Best kitchen Hacks.

Best Kitchen Hacks

KITCHEN TIPS AND TRICKS

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

temperatures degrade the aroma

and flavor of

these fruits.(That's why our

tomatoes don't last

in the fridge)

4. To clean iron cookl-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. Add sugar a little at a

time, tasting 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. 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 spiciness.

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. 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,cocktail drinks at the

end of the evening, freeze it in ice

cube trays for easy addition to

sauces

(white wine works wonders in

sauces, i don't joke with them) in

the future.

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, pour some vinegar over it.

Not only does it tenderize

the meat; it will also bring down

the freezing temperature of the

meat and cause it to thaw

quicker. # Note 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 the onions for at least

5minutes, then dice it. You will be

glad you did.

17. For aluminium pans that are

looking dull, just boil some apple

peels in them. This will brighten up

the aluminum and make your

house smell 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, 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. This works wonders.

21. To reuse cooking oil without

tasting whatever was cooked in the

oil previously, cook a 1/4″ piece of

ginger in the oil. It 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 .