CLEVER KITCHEN TRICKS
Many great tips are passed
down from generation to generation, but today extended family is
not as close as it used to be. So here are some handy tips you
may not have
known about or may have forgotten.
Keep a roll of masking tape
and a pen on top of the refrigerator so you can label and date
leftovers before you put them inside.
Keep
spaghetti sauce from staining plastic food containers by rinsing
the container with COLD water. Hot water sets the stain.
Break up ground meat while you brown it. Use a pastry cutter.
Chill
a can of warm soda fast, by swirling the can in ice water for
five minutes.
For jellies and jams, transfer them to a squeeze bottle (like the kind used to hold syrup or ketsup). Snip the end of the tip to make a slightly larger hole, and no more messy jars!
Refrigerator odor? Put a couple of cotton balls saturated with vanilla into a bowl in the fridge.
Need to make a heart shaped cake? No problem. Bake one round layer and one square layer. Place the square layer with the corners pointing up, down, right and left. Slice the round layer into two equal halves. Place a half on two adjacent sides of the square layer. Frost and decorate.
Wet your counter lightly,
place waxed paper on top, and it 
won't
slide. Now you can make your biscuits or pie crust without
sliding waxed paper!
Slice gooey desserts like cheesecake, by holding a piece of dental floss tight and use it to cut through the dessert more easily.
Get more juice out of a lemon
by rolling it around with the palm of your hand to break up the
fibers inside, or put it in the microwave for 30 seconds.
Remove
garlic, or fish or onion smells from your hands with lemon juice.
Clean
your microwave by adding the juice of one lemon to a cup of
water. Put into a microwaveable bowl and heat to boiling for one
minute. Let this stand in the microwave for a few minutes before
you open the door. Then the hardened particles should be soft
enough to wipe clean easily.
Keep
the blades of your garbage disposal sharp and deoderize it at the
same time. Once a month grind a chopped lemon and a tray of ice
cubes into your disposal.
Sprinkle
your wooden salad bowls and cutting boards with salt and then rub
them with a lemon to freshen them.
Keep
cut fruit, like apples, pears and bananas from turning brown by
sprinkling the cut slices with lemon juice.
Make
a buttermilk substitute: Add one tablespoon of lemon juice to
enough milk to equal one cup. Let stand 5 minutes then use.
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