A lot comes out from there, so let's learn some few tricks.
Works wonders.
1. If you happen to over-salt a pot of soup, just drop in a
peeled potato. The potato will absorb the excess salt.
2. When boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells
from cracking.
3. Never put citrus fruits (Oranges, Lemons, limes, etc) or tomatoes in the fridge. The low temperatures
degrade the aroma and flavor of these fruits.(That's why our tomatoes don't
last in the fridge)
4. To clean iron cooking ware, don’t use detergents. Just
scrub them with salt and a clean, dry paper towel.
5. When storing empty airtight containers, throw in a pinch
of salt to keep them from getting stinky.
6. If you are making gravy(stew) and accidentally burn it,
just pour it into a clean pan and continue cooking it. Add sugar a little at a
time, tasting as you go to avoid 'over-sugaring' it. The sugar will cancel out
the burned taste.
7. Burned a pot of rice? Just place a piece of white bread
on top of the rice for 5-10 minutesto draw out the burned flavour. Be careful
not to scrape the burned pieces off of the bottom of the pan
when serving the rice.
8. Before you chop fresh red peppers, rub a little vegetable
oil into your hands and your skin won’t absorb the spiciness.
9. If you aren’t sure how fresh your eggs are, place them in
about four inches of water. Eggs that stay on the bottom are fresh. If only one
end tips up, the egg is less fresh and should be used soon. If it floats, it’s
past the fresh stage.
10. To banish ants from the kitchen, find out where they are
coming in and cover the hole with petroleum jelly(Vaseline). Ants won’t trek
through the jelly. If they are coming under a door, draw a line on the floor
with chalk. The little bugs also won’t cross a line of chalk.
11. Don’t store your bananas in a bunch or in a fruit bowl
with other fruits. Separate your bananas and place each in a different
location. Bananas release gases which cause fruits (including other bananas) to
ripen quickly. Separating them will keep them fresh longer.
12. To keep potatoes from budding in the bag put an apple in
with them.
13. If you manage to have some leftover wine, cocktail
drinks at the end of the evening, freeze it in ice cube trays for easy addition
to sauces (white wine works wonders in sauces, I don't joke with them) in the
future.
14. After boiling pasta or potatoes, cool the water and use
it to water your house plants. The water contains nutrients that your plants
will love.
15. When defrosting meat from the freezer, pour some vinegar
over it. Not only does it tenderize the meat; it will also bring down the
freezing temperature of the meat and cause it to thaw quicker. # Note every
woman should have vinegar in her kitchen.
16. Do you cry while peeling off onions, then try this.
After peeling off your onions, refrigerate the onions for at least 5minutes,
then dice it. You will be glad you did.
17. For aluminum pans that are looking dull, just boil some
apple peels in them. This will brighten up the aluminum and make your house
smell yummy.
18. If your salt is becoming lumpy, put a few grain of rice
in with it to absorb excess moisture.
19. Always keep an aloe vera plant in your kitchen. It’s
invaluable when you scrape your arm or burn your finger. Just break off a leaf
and rub the gel from the inside on the injury.
20. When making a soup, sauce, that ends up too fatty or
greasy, drop in an ice cube. The ice will attract the fat, which you can then
scoop
out. This works wonders
21. To reuse cooking oil without tasting whatever was cooked
in the oil previously, cook a 1/4″ piece of ginger in the oil. It will remove
any remaining flavors and odors.
22. If your milk always goes bad before you can finish it,
try adding a pinch of salt to the carton when you first open it. It will stay
fresh days longer.
23. If two drinking glasses become stuck together after
stacking, it’s not impossible to unstick them. Just put ice in the inner glass
and dunk the outer glass in warm water. The warmglass will expand and the cold
glass will contract, making the glasses separate easily.
24. For splinters under the fingernail, soaking the affected
finger in a bowl of milk with a piece of bread in it, it will help to draw out
the splinter.
Very educating…
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