Kitchen Tips

 

(VALUABLE KITCHEN TIPS )

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 temperature degrades the aroma and flavor of these fruits.

4. To clean iron cook-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 then add sugar a little at a time, tasting it 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 minutes to draw out the burned flavour. N.B: 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 spice.

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 but 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 and cocktail drinks at the end of the evening, freeze it in ice cube trays for easy addition to sauces in the future (white wine works wonders in sauces, i don't joke
with them).

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 pours some vinegar over it, not only does it tenderize the meat it will also bring down the freezing temperature of the meat causing it to thaw quicker. N.B: 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 it for at least five minutes 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 really yummy.

18. If your salt is becoming lumpy, put a few grains 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 or 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.

21. To reuse cooking oil without tasting whatever was cooked in the oil previously, cook a 1/4″ piece of ginger in the oil, this 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 warm glass 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.