Seasoned Advice Community Digest Top new questions this week: How is rare steak made safe to eat? The USDA recommends cooking many meats to an internal temperature of at least 145 °F (63 °C) to kill off pathogens. That usually works for me, but the big exception is steak. Whenever I try reaching ... food-safety steak raw-meat asked by BatWannaBe 30 votes answered by moscafj 39 votes What is this symbol that looks like a shrimp tempura on a Philips HD9928 air fryer? This question is about a Philips HD9228 air fryer. What is the 3rd symbol (C in the screenshot) on this air fryer? The manual doesn't say anything about it. I'm assuming it's a shrimp tempura, or a ... fryer asked by geff_chang 26 votes answered by geff_chang 55 votes Irish soda bread kneading process I do understand how soda reacts with buttermilk but I do not know when. Does this happens during the baking process or does the reactions starts soon as they are mixed together? The question i want to ... baking-soda buttermilk quickbread asked by JIV 5 votes answered by GdD 11 votes Can containers that held spoiled food be cleaned and be safe again? Came home from trip to a broken fridge and spoiled food in both glass and plastic containers. All was a lukewarm mess. Can I clean the containers and reuse them, or should I throw them out? food-safety equipment asked by Lynn 4 votes answered by bob1 10 votes Cooking ground beef without the fat rendering off I like to cook ground beef by putting it in an oven safe dish and baking it at 350 Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. This works great for my purposes, but so much of the delicious fat is rendered to a liquid,... beef fat ground asked by negacao 3 votes answered by Johanna 4 votes Blending pastry cream right after cooking: does it change final consistency? I prepared some pastry cream to use as pie filling. Right after it had been cooked, and while still hot, I passed it through a sieve onto a bowl with chopped white chocolate. As I tried to fold the ... chocolate pastry gelling-agents cornstarch hand-blender asked by Fimpellizieri 2 votes answered by kitukwfyer 3 votes Which kinds of rice can replace Uzbek devsira? I found a recipe for a Fergana-style plov, one of the main versions of Uzbek plov: https://zen.yandex.ru/media/savedaru/uzbekskii-plov-poferganski-vkus-i-aromat-bespodobn-5f93ccc1a81c50318e584c8c . ... rice asian-cuisine asked by Martin Peters 2 votes answered by IMil 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How do I colour ready-to-roll icing I'm making a cake for my daughter's birthday. I'm a bit rubbish with icing and decorating, so I plan to buy some ready-to-roll icing to cover the cake. The problem is that the cake is shaped liked a ... cake coloring icing decorating asked by Nick Hawes 10 votes answered by Orbling 4 votes Rule of thumb for cooking or baking different quantities? I often want to cook double quantities from that stated in a recipe - say, twice the quantity of pasta bake or casserole (all in one dish), or two cakes instead of one (in separate tins). Is there a ... cooking-time asked by Vicky 14 votes answered by seanyboy 7 votes How long does cooked pasta last in the fridge? I sometimes cook more pasta than I intend to eat or use at once and store the rest in a container in the fridge (just plain, cooked pasta). How long would it store safely for? pasta storage-lifetime refrigerator asked by Daniel Vandersluis 20 votes answered by Adam Shiemke 17 votes Is it safe to eat potatoes that have sprouted? I'm talking about potatoes that have gone somewhat soft and put out shoots about 10cm long. Other online discussions suggest it's reasonably safe and the majority of us have been peeling and eating ... food-safety potatoes asked by Tea Drinker 103 votes answered by hobodave 95 votes How long will uncooked chicken keep in the fridge? My wife is obsessed about not leaving uncooked meats in the fridge longer than a day (esp. Chicken). If we buy chicken breast and we're not going to use them the next day, she'll put them in the ... food-safety chicken asked by Ovi Tisler 30 votes answered by Ryan Elkins 18 votes What temperatures should I keep my refrigerator and freezer set at? For a refrigerator, if it's cooler, items like milk and meat last a bit longer. However if I set it close to freezing then some items start showing frost on them. What temperature should I set my ... food-safety temperature refrigerator asked by Sam Harwell 40 votes answered by hobodave 32 votes Can I add uncooked noodles directly to soup? Most noodle soup recipes that I see call for boiling and draining the noodles separately, then adding them to the broth already cooked. Is there any reason that I can't just add the dry noodles 10 ... soup noodles asked by Matthew Scouten 18 votes answered by jessykate 16 votes