Question of the Week -What are some of your cooking tips?

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

Time for another Question of the Week -

 

What are some of your cooking tips? Example - how to correct something

with to much salt, acidity or spice, soften hardened brown sugar, how do you

get rid of fruit flies, how do you get rid of strong smells in the kitchen,

how to make flaky biscuit and pie crust, getting the perfect boiled egg that

peels easily, perfectly steamed veggies, cutting up veggies, decorating a

cake, etc........ Let us all learn from tips that you know. Please share.

 

Look forward to your tips.

 

Judy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Use a dryer sheet (used or fresh) to soak in stuck pots and pans. After

soakeing for a short time, it usually wipes right out. It is especially great

for melted cheese that sticks in the kettle of mac and cheese! Judy C.

[Guest guest]

I once saw a woman on TV who could peel many, many boiled eggs in a matter of

minutes. The basic idea is to drain the eggs and cool them under cold running

water immediately. I swish the eggs around in the pot as the cold water runs

over them so the shells crack a little. Tap the eggs on the inside of the sink

a few times and the gently roll the egg between the palm of your hand and the

sink, so the shell cracks even more. Peel under cold running water. Once you

start peeling, you should find that you can take the shell off in just a couple

of large pieces. Since seeing her demonstration, I rarely have trouble peeling

eggs and can do a whole dozen in just a couple of minutes.

[Guest guest]

My guinea pigs disagree with Maureen on de-stemming strawberries.

They tell me it is VITAL to take off the stems ASAP and hand them

over pronto! I can keep the berries if I want to. ;-)

 

-ginger

kept by the g.p. boars Bumper, Brownie, and Cuddles