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I've noticed in certain recipes such as for cooking a pot roast they tell you to brown the meat first then go on to however it should be cooked. Does this do anything specifically, the browning, like locking in flavor or is it to just give a color and look to the outside of the meat? Allen...

Ok I've done a search on recipe software and see some nice products. Still not sure which is the best for me. What i would prefer is something just for organizing recipes in catagories to make finding them easier. What I dont really need is software that comes with recipes since I want the...

For all the years that I've been cooking, none of the recipes I have used have been mine. I have used recipes that I've found on the Net, in newspapers, in this forum or family hand me downs and I don't know the originality of those. I have not been brave enough to develope my own original...

A few years ago I went to old mystic village in connecticut and in one of the stores bought a container of jerk seasoning that had the label aunt maes jerk seasoning. I do believe its made for that specific store as I looked online and couldnt find it. I also don't remember the name of the...

There seems to be a huge selection of cooking oils to choose from, corn oil, peanut oil, canola oil, vegetable oil, etc. So is there a specific oil that I should be using for certain foods, should I have some of each kind. What do I have to gain or lose by using one type over another? Allen

Ok so I hate chopping onions but love em in my food. Is there any thing I can buy that will chopped the onions for me or make it a less tedious task, you know sort of like a cheese grater or the french fry maker we haven't used in years. Allen

There is a new El Salvadorian restaurant that recently opened up across the street from where I work. They have what they call a taco thats not like the typical taco that I'm used to (tortilla filled with chopped meat, cheese, diced tomatoes and lettuce). This taco uses a rolled pita bread...

I'm looking to buy a gas stove oven combination for the house. The one I have now has the burner switches on top of the stove as opposed to on the front face like all of the new stoves I've been looking at on the internet (sears, best buy, etc.). The stove also has the broiler below the oven...

Can anyone recommend a good book dealing with food seasonings. I mainly want to learn what seasonings to use on different type of foods mainly meats and what seasonings I can or should not mix together. Also where does everyone get their not so common seasonings? Sometimes I'm preparing a...

Hello and maybe someone can help me find a recipe. Many many years ago I attended a cook out where everyone contributed some dish. Someone had some sort of casserole that was made from corn kernals and spinich, creamed spinich I'm guessing. Whatever it was it was absolutely delicious but by...

Hello everyone, just a quick hello since I'm new to the forum but certainly not cooking. I hope to gain some new ideas to help improve my cooking as well as find new recipes. The one area that I would really like to learn about the use of seasonings, which seasonings to use on different types...