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Cutting a roast into smaller cuts

I am preparing Christmas dinner and I bought a 12-pound roast and a 6- pound ham for dinner, but now some guests will not be coming. Can I cut the roast down...

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Premixing and traveling with ingredients

We are leaving in a few days for a month in Florida. We will be driving from Massachusetts to Florida. I would like to pre-mix all necessary dry ingredients ...

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Using fresh cream instead of sour cream

I want to make chocolate brownies and I need sour cream, which is not sold in this country [Angola]. Can I use fresh cream to replace the sour cream? Will it...

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How to perpare a precooked spiral ham

A 9-pound, spiral-sliced, precooked ham should take 180 minutes to cook to an internal temperature of 160°? Cover or uncover? This is for 1 o'clock lunch Eas...

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Can you safely store food in the oven?

Can you store leftover pizza in an oven (not turned on, so no heat), instead of a refrigerator? The reasoning is that the gasket around the oven door is the ...

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Split Pea Soup with a Ham Bone

Mom used to make a soup after Easter using the leftover ham bone and veggies. She called it pea soup. It was thick and tasted of smoked ham.

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Gross advertisements at Ochef

The gross advertisement of "How to get white teeth" along with a photo of a mouth full of ugly yellow teeth makes your recipes especially unappetizing. I rea...

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How to tell if a ham is cooked or not

How do I know if my smoked ham is cooked? The label says "Smoked, Skinless Ham, Bone In, Butt Half, Cook & Serve." Does this mean it is not cooked at all...

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Can you freeze HoneyBaked turkey breast?

I have a pre-cooked turkey that has been stored in the freezer for four months. Is it still edible? It is a HoneyBaked product that was shipped to us at Chri...

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Glaze for a ham that is not sweet

No one in my family likes the glaze packet that comes with a precooked honey ham. Do you know of any good seasoning alternatives that won't make the meat sweet?

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A low-cost substitute for Gruyere?

I have a Spinach Gratin recipe that calls for Gruyère. While I understand that it is a type of cheese made in Switzerland and France, can I substitute Americ...

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