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If all ingredients are measured in cups, it doesn't actually matter much, since you'd still get good proportions by using any of your cups. It's problematic if some ingredients are specified by volume, others by weight.
Specifying by volume is also a problem for compressable things like flour, chopped hazelnuts etc.
Aquafaba is amazing. But since we're talking about egg replacers, here's one even more remarkable: Carbonated water. No joke. Carbonated water can seamlessly replace egg in almost all things where the egg provides some rising / fluffy texture (not so much binding, like aquafaba does). It won't be stepping in your quiche any time soon, but cookies, brownies, cupcakes, anything with a fluffy inside. 1/4 cup of water eq…
I tried making a fried egg using this suggestion and it did not turn out as well as I had hoped.
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egg allergies are a thing. people also like to be vegan/vegetarian. also chicken farming is notoriously cruel in a lot of ways though it's getting better.
Helps to not cheap out on the eggs you buy. I pay ~$6/dozen (maybe less), but I also get a nice video feed of the chickens on their pasture clucking around and having a grand old time.
Aquafaba is amazing. But since we're talking about egg replacers, here's one even more remarkable: Carbonated water. No joke. Carbonated water can seamlessly replace egg in almost all things where the egg provides some rising / fluffy texture (not so much binding, like aquafaba does). It won't be stepping in your quiche any time soon, but cookies, brownies, cupcakes, anything with a fluffy inside. 1/4 cup of water eq…
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Yeah, different egg substitutes apply depending on what you make. Tofu replaces egg in stir fry - flax replaces it in banana bread - aquafaba works for meringues.
For someone who likes moist banana bread, “flax eggs” are the clear winner.
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Most kitchens I know have a scale, but not measuring cups. I mean, why would you need measuring cups, unless you're sent a recipe from somewhere foreign?
We have buckets of measuring cups. It's a particular frustration. They lose their painted markings fairly quickly and it can be hard to tell the 1/4c of one set from the 1/3c of another set, or the 2/3c from the 1c or the 1c from the 1-1/2c. Why is there even a 1-1/2c? Uugh! Melt a 1/4c cup? Guess it's time to buy a fifth set of all the cups all over again so we can have at least one 1/4c. Don't toss any of the old o…
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If all ingredients are measured in cups, it doesn't actually matter much, since you'd still get good proportions by using any of your cups. It's problematic if some ingredients are specified by volume, others by weight.
Specifying by volume is also a problem for compressable things like flour, chopped hazelnuts etc.
My time to shine! Hazelnut Choc Chip cookies, designed for Aquafaba. NB. You can switch out more of the hazelnut/almond meal to adjust the taste, but don't go much below 1/2 cup of almond! https://imgur.com/a/G2M1QoE 1 & 1/4 cup almond meal 1 & 1/4 cup hazelnut meal 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips 2/3 cup flour (gluten free blend works fine) 2/3 cup raw sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt (ideally fine) Mix above tog…
Ok- so... when I don't wash the aquafaba off of the beans in cooking, I get- let's say- "bloated". I can only imagine eating these could result in a rough approximation of the decibel level of the Dragon taking off from Launch Pad 39A.
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Texture and cost. The hazelnut meal tends to be a bit coarser, and is significantly more expensive, so you end up with gritty cookies that don't taste significantly more like hazelnut for more $$.
Waw, i'm surprised almonds are more expensive than hazelnuts where you are! I didn't check but i believe that in france hazelnuts are cheaper. What is sure is that the tree is far more common (in personal gardens).
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There are plenty of cruelty free sources for eggs. Go with a reputable free range grower or if you live in the countryside or even suburbs, there are usually neighbors that sell their excess eggs.
I would strongly disagree that any commercial operation - regardless of its labeling - could be called cruelty free. That leaves neighbors with backyard hens, which will never be enough cover any significant portion of egg consumption.