TASK DEFINITION: Given the background description of some cooking related query, summarize the question into a title
PROBLEM: I'm wondering if it matters whether you start from acid alone (lemon, vinegar or citric) vs something like acid + rennet. So the whey left over from making paneer, vs the whey left over from making mozzarella. Can you use either to extract the ricotta?

SOLUTION: Does method of coagulation matter when extracting ricotta from whey?

PROBLEM: I have an enameled cast iron dutch oven. I thought the pamphlet that came with it said not to heat the cast iron dry -- I could be imagining things, though.Part OneSo, am I supposed to put the oil in the dutch oven and then put it on the (cold) stove and then turn on the stove to low heat and then to medium? If I do this, will the oil evaporate -- I thought I experienced that once?Or am I supposed to preheat the dutch oven (starting on low and then going to medium) and then throw in the oil and heat it?I'm asking this question because I don't want to ruin my le creuset french oven.Part TwoAnd how do you know when the oil is hot enough? This recipe says until it is almost smoking, but how do you know when it is about to smoke? And don't all oils have different smoke points. This recipe calls for vegetable oil, which I assume can be canola.

SOLUTION: When to heat oil in dutch oven?

PROBLEM: The Japanese term (kasutera) and the Korean term (kastera) are etymologically derived from the Portuguese "Pao de Castela". But does "kasutera" and "kastera" refer to the same foodstuff, or a different foodstuff?KOREAN CASTELLA CAKE says: I've come to the conclusion that Koreans use "kastera" to describe almost every type of baked product that's Western in origin.Castella = Kastera = Kasutera says: These baked products are a cheap, guilty indulgence -- they are good -- but I don't consider them "genuine" Japanese kasutera, which I have come to understand is not as spongy and comes in a rectangular shape.Are they the same foodstuff, or are they different foodstuffs? Would it be more logical to say "I prefer kastera over kasutera", or would "I prefer the way Koreans do kastera over the way Japanese people do it"?

SOLUTION:
Is Japanese kasutera the same foodstuff as Korean kastera?