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To: Plumies, No, I don't think it can be frozen. It turns dehydrated and its texture changes. But if you use baby bok choy in soup or as filling of dumpling, the frozen baby bok choy will not impact the taste too much.

Pork hock is one of my favourites, no matter baked, simmered with soy beans, braised or cooked with soy sauce. One of the popular ways to make pork hock as a main course in festival is boned pork hock roll. (1) Four pork hocks are boned with sharp knife, reserve bones; (2) Rinse boned hocks and...

I use jelly strainer bag, it works well and is easy to be washed.

Great, a lot of choices, thank you both. I will keep them and have a try.

To: Buckytom "larger leaves around the hearts", you definitely got the point, I made it especially for the anniversary dinner. To: Plumies How lucky you are! We drove 3 hours to buy Shanghai bok choy, and they were the last two bags left in the store.

I am glad you like it, Bilby.

I don't think using shortening instead of butter or oil is good idea. Shortening is not recommended nowadays, cuz it is full of trans fat. When making cake, using liquid oil or solid fat results in totally different results. When making bread, sometimes, this subsitution might not be a big...

too little water. 8 oz of water means 1 cup water. 1 lb flour is about 4 to 5 cups. When I make bread, the general ratio between water and flour is 1:3 (v/v) if there is no other liquid added.

During the visit in Halifax, we bought two bags of Shanghai bok choy in an oriental store. What is the difference among Shanghai bok choy, local bok choy and local baby bok choy? Shanghai Bok Choy Baby Bok Choy Bok Choy Shanghai bok choy is sweet, crispy, juicy. Its shape is so cute and...

In store-bought yogurt, some additives such as starch, sugar and flavor do make yogurt taste thick, creamy, sweet and attractive. However, they increase the calorie and in my eyes, not as healthy as I expected. I make yogurt with skim milk, with yogurt capsule as starter, no addition of sugar...

If cucumber is smashed like radish, it will taste even better.

I don't think use nitrate salt is good. As I used to work in the project of determining concentration of nitrate in water and dairy, I know that elevated nitrate concentrations in drinking water or food could pose a risk of methemoglobinemia in infants and cancer mainly in adults.

WOW, many interesting recipes of cassava, copy and paste and save... Thank you!:chef:

Anau and Chopstix, Since it was my first time to cook cassava, I was too cautious on the so-called toxin stuff. When my hubby and I woke up this morning, we laughed and said "see, we are both alive". Quite funny. Yeah, "Filipino dessert", that's what I talked about. I am quite satisfied with...

I still knead dough with my ten fingers :sad:, but that's okay, it can help me to build muscle:tongue: