Food without fuss

Off the eaten path

Nana Dean's coconut pecan pie recipe is so different from Coconut cream pie at Cattleman's steakhouse.
fried pickles
panna cotta uses 4 cups heavy cream and 1 cup water while pecan panna cotta of the crazy baker uses 3 cups milk and cup whipping cream.
The book managed to have a wide variety of recipes

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Leidenfrost effect

I was thinking about how water drops evaporate and came across Leidenfrost effect . A line in that article about dipping wet hands into molten lead made me ask if this is the effect that lets some people dip into boiling vat of oil for picking out pakoras with bare hands . Sure enough

Banana pudding

I went over the roasted banana pudding recipe from yesterday and found it too consuming (shopping time, dishes, baking time), I finally decided on caramelized banana pudding . And meringue making is merry. Flour is used in making the custard. all purpose flour plays the corn starch role of thickening the custard. I used Parle G instead of vanilla wafers.

Chemical study of food

Can you guess the physics experiments that potato chips are put to? Cake recovery. siphon cake The picture of algination looks like people in a line dancing alternately with the next one's hands and legs.

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