7 Kitchen Tricks You Should Know

Not informative at all. I was hoping to learn something. One tip I can pass along which really works well and most of you know this...When storing lettuce or greens, just wrap in several layers of dry paper towels with a rubber band. They will last for a month easily and stay crisp. As far a cleaning icky pots, use baking soda and water and reheat the mess. Might take more than one time. God bless.

I like tips #2, 6, 7 ... thanks. Never uses chemicals on my pots and pans and never will!

Terrific ideas and comments Kee[p it up. LOTS OF CLEANING AND HINTS WITH WHITE VINEGAR.

if you never use chemicals then why use an sos pad helllo! chemicals??????

I just tightly close my bag of brown sugar (I use cheap clips from IKEA), which is also wrapped in a ziploc bag and then saved in a old metal coffee can along with my raw sugar (also bagged). Has stayed soft for several years.

Really useful. I can't agree about the honey though. When it gets wormed up to 40 degrease Celsius it looses most of the beneficiary qualities it has.

nise

Boo, You can make a sugar syrup out of the sugar, put in a large mixing bowl and add boiling water to cover the sugar, and after cooled, mix with a spoon and store in the fridge. Not easy to use in dry recipes later but you won't have wasted it either. Use in anything liquid. Next time put the sugar in a tightly sealed canister or ziplock bag after you buy it. No need to toss sugar it does not go bad normally, even if hard.

Charles.

No need to have a microwave, or oven cleaner, or even a freezer. You can use a slice of bread in the brown sugar in a bag or canister, a week or less and you have crusty bread and soft brown sugar. Everytime you over cook something and the pot is sticky, or even after it is just been used and is not sticky, put water in it while still warm, the gentle action of water will soften the goo or tough stain, later if needed scour with rock salt and a bit of vinegar, or water. As for the fruit, pies are cool, but my dad and I make bread out of them, even cookies if we want a change of pace.

Remembers his dad showing off at and easter breakfast prep day, breaking eggs one in each hand two at a time like a True Master that he is. Now with age can't do that, but the memory is still there. He impressed a lot of those fellow youth that day. I guess what might have impressed them just a bit more, was that I knew how too, but after all he was my dad, and my first recipe was in crayon.

Fond memories of cooking with a father who was also a Chef before I was born. And Blessed to still have him around today, 32 years later.

Charles.

Better than using your fingers to get out a piece of eggshell... use an eggshell!

Excuse me, not to change the subject but: if raw eggs are so dangerous how is it that people crack them open into a glass and drink it and not get sick?

For the burnt pans #0000 steel wool and Ajax works great. And yes Ajax can be used on pots and pans - says it right on the label.

Thanks for the information about opening pistachios.
I bought tweezers to open them when they are cracked a bit and it works for me.

Brown Sugar Bear

Save bad fruit for smoothies after it gets rotten to save money? Good idea. I will try it.

make your clothes slideaseron your hanging bar,just rub wax paperback&forthon the clothesbar,your hangerswill slid much easier

What I do with wilting veggies is I cook them immediately, soups work best, then freeze them.

Need an SOS pad in a hurry? ASk any crack smoker for a piece/

This article was such a waste of my time!

The ONLY thing that will clean your stainless steel pots and pans and make them look great is to use "Barkeepers Friend" sold in most grocery stores with the specialty cleaners and sponges. The oven cleaner does work great if you can stand the fumes. For normal cleaning, Barkeepers Friend is it.