Journal of a Realistic Lifestyle

Monday 5 December 2016

Amazing kitchen tips that will shock you.


So last weekend, a friend of mine came to my house to cook rice for us to eat. It was the worst rice ever and I kept feeling as though the rice was cooked from water in the Atlantic ocean; it was so salty. I couldn't help it that I had to complain all through the food and all she kept saying was "it was a mistake"


Thankfully, I came by some kitchen tricks yesterday and I thought they were really genius and would help repair our everyday disastrous kitchen blunders. (My friend will be the first person I'll send this post link to)

Unfortunately, the writers name wasn't indicated but I posted it anyway.
Enjoy and learn!

  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. Burnt 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 yourbananas and place each in a different location. Bananas release gasses 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. 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
Don't forget to share this post to those that needs it (which could be everyone)


ALSO SEE 









1 comment:

  1. I'm Carl Jerry by name i want to share a testimony on how Dr AKHERE was able to bring back my wife back to me, myself and my wife were on a serious breakup, even before then we were always quarreling fighting and doing different ungodly act..My wife packed her things out of the house and we had to live in different area, despite all this i was looking for a way to re_unite with her, not until i met Dr AKHERE the great spell caster who was able to bring my wife back home, Dr AKHERE cast a love spell for me, and after some time i started seeing results about the spell....Today my family is back again and we are happy living fine and healthy, with Dr AKHERE all my dream came through in re_uniting my marriage, friends in case you need the help of Dr AKHERE kindly contact him now:

    Email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
    or
    call/whatsapp:+2349057261346

    ReplyDelete

What do you think about this post?

Please don't leave without contributing.
Drop a comment
*Muah*

Follow Me @ericadianas