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How can you gain weight quickly and easily?
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Are chicken wings considered dark meat?
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Can you substitute lemon juice for lemon extract?
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What side dish goes with stuffed cabbage rolls?
Popularity: 179

What does Kosher mean?
Popularity: 172

How do you gain weight in a week?
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How do you melt cheese?
Popularity: 158

What are starches?
Popularity: 150

Is it possible to put cheese in the food processor to chop?
Popularity: 149

If a recipe calls for 3 cups day-old bread cut into 1-inch cubes what would that convert to if you used dry bread crumbs?
Popularity: 143

What can be used as a substitute for ginger marmalade in a recipe?
Popularity: 143

What is Pareve?
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What could have caused a pumpkin pie to turn green when it was baked?
Popularity: 136

Why would a Never Fail roux recipe you've used for years start curdling?
Popularity: 135

What are some appetizers side dishes and a dessert to compliment a main dish of cabbage rolls?
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Why would a sweet potato still be somewhat hard after being cooked for one hour at 400 degress?
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Is more cooking time needed for a larger quantity of food being baked?
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Can you bake two separate dishes in the oven at the same time if they call for the same temperature?
Popularity: 131

What makes a pumpkin pie develop a crack down the middle while cooling when it looked great coming out of the oven?
Popularity: 130

What does it mean to macerate raspberries?
Popularity: 129

How long do you bake a 10-pound hickory-smoked frozen ham?
Popularity: 126

Can sweet potatoes be cut ahead of time or will they turn brown?
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What are three common bases for cold cream soups?
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If an Irish soda bread recipe is asking for Crisco can you use oil or butter instead?
Popularity: 122

How much cheese does the average person eat in a day?
Popularity: 120

What is wrong with potato soup that has small bits of white stuff floating in it that looks like soured milk but the milk was good?
Popularity: 120

Why does the caramel topping on sticky buns sometimes come out smooth and other times it is crystalized?
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How much ground beef do you need to make 40 decent-sized hamburgers for grilling?
Popularity: 117

Does it matter if vanilla is put in with ingredient bases for ice cream or when the ice cream is made?
Popularity: 110

What is the recipe for certo and grapefruit juice for arthritis?
Popularity: 103

Why does fried chicken turn dark brown?
Popularity: 102

What should you eat to make your body and butt thick?
Popularity: 95

Why does pasta foam?
Popularity: 91

Was red food coloring made from beetles' wings?
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Is there a difference between cornichons and baby gherkin pickles?
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Can you substitute lemon zest or peel for lemon extract and if so what is the exchange?
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When were hamburgers invented?
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How long will fresh chicken eggs keep in the refrigerator?
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Is it ok to use a regular crisco stick in place of a butter-flavored crisco stick in sugar cookies?
Popularity: 86

What are similarities in teeth and eggshells?
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How do you prepare rice that is not cooked?
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How big is a grain of rice in cubic centimeters or in cubic meters?
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When was the cookie invented and by whom?
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How does one find the temperature you should use when baking multiple items such as scalloped potatoes and ham?
Popularity: 85

What is artificial butter flavor?
Popularity: 81

What is inside the Coca-Cola bottle from the Netherlands that is featured in the Salute to Folk Art exhibits?
Popularity: 80

Where can you find a set of very large clear glass mixing bowls like the ones Paula Dean uses on her cooking show?
Popularity: 79

What is the difference between couverture chocolate plain chocolate and coating chocolate?
Popularity: 75 | Needs Answer

Is a turkey that has been cooked frozen on a carcass safe to eat?
Popularity: 75

What are eggs made out of?
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Is canola oil a form of vegetable oil?
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Does putting a wooden cutting board that has been washed with soap and cool water in direct sunlight kill bacteria?
Popularity: 73

How much Jello does one pack make?
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What is vegetable oil used for?
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What are the origins of pizza?
Popularity: 71

Is there a taste difference between mesquite honey and clover honey?
Popularity: 71

What is a fat that is usually solid at room temperature?
Popularity: 70

How do hot pads work?
Popularity: 70

What can you substitute for day old bread?
Popularity: 69

How do you get freezer taste out of ice cubes?
Popularity: 69

How many insect legs are in an average chocolate bar and specifically how is this known?
Popularity: 68

When is Vegetable Alecha eaten in the Ethiopian Culture?
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What is a good nonfat mayonnaise?
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What is boiled rice?
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Is it OK to eat the skins of Aubergines?
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Can you scramble and freeze the store bought eggwhites that come in the little cartons?
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How can you measure the amount of starch in foods?
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What origin does caramel come from?
Popularity: 64

Where can you find potato onions or nest egg onions?
Popularity: 61

How long is frozen chicken good for at room temperature before cooking?
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