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Input: Consider Input: I'm planning on cooking an Asian style eggplant with garlic sauce soon. However, I am concerned (perhaps even paranoid) about getting the texture right. My goal is for the eggplant to be very soft ("melt in your mouth"). In the past, I've had eggplant turn tough and chewy when cooked. How can I make sure it turns out how I want?I don't typically salt my eggplant before cooking, because I don't find the taste to be unpleasantly bitter. Would that help?

Output: How to prevent eggplant having a tough or rubbery texture


Input: Consider Input: I have a popcorn machine that produces popcorn without using fat. It basically blows hot air over the kernels, and after 2 minutes they start popping.You're not supposed to add any flavoring agent (salt, sugar, ...) in the machines as it's not made for that. So when I want to add flavor, I spray water onto the popcorn right after it has popped, and then scatter the flavoring agent. This works relatively well.The downside: the popcorn can become damp (I solve this by leaving the machine on, which blows hot air over the popcorn)you can waste some flavoring agent (not all of it sticks to the popcorn, some of it falls on the bottom of the bowl)The upside:no fat used, healthier and your fingers will be less "greasy"Any other ideas how to flavor your popcorn using no fat or a minimal amount of fat?

Output: How do I flavor popcorn with a minimal amount of fat?


Input: Consider Input: I want to bake Chicken and Chocolate Chip Muffins in an overlapping time period, at the same temperature, in separate pans, of course.I think it saves time, oven energy, and just is more convenient because both recipes happen to require the same temperature.Is this ok / safe to do? Is it bad to bake meat with muffins?Will the flavours meld wierdly?Is there a certain arrangement the trays should be in?Notes: The chicken is covered with tin foil with some holes forked through for steam. I don't think this is a duplicate because it's related to 2 different types of dishes. One is an meat dish, the other is Muffins - instead of 2 baked goods.


Output: Can I cook 2 very different things at same time in the oven?