Clever hints...
To prevent whole apples’ skins from bursting when baking, cut a slit around the middle just through the skin beforehand.
To prevent bananas or apples in a salad from turning a bad color, always use a stainless steel knife to cut them.
To bake potatoes in half the usual time, let them stand in boiling water for 15 minutes before placing them in a very hot oven.
To tint coconut, sprinkle a few drops of food coloring in a jar, fill half-full with shredded coconut and shake.
Cracked eggs can be cooked in water if a teaspoon of salt is added to the boiling water. This will keep the white from coming out in the water by helping the egg white to set.
To keep egg yolks fresh for several days, cover with cold water and store in refrigerator.
Eggshells can be easily removed from hard-boiled eggs if they are quickly cooled in cold water just after boiling.
Use clean kitchen scissors to cut marshmallows. Dip the scissors in hot water to prevent sticking.
Hard shell clams are easier to open if boiling water is first poured over them.
Remove the burnt taste from scorched milk by putting the pan in cold water and adding a pinch of salt to the milk.
To keep cheese fresh, wrap in a cloth dampened with vinegar and store in a cool place. It is not necessary to keep it in the refrigerator.
If you have cracked a dish, place it in a saucepan of milk and boil for 45 minutes. The crack will disappear and the dish will actually be stronger.
If the soup is too salty, slice a raw potato into it and boil for a short time. The potato will absorb the excess salt.
Adding a piece of apple to the brown sugar jar will keep the sugar from becoming dry and lumpy.
An apple cut in half and placed with the cake in the cake box will keep the cake fresh for a longer time.
When making a cake, add two tablespoons of boiling water to the butter and sugar mixture. This makes a fine textured cake.
Any cake will be improved if a teaspoon of lemon juice is added to the butter and sugar. The cake will be very light and shorter. Fresh milk tends to make the cake close-grained and more solid.
To cut a cake, use a wet knife.
To keep crisp cakes crisp, and soft cookies soft, place only one kind in a cookie jar.
A little cinnamon added to chocolate in cookies and cakes will bring out the chocolate flavor.
Tenderize chicken and other fowl by rubbing them inside and out with lemon juice after cleaning and before adding stuffing.
To clear fat of sediment, unwanted flavors and foreign matter, add potato slices to melted fat and fry until slices are brown. The potatoes will “sponge up” any unwanted flavors and most of the sediment.
To prevent bananas or apples in a salad from turning a bad color, always use a stainless steel knife to cut them.
To bake potatoes in half the usual time, let them stand in boiling water for 15 minutes before placing them in a very hot oven.
To tint coconut, sprinkle a few drops of food coloring in a jar, fill half-full with shredded coconut and shake.
Cracked eggs can be cooked in water if a teaspoon of salt is added to the boiling water. This will keep the white from coming out in the water by helping the egg white to set.
To keep egg yolks fresh for several days, cover with cold water and store in refrigerator.
Eggshells can be easily removed from hard-boiled eggs if they are quickly cooled in cold water just after boiling.
Use clean kitchen scissors to cut marshmallows. Dip the scissors in hot water to prevent sticking.
Hard shell clams are easier to open if boiling water is first poured over them.
Remove the burnt taste from scorched milk by putting the pan in cold water and adding a pinch of salt to the milk.
To keep cheese fresh, wrap in a cloth dampened with vinegar and store in a cool place. It is not necessary to keep it in the refrigerator.
If you have cracked a dish, place it in a saucepan of milk and boil for 45 minutes. The crack will disappear and the dish will actually be stronger.
If the soup is too salty, slice a raw potato into it and boil for a short time. The potato will absorb the excess salt.
Adding a piece of apple to the brown sugar jar will keep the sugar from becoming dry and lumpy.
An apple cut in half and placed with the cake in the cake box will keep the cake fresh for a longer time.
When making a cake, add two tablespoons of boiling water to the butter and sugar mixture. This makes a fine textured cake.
Any cake will be improved if a teaspoon of lemon juice is added to the butter and sugar. The cake will be very light and shorter. Fresh milk tends to make the cake close-grained and more solid.
To cut a cake, use a wet knife.
To keep crisp cakes crisp, and soft cookies soft, place only one kind in a cookie jar.
A little cinnamon added to chocolate in cookies and cakes will bring out the chocolate flavor.
Tenderize chicken and other fowl by rubbing them inside and out with lemon juice after cleaning and before adding stuffing.
To clear fat of sediment, unwanted flavors and foreign matter, add potato slices to melted fat and fry until slices are brown. The potatoes will “sponge up” any unwanted flavors and most of the sediment.
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