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    ISO advice/info on Pressure Canners

    I was wondering of your thoughts on something. I am looking for a good pressure canner and in the reviews there appears to be pros and cons of having either a gauge or the jigglier. Which one do you like and why? At first I thought the gauge was best because it is on all the more expensive...
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    Bean Help

    Hello all! I was recently diagnoised Diabetic. This book I have is just another example of someone telling me that beans would help. I also have heart disease and need fiber among other things. It's not that I have not been trying. Man I have been trying to make bean dishes. Here is my one...
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    Baker's Couche

    Does anyone use a Baker's Couche? I made one with duck canvas last month and it did not work out. Made another one with Raw Canvas (there are holes throughout the material) and it worked great. Can't wait to try it again. It seems that the canvas without the holes did not take the flour very...
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    Rising/Proofing bread dough

    I was wondering how you guys solve this problem. How do you keep your dough from being "crusty" on the top.. or dry/flaky? The last time I made bread I was following directions in "The Breadmakers Appprentice" and after rising it said to not knead much... but the dough was very "crusty" on...
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    Burner for wok cooking

    Ok... I have an electric kitchen stove. Works fine, but the wok I have is a round bottom carbon steel wok. I can get it to work on the stove fine, but I am looking for a high output burner for it that I could use in my kitchen. I look at them in stores and they all seem to say the same...
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    Fish cookbooks

    Has anyone used this fish cookbook. Looking for one and there does not seem to be many around... It's got good reviews from Amazon. I am pretty new to fish and need help with buying the stuff as much as cooking it.
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    Oh forgot to tell you guys about the Naan

    Before I went to the hospital last week I made some INCREDIBLE Indian Naan! Wow it was so good. For those who do not know this is the flat bread that you get in Indian resturants. I just never thought it would come out so much like the real thing. Here is what I did... 1/2 Cup White flour...
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    Food manufacturers' Secret stuff

    We had talked about this is another thread. About how for instance, the salt that we would put in home made bread is nothing compared to the amount of salt that food makers put in thier bread. I mean how does our 2 tsp or 1 Tbs compare to what they actually put in? How about cheeese. How...
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    Popcorn... the low fat snack... maybe

    I love popcorn. Glistering with mouth watering butter, salted up to put me back in the hospital I should add (ok folks, stop drooling... keyboards don't like that very much... things start to smoke and all). Well after being told of my cardiac condition with the operation to boot, I can't eat...
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    Red wine and Cardiac health

    Being that I now have cardiac issues I have been researching (I think I will be forever researching actually). I love wine and recently found that there are a lot of people who are saying that wine, specifically red wine is very benificail for your heart. 1 drink for women and 2 for men (4 to 8...
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    Low or NO Sodium

    Hello all! My name is Michael and I am new to DiscussCooking.com. I am also new to something else. Heart disease. 3 weeks ago in the efforts to remove a Tumor the doctors found that my heart was too weak (was pumping at 22%). Instead of removing the tumor, which was postponed, I had a heart...
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