Tips and Tricks
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- How to Use Sundried Tomatoes as a Substitute for Raisins
- SUBSTITUTING SUNDRIED TOMATOES FOR RAISINS: "Snip sundried tomatoes into raisin-sized pieces. Soak in orange juice. Use alongside or in place of the golden raisins. (I use my soaked, chopped tomatoes in carrot salad i...
- Fix for Thin or Watery Sauce
- When ever I need to thicken up a sauce I knead some flour (whole wheat or white) into butter. I knead 1 tablespoon butter to one tablespoon flour. How much I use each time depends on what is in the pot at that time. ...
- Laundry Help - Another thought..
- I have had to do this frequently with "stinky" laundry. I put my normal washing liquid in (I use Tide as well). Add a couple of "glugs" (LOL--Tablespoons probably) of Pine-sol to the wash. It is a disinfectant as well...
- Barbecue and Picnic Checklist
- BARBECUE CHECKLIST Excerpt from: Barbecues 101 by Rick Rodgers If the barbecue is to be away from home, think ahead about what you might need. Some of these things might be considered handy and nice to have -- or the...
- Keeping lettuce fresh, III
- I find the best solution to just eat it! Try having 2 salad's a day and the average head of lettuce (regardless of type) will only last 3 days or so - it should stay fresh for 3 days regardless of how you store...
- No more cracks in cheesecake!
- Definately use a water bath..just fill a baking pan 1/2 full of water, and place on rack underneath the cake. When you take the cake out of the oven, run a knife around the edge of the cake to gently separate it from ...
- Fix for Watery Pasta
- After draining the pasta put the pot on low. add a Tbsp. of butter melt and return the pasta to the pot, stir about one minute. Put on your warm platter add the sauce. good...
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- To Toast Coconut
- Hi Lu-Ella One way to toast coconut is to spread it in an ungreased pan and bake in a 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven for 5 to 7 minutes, or until golden brown, stirring occasionally....
- Substitution - cocoa for semisweet chips
- According to my battered, old Joy of Cooking, 3 Tbsp cocoa plus 1 Tbsp fat (butter!) plus 4 tsp sugar equals 1 2/3 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate. So if you multiply by 3, and use 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp cocoa, 3 Tbsp b...
- Homemade Vanilla Extract (using vodka)
- HOMEMADE VANILLA EXTRACT 2 whole vanilla beans 1 1/2 cups vodka 1/2 cup water 1 cup granulated sugar In a 3-cup glass container with a tight-fitting lid, combine vanilla beans with the vodka. Cap and allow to "s...
- Honey Varieties - Flavor Characteristics and Recommended Uses
- HONEY VARIETIES Flavor Characteristics and Recommended Uses With more than 300 varieties of honey in the U.S., there is a honey for every occasion. Following is a sampling of varietal honeys ranging from light to dar...
- Fix for salty corned beef
- My mom used to cover corned beef with cold water overnight, rinse, and it would reduce saltiness. You may have to do this several times depending on the...
- Brown sugar substitute
- According to the source for food substitutions that I use, you can "make" 1 cup of light brown sugar by using 1 cup of granulated sugar with 1 tablespoon of molasses. For dark brown sugar, use two tablespoons molasses t...
- Steam stuff! (re: what can I do with rice cooker besides white rice?)
- Rice cookers are extremely convenient steamers. They heat up fast, and shut off automatically when the water has evaporated. Simply fill the bottom of the pan with 1/2" of water, and set to cook. The food should not ...
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- Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk If you catch yourself in the middle of preparing a recipe and find the can of sweetened condensed milk you thought you had--has vanished into thin air--don't fret, you'll find this is a...
- Storing mushrooms in brown paper bags
- Hi Marta - I find brown paper bags work well - I usually keep lunch sized ones around for potatoes and mushrooms. You want to keep some air flow, so I cut a few notches through the bag before I open it out and put the mu...
- Peeling butternut squash - tip
- When I buy butternut squash I try to look for ones that have a more gradual curve/transition from the neck to the "bulb" at the base. This makes them easier to peel using a good (I like OXO) vegetable peeler. Also, you c...
- Lemon Sugar and How to Make Superfine Sugar
- LEMON SUGAR "This is a good flavoring for iced or hot tea and for you favorite fruits." 2 Tbsp grated lemon rind 1 cup superfine sugar Superfine sugar made by placing sugar in blender, turn it off and on a few ...
- How to Make a Flax Egg or Chia Egg (egg substitute for baking)
- Flax or Chia Eggs To help bind batters for quick breads and muffins without using eggs, you can use ground flaxseeds or ground chia seeds. For each egg, whisk 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds or chia seeds into ...
- Fix for sinking cherries
- Those cherries sink because the batter isn't dense enough to hold them in suspension until the cake begins to set in the oven. It's mostly the fault of the recipe, not you. Three things that might help: Make sure t...
- Using Egg Roll Wrappers to Make Pierogies (repost)
- Hi Lisa, I haven't tried this, but Pearl posted some info that you might find helpful. Happy Cooking! Betsy Recipe(tried): Perogi Dough Substitute Board: Cooking with Appliances at Recipelink.com From: Pear...
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- Serving food outdoors - keeping food hot
- The best thing that I've found is to wrap your pork in foil put it in a cooler. It will stay hot for 3-4 hours easy. I cook whole pork loins wrap them in foil and into the cooler. Still hot 4 hours later. They keep beer ...
- Reheating Tortillas
- Always re-heat tortillas from the fridge two by two. Put two, one a-top the other on the pan, then flip the two and then only the top one. Repeat: flip twoand the flip only the top one. In this manner, the vapor from the...
- How to rise salt-rising bread dough in a crock pot
- Here's how to keep the salt-rising bread dough warm during rising. My crockpot will run on its timer for up to 20 hours. Its internal cooking temperature is around 200 degrees F. Ok here are the results of my exper...
- How many grams in a stick of butter
- 1 STICK BUTTER = 1/4 pound = 4 ounces = 113.5 gr (1 lb = 454 gr) = 1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons = 14 teaspoons In reply to: Can someone out there please convert "a stick" of butter into grams of butter? Thanks ...
- How to Rescue Scorched Food and How to Clean a Scorched Pan
- Rescuing Scorched Food or Cleaning a Scorched Pan: Source: How to Do Just About Anything by Readers Digest Remove a scorched pan from the heat at once. Transfer unburned food to clean pan, add fresh liquid, and conti...
- making butter
- I have not tried the blender. We just used a quart jar with the lid on tight. Use a pint of whipping cream and about 3/4 tsp. salt, if desired. Put on lid and shake for about 8-10 minutes. At first it is just sloshy i...
- removing potty smell from clothes
- Regarding removal of urine smell. If it is fresh -- as in baby diaper from today -- use white vinegar. If old, use baking soda. What you are doing is balancing the Ph. White vinegar is acidic, baking soda is...
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- Decorated coffee cans
- Carol , If you have brown grocery bag paper cut a peice long enough and high enough to fit around your can to cover all lettering etc. on can, before taping or glueing it on stencil it with a christmas stencil and add...
- How to Convert Recipes to Use Honey in Place of Sugar (repost)
- How to Convert Recipes to Use Honey in Place of Sugar MSG ID:...