Cooking Tips

Random Household Tips:

- You can remove burnt food from a glass baking dish by spraying it with oven cleaner and letting it soak for 30 minutes. This makes the burnt-on residue easier to wipe off.

- Instead of using expensive silver cleaners, put a dab of toothpaste on a clean rag and rub it on. After you've rubbed it in, just clean it with another clean rag. Your silver will look like new.

Misc Tips:

- To slice meat into thin strips, like for Asian dishes, partially freeze and it will slice easily.

- A roast with the bone in will cook faster than a boneless roast, since the bone carries the heat to the inside of the roast quicker.

- Microwave a lemon for 15 seconds and double the juice you get before squeezing.

- Microwave garlic cloves for 15 seconds to remove the skins easily.

- When mincing garlic, sprinkle on a little salt so the pieces won't stick to your knife or cutting board.

- If your cake recipe calls for nuts, heat them first in the oven, then dust with flour before adding to the batter to keep them from settling to the bottom of the pan.

- Noodles, spaghetti and other starches won't boil over if you rub the inside of the pot with vegetable oil.

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