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Welcome indeed! I look forward to your sharing!

Hi Jade! When I moved into my 1932 Farm house 16 years ago the counters were texturized 12" Floor tiles! (Photo with green countertop from first walk through) I decided to bake a loaf of bread to ceremonially make it my home and the dough lifted the tile and grout. Welcome home?!?! Change...

Rotisserie Chicken thoughts? I buy them from a local IGA. Not listed/reviewed and they are OK. Never tried them hot though… Food Republic is new to me. An interesting, 2024 approach, to quality of Grocery Store Rotisserie Chicken. If you have any/all of those stores in your area it is a very...

Best guess is 2-3 days for raw presentation, 5 days for cooked products. Both at a cost to quality. More or less, depending on starting state of freshness, handling and storage temp. Nothing on your list is a PHF (Potentially Hazardous Food) capable of supporting rapid bacterial or toxin...

Ah yes, the microwave... Great for heating liquids, like the cream for a Ganache. My favorite use is for making baked/cooked potatoes. Not to eat as a baked potato, to use after they chill. Baking potato, scrubbed, because I eat the skins, use fork to prick skin about 20 time on all the...

Hi KateH, The golden rule of professional food service is "Don't get anyone sick". So, unless there is skin damage, keep on washing your hands! (Insert virtual hug here...) There are ways to mitigate though, if you are making cookies that require you to touch each cookie, like Thumbprint...

Another thought is to use a recipe for a sweet muffin that you make successfully and has the desirable texture and just add Strawberries to that batter.

Another option is Freeze dried strawberries. I had the same type of density issues with savory mushroom muffins and turned to freeze dried mushrooms for success.

The only success I have had making fresh strawberry muffins is to use 1/4 inch dice or smaller. Any bigger and they turn snotty...

Hi Dragnlaw, You know more about cooking than you think you do! I really, really wish I could somehow help people to flip the switch on how they look at a cooking recipe, not a baking recipe though. Any soup, or stew, recipe is a shopping list and starting point only. I do not believe there...

Hey, hey, Petri! Welcome to DC! I spent Summer Solstice in Saariselka, bonfire, panning for gold and a savusauna on a stream! Good memories! Reindeer was expensive but delicious! I would love to help you any way I can!

Photography! I enjoy taking photos of lightning and visitors to my yard. I played trumpet and belonged to Bugles Across America (Playing live Taps for free for Veterans final honors ceremonies). Cooking and food topics are my real passion though... Loved nutritional challenges feeding guests!

I take your just asking the question as a big positive indicator of potential. Caring is the most important part of cooking, that no one can teach. You're feeling proud of how you did, and indicates that essential caring about your product. Good for you! I'm guessing you are thinking about a...

Hi BAP, I see Prior lake on your profile, is that Prior lake Mn? Go for a walk in the woods and gather all the free Birch bark you want, off dead/downed birch trees. Birch bark burns hot and fast so I would also use the Veg oil as the bark acts as wick and won't burn until oil is gone.

Hi Mik, Welcome to DC! I look forward to seeing a recipe of yours.