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Questions about what temperature is optimal for cooking/preparing certain food or how certain temperatures can affect different types of food. Questions can also include how to best achieve/maintain a certain temperature for a specific type of food.

Questions about what temperature is optimal for cooking certain food or how certain temperatures affect different types of food. Questions can also include how to best achieve/maintain a certain temperature for a specific type of food.

Conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius: C = (F-32)*(5/9)

Conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit: F = C*(9/5) + 32

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At what temperature should monkfish be prepared?

At what internal temperature should you aim for monkfish to be properly cooked? According to this recipe, it should be at 145F (63ºC). Does anybody know a temperature chart for fish in general? FYI I just found this and this reference.
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Is there a table that shows the cooking temperature and the duration for different meat types and its bones?

Just wondering if there is a table (similar to the one below - including a example) that can shows the cooking temperature and the duration to cook different types of meat (and/or its bones) in different style?…
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Precise temperature reading on induction cooker

I have an electronic thermometer that I've used on an induction cooker and it is getting crazy. The thermometer starts buzzing and the temperature displayed is highly volatile. It's just unusable. What would be a good solution for precise reading on…
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How to set yogurt in the room temperature between 20 to 16 degree Centigrade?

It is winters here, and the yogurt never sets the way I used to set it during summers. If for example, we have 1/2 litre milk, what is the near exact temperature (for heating the milk), and the near exact yogurt to be added to the milk for…
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To slow down the fermentation process of a food in a can

I am particularly interested in the histamine's creation in a can because I need to deal with allergies. Possible Factors to me which affects to histamine's creation that is the speed of the fermentation process in a can: temperature humidity…
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How do I adjust for a recipe to bake in an oven instead of on a grill?

I have a recipe for grilling a pear crisp that calls for grilling for 15 to 20 minutes over indirect medium heat. Can I instead bake this in an oven? At what temperature should I bake it?
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What would cause a temperature limit of 220 °C for a frying pan in the oven?

There is a frying pan advertised as "Oven safe to 220c". Teflon is safe to 260 °C, and if other surfaces are less temperature stable than teflon the fact is not well advertised. On the image there is no obvious non-metallic components, but there…
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Steam table - preventing spagetti sauce from burning?

Having debate with friend ... we have spagetti sauce in steam table at 250 f -- with lid off the spagetti sauce evaporates and reduces and burns on side of the steam table pan during duration of the day Placing the sauce on top of the table with a…
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Is it safe to eat yogurt made at 90 degrees F with a culture that requires at least 115 degrees Fahrenheit? The yogurt looks thick and smells fine

I tried to culture Bacillus coagulans for 36 hours in my yogurt machine that is supposed to go to 115 degrees F. However, the peak temp reached was an only about 100 degrees. Is it safe to eat yogurt made at 90-100 degrees F with a culture that…
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How fast does an oven cool?

I've got a pumpkin pie recipe that calls for baking at 425F for 15 minutes, then 30-40 minutes at 350F. When I bake it in my countertop oven, the crust comes out underdone in the middle. I think this might be because my oven cools to the lower…
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What baking sheet material(s) are best, and at least safe, in temperatures up to 550 (°F) degrees?

My oven goes up to 550 Fahrenheit degrees and it seems the sheets I've found so far are safe up to 500-450°F. Are there concerns with potential chemical releases that buyers should be familiar with if cooking at 450-550°F? Is lining the bottom with…
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Minimum time/temp for clove-flavor infusion?

I'm tweaking a recipe for cooked eggnog. The first step is to bring a combination of milk, light cream, and cloves to a scant boil. After that, the cloves are discarded. I want to see if I can get similar results without having to get that mixture…
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Should "bake" or "roast" be used when making cakes? Heat top or bottom?

Every time I bake cakes/cupcakes the tops are the last part to cook fully. In other words, the bottom might register at 210f and the top might still be at 180-190f. This can be confirmed by the top being visibly wet. This has been true in the last 5…
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If braised meat is cooked at 200 degrees in a perfectly sealed pouch in the oven, does the temperature rise above boiling?

I just tried to answer a question about pot roast and looking at recipes I discover one that cooks the meat at 200 degrees in a sealed pouch for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. There is a lot of reason to make a roast such as a prime rib at low temperatures since…
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When cooking on an induction cooktop, can you leave a pot off-center or suspend it to slightly lower its temperature?

I like to cook using poaching and low simmering techniques (70°C to 85°C, about 160°F to 190°F). I want to get an induction cooktop, but the ones I can afford only have 10 temperature settings. I worry that the gradations won't give me enough…
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