Food & Drink - 8 December 2006

I read somewhere that royal icing sucks the moisture from cookies and doesn't taste good. I've never made it, but planned on for Christmas (rolled sugar) cookies this year. Is this true, and if so, got any alternative recipes for icing that's good for spreading on cookies?

2006-12-08 04:36:54 · 7 answers · asked by punchy333 6 in Cooking & Recipes

When you bake a cak in two round pans that you would end up putting one on top of the other, how can you bake it to where both layers will be flat when you stack and ice them? Mine always come out with a kind of round point on top where I guess it realeases air during baking. Does anyone know a fix to this?

2006-12-08 04:35:44 · 16 answers · asked by #1 Buckeye Fan!!!! 4 in Cooking & Recipes

2006-12-08 04:33:51 · 20 answers · asked by noone 6 in Cooking & Recipes

I have used the exact same recipes for more than 15 years. The past two years, they have spread when I baked them. I've tried various things: checking the oven temp (lowering it); adding more flour, using butter instead of margarine, etc. I usually make all my dough and refrigerate and bake when I can. Is it because the dough is too cold possibly? But honestly, last year I did not chill my dough and had pretty much the same problem. I bake over a thousand cookies so I really need to figure out my problem. Maybe the cookie sheets? It happens with peanut butter, choc. chip, and other drop cookies. How can you use the same recipes for 15 plus years and all of a sudden they fail? I've got to be missing something! Any ideas?

2006-12-08 04:29:08 · 14 answers · asked by disneyfanatic60 1 in Cooking & Recipes

What is a good mixer for vanilla vodka??? Cape Cods are my drink but it didn't taste right with the cranberry juice....Anything else it might taste better with???

2006-12-08 04:28:55 · 9 answers · asked by angiebaby 2 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

Its chocolate, and I made it last night. Its soooooooo good.

2006-12-08 04:27:32 · 10 answers · asked by hey2a 3 in Entertaining

2006-12-08 04:24:16 · 7 answers · asked by Love United 6 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

I have had problems with my cookies spreading the past 2 years when I bake them. I know not to use a light margarine, etc. Last year I used mainly butter, but it sometimes didn't have the same taste. I read somewhere about what specific margarines to use (something about the % of something in them). Unfortunately, I can't find the article.

2006-12-08 04:23:06 · 14 answers · asked by disneyfanatic60 1 in Cooking & Recipes

I've been on a cheese buying frenzy of late....adore the stuff, especially Stilton...muenster...gloucester....what's your favourite?

2006-12-08 04:18:35 · 54 answers · asked by vegetable soup 5 in Other - Food & Drink

According to this article ( http://www.slate.com/id/3529/ ) a lot of chefs are influenced by Indian cuisine, but because they aren't trained in it, sometimes they use the spices wrong. As an example it mentions that you should never use turmeric raw. Personally, I didn't know that about turmeric. I wonder what else I have to learn.

Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_food ) lists some of the important spices in Indian cuisine:

chilli pepper
black mustard seed
cumin
turmeric
fenugreek
ginger
coriander (leaves as well as 'seeds' which are actually fruits)
asafoetida
cardamom
cinnamon
clove
nutmeg
bay leaf
mint leaf
curry leaf
saffron
rose petal essence

What rules or tips can you think of for using these spices? I would guess that some need heat to release their flavor, while others should be added near the end of cooking to retain their freshness? Perhaps some need to be taken out of the food after cooking, while others can stay in?

2006-12-08 04:17:07 · 5 answers · asked by unnua 4 in Ethnic Cuisine

Is too much redbull bad for your health?

2006-12-08 04:16:32 · 27 answers · asked by greig r 1 in Non-Alcoholic Drinks

I am on a special diet and I can not eat or drink anything that contains caffeine. I know that there is decaf coffe, but that decaf STILL has caffeine in it, just less. Is there any coffee out there that does not have ANY caffeine in it?

2006-12-08 04:15:57 · 5 answers · asked by hwmabire3 3 in Non-Alcoholic Drinks

beer, opened the fridge, Fosters or Bud which one would yoy have????????.

2006-12-08 04:15:33 · 30 answers · asked by ? 4 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

2006-12-08 04:13:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Food & Drink

Is it because the shell is like a protection...

2006-12-08 04:12:07 · 21 answers · asked by Lana 1 in Cooking & Recipes

i would be glad for any help on how to cook a roast dinner.
like i cannot seem to get the timing right and have everything all cooked together,
is there a time ratio i can use like for potatoes, and the joint. or chicken.
also when do i put the greens and carrots on

thanks
Joe

2006-12-08 04:08:43 · 16 answers · asked by joehorse 1 in Cooking & Recipes

I want to go camping in the late summer of next year and I was wonder what types of food I should eat and how I should cook it.

2006-12-08 04:04:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cooking & Recipes

2006-12-08 04:01:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Food & Drink

2006-12-08 04:01:01 · 11 answers · asked by Mafia Agent 4207 5 in Other - Food & Drink

I have a recipe that calls for baking hershey's kisses onto a waffle pretzel. Can I then freeze it without losing the crunchiness of the pretzel?

2006-12-08 04:00:04 · 4 answers · asked by kristy 1 in Cooking & Recipes

2006-12-08 03:56:42 · 3 answers · asked by markwesthouse@sbcglobal.net 1 in Cooking & Recipes

The holidays are here! and my WHOLE family is dieting! or so it seems! Does anyone know any good low calorie recipes that I can whip up easily for the family get-together? Desserts preferrably!

2006-12-08 03:55:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cooking & Recipes

2006-12-08 03:53:30 · 3 answers · asked by simplelove 2 in Other - Food & Drink

I recently bought a box of Lipton's new White tea that comes in the pyramid shaped bags. The label says it's white tea with island mango and peach flavors, and that it's made with real orange leaves and lemongrass. I've read all over the box and it doesn't say that the tea is caffeine free, but it doesn't have caffeine listed in the ingredients, either. I am on a special diet and I am not supposed to eat or drink anything that has caffeine in it. Does anyone know anything about this?

2006-12-08 03:49:50 · 3 answers · asked by hwmabire3 3 in Non-Alcoholic Drinks

2006-12-08 03:49:15 · 14 answers · asked by Tonya W 6 in Cooking & Recipes

I used to live in CA and you could find tri-tip in just about any grocery store. Now that I'm in VA, it's disappeared. Can anyone tell me exactly what cut tri-tip is so I can ask my butcher for it?

2006-12-08 03:45:56 · 6 answers · asked by koral2800 4 in Other - Food & Drink

I am looking for a good bottle of red wine that isn't dry. I want something that is fruity and a bit sweet. And not those types like Arbor Mist, etc. Not too expensive either. Would appreciate your responses.

2006-12-08 03:44:02 · 10 answers · asked by na5nica 2 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

There are talks of "natural foods" and "organic foods" and "raw foods" then "inorganic foods" -What does all this mean?

2006-12-08 03:41:15 · 4 answers · asked by tamoi 2 in Other - Food & Drink

2006-12-08 03:36:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cooking & Recipes

White chocolate doesn't count because it is tecnicaly not a chocolate. Look it up for yourself.

2006-12-08 03:33:35 · 23 answers · asked by iamthesuperior 2 in Other - Food & Drink