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Food Substitutions From the barefoot foodie Substitutions are seperated by the (=) sign in most cases U Ugh or Ugli Fruit = grapefruit plus sugar
V Vanilla Extract, in baking = almond extract = peppermint or other extracts, which will alter the flavor of the products Veal, scallops = boned, skinned chicken breasts = turkey breast slices Verbena = lemon peel = lemongrass Vermicelli See Pasta Vidalia Onions See Onions, Sweet Vienna sausages = frankfurters Vinegar = lemon juice, in cooking and salads = grapefruit juice, in salads = wine, in marinades Vinegar, Apple Cider = champagne vinegar = malt vinegar Vinegar, Balsamic = sherry vinegar Vinegar, Champagne = apple cider vinegar Vinegar, Malt = apple cider vinegar Vinegar, Red Wine = white wine vinegar Vinegar, Sherry = balsamic vinegar Vinegar, White Wine = red wine vinegar
W Walla Walla Onions See Onions, Sweet Wasabi = hot mustard powder mixed with a little water Water Chestnuts = jicama, raw Watercress = sunflower sprouts See Lettuce Wax Beans = green beans Whiskey = bourbon White Beans = pea beans = navy beans White Peppercorns = black peppercorns Note: Peppercorns vary in strength. Wine, for marinades, 1/2 cup = 1/4 cup vinegar plus 1 tablespoon sugar plus 1/2 cup water Winter Squash = acorn squash = butternut squash = dumpling squash = gold nugget squash = kabocha squash = pumpkin = table queen squash = turban squash Worcestershire Sauce 1 teaspoon soy sauce 2 drops hot pepper sauce 1 dash lemon juice 1 pinch sugar or 1 dash molasses Combine. Makes 1 1/2 teaspoons.
Y Yams = sweet potatoes Yeast, Compressed, 1 cake = 2 envelopes dry yeast = 2 tablespoons powdered yeast Yeast, Dry, 1 envelope = 1 tablespoon powdered yeast = 1/2 cake compressed yeast, crumbled Yellow Finn Potatoes = 2 parts white potatoes plus 1 part yams or sweet potatoes Yellow or Gold Peppers = red peppers = green peppers Yellow Squash, Crookneck or Straightneck = pattypan squash = zucchini Yogurt, Plain = sour cream = creme fraiche = buttermilk = heavy cream = mayonnaise (in small amounts, especially in salads or dips)
Z Zucchini = pattypan squash = yellow crookneck squash = yellow straightneck squash
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