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    Temporary cooking situation - appliance?

    One last fundamental looking for locations question It seems that most sites have different places then others. So I am curious is there one site or a place / book / internet site that you can type in the location it pops up all the available renting places with in a certain mileage. I know...
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    Temporary cooking situation - appliance?

    I see about the insurance issue for them and indirectly me. A kitchenette may do fine. If not good maybe it is still possible for me to cook all my meals on the weekend for the next week at home then store them on my way up in the hotel refrigerator if they offer one. That still maybe an option...
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    Temporary cooking situation - appliance?

    What is kitchenette? As for weather they would let me bring in kitchen appliances because of safety issues... I don't think a electric skillet or any other appliance if unplugged after usage is going to be much of a hazard. But I will have to ask because they will pretty much see me rolling...
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    Temporary cooking situation - appliance?

    how will I boil water , and bake. As for sauté and cooking burgers that may work. Though I eat a lot so it would have to also be able to cook a lot of food reasonable fast. Chicken I usually cook in the oven , and I like to eat a lot of pasta , rice , and sauté vegetables The 2 things I am...
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    Temporary cooking situation - appliance?

    I maybe temporarily working for a company that I will need to stay at a hotel. I am alright with that fact... but it may not have a cooking oven/refrigerator/cooking appliances in my room where I am going to have to stay. ( am not alright with this unless I have a means to get portable...
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    food/product inventory?

    I am wondering what the best way to keep track of your product / food inventory... I have always had trouble keeping track of if the food was no good any more, or if the food item is to low and needs to order more of a certain item. Is there any easy way apart from hiring a person to keep...
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    Rate of new meals/desserts?

    I am wondering what is the rate of new meals and desserts per year? What I mean is I am trying to get an estimate on how fast new meals and desserts are being created... i.e the growth rate of creative cooking sort of speak??? I guess one would have to define what meals qualify as a genuine...
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    Crossiants vs pie dough?

    I have made a few pie from scratch and I am wondering if there is any additional ingredients that differentiate the to. Or is a croissant basically a folded pie crust coated with maybe some butter , and desert glazes like sugar , chocolate ...etc And if the ingredients are the same then is...
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    Freezing foods?

    No, then heating at 140 F for 60 minutes wouldn't sanitize? If you look at the wiki for disinfecting or sanitizing one could always cook to sanitize in theory. :cool: (not saying there would be a lot of taste or nutritional value but it could be done in times of safety and never having to throw...
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    Freezing foods?

    Question 1 I have read thru this article Freezing and Food Safety It seems from this I am under the impression foods can be frozen indefinitely and still editable provided once you unthaw them you cook them right way so the dormant bacterial ,...etc don't reactivate and you kill the bad...
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    ISO information on Best By/Use By dates on foods

    What about the lag time between processed and packaged from harvest and transported to be processed/packaged ? Won't that play a role in determining how long it will be good til approx. A sub question to the above is how close when harvesting 2 of the same items from the same place will keep...
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    ISO information on Best By/Use By dates on foods

    so how much over can you push an item usually then with out it hurting you in any way. (as well as providing some nutritional value) Plus is there a difference in the labels best by and use by normally? Gotcha on canned products how about the frozen ones like frozen fruits or vegs , as well as...
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    ISO information on Best By/Use By dates on foods

    I am curious about best by or use by. I know I have used stuff like a month over the best by date and I never got sick. For use by I try to stick close to the exact date maybe a few days over. Is there any exact or close to exact date that the best by date should never be used over. Or...
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    ISO - Help with Dry Beans

    how about for the other Legume based foods any ratio's you must follow to come out alright?
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    ISO - Help with Dry Beans

    Ok so then what does have to be cook with a specific ratio to come out correct or what the majorities preferences is. In terms of beans , rices , split peas , lentils ,quinoa ,...etc If you are saying rices doesn't need to be cooked with the ratio if you don't care about straying the water...
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