Dear Lisa: What is the purpose for scalding milk before using it in a recipe? Is it absolutely necessary? I don't have a thermometer for checking the temperature. -- Linda C. Dear Linda: Many old ...

If you've been digging through stacks of old family cookbooks, you're likely to come across a recipe that calls for scalded milk. The process of scalding milk calls for the milk to be brought to a ...

: Scalding has two primary purposes: to kill pathogenic microorganisms and to destroy certain enzymes that would keep emulsifying agents in the milk from doing their thickening job. Since those two ...

Scalded milk is an ingredient that often appears in older recipe books. Because of its association with times past, many ...

Dear Heloise: A while back you printed a recipe for marinade that was wonderful for beef or lamb. Would you repeat that recipe? -- Lynda in Virginia Lynda, this my favorite marinade for beef, veal or ...