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All stated, said and done, opening the door or lid to the WSM lengthens cook time by fifteen minutes.
Quote: Originally Posted by dcarch  I am not sure the Chinese uses baking soda for meat. I think they mostly use lye (sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, calcium hydroxide, or potassium...
The mixture works quite well.  The salt as a mechanical abrasive and the vinegar restores the pan to almost it's original luster.  And now I need something that removes the stubborn water spots.
Quote: Originally Posted by MichaelGA  The first several hours with a no-knead dough there is pretty much zero gluten and the yeast just bubbles away creating great flavours.   By kneading it at the start you jump...
Quote: Originally Posted by boar_d_laze  Ice,   A WSM is the least expensive way to get a charcoal fired smoker which will produce consistent high quality results without undue trouble, and will...
Quote: Originally Posted by boar_d_laze    As true for 'q as any other way of cooking:  Great ingredients don't guarantee great results, but bad ingredients guarantee bad...
Quote: Originally Posted by berndy  Half regular table salt  and half white vinegar is the cheapest way to go. Actually you can use any salt , even kosher salt and any kind of vinegar you feel like...
Like pastry flour that's high in starch, cornstarch is a thickener and adds smoothness to a sauce and perhaps to the meat as well.  Think ... starch, something that baking soda isn't.   As opposed to the latter, starch...
Quote: Originally Posted by berndy  For a great shine on copper you only need to make a paste out of salt and vinegar.  Proportions, please!  And which kind of vinegar?  Sea salt works...
Using an eight to twelve hour poolish in my 2 # loaf, I knead the dough no more than 30 seconds.  Gluten forms spontaneously.
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