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    Choosing cheap wines for recipes

    As someone just attempting to learn to cook, I also know nothing about wines or cooking with them. I read the entire 'Why do You Cook With Wine' thread, so picked up on the reasons for using wine in some recipes. I also saw the suggestion for only using wine that you would drink. I wouldn't...
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    Using a Hot Plate

    Lacking a range, I purchased one of IMUSA's single burner hot plates rated at 1100 watts. The only marked settings are OFF, LOW, MED. But it appears to adjust continuously from OFF to well past MED. With water in a three quart saucepan, the maximum temperature reached was 192. But turning knob...
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    Help with a childhood favorite (cream of wheat)

    This shouldn't be difficult since there are only two ingredients. Still, not sure where to start. Mom used to fix cream of wheat combined with Campbell's condensed cream of mushroom soup. It had a consistency like thick oatmeal. I need suggestions on how to recreate this. (Yep, have zero...
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    Howdy from an old Texan

    Decades ago, I could manage boiling spaghetti with store bought sauce and I could manage Hamburger Helper. Since then, I've lived off fast food, sandwiches, and canned goods. So at 64, with type 2 diabetes (usually under control) and stage 3 chronic kidney disease (doesn't appear to be getting...
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    Cornbread recipe in toaster oven

    There is a particular cornbread I would like to try, Treebeard's Jalapeno. The recipe calls for a 13"x 9" pan at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 min. I need to use an 8" x 7" pan in my Black & Decker toaster oven. I figure I can either halve the recipe (48% based on square inches) or cook two...
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