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Pink salt

Salt mined from the Pun­jab region of Pak­istan; it’s pink due to min­er­al impu­ri­ties. Offers no ben­e­fits oth­er than its smug factor.

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Poach

cook (an egg) with­out its shell in or over boil­ing water. “a break­fast of poached egg and grilled bacon” cook by sim­mer­ing in a small amount of liq­uid. “poach the salmon in the white wine”

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Popcorn salt

Same thing as table salt, except it’s ground down to tee­ny lit­tle granules.

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Proof

Bloom­ing yeast and proof­ing yeast are sim­i­lar, but not exact­ly the  same thing: Proof­ing yeast is mak­ing sure the yeast is alive and well by mix­ing it with warm water and sug­ar and check­ing for bub­bles. Bloom­ing yeast is mix­ing the yeast with warm water and sug­ar so it starts to bub­ble before you add … Con­tin­ue read­ing Proof

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Pureé

To smash or blend well-cooked veg­eta­bles or fruit to cre­ate a thick smooth paste.

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