FAQ...Nutrition, Food Preparation and Food Safety

Frequently Asked Questions in baking, nutrition & disease, eggs, bake sale safety, boil orders, canning, freezing, recent outbreaks of food bourne illness etc.

• FAQ...Applesauce...Substitution for Oil in Baking
  Q: How Can I Substitute Applesauce for Oil in Baking?
  
  
• FAQ...Arthritis and Food
  Q: Should I Avoid Certain Foods if I have Arthritis?
  
  
• FAQ...Bake Sales
  Q: What foods are acceptable at Bake Sales?
  
  
• FAQ...Baking...Brown Sugar...Prevent Hardening etc.
  FAQ's about Brown Sugar
  
  
• FAQ...Baking...Buttermilk... home made
  Q: How do you make Buttermilk at home?
  
  
• FAQ...Baking...Chocolate Chip Cookies...Puffy not Flat
  Q: I don't like FLAT Chocolate Chip Cookies. What can I do to have nice cookies!
  
  
• FAQ...Baking...Melting Chocolate Chips in Microwave
  Q: How do you melt chocolate chips in the Microwave? It depends on what "kind" of chips they are.
  
  
• FAQ...Baking...Melting Chocolate...but it seized into a hard ball.
  Q: How do I fix chocolate that has seized (hardened)while attempting to melt it?
  
  
• FAQ...Baking...Sour Milk...home made
  Q: How do you make Sour Milk at home?
  
  
• FAQ...Canning...Canner Parts...Finding
  FOOD PRESERVATION INDUSTRY CONTACTS I thought it would be helpful to share the latest information we received on Food Preservation Industry Contacts. Locally, canning supplies are showing up in supermarkets, WalMart, K-mart, Farm and Fleet and Hardware stores.
  
  
• FAQ...Canning...Classes
  Q: Do you have canning classes?
  
  
• FAQ...Canning...Is there a good reliable web site about home canning?
  Two wonderful sites to check. One has quick, easy FAQ and the other is everything on fresh preserving.
  
  
• FAQ...Canning...tomatoes and adding acid
  Q: Do I have to add acid when I can tomatoes?
  
  
• FAQ...Cantalopes...How to Choose
  Don't know which Cantalope to choose in the store. Here are some tips to help you.
  
  
• FAQ...Egg...Hot Enough to Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk
  Q: Is it hot enough yet to fry an egg on the sidewalk?
  
  
• FAQ...Eggs and expiration dates
  Q: What does the expiration date mean?
  
  
• FAQ...Eggs...Freshness Test for Eggs
  Q: Is there a freshness test for eggs? I heard there was a float test?
  
  
• FAQ...Eggs...How Should Raw Eggs be stored? Hard Boiled? and in Casseroles?
  Q: How should raw eggs be stored? How should hard boiled eggs be stored? How about raw egg whites? How about casseroles with eggs in them?
  
  
• FAQ...Eggs...Meringue...Home made
  Q: Can I use my old recipe to make homemade meringue pie and still be safe with the eggs?
  
  
• FAQ...Eggs...Salmonella
  Q: When stored, at what point do eggs get contaminated with salmonella?
  
  
• FAQ...Extension Offices in Other States
  Q: How Can I find Extension offices in other States?
  
  
• FAQ...Farmers Markets in the Area
  follow this link... http://www.agr.state.il.us/markets/farmers/display2.php?Loc=MC+LEAN
  
  
• FAQ...Food Pantry Checklist on Accepting Foods at Pantries.
  Q: Can you give me a checklist on accepting foods at food pantries?
  
  
• FAQ...Freezing...Blanching Corn for Freezing
  Q: Do You Have to Blanch Sweet Corn Before Freezing?
  
  
• FAQ...Freezing...Blanching Vegetables
  Q: When blanching vegetables before freezing, do I start timing after the water comes to a boil or right after I drop the vegetables in the boiling water? Sometimes it takes 5 minutes for it to return to boiling.
  
  
• FAQ...Freezing...Turkey
  Q: I have a turkey in my freezer from last Thanksgiving. Should I use it?
  
  
• FAQ...Frozen Canned Goods
  
  
• FAQ...Labeling...Is there a fun way to learn about Nutrition Labeling?
  Q: Is there a fun way to learn about food labeling?
  
  
• FAQ...Safety...Boil Orders...What to do?
  Q: BOIL ORDERS... I have some questions. Why must I boil my water?
  
  
• FAQ...Safety...E-Coli and Fresh Produce
  Q: What can I do to lessen my chances of illness from eating contaminated fresh produce?
  
  
• FAQ...Safety...E-Coli...Recent Outbreaks
  Q: How can I find out more about the recent E-Coli Outbreaks?
  
  
• FAQ...Safety...Fresh Produce
  What can I do to insure the safety of the fresh produce that I buy?
  
  
• FAQ...Safety...Leftover Food Left in Car
  Q: Can I Leave My Leftovers from Lunch in the Car?
  
  
• FAQ...Safety...Pantry Pests..."Bugs in My Flour!"
  Q: What happened? I have bugs in my flour and other dried foods!
  
  
• FAQ...Safety...Power Outages and Food Safety
  Q: My power has been out. How do I tell which food is still safe and which isn't?
  
  
• FAQ...Sports Nutrition
  Q: Do you gave any Nutrition Tips for Athletes?
  
  
• FAQ...Summer...BBQ...Marinating Safety
  Q: Barbeque Food Safety; How Do I know When I am Marinating Meat and Poultry Safely?
  
  
• FAQ...Summer...BBQ...Safe Grilling Temperatures
  Q: Barbeque Food Safety; How Do I Know If I am Grilling Meats and Poultry Safely?
  
  
• FAQ...Summer...BBQ...Safely Smoke Meat and Poultry
  Barbeque Food Safety; How Do I Safely Smoke Meat and Poultry?
  
  
• FAQ...Summer...Ice Cream Headache
  Q: Why do I sometimes get a headache when I'm eating ice cream?
  
  
• FAQ...Vinegar Storage Life
  Q: How Long Does Vinegar Last?
  
  
• Making Sense of Portion Sizes
  Picture portions of food using everyday objects.
  
  

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