Patel Caster sugar. Also called castor sugar or superfine sugar, has a much finer grain than regular white granulated sugar. It is made of granulated white sugar that is ground to a small crystal size. You get something finer than table sugar but not as powdery as confectioners sugar. Other names you might find are baker’s … Read more
Pasta salad is a summer favorite, easy to make and always pleases the folks, great for a barbecue or potluck. It is one of those deceptively simple dishes that are hard to get right. One tiny change in the method can make the difference between delicious, hearty food and nasty mush. The secret lies mostly … Read more
Pasta is made from dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes that are then cooked by boiling or baking. It was originally made only with durum wheat. There are two main types: fresh and dried. Fresh pasta cooks more quickly, while dried pasta is what you … Read more
Whether you succeed to exactly find the amounts in recipes, that already is almost half of the victory during cooking. Especially while baking everything depends on correct proportion, if you mess up here, will result heavy and dense cake, bread that simply does not rise upward or cookies that crack as if glass. Funny … Read more
Crepes are thin pancakes that you can serve with many kinds of sweet and salty fillings or toppings. They are some of the simplest and loved French foods. Unlike typical American fluffy pancakes that are thick and cake-like thanks to leaveners like baking powder crepes stay thin and without any added leavening agents. Well made, … Read more
An ice cream cone is simply crisp, cone-shaped pastry… Usually from wafer, that gives texture almost as waffle. The main advantage? It keeps the ice cream and lets you eat it without bowl or spoon. Exist many variations: pretzel cones, sugar coated or covered with chocolate. Their glow comes from the simplicity: the tin … Read more
Keg cocktails are simply that, what they call: mixes, that you put in kegs and pour directly from it. When you have tap, you pour the drink by means of same type of system, that you use for beer on tap, but instead of mix every glass fresh according to order, everything already ready … Read more
When you order a cocktail, you get a mixed alcohol drink. The basic recipe is one or several spirits mixed with fresh juices, sweeteners, tonic water, shrubs or bitters. These drinks vary a lot depending on where you are in the world. In a good bar you find the classics: Manhattan, martini, gimlet, negroni, … Read more
Bee sugar syrup is a simple mix of sugar and water used to feed bees. Common ratios are 1:1 or 2:1 sugar to water. Others exist, for example 5:3 or 3:2. Making sugar syrup for bees is easy but requires attention to detail How to Make and Feed Sugar Syrup to Bees 1:1 syrup … Read more
Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide. It is unlike usual ice because it does not melt. Instead, it sublimes, so it passes directly from solid to gas without becoming liquid, even under normal atmospheric pressure It has no color, does not smell, and certainly does not burn. The surface temperature is … Read more