Shucking oysters can be dangerous business if it is not done properly. Fortunately, there is a way to open oysters without the knife. Just keep these methods to yourself and don't tell your elitist oyster friends about how you accomplished this feat, or they might give you a hard time.
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A great salad usually hits different parts of our palate by having sweet, salty, and sour or acidic components. That's why Giada DeLaurentiis' unusual secret ingredient makes salads so good. It adds not only great, crunchy texture to the dish, but offers a more filling meal with its richness too.
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Because spices tend to be sold in bulk and recipes only call for small amounts of ingredients such as cumin and nutmeg, your spices can lose their pungency after sitting in the drawer for a few years. Spices don't actually spoil and won't make you ill, but can lose their bite.
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The table is set, the candles are lit, the wine is poured. You sit down to a beautiful chicken dinner, biting into meat that's so dry, your dinner guests guzzle half the wine on their first bite. What happened? You listened to Martha Stewart when she taught you how to time the cook on your chicken.
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Learning to properly separate an egg is a little like learning to drive a car with a stick shift. Using the shell-to-shell method can be as precarious as trying to ease up on the clutch and down on the gas at the same time. Why not consider a little insurance policy to pave the way for you?
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Eggs and oatmeal are two quintessential breakfast items, respectively. So, cooking them up together and serving them in a single bowl might sound like a stretch to breakfast fundamentalists. But, hear us out. Cooking your oatmeal with an egg is the perfect way to level up your breakfast routine.
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The Moist Maker is described by the show as the best Thanksgiving leftover sandwich ever made, thanks in part to a gravy-soaked slice of bread which Monica ingeniously tucks into the center.
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Pad thai is a comfort food for many people, a hangover cure for others, and a common order from those think that other menu items on the menu at a Thai restaurant would be too spicy for them to handle. Once you master the tricks and build your pantry, it's also possible to make at home.
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Almost every recipe holds the same advice when it comes to preparing kale: Cut or pull the leaves away from their thick, fibrous stems. Nine out of ten times, it's the leaves you want, so that you can simmer them, sauté them, grind them into pesto, or toss them into a warm grain salad.
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Have you ever heard of city chicken? No, it's not a new entrant to the ongoing fast-food chicken sandwich wars. In fact, it's not a chain at all, and it's definitely not anything new, and it isn't even chicken. What it is, is a regional specialty that dates back to the Great Depression.
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It might stand to reason that every time a recipe calls for an ingredient that needs to be peeled, whether it's a carrot, potato, or an apple, you should reach for the vegetable peeler. That logic would serve you well for most ingredients that need peeling. Except for one: ginger.
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Although tomato-based dishes are popular year-round, out-of-season tomatoes are flavorless, and often you are going to be better off using canned ones, rather than bland greenhouse-grown tomatoes. But, the sheer number of types of canned tomatoes can be confusing.
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The test is fairly simple: Drop an egg into a bowl of water. If it sinks to the bottom, you're good to poach that egg to your heart's content. If the egg does anything else — drifts toward the surface or floats — it's not fit for your eggs Benedict, or any of your poaching endeavors.
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According to a video Jim Fuller shared with the Daily Mail, the best way to cook mushrooms involves not just rinsing, but full immersion in water. In other words, that attempt at crisping up your 'shrooms in oil? You've been doing it wrong. The best mushrooms are actually boiled.
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Nobody — not even you — wants to touch that watery bowl of potato salad you brought to the party. How did this happen? You could have sworn a few hours ago that your homemade potato salad was tender and creamy, but there are a few reasons it has somehow morphed from scrumptious to soggy.
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There's potato salad: the side dish that runs many risks of its own. Did you choose the right potatoes? Are those undercooked potato chunks poking out of the bowl? And how did the mayonnaise manage to melt? But a simple tip for seasoning your potato salad will change the entire profile of the dish.
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There is a secret ingredient that less expected, however, providing a more subtle texture experience. Considered a traditional deli-style potato salad, or country style potato salad, this recipe has garnered rave reviews. So just what is this time-tested secret ingredient?
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If you're not from the South, you may not think about grits -- which is too bad, since you're missing out on an unappreciated dish. But even if you love them, you still may not know how to make them. No worries, though -- you're hardly alone as the simplest dishes can be the easiest to screw up.
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If there is one ingredient you should add to your French toast recipe to improve upon it, it has to be five-spice. Five-spice is an incredibly cozy spice that warms you from within with a bit of a punch — that's thanks to a kick from the mild peppercorns involved.
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Fortunately, the latest recipe to be released on the Disney Park Blog combines the best of a nostalgic sandwich with a frozen drink in the park's own peanut butter and jelly milkshake. Now, the Hollywood Studios drink, usually served up at 50's Prime Time Café, can be made right in your own kitchen.
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Kale brings a lot to the party when it comes to health benefits. Healthline says it's one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. However, most of us eat kale on the regular just so we can talk to other people about how much kale we eat. Let's be real though: Kale is hard to love.
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Sure, when you are starved for time — and just plain starving — you can always boil spaghetti and crack open a jar of your favorite sauce for a hearty (albeit boring) meal in under 20 minutes. But there is a better way. The cheese hack you've been missing calls for one ingredient: ricotta cheese.
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There are a few pitfalls to avoid and steering clear of a few practices can go a long way. One popular item to make in slow cookers is chicken, but there's an important step to take before putting your chicken into the crockpot. You should either buy skinless chicken or take the skin off yourself.
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Some like it soft and chewy, while others prefer that first bite of fatty, salty goodness to be crispy and crunchy. Even members of the royal family have preferences when it comes to bacon. Prince Harry may have a fancy title, but he is just like us.
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Is there anything more debatable than the correct way to create perfect scrambled eggs? The internet universe is full of scrambled egg techniques and recipes, but here is a hack that begins at the beginning — with the actual scrambling. It's a jar hack.
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And, really, if you've just spent time making pasta and creme brulee from scratch, you need a break. No need to put yourself on a four-day egg white expiration deadline. The solution is to freeze your egg whites. There's no fancy technique needed here: Just drop your egg whites into the tray.
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Onion rings are kind of the perfect side to a burger. They're even good on a burger. But this twist will take your onion rings to a new whole new level: We're talking bacon onion rings. That's right — we went there. If you haven't been wrapping your rings in bacon, you've been doing it all wrong.
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