Helpful Kitchen Tips and Tricks
looking for some genius helpful kitchen tips and tricks? I tried a number of these, they work like a charm!
Helpful Kitchen Tips and Tricks
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1. For smelly hands after chopping onions or garlic, rub them on a stainless steel spoon. The steel will absorb the odor.
2. Over-salt a pot of soup? Drop in a peeled potato, it will absorb the excess salt.
3. Not sure if your eggs are fresh? 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.
4. When boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells from cracking.
5. To keep potatoes from budding in the bag, put an apple in with them.
6. Making soup, sauce, or a casserole that is too fatty or greasy? drop in an ice cube. The ice will attract the fat, which you can then scoop out. Or, sweep a piece of bread over the top of the liquid – the oil will be attracted to the bread!
7. If your milk always goes bad before you can finish it, add a pinch of salt to the carton when you first open it, It’ll stay fresh days longer.
8. When storing empty airtight containers, throw in a pinch of salt to keep them from getting stinky.
9. Cottage cheese will remain fresher for longer, if you store it upside down in the refrigerator.
10. To prevent fat from splattering when frying sausage or bacon, try flouring them lightly.
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these are some great tips, lol. I totally didn’t know about the cottage chess one!
to prevent overboiling – put a wooden spoon over top -> doesn’t totally solve the problem in some cases (ie pasta), but it does help
Love the icecube in the sauces tip and the apple with the potatoes tip. I will definitley by trying these. Excellent ideas I tweeted about this post – this is must be shared stuff. Thx
Great tip and tricks, thank you.
I knew a few of them but some are new to me. I will be storing my cottage cheese upside down from now on!
Storing Cottage Cheese UPSIDE DOWN?!?!?!? I will try it, but can’t figure out how it will make a difference! 😉
I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD RUB STAINLESS STEAL TO REMOVE ONION SMELL, COOL
Eggs can make you sick if eaten raw. This is because of what is on the outside of the shell. The shell is very porous do note that when you do place it in water ( same goes for washing eggs ) the harmful germs can very easily get inside the egg. I would check 1 egg and if all is ok then throw it away and use the others. My mom in law taught micro-biology and told me never to eat an egg that came into contact with water while inside the shell.
Very helpful! Thanks!
#1 was news to me! Really? I have always heard rub them on a lemon! Stumbled.
I wish I had read #6 sooner! I made French Dip sandwiches tonight, and the au jus was way too oily. Next time I’ll drop an ice cube in the pot or use the bread trick in the dipping bowls before serving. Thanks for all the great tips.
Lots of interesting tips I’d love to try!
Thank you for the tips for the kitchen:)
love the tip about storing Cottage Cheese and must try it. thanks.
I never knew the trick about eggs, that is a good one to know!