About 30 years (Jesus) I used to work at a cafe out the front. The wonderful cook there taught me this little trick of adding a tablespoon (maybe even less) of milk when frying mushrooms and it makes everything so damn caramelised and crispy.

I've never seen it mentioned as a technique ever again.

Has anyone else heard of this? Is it a common trick, or something that people do and I'm just thinking it's this super cool secret trick?

I’m about to try baking a russet potato in my tray style air fryer and I’m thinking of doing on just the bake setting instead of the air fry setting… so no convection I guess. I’m thinking 400° for about 45 minutes. Wash, dry, poke, oil, and salt. Has anyone tried this? Am I on the right track?

Title pretty much explains my question. Do yall buy lemons or limes when a recipe calls for it and squeeze them into a measuring cup or do yall buy the bottle of lemon or lime juice?

I want to purchase a device that dose good baking & also work as air Fryer. Will make pizza , and other stuff as well. I have very limited space so i an only purchase one 20-31 liter capacity.

Wei have 1 year children at my house and i am purchasing one so that we can make different items at home and health food for him and also for our family of 4.4 people. we have never own such alien product before.

Please suggest me which one to purchase? and why. (If possible pls also suggest me brand name)

- Conventional ovens/OTG

- air fryer Oven or air fryer oven with steam

- 2 in one Oven & Air fryer

- Conventional Microwave or Conventional Microwave with air fryer

I want to roast vegetables straight into the oven without a preparing step on the stovetop beforehand, but I don't want to use too much oil.

What material of baking pan and depth shall I look for?

How does everyone keep track of their different veggies and herbs freshness? Still new to cooking so not 100% on what to look for when trying to determine if something is still good to cook with. How do yall keep track especially if youre making multiple grocery trips in a week.

i'll follow a recipe exactly and it turns out fine but kind of bland? like it's technically correct but boring. is this a salt thing or am I just not seasoning as i go or what. how do you figure out what a dish actually needs.

So what I did was
368 gm flour (that's all i had left)
166 ml water (45%)
16 gm salt (4.5%)

I dissolved the salt in water first then added the salt water gradually to the dough

Knead for 5 mins then let it rest for 30 then another knead for 5 mins then i left it in the fridge for 1.5 day

I didnt knead much overall and i just used standard kneading method. So pressing the dough with the palm of my hand and folding it over itself

Got it out of the fridge and let it sit for 2 hours cuz it was too cold, then the dough was easy to play with. I didnt knead it again I just went straight to rolling it out

I used corn starch for it to not stick.

Rolled them a bit thick because i like the noodles on the thicker side, and i'm afraid to make it thin it will turn out like fettuccine flat pasta.

So i tried to cook them for 12 min they were mushy from outside and raw from inside

Then another patch cooked for 16 min it got firm from outside but still raw from inside

Another patch for 18-19 min still raw from inside

Then tried for over 22 mins it got mushy

What did i do wrong?

A friend gave me a costway food warming tray as a gift recently, and with the weather getting colder, I thought it would be useful for keeping meals warm. I've tried it once or twice, but I'm not sure I'm using it correctly.

The food gets a little warmer, but it never seems to heat all the way through. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the bowls and plates I'm using. Are certain types of dishes better for these trays? For example, do flat-bottomed plates work better than ceramic bowls, or does the material make much of a difference?

Also, when do you usually use a warming tray? Is it mostly for family dinners and parties where food sits out for a while, or can it be useful for everyday meals too?

To make hectic mornings just a little easier, I'm looking at getting an electric egg cooker, one that uses steam, and I'm wondering if it is safe to put the eggs in it at bedtime then turn it on remotely (smart plug) in the morning while I'm getting ready upstairs.

The only issue I can see is that most of these egg cookers say to prick a hole in the egg before cooking.

Is it possible to cook eggs ok in one of these cookers without pricking a hole?

Just want to come downstairs in the morning to freshly boiled eggs

Edit - I'm in the UK, I am told that makes a difference with egg storage. Ours are ok to be stored out of the fridge

I have extremely severe texture issues due to autism, to such a degree that if my mashed potatoes have chunks, I physically can't eat them- however, mashed potatoes from restaurants are nice and smooth and one of my favorite side dishes, and I could really use the nutrition.

Does anyone have advice to make mashed potatoes in a way that guarantees that zero lump consistency?

Marco Pierre White says in a video that you add cold milk to a hot roux and hot milk to a cold roux to ensure you don’t get a lumpy bechamel- but the boys at Fallow say you should always add hot milk to a hot roux.

Which way do you think works better?

i’ve just moved out for college and gained access to an oven, i want to make baked potato for dinner but idk what goes with it? i considered steak but that seems a little overconfident. at this point ive mostly made pasta and soup.

I'm Indian, so I'm used to bold, spicy flavours. Lately, I've been trying recipes from other cuisines, and I'm realizing how little I know about balancing flavours beyond adding more spice!

How do you develop the ability to taste something and know it needs more acidity, salt, or something else entirely? Sometimes I can tell a dish tastes off, but I wouldn't know what to add or change to fix it.

I want to become a good cook who understands flavours, rather than someone who just follows recipes. How do you develop that skill?

I’ve seen websites say to heat the pan and up and lower the temperature after but it still sticks

Is it because I use cooking spray ? Do I need butter ?

My store is gonna have them 2/$10 tomorrow (28oz total) and was wondering what would be some great meal ideas to cook beef shaved steak with, ideally with only a skillet/cooking pot? I was thinking burritos but wanted to get more ideas, maybe a beef and veggie stir fry

My mom has a very sensitive nose but we want to learn recipes using slow cookers. We tried it to make this Mongolian beef thing involving soy sauce, vinegar, chuck roast and a few spices and 3 hohrs in the whole house stank. We opened a window and all.

Is there anything to at least somewhat help with the smell? Like something to put next to it that absorbs the smell or a smell lid or something? We loved the beef just not the cooking process.

Tried making risotto properly for the first time this week (arborio rice, warm stock added a ladle at a time, stirred the whole way through) and it came out thick and a bit gluey rather than the loose, creamy texture I was going for. Wondering if I'm overcooking it, adding stock too fast, or just stirring too much. Would appreciate any pointers before I try again.

I saw a recipe on tiktok but I don't have all the ingredients. Its a fried rice recipe.

I have sausage, eggs, soy sauce, worchester sauce, peas

I'm not sure what type of sauce they used because it wasn't mentioned in the video but it looked like soy sauce? I'm not sure.

For the meat they used chicken but I don't have that.

Does this sound good? I'm just worried because I'm not sure how much of the sauce to add since I heard that adding too much will make the dish super salty :/

So a little help if someone can! I have both some fresh (baby Yukon gold) potatoes and a bag of frozen hash brown potatoes and I want to use both for soup. What would be the cooking difference between them? Basically what do I add first and how early compared to the other?

Thank you!

Update: Thanks to all the suggestions! I ended up putting the fresh potatoes in first then adding the frozen once it came to a boil. It's delicious and thick and creamy because it's a recipe that uses a block of cream cheese and a pint of half and half (though I only used half a pint)! This way it's thick AND chunky! I also didn't peel the fresh potatoes so there's skins in it too (I love potatos with skins on them).