How do you stop boils?
Chef's answer
Redditor slokotkov shows us one way to keep your pot from boiling over. When you put a pot of water on, put a wooden spoon over the top of the pot. If it starts to boil up too high, the spoon will pop the bubbles and keep it from boiling over as quickly, meaning you have more time to get back and turn the heat down.
Frequently asked Questions 🎓
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And if you've been eating the typical supermarket bread, with you can see is clearly overcooked due to the hard and crackly crusts, maybe you should reconsider buying that next loaf. It's possible to bake bread at home in 30-45 minutes at higher temperatures..
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It's definitely not recommended to defrost meat at room temperature. In fact, you are not supposed to leave meat at room temperature for more than an hour. However, defrosting in the refrigerator can take a long time and require you to plan at least one day ahead of time..
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If you're ever in doubt, it's better to cook the loaf a little longer than to undercook it. An extra five minutes isn't going to burn the crust, and the worst that will happen is that your bread will be a bit on the dry side. ... If your oven temperature is off, it could be affecting the cooking times of your loaves.
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It can typically last for about 4 to 5 days at room temperature. Whatever you do, please do not refrigerate your bread. It will cause your bread to stale significantly faster.
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Yes, you can overfeed your sourdough starter. Audrey explains: "Every time you add more flour and water, you are depleting the existing population of natural bacteria and yeast." If you keep adding more and more, eventually you'll dilute the starter so much that you'll just have flour and water.
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There are three safe ways to thaw bacon: in the refrigerator, in cold water, and in the microwave. Never defrost bacon on the kitchen counter or at room temperature. They recommend thawing bacon in the refrigerator as a best practice, but, of course, that requires planning ahead.
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It's perfectly safe to cook it, as long as you don't plan to eat it. The exception is if the water was at or below fridge temperature to begin with. When food temperature enters the "danger zone" of 40-140F/4-60C, there's a lag time of 2 hours before bacteria go into exponential replication.
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