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hello, i recently for a basic chef's blow torch but cant seem to get it to work. it has got a smal screw (which i can pull out, and which goes back in when i let go) just below the trigger. it has got a black dial at teh top. i cant get any flame out of the blow torch. the only way to pull...

hello, i successfully made some prawn toast. i went to this chinese restaurant ordered some prawn toast to check out their ercipe, and feel that they had just fried, not deep fried the prawn toast. is that another way of making it? my prawn toast seemed to be a bit oily, is there a way to...

hello, i just amde a sauce using whey as the stock. i think the whey has imparted a sweet taste to the sauce. (is that usually the case). is there any ingredient which i can add which can neutralise the sweet taste ? the ingredients used to create the sauce are reduced whey mushroom soup...

Hello, I was wondering what a corn dusted bun is, is it, as the name suggests, a bun with fine corn powder sprinkled on top? looks like a lot of people prefer it over the sesame seed buns.

hello, i am trying to understand when to use a wok and when to use a frying pan. my feeling is that one uses a wok when you have lots of small things to fry (e.g. mushroom, peas, noodles, shrimps) and one uses a pan when you have few big pieces to fry (strips of meat..) additionally when you...

Hello, i made some cottage cheese using vinegar, two days back. i have got a lot of whey left over, and i am thinking about making some stock out of this whey. i had left the whey in an open container in the fridge. do you guys think they whey can go bad in the last 2 days (actually 36...

Hello, I was wondering what is the best way to clean mushrooms considerin the fact that they always have a bit of soil sticking to the top and sometimes to the gills. I bought a food brush but it seems to corase to use on the mushrooms, i tend to boil the mushrooms to clean the dirt off, but...

Hello, I was trying to make prawn toasts and a couple of questions can i use the frozen cooked prawns (say from youngs) to make the paste? the recipes i looked up online state rawprawns. soem of the recipes talk about adding green onions and ginger, i guess that is not necessary, or i can...

Hello, I was wondering what is the grated cheese that goes into pesto?

hello guys and gals, I am a new here and interested in learning and experimenting with cooking. perhaps when i am ever good enough, i would love to share my experiences.