Tips and Tricks in the Kitchen
Use cocoa to dust pans for chocolate cake, no white streaks. To make even layers for multi layer cakes mark with toothpicks and cut with dental floss. To close bags when decorating use small binder clips. If you have glass shelves in your fridge wipe clean and then wipe down with a clean cloth dipped in glycerin. This will make spills easy to clean. If your glassware has white milky looking spots try this: Put glasses in dishwasher, do not put in any type of metal. Put a glass bowl in the bottom, add 1 cup bleach (no detergent) and run through the wash cycle but do not dry. Add 1 cup white vinegar and run through entire cycle. Use an egg slicer to slice mushrooms. |
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| I use a little of the chocolate cake mix to flour my pans - same result, but no digging the cocoa out.
Use a baking stone to reheat fried foods - they have a better taste and texture than the microwave. Although, I have a little stone that fits in the microwave that works OK - not as good as the oven, though! |
Good idea for a thread 
I always put parchment paper on the bottom of things I bake esp cake so I can just put another parchment paper on top after baking and cooled and flip over. this helps to transfer layers and put them back together. I also do the dusting with cocoa, but I have a tool made to cut layers evenly. Beating your butter for a long time helps make the cake batter become lighter and higher. Then add in sugar and rest of ingred. Use a piece of wax paper to grease a pan so your hands don't get icky. After brushing off your cake, always put a thin layer of icing (fake layer) before actually icing cake to prevent the crumbs coming to the top. That way when you put your real layer on, you won't get any cake mixed in and the icing will look clean. Heat a knife before cutting a cake to have a perfect cut through. Of course there's always adding and substituting ingred. but everyone does that (applesauce, yogurts and puddings). My brain can't think of other tips. |
| after making bacon, cool the oil, strain and put in a small tupperware...keep in the freezer to use for future use...
when buying bulk meats, break down into smaller amounts, wrap in saran wrap and then put the bulk back in a larger storage bag..use sharpie to date and describe left overs...on outside of tupperware, on a small sticker write what it is, date and amount to serve..before freezing... |
| To get the smell of onions and/or garlic off your hands....when washing your hands rub a stainless steel spoon or butter knife on your hands. the odor is gone. When I make saugage gravy and biscuits I add a couple of teaspoons of beef boullion granuals to the gravy. SOOOO MUCH Better. When making a chicken salad for sandwiches... Instead of only using mayo or miracle whip, I mostly use poppyseed salad dressing ( I like Brianna's). (with only 1 tblsp of mayo/miracle whip.) Don't wash your good knives in the dishwasher. This according to Martha Stewart. |
I learned this after moving and getting a white gas stove....to clean under the grates, make a thick paste with water and baking soda and rub on messes...either with hands or cloth or sponge (I used my hand, less waste and makes my hands soft  ). Some spots make take a second of scrubbing but they come right off eventually. I tried everything to clean my stove (brillo pads, cleaners, mr clean magic eraser, etc, everything but oven cleaner...I just haven't bought any, don't like the smell) and nothing worked until that.... |
| If you own a bird do not cook with Teflon. If you scorch the Teflon, you will kill your bird.
When cooking with regular pans pre-treat the pan with the cooking oil, butter or Pam before heating the pan. Your cooking will stick less if you oil before heating. When remodeling your kitchen if at all possible don't change from a range hood to an above-the-stove microwave/vent combo (microhood). The microwaves are low powered and the vent does a horrible job. |
Hire a cook  |
jean wrote: Hire a cook
I married mine - does that count??? |
got sheep wrote: jean wrote: Hire a cook I married mine - does that count??? that makes you brillant  |
| the only tip I know is
when boiling anything run butter or marg. around the inside edge of pot to keep from boiling over sure saves on cleanups |
| Mine isn't a cooking tip but a kitchen cleaning tip . In a rush with company walking in the front door. Clean your stainless steel appliances with any vegetable oil or olive oil . Guaranteed to take all the fingerprints and streaks from the surface. |
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