Kitchen Hints (Post 216)

Here are some fun kitchen hints to add to your ten cent crazy book

Watery Soup – mix together, one tablespoon of butter and some flour – whisk it into the soup

If something is to salty add sugar

If your coffee is bitter, add a pinch of salt

If you don’t know how old your eggs are – put them in a bowl of water – a rotten egg will float to the top

Do you have any plastic bowls with lids? – Fill them half full of water and keep lettuce or celery in them – it will stay fresh and crispy in the fridge for what seems like forever

Is your chili to spicy? – add a can of crushed pineapple

Is your sauce to sweet? – add a little lemon juice

Hard cookies – wrap them in a paper towel with a few slices of apple and microwave for about 5 seconds

When measuring anything sticky (syrup, honey etc.) spray your measuring cup or spoon with oil, everything will slip right out and you will get every drop

Each year, I teach at least one person to core lettuce – this to me is amazing. When you get home with that next head of lettuce, remove it from the package - remove the outside leafs and bang the hard flat core side onto a table or kitchen counter – probably just once, maybe twice, - you will probably feel it break – Now turn the lettuce over and with your thumb and fingertips – twist the core – it should come right out – and the whole rest of the head of lettuce can be cut up and used – of course put it in your plastic bowl of water – in the fridge and it will last until you need it.

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Keeping your own (carry with you) ten cent crazy book is easy – Read Post 1 – 4 to find out how