Food Storage and Preservation

Salt and vinegar

Milk that has been heated to an ultra high temperature to extend it's shelf life.

Fresh spearmint leaves are available all year. Choose spearmint leaves that are fresh, and bright green with a spearmint scent. Avoid wilted, yellow leaves or stems that have begun to flower. At home, wash the leaves in clean running water, pat dry, and store in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator for use within a few days. Dried spearmint is often used to prepare tea or other drinks. To dry, mint leaves are spread on the plastic sheet and dried under shade. Dried spearmint should be stored in airtight containers in cool place away from sunlight.

You can safely prepare cheese balls 2 - 3 days before serving.

Advantages: doesn't use oxgen, faster

Disadvantages: doesn't produce much ATP (energy), produces toxins

Preheating an oven means setting a temperature before putting something in an oven. If you don't preheat the oven and put a turkey in the turkey wil be cooked for longer. Which can affect the texture, taste and what not.

It would be a pretty weird definition of "vegetarian" that included turkey as an allowable foodstuff.

Bouillon cubes will get sticky and stick to the paper they are wrapped in if they are not used within a certain time, so yes, they do go bad.

While it is possible to store ice cream equally well in a metal or plastic container, plastic is better from the user's point of view. Metal transfers cold far better than plastic. Thus, it can become quite uncomfortable trying to hold onto a cold metal container. A cold plastic container is a poor conductor of cold. It does not make your hands hurt to carry it. A metal container has little give at the edges making it hard to scoop out the ice cream at the edges. A plastic container has more give at the edges. It is easier to get the ice cream at the edge of the container. It is easier to reattach a plastic lid on a container than a metal lid.

Pectin.

Pectin is a food-gum that comes from fruit that helps thicken jam when sugar is added.

You generally keep it in the fridge any where from 1/2 hour to 24 hours

It's best to brine a thawed turkey rather than a frozen one. Brining requires the turkey to be fully thawed so that the salt and flavors can penetrate the meat effectively. If you brine a frozen turkey, the brine won't be able to reach the meat properly, resulting in uneven seasoning. Always ensure the turkey is completely thawed before beginning the brining process.

Pull it out of the freezer and place it in the refrigerator two to three days ahead of when you plan to serve it.

If it is only the breast portion, the HoneyBaked site says a 12-24 hour stint in the refrigerator should do it.