To bring milk to a boil... Before pouring milk into the pan, rub
butter
along the top edge and inside the lid of the pan. Even if the milk
foams up,
it will stop when it hits the butter.
To quickly chill a pot of hot soup to refrigerate it for next day
serving..
keep a plastic bottle filled with water in the freezer. Pul
it out and place it
in the center of the pot. The soup will cool down without
dilution.
Be ready for the first strawberries of spring with a plastic package
drinking straws. Push a straw up through the bottom of the berry
to
the stem end. The straw will remove the bitter white core
as well as the
leafy top. (Later use tweezers to remove the leafy top only)
Dental floss works wonders when you need to slice cake layers
horizontally for a torte.
To cook buns more evenly invert a muffin pan, place each roll onto
the tin and bake as directed. Rolls come out perfectly browned.
To thicken gravy try using instant potato flakes instead of flour.
When boiling eggs either add a little food coloring to water of a
drop of color on each egg. You will never have to guess which eggs
in the refrigerator are hard-boiled again.
Boiling sweet potatoes but hate to clean the sticky residue in the
pan? Place a small spoonful of vegetable shortening to the water.
Works every time.
When making a juicy berry pie, sprinkle the bottom crust lightly
with
flour and sugar in equal parts. This keeps the crust from
becoming soggy before it can be completely eaten.
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