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Hello... I gave my receipe to a cousin to make a 7-day bread and butter pickles. She just finished her first batch and was disappointed with the results. she said: "I followed the exact instructions and used exact measurements, even used the McCormick brand pickling spice...but they don't...

Does someone have a tried and true recipe to make yeast rolls so light they will rise off the pans unless you cover them in butter? My rolls always tastes fine, but I want to make a batch of "airy" rolls....do I need to knead the dough longer? Let rise more? Use more yeast...

Hello & Merry Christmas, everyone, It's been a Christmas tradition in our house to have a brunch, including sausage gravy after the presents are opened. My D-i-l has a problem with gluten and we want to make sausage gravy that she can eat and not suffer afterwards. Is there anything special or...

Last weekend, I needed a blast from the past and made 7-minute frosting. Yum. I'd like to make it again, with a chocolate flavor. What can I add to the mixture to make it chocolate? I've never used chocolate extract - would that be all I need? Has anyone tried this? Or added anything to make...

Hey everyone, My DH very helpfully put about 4 cups of flour into a plastic container to take with us camping. Unfortunately, he does not remember if it was bread flour, regular flour or self-rising flour (I know it wasn't cake flour!). Any ideas on how to identify the type of flour or is...

Hello everyone, We bought a 1994 Coachman RV. I love it but the fridge looks so dingy. The shelves are rusty. Does anyone have any ideas on how to clean the metal shelves and brighten the interior of the fridge and the plastic shelves on the door? Thanks to anyone who responds.

Hey everyone... What's your favorite recipe for Mint Julep?. In the past, for the Kentucky Derby, I make a Mint Julep Punch but would like to make "individual" juleps this year. Thanks!

I was looking online for a place to buy snow cone syrup and found recipes to make my own. Most of the recipes called for an unflavored koolade packet, 2 cups sugar and a cup of water. Most of the recipes say to boil the water, sugar and koolade together. Why does this have to be boiled? I have...

Many years ago, at Easter, my m-i-l would sculpt a duck out of a pound of margarine. She would squish the butter through some cheesecloth and then use some kind of nail or screw to create the feathers. She passed away and I never got to watch her make them. I was just wondering if anyone else...

Hey everyone... I "volunteered" to make 30 egg salad sandwiches for a church function. How many eggs should I boil? I've never made a batch of egg salad before - just used whatever was left over from deviled eggs. So, how many eggs? Thanks.

Hello everyone, I was reading some posts on my Facebook account and one of my cousins (in her early 20s) wrote that she "made Hamburger Helper from scratch"....and the comments were 'you are in the mommy mode" and several "liked" that! The world is a-changin', huh?

Hello, everyone... My husband (who does most of the cooking now-a-days (I cooked the first 30 years and it's his turn now)) bought a Nuwave countertop oven and would like to have more recipes. "Why" he wants it, I don't know :rolleyes: - he leaves out everything he doesn't like which leaves...

Is there a difference between chocolate cake and devil's food cake? if there is, what is the difference?

Hello everyone, I like to make a very sweet yeast roll, however, the rolls do not get as light as I would like them to be, but the family loves the taste. I start the dough in my bread machine and sometimes leave it in the machine to rise and sometimes I take it out and put it in a bowl, but...

Hello everyone, We recently bought a GE Profile range with double ovens. Since this was my second glass top oven, I didn't realize there would be a difference in how hard it is to clean. At Christmas, I made several batches of hard candy - boiling sugar, karo and water - and the glass top...

I've seen bright green pickles at luncheons and covered dish dinners. Are they "regular" pickles with green food coloring? Can I add the green food color to any kind of pickles? I can never seem to track down the person who brought those pickles to ask for their "secret". I am planning to make...

Hello everyone, Wow - I am excited about this forum....I belong to a couple others, but none have this many active members and I am excited to be here. I really don't like to cook (gasp) :ohmy: but I do like to bake....Bread, cakes, cookies and the occasional pie is what I enjoy the most...