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 In evaporated milk, the ingredients are milk, dipotassium phosphate, and carrageenan. Will dipotassium phosphate and carrageenan cause any harm to our bodies? Can we consume them daily? And in what quantities?

 Just how much evaporated milk are you chugging? continued...

 If a recipe for German Chocolate Cake calls for 4 oz. of sweet German chocolate, can I substitute semi-sweet chocolate morsels? And if so, how much?

 Surely you mean German's chocolate? continued...

 Why put sugar in water when boiling corn?

 The whole point of sweet corn — and it's essentially what separates us from the livestock that consumes much of the "dent" or field corn grown in this country (that and the whole cud thing) — is its sweetness. And if you've eaten much corn, you know that that sweetness can be a little unpredictable. continued...

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