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Given a paragraph about cooking, and a set of conversational question answers about the paragraph, answer a follow-up question from the paragraph. The paragraph has a prefix 'CONTEXT:'. Each conversation question has a prefix 'Q:' followed by answer prefix 'A:'. The final followup question has a prefix 'FOLLOWUP_Q:'.
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CONTEXT: The short answer is yes, you most definitely can but with a few caveats. First, if the skin has any significant amount of sugar on/in it from a glaze or cure it will burn fairly quickly and likely impart a bitter flavor before you are going to achieve the proper crisp a crackling is known for. Also, with hams, there is likely going to be a ton of salt in the skin to begin with and this is likely going to be intensified when you fry it up so be aware of that. I've never had good luck baking pork skin for crackling since the texture is never the same and it takes a lot longer. Deep frying is a much better/authentic way to go.  <sep>  Q: Can I make crackling from cured ham skin? A: you most definitely can but with a few caveats  Q: I have a cured ham, which I have removed the skin to glaze. A: with hams, there is likely going to be a ton of salt in the skin to begin with and this is likely going to be intensified when you fry it up  Q: Can I bake the skin and make it into crackling? A: I've never had good luck baking pork skin for crackling since the texture is never the same and it takes a lot longer  <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: Are there any suggestions for me?
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Deep frying is a much better/authentic way to go


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CONTEXT: Adding herbs directly to baked goods usually results in very strong flavours. Infusing the sugar with the herbs gives a more subtle overtone rather than a full-on explosion. In some cases, of course, you might want a strong herb flavour, but where you just want a hint, infusing the sugar is great. The classic example is using stripped vanilla pods to make vanilla sugar, which adds subtle vanilla tones to cakes and meringues.  <sep>  Q: When and why would one infuse flavor into sugar for baking? A: where you just want a hint, infusing the sugar is great  <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: Why not just add the ingredient directly into the recipe?
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The classic example is using stripped vanilla pods to make vanilla sugar


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CONTEXT: These are very similar to potato croquettes, for which there are tons of recipes. Those are usually made with mashed potatoes instead of shredded, but otherwise pretty much the same deal. You can find recipes with varying amounts of creamy things and cheese; I'm guessing the Omaha Steaks ones are on the higher end of that.If you want to try to match the shredded texture better, you can probably start with a potato croquette recipe and just bake and grate/shred the potatoes instead of mashing them.As Cindy noted, you can also find recipes by searching for "au gratin potato balls", plenty of which are mimicking the Omaha Steaks ones. I might be inclined to use a croquette recipe, because it's a more common name so it's easier to find obviously trustworthy recipes, but you'll probably be fine either way.  <sep>  Q: What are Omaha Steaks "Potatoes Au Gratin" actually? A: These are very similar to potato croquettes, for which there are tons of recipes. Those are usually made with mashed potatoes instead of shredded, but otherwise pretty much the same deal  Q: How are they made? A: If you want to try to match the shredded texture better, you can probably start with a potato croquette recipe and just bake and grate/shred the potatoes instead of mashing them  <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: Are they baked?
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You can find recipes with varying amounts of creamy things and cheese