27 Aug 2006 05:25 PM Cooking Tips
- After stewing a chicken for diced meat for casseroles, etc.., let cook in broth before into chucks; it will have twice the flavor
- To slice meat into thin strips, as for chinese dishes, partially freeze and it will slice more easily.
- A roast with the bone in will cook faster than a boneless roast. The bone carries the heat to the inside of the roast quicker.
- Never cook a roast cold. Let stand for at least an hour at room temperature. Brush with oil before roasting; the oil will seal in the juices.
- For a juicier hambuger, add cold water to the beef before grilling (1/2 cup to 1 pound of meat).
- To freeze meatballs, place them on a cookie sheet unitl frozen. Place in plastic bags and they will stay separated so that you may remove as many as you want.
- To keep cauliflower white while cooking, add a little milk to the water.
- When boiling corn, add sugar to the water instead fo salt. Salt will toughen the corn.
- To ripen tomatoes, put them in a brown bag in a dark pantry and they will ripen overnight.
- Do not use soda to keep vegtables green. It destroys Vitamin C.
- When cooking cabbage, place a small tin cup or can half full of vinegar on the stove near teh cabbage. It will absorb the odor.
- Potatoes soaked in salt water for 20 minutes before baking will bake more rapidly.
- Let raw potatoes stand in cold water for at least half an hour before trying to improve the crispness of French-fried potatoes. Dry potatoes thoroughly before adding to oil.
- Use greased muffin tims as molds when baking stuffed green peppers.
- A few drops of lemon juice in the water will whiten boiled potatoes.
- Buy mushrooms before they "open." When stems and caps are attached snughly, mushrooms are truly fresh.
- Do not use metal bowls when mixing salads. Use wooden, glass or china.
- Lettuce keeps better if you store it in the refrigerator without washing it so that the leaves are dry. Wash lettuce the day you are going to use it.
- To keep celery crisp, stand it up in a pitcher of cold, salted water adn refrigerate.
- Don't despair if you've oversalted the gravy. Stir in some instant mashed potatoes and you'll repair the damage. Just add a little more liquid to offset the thickening.
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