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Ideas for saffron

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My wife bought me a precious little vial of 9 grams of saffron for Christmas this year and I wanted some input on how to best use it. It seems to be decent quality, from Spain, not Iranian or anything but I don't want to blow it on the wrong dish, I don't know how many I will be able to use it for as 9g isn't very much. I smelled it once at a spice shop and thought it smelled like paprika, nothing wrong with that but I was hoping for a bit.....more.

medium grain rice problem

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So i want fried rice tomorrow night, just threw a batch of med grain white rice into my cooker tonight. I rinsed it pretty well, a couple of passes of water, and then put it in, 2:1 water. It clicked off after it was finished cooking and it's very mushy. My cooker is kinda ok, it's not the greatest i mean, but for a little bit more of a pronounced grain, should i have used less water? is that much water really soaked up by the grains when rinsing that i didn't need to go full 2:1?

I'll still use this, because after it refrigerates it should be fine, but what's up?

Help help help~ how to maintainthe mergiue shape when baking?

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i was requested to make a meringue 'cup'/'bowl',  but the challenge is no matter how perfect the shape u pipe on the tray when it goes in the oven it will collapse or half melt. what the suggestion from the professional? 

Pressure cooker beans

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A few months ago when i got this pressure cooker (this kinda mid grade bon appetit countertop electric), I decided to cook a pot of great norther beans. I was just kinda dicking around so i wasn't really taking notes, putting in some stuff, bay leaves, rosemary, whatever. It was the best pot of beans i've ever made. These were of course side dish beans, not just regular cooked beans that were going to be used in something else.

Counter Top Deep Fryer Recommendations

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So after reading through the "Let's talk about chicken" thread I suddenly had a craving to invest in a decent to good countertop deep fryer lol.  Does anyone have experience with these and can make a recommendation or provide feedback on any of them?

Thanks in advance.

Looking for a Riblet recipe?

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I'm looking for an interesting/ethnic recipes for asian cut pork spare ribs--I call them riblets.

Their pork spare ribs that are cut lengthwise across the bones. Giving long 2" strips of meat and bone. I've done Char Sui (Chinese red roasted pork) many times and am looking for something beyond that flavor. I brined the ribs last night and am now looking for a recipe. Anybody have a humdinger that want to share?

French Macarons

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Chef Jacob,

Have you ever considered making a video on how to attempt the feat that is making perfect french macarons at home? There is so much mystique to the method. My one attempt went horribly wrong. I was chatting with a very well known pastry chef in Toronto recently and even he said that they are a huge pain to get right.

Any tips or tricks that you might be able to share?

Cheers!

How do you downsize a bread recipe. Origonal recipe makes 5 loaves. I only need to make 2

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Hi, How do I downsize a recipe? I have a bread recipe that yields 5 loaves which is way too big for my Kitchen Aid machine. The kitchen Aid machine can only handle 2 loaves.  Is there a special formula for that?
 
wanda

Chuck Steak

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Chef Jacob, I'd like your recommendation on cooking a chuck roast as a steak. After I break the chuck into individual muscles, I'll remove the fat and sinus, dust with transglutaminaze, reform, wrap in tight shrink, vac bag and sous vide at 129 for 72hrs, chill completely. Finish by salting and sear in screaming carbon Debuyer using your suggested 50:50 clarified butter:canola(I prefer coconut to canola), then pop a hot oven to an internal temp of 125, its the same way I cook bone-on short ribs. 

Great Quick Refernce

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I was perusing the net this morning and came across a great collection of cheat sheets.  Some of these are pretty basic, but there's some great quick references in the collection that will probably end up in my reference binder. 

http://sodapic.com/22-kitchen-cheat-sheet-guide-basic-cooking-techniques/

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