KITCHEN HINTS F to G
Source of Recipe
Val at the RT
List of Ingredients
Helpful Hints F-G
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"Fish" through "Green Peppers"
FISH SMELL
Mix two tablespoons dry mustard and a 1/2 cup of water and wash areas
that smell like fish. This also works well when washing fishy dishes.
FLOURING PANS
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the
dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of
the cake.
FREEZER BURN
An easy way to prevent freezer burn on any type of meat is just to coat
all sides with a little oil or cooking spray before you wrap it. Works
every time!
FREEZER STORAGE
When it comes to storing thins in your refrigerator, think square!
You'll gain more room in less space with square and rectangular storage
containers. Round containers waste more room, in the fridge, freezer and
cabinets.
FREEZING MEAT
If you purchase meats that you will be freezing when grocery shopping,
after you get home, carefully split the plastic wrap on the back when
opening and discard the foam trays and lining. Then rewrap the meat in
the original plastic before putting it into a freezer bag. This serves 3
purposes: You'll save money on plastic wrap; you'll help prevent freezer
burn by the double wrapping. And the most important is that in the event
of a recall, you will have the original information from the package!
Even if you're NOT going to freeze the meat, it's always a good idea to
take the meat out of the packaging material as soon as possible. It is
particularly important to remove the bottom foam-padding-sponge-thing
that absorbs juices from the meat. Meat removed from packaging and
wrapped individually will stay fresh longer than meat left in the
original packaging, and will TASTE fresher, too.
FRESH FRUIT
Keep a small spray bottle filled with one part lemon juice to one part
water in our refrigerator. When cutting fresh fruit, spritz it with the
mixture to prevent discoloring.
FROSTING
If you add a pinch of baking powder to powdered sugar when making
frosting, it will stay creamy and not harden or crack. around.
FROZEN JUICE
To quickly use frozen juice concentrate, simply mash it with a potato
masher--no need to wait for it to thaw!
FROZEN VEGGIES
When heating frozen mixed vegetables or other frozen vegetables that you
might tend to want to add butter to, add a chicken bouillon or chicken
soup base to the water for a rich, satisfying flavor, with few calories.
Do not salt!
FRUIT MOLD
What should you do with fruit with mold? Throw it away rather than
simply cutting off the mold since mold on fruit goes much deeper than
what appears on the fruit.
FRUITY CUBES
Give color and taste to your ice cubes by placing a small piece of fruit
into each section of the ice cube trays before freezing.
FRYING
If you need to add more oil while you are frying french fries or
chicken, don't add the oil in the middle of the pan, this will cool off
the already heated oil and possibly splash you with hot oil (How many
times has THAT happened to me?) Instead, add the extra oil by drizzling
it down the sides of the pan or pot. It will heat up a little before it
hits the pan and there will be less chance of getting burned.
GARLIC
Zap garlic cloves in the microwave for 15 seconds and the skins slip
right off!
GARLIC SMELL
You can get rid of that odor on your hands by rubbing them with a
stainless steel spoon or other utensil under running water, or on the
sink itself if it is stainless steel. Try it - it really works.
GREEN ONIONS
When green onions start wilting, you can revive them by replanting them!
Simply stick the root end in the ground, and it will take root and be
healthy again. This works only with green onions. I'm glad it doesn't
work with people since some are hard enough to put up with in one
lifetime, much less a second go round.
GREEN PEPPERS
Instead of cutting around the stem, turn the pepper stem side down, cut
most of the way through, break it the rest of the way, and easily break
the stem away from whichever half it stayed with. Clean seeds and pulp
from inside. Wash clean, unless you just like seeds everywhere.
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