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[EX Q]: I am experimenting with a home pasta maker, and after all the fun comes the cleaning up.My worries come from tiny bits of dry dough I find when I clean the machine. There always seem to be more every time I shake it, and they of course contain raw egg .On the instructions, it clearly says not to wash it with water.What's the best practice in this case (besides disassembling the thing)?
[EX A]: How do I clean a pasta maker?

[EX Q]: I guess it can be subjective according to tastes, but some reduction is required. If I could know what I am trying to do away with in the reduction process (alcohol, raw bite or volume) then I could adjust according to my subjective taste and dish.Some general guidelines about how do you know when your wine is reduced or what to look for in a reduced wine would be useful.
[EX A]: How do I know when my wine is properly reduced?

[EX Q]: I was making baked pita chips as a healthy snack. What I do is mix olive oil and a dried herb seasoning blend, spread that on the pita bread, cut it into triangles and put them in the oven at 400 F for 7 min (I got the temperature and the time from an online recipe).What always happens is that the herb blend gets burnt black and the chips get done perfectly. I tried reducing the time in the oven, but that just results in chewy rather than crispy chips.I thought I could add the herb blend after the chips get done by sprinkling it on the chips, but it always falls off when I store it.How can I get the pita bread to become crispy while not burning the herbs?My instinct would be to reduce the temperature of the oven, and bake for longer, but by how much?Also, I had the oven on the 'Bake' setting instead of 'Broil' would that make a difference?
[EX A]:
How to avoid herbs getting burnt in the oven