional red currant cake in my home region, consisting of a shortbread crust and a filling with red currants, meringue and hazelnuts. The filling can best be described as berries ...
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I feel like one of the biggest appeals of potatoes is the way they retain heat and distribute it into the body, an effect that you typically don't get from other vegetables. But is there something one ...
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Because of a severe nut allergy, I need a substitution for Heath bars bits in a recipe. The recipe is a chocolate trifle which includes chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, Cool Whip and milk mixed with ...
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I’m planning on cooking Marcella Hazan’s slow cooked beef ragu recipe for my girlfriends birthday. She calls for ground chuck to be added after the carrots and celery and cooked until it just loses ...
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My son recently found that he needs to cut a lot of things out of his diet. Naturally, being 19 years old, he's very upset that he can't have a lot of his favorite foods. So I've been looking for ...
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I used 1/3 cup of oil instead of 1/3 cup of butter in a Betty Crocker cake mix! How can I fix this?
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I am attempting to craft Malai Kofta but it calls for: 1 teaspoon dry fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) Dassana's Veg Recipes I cannot seem to find it anyplace near where I live. Would mustard seeds ...
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For a Malai Kofta recipe I am supposed to add: 2 single strands of mace or a light pinch of ground mace powder But, I just cannot find anyplace near me that sells Mace. Are there any substitutes ...
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