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Cooking Tips

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These are a few of the tips I have found over several years of being culinary deficient.
skull & crossbonesChocolate bars are not a good substitute for sugar when making coffee.

skull & crossbonesNeither is icing sugar.

skull & crossbonesNEVER pick up the toaster by the toasting slots until it has cooled down.

skull & crossbonesIf you need to test whether the oil is hot, use a piece of meat, or vegetable, not your finger!!

skull & crossbonesAlways check that the lumps in the gravy are not the meat.

skull & crossbonesLeave the door of the griller OPEN when toasting bread rolls.

skull & crossbonesIf you're doing the washing up, take the rubber gloves off before getting anything out of the oven. Thanks to Lisa Russell

skull & crossbonesDo not roll out pastry onto newspaper.

skull & crossbonesDo not keep the Domestos bottle next to the washing up detergent bottle. Thanks to Noelene Egan

skull & crossbonesIf you use enough chilli, anything tastes good

skull & crossbonesAloe vera gel, straight from the plant will stop ANY burn from scarring (Trust me - I know)

skull & crossbonesDo not boil 2 minute noodles in an electric kettle - They're VERY hard to get out. (OK, so I didn't actually do this!)

skull & crossbonesThe following is not a good hamburger recipe: 1 bun, 1 hamburger pattie, 1 egg, 1 onion, 1 can mushrooms in butter sauce, 1 slice cheese, a couple of slices of Philly cheese, Dijon mustard, seed mustard, mayonaise, steak sauce.

skull & crossbonesDon't wash your coffee cup - eventually you won't need to add coffee the dregs will be enough

skull & crossbonesDon't squeeze the bottle while you're opening it

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Other useful hints

  • Put jeans and similar stuff in the clothes dryer & get them out as soon as the cycle finishes and you won't have to iron them.

  • Spray cooking oil on your freezer after defrosting it and the ice will just leap off next time.

  • If you burn stuff in a saucepan, put some cooking oil in it, & heat it for a while. The burnt on gunk will just fall off!

  • Bicarb soda will clean almost anything without too much scrubbing. It's especially great for coffee cups and bathtubs/showers.

  • Vinegar is another good cleaning thing, especially for glass & similar stuff, it just pongs a bit if you don't rinse it well.

  • Vinegar is also good for getting rid of the gunk in kettles and anything that gets water deposit problems. Just put it in & boil then empty & rinse VERY well.

  • Put foil on your oven trays & you can just change the foil each time you use 'em rather than washing the tray.

  • Your car really doesn't need a lot of oil!

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