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Thawing frozen fish in milk will draw out
the frozen taste and provide a
fresh-caught flavor.
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Your gravy will have less lumps if you will
add a pinch of salt to the flour before mi xing
it with water.
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Muffins will slide right out of tin pans if the
hot pan is first placed on a wet towel.
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Cream will whip better and faster if you
first chill the cream, bowl, and the beaters
well.
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Celery will last longer if you wrap it in
aluminum foil when putting in the
refrigerator.
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When flouring a cake pan, use a bit of the
cake mix instead of flour. It will work just
as well and you won’t ha ve any of the
white mess on the outside of the cakes.
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You can remove the odor of onions or
garlic from your hands by rubbing moi stened
salt on your hands and then rinsing
with warm water and soap.
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You can easily remove food stains from
your .fingers by rubbing the stained areas
with a slice of raw potato and rinsing with
water.
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You can perk up soggy lettuce by adding
lemon juice to a bowl of cold water and
soaking the lettuce for an hour i n the
refrigerator.
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It’s not sunlight that ripens tomatoes, it’s
warmth.
If you store tomatoes with stems pointed
down they will sta y fresh longer.
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You should never add salt to the water
that you cook corn in. It will only make the
corn tougher.
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Lettuce loves fat. You can easily remove
excess fat from soups and stews by dro pping
a few lettuce leaves in the pot. The
fat will cling to the lettuce leaves.
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If your soup or stew is too salty, you can
add raw cut up potatoes. They will absorb
the excess salt. Just remov e them after
they have cooked.
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You can prevent potatoes from budding by
placing an apple in the bag with the pot atoes.
Just remember to change the apple
every week.
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If your tomatoes are too ripe, place them
in cold salted water and leave overnight.
They will be fresh and firm to the touch the
next morning.
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Apples absorb odors. They emit ethylene
gas, which when placed with other unripe
fruits will cause them to ripen quicker.
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You can prevent grease build -up in your
oven by frequently wiping it with vinegar.
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You can easily remove the silks from corn
on the cob by wiping downward with a
damp paper towel.
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You’ll shed less tears if you’ll cut the root
end off of the onion last.
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A few teaspoons of sugar and cinnamon
slowly burned on top of the stove will hide
unpleasant cooking odors and ma ke you
family think you’ve been baking all day!
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A few drops of lemon juice added to si mmering
rice will help to keep the grains
separate.
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Vinegar brought to a boil in a new frying
pan will prevent foods from sticking.
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Rubbing the inside of the pot with veget able
oil will prevent noodles, spaghetti, and
similar starches from boiling over.
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Sprinkling salt on your cabinet shelves helps to keep
ants away.
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Quickly applying ice cold vinegar to a burn will
give fast relief and help prevent blisters.
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Oil and grease stains wash out of clothing better with
a little baking soda added to the wash water.
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Rubbing a little salt on your pancake griddle
will help to keep pancakes from sticking.
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Soaking a pan with burned on food in a
mixture of baking soda and water for 10
minutes will make it easier to cle an.
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Adding a little salt to the water will help
your cut flowers to last longer.
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When frying bacon, sprinkling a pinch of
salt in the frying pan will help to keep the
grease from splattering.
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Rolling raisins and nuts in flour before
adding to cake batter will help to keep
them from sinking to the bottom of the
pan while baking.
Did You Know?
You can reduce the amount that bacon
shrinks by running it under water before
frying.
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