Very smart, Alina!
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| Author: | ComputerX [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kitchen Tips |
Bump. Paul Kierstead wrote: An 'anti-tip': Do not put your hand over the vent on a rice cooker to see if it is running. And on a related note. Don't use a knit cut resistant glove as a pot holder. The matrix of tiny second degree burns is remarkably painful. When using a microplane zester I always hold the fruit still and run the zester over the top. You can see what you are doing and the zest fills up the channel of the zester. I thought everyone did it this way, but apparently CI's illustrator runs the fruit over the zester. |
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| Author: | Cubangirl [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kitchen Tips |
Don't know it these counts as tips, but 2 things I do are 1. use an 8 cup measuring cup instead of a bowl. The handle makes it easier to hold while stirring and you have a ready spout to pour onto pans. I also use melt whatever I need in it first then add the rest to that. I find that that works as well for most recipes as the opposite. 2nd tip is that I put a paper towel under one end of my cutting board when peeling garlic or slicing veggies. I push the discards away onto the paper towel, leaving more room to mince, dice, etc. |
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| Author: | phoenix [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:22 pm ] |
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Very smart, Alina!
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| Author: | JesBelle [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:36 pm ] |
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I don't have an 8-cup measure, but I do have a spouted mixing bowl of a similar size. It's one of my favorite things. |
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kitchen Tips |
ComputerX wrote: When using a microplane zester I always hold the fruit still and run the zester over the top. You can see what you are doing and the zest fills up the channel of the zester. I thought everyone did it this way, but apparently CI's illustrator runs the fruit over the zester. They do? That sounds like a good way to take off your fingertips. Although: I hold the zester still and move the nutmeg when grating nutmeg. It really doesn't work the other way. Tip: when making savory fritters, cakes (like crab cakes), or similar fried batter foods which ask for minced onion, consider grating the onion on a box grater instead. Grated onion incorporates better without losing any flavor. |
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| Author: | phoenix [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:49 pm ] |
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hmmm might do that for latkes... |
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| Author: | Kathy's Pete [ Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:56 pm ] |
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   From 99 Life Hacks to make your life easier |
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:43 pm ] |
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Pete, The "drill holes" one would become rather undesirable if your garbage bag leaked. |
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| Author: | Kathy's Pete [ Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:38 am ] |
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I did notice that they were an inch up from the bottom... 
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| Author: | Darcie [ Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:47 am ] |
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I like the pants hanger idea but that would be too flimsy for most of my cookbooks. (Off to rummage through the industrial binders...) |
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