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Please, can anyone tell me what Protose is? I think it is vegetarian and something to do with potatoes. Thanks

Please, can anyone tell me the potassim content of 1 tsp of Hoisin? Thanks, in advance

Hi all Americans, Would someone please tell a dumb Brit how you eat salads? I mean, do you eat the salad before, during, or after a main dish? Or do you even eat it as a main dish? We Brits usually treat a salad as a main dish and have a starter first, and a sweet (desert to you) after...

I can buy frozen peeled uncooked giant shrimps in my supermarket. They are about six inches long and about one inch in diameter at the thick end. But what is the best way to cook them? All my attempts so far result in the shrimps being somewhat tough, about the same consistency as good quality...

Can anyone give me a recipe for using frozen fish fingers (nuggets or sticks) that does not need deep frying. If I bake them in the oven with a dab of butter they are OK but somewhat dull. I'd like some veg with them if possible, and a quickie method for supper or lunch. Thanks, folks,

What is the effect on fish of coating it in egg and breadcrumbs (or batter, come to that) before frying? Is there any effect on the fish or does the coating simply add something to the somewhat bland taste of the fish?

I can now buy at my local supermarket large frozen shelled shrimps (I think they are shrimps or maybe prawns or maybe crawfish.) They are about one inch in diameter, and about six or seven inches long. Can anyone suggest how I should cook them? Should I boil or fry? What sauce should I...

Please, can anybody give me a recipe for plain, ordinary, run of the mill, everyday, plain vanilla, no nonsense lamburgers? Please, no extras, no spices, no fillings, no nothin, just plain simlple lamburgers. I have searched the web but I can only find tarted up lamburgers with all sorts of...

Having seen several references to a George Foreman Grill I was excited when I saw one on sale in a local Beijing store. I was desperately in the need of a table-top grill as my maid had broken my old one. In Beijing, when you see something in the store you want you grab it fast. Supplies are not...

I have come across several delicious Italian recipes with the word Ripieni attached to them. What does Ripieni mean? Anone know?

What do you mean by “corned beef”? I have always believed that corned beef is sold in a can by Fray Bentos or Libby’s, but I think that in America you get corned beef from a deli and it is not the same as the stuff in a can. Amd I right?

I have come across a reference to a Welsh Dish called Swooning Priest, that features products from the Town that first produced it (Caerphilly Cheese) it is alleged. I was born and educated only a few miles from Caerphilly but have never heard of the Welsh dish called Swooning Priest. Has...

In the article in Wikipedia (and Answers.com) on pizzas I came across the following: Pizza Margherita: tomato, mozzarella in listels, basil and oil; What does “in listels” mean? Can anybody enlighten me, please?

I see from a web page of equivalents that: 1 cup ketchup = 1 cup tomato sauce plus 1/2 cup sugar plus 2 Tbsp vinegar. Does this mean that there is a difference between tomato sauce and tomato ketchup? I always thought they were different words for the same commercial bottled stuff!

I want to serve a batch of Hormel Cocktail Smokies for a party and would like to put them in the oven. What temperature is the best, and for how long should they be cooked? Advice would be appreciated.

Can anyone give me a recipe for a paté using pastry crust (not the spreading type of paté), please. Is there a name for this type of paté to separate it from paté of the spreadable kind (such as paté de fois gras)?

Is there something called light soy sauce? Or is it just a marketing ploy? What is it, light in colour or light in calories? I have lived in China for over 20 years and I have never seen light soy on sale.

How does an electric oven cook food? Obviously if I put meat and vegetables in a casserole with a lid, the food inside is heated and cooks by simple heat. Obviously, if I put meat on a BBQ or under the grill (broiler) the meat is heated and cooked by radiated energy. But if I put a leg of...

I have gathered several interesting recipes for meatloaves, but I have two questions. 1. where the recipe calls for quick-cook oats can I use fresh breadcrumbs instead? 2. Most of the recipes say leave to rest and then serve. But serve with what? I cannot imagine eating meatloaf on its own...

Baked Avocados with Ham Hot avcados are simply delicious. 40 g (¼ oz)butter 50g (2 oz) fresh brown bread crumbs 100g (4 oz) serrano ham, finely chopped 6 Tbsp double cream dash of angostura bitters salt & pepper 1 Tbsp chopped parsley 2 large avocados 1 Tbsp lemon juice 2 Tbsp double cream to...

Some cookery books irritate me. Mind you, I am easily irritated, but even so, there are cookery books which, in my view, commit unforgivable sins. Take, Leapfrogging, for example. This is a disease which seems to afflict the bigger type of cookery book, the ones that come dangerously close to...

I came across a recipe the other day for oven baked French fries. It said simply dunk the cut potatoes in milk for 10 minutes before putting into a preheated hot (450F) oven for 10 minutes. Has anybody tried this way of cooking oven-baked fries?

I see from CNN that there are a few people in the USA that are worried about the imbalance of imports into the US compared to the exports out of the US. So why will so many companies refuse to ship overseas? I have been trying to buy a meringue piping bag and nozzle. Amazon US and Amazon UK...

I have seen several references to Ranch Dressing. May I ask what this is? Is it a commercially available bottled dressing? If so, can anyone suggest an alternative because I cannot get Ranch Dressing in my neck of the woods. Is it difficult to make at home? I have a feeling it uses...

I have been trying to pluck up enough courage to ask this question for months! Several times I have seen threads that use the letters ISO in the title. What does ISO stand for?