TASK DEFINITION: Given a paragraph about cooking, and a set of conversational questions and answers about the paragraph, say whether the passage contains sufficient information to answer the follow-up question. Say Yes if it is answerable; otherwise, say No. The paragraph has the prefix 'CONTEXT:'. Each conversation question has a prefix 'Q:' followed by the answer prefix 'A:', and the follow-up question has a prefix 'FOLLOWUP_Q:'.
PROBLEM: CONTEXT: Substitution in preserved foods are generally considered unsafe. Food chemistry is a complicated affair, and cooking is inherently imprecise. Sure, you can find a way to reduce the pH to that of the original recipe. But a salami is a fermented food. Your pH might be the same, but other things will change, for example the composition of the available sugars, and you can catch a different strain of bacteria. Safe preservation recipes have either been extensively tested in a lab, or used for centuries. Making a small change can destroy the delicate balance which leads to a tasty, safe food. The solution here is to look for another recipe, one which is safe but does not contain wine. For something as risky as cured meat, I'd suggest not getting some random recipe off the Internet, but choosing from a book, or maybe from the blog of a known, respectable author. This way, you get both good taste and safety, things which are hit-and-miss when making your own substitutions. <sep> Q: What can you substitute for wine when making homemade salami? A: The solution here is to look for another recipe, one which is safe but does not contain wine Q: Most of the recipes I found use wine. Would citric acid work as a replacement? A: Substitution in preserved foods are generally considered unsafe Q: So is the wine used as a preservative? A: For something as risky as cured meat, I'd suggest not getting some random recipe off the Internet, but choosing from a book, or maybe from the blog of a known, respectable author Q: If the recipe calls for wine would a non alcoholic wine work? A: Food chemistry is a complicated affair, and cooking is inherently imprecise <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: Do you know of a book or a blogger that is alcohol free for me to look up some recipes for salami?

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: CONTEXT: Gelatin sheets are soaked in cold-to-room-temp water in order to soften and rehydrate them slightly before stirring them into the (often hot) food. If you were to try to stir a sheet of gelatin directly into hot liquid, you'd find that it behaves a lot like cornstarch. It clumps up immediately and produces unpleasant-to-eat chunks that only a blender and a chinois have a hope of removing.You squeeze it after soaking to remove excess (unflavored) water from the exterior. Otherwise, each sheet might bring along quite a bit of water, which will seriously affect the consistency of a product you expect to set up, and might affect the taste of even something like a braise to which you are adding the gelatin just for body. <sep> Q: Why do we soak and squeeze gelatine?###I can only assume we use gelatine with liquids (or at least the majority of time it's to set a liquid) - so why soak it first? A: Gelatin sheets are soaked in cold-to-room-temp water in order to soften and rehydrate them slightly before stirring them into the (often hot) food <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: And why do we then squeeze it?### I would assume it's to get rid of something but my searches return no results.

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: CONTEXT: There are two safe ways to defrost, one more rapid than the other.First method is to defrost in the refrigerator. This keeps temperature below 40 degrees F, in the safe zone. This will, also, take a while.Second method is to defrost in the sink under cold running water. The water doesn't have to run rapidly, but it should change regularly. This will defrost the fish more rapidly than in the air (water is a better conductor of heat than air) and will keep the fish in the danger zone for the shortest period of time. If you are not going to cook it immediately, then return to the refrigerator.If you are deep frying, there are some techniques that will allow you to go direct from frozen to fried, but that is generally done in a professional kitchen where they have powerful fryers that can take the temperature hit and come back strong. <sep> Q: How do you properly defrost frozen fish? A: First method is to defrost in the refrigerator Q: Seems like that would take a long time. How long should I leave them in the refrigerator? A: This will, also, take a while Q: What about room temperature? Is that an acceptable way of defrosting? A: 40 degrees F, in the safe zone Q: The pieces are quite large. What is the rapid way of defrosting? A: in the sink under cold running water <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: Why can't i use hot water in the sink?

SOLUTION:
Yes