Category "temperature"

How do you minimize the heat loss from adding meat to a hot pan?

Yesterday as soon as I added 2 chicken breast fillets to a 350°F (175°C) pan (the oil) it dropped all the way to 250°F (120°C). And it took fore

Is neccessary to store christmas cookies in the fridge?

If I want to have a Christmas cookies e.g. in a different room than the fridge is, how long I can leave them at room temperature without worry that it will be s

Power outage - Six hours vs. four hours

We had a power outage last night in winter that lasted six hours. I understand that for an outage over four hours things should be thrown away if they get above

My new pan has a max temperature of 350 F but the recipe calls for 425 F. What should I do?

My recipe calls for an oven temp of 425 degrees but my pan can only withstand 350 degrees per manufacturers instructions. If the original recipe called for 15

Is there any potential harm to using warm water in my sourdough starter?

My house is cold. It is regularly around 13 to 15°C (55 to 59°F) and it is only with a lot of (expensive) heating that I get it up to anything approachi

temperature of food in the microwave

Is there any way to know the temperature of food cooking in the microwave? I am making candy in the microwave and need to be able to cook it to the soft crac

What is the lowest temperture I can use to cook fresh pasta?

Say I want to cook fresh pasta and I don't have access to a stove or hotplate. I can heat water with an immersion circulator. I can get close, but can't achie

Cooking beef goulash in a slow cooker with a temperature controller, what temperature?

I bought a slow cooker: and connected it to a temperature controller: Usually precise temperature control is employed in sous-vide, but I don't want to co

How hot is the bottom of a pot of boiling water?

I need to put a plastic bag in a pot of boiling water. The bag is rated to handle up to 200C (400F). I will be using a stainless steel (or aluminum) pot on a ga

How to tell if baked drumsticks are done?

I have baked my chicken drumsticks for roughly 40 mins at approximately 420 F. I do not have a meat thermometer, so am looking for another way to determine its

How to know if a zip lock bag is safe for sous-vide (or boiling), without indication from the manufacturer?

The only zip lock bags available in local stores for me are labelled that they are supposed to be used for refrigerating food. Is it possible to know whether t

How long should I let my tea cool before adding unpasteurized honey to it?

I like having my tea with honey. I always buy unpasteurized honey rather than pasteurized honey, to benefit from the healthful enzymes it contains that are des

Why does oil transfer heat to food more gradually than water?

While working on the homework for week 2 of Harvardx's Edx course, SPU27x Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science, I came across this q

A lot of smoke when using induction stove with any recipe with oil

I recently switched from gas stove to induction. I tried some recipes I could do well with the old stove. Most of them have oil at high heat. However, when swit

How to cook fallow deer ribs?

Yesterday I tried to make fallow deer ribs in a slow cooker. With beef ribs, I cooked them in a temperature-controlled slow-cooker for about 12 hours at 75 °

Oven temps for cooking in enameled dutch oven

What is the temperature needed to bake 1.5 lb boneless pork chops with 2 potatoes and mushrooms in an enameled dutch oven and for how long?

Creme brulee cooking temperature

I intend to try and make Crème brûlée. However, instead of baking it in a bain-marie I intend to cook it in my Kenwood Cooking Chef, which

Cooking meat and potato dish at same time & temp, I want to cook stuffed chicken breasts that require 375 degrees for 55 minutes

I need to cook two stuffed chicken breasts at 375 degrees for 55-60 min. and a hash brown potato casserole at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Help me calculate the

How many minutes between 115 F and 120 F for a ham?

I'm preparing this ham recipe. It calls for a ham 7 to 8 lbs. Well, I ordered a ham described as "7 to 9 lbs" and what got delivered was a hair under 10 lb, so

Do I have to change the baking time when I convert fahrenheit to Celsius?

So in this recipe i should bake my cookies to 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes.350 degrees fahrenheit is about 176 Celsius degrees and i dont know if I should