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Buying Spices
Discouraged with trying to restock your spice cupboard with poor quality, ridiculously expensive grocery-store herbs and spices? Recently, I was walking around a health food store and saw that they had herbs and spices in bulk to be purchased by the ounce. I stocked up, filling my spice cupboard for a fraction of the price I would have paid at the grocery store, and ended up with fresh, strong-flavored herbs and spices in exactly the amounts I need. Now I won't buy anywhere else.
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Cake Tester
I use a piece of uncooked spaghetti to test cakes for doneness...My mother used to use a piece of straw from a broom...but this is a lot more sanitary and much easier...
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camping? coals for cooking
Pinecones are nature’s instant cooking fire. Just toss a handful in the campfire and in minutes they are glowing just right for making biscuits pancakes, cornbread, baked spuds, etc.
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cereal
when my cereal settles i put it in a strainer over the sink and careully shake! all the unwanted particles wont end up in your cereal bowl anymore!
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cereal squares
To add some variety and colour to the every day plain old rice crispie squares - try adding another type of cereal such as frootloops to it.
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cook burgers faster
To make burgers in a hurry for the well-done set, poke a hole in the center of each one when shaping. The heat will get to the middle faster and the holes will disappear as the burgers cook.
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Cookies like Grandma
who has time to make home-baked cookies whenever you feel like it? Now we all can, try this tip. It worked for us. One day mix your cookie dough. (I actually use the cookie pouch mix, and do several patches of the same kind at once.) Instead of baking, roll-out portion sized balls and freeze on a cookie sheet. Do not allow the dough balls to press together, you want them to be seperate. After they are frozen, transfer them to an air-tight container and freeze until ready to use. You can then take out as many or as little as needed. Why pay more for ready to bake cookie doughs?
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Cooking meat
When you need to flour or cover meats with crumbs, use a pair of plastic gloves(I bought an extra pair of hand washing type). It keeps your hands and nails clean and the gloves can be used again and again. This is also more sanitary.
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Cooking Substitutions
How many times have you been cooking or baking and the recipe calls for something you don't have?? Instead of running to the market, here are some subs:
1 square of unsweetened chocolate=3 Tbsp cocoa plus 1 Tbsp shortening. ( melt shortening in microwave, add cocoa and stir)
1 whole egg= 2 egg yolks or 1 Tbsp soy flour
1 cup of sour milk or buttermilk= 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar plus milk to make 1 cup
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Cooking w/ too much salt?
If you add a bit too much salt in your meal clean a raw potato and drop into your meal the potato will absorb the salt.
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cooking while camping
When cooking on a grill over an open fire, support the grill on 4 big cans of water. As the food cooks, you will also be making hot water for coffee and dishwashing.
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Cracking Egg Shells
To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.
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Creamy Shrimp Casserole
combine in buttered casserole dish:
1 pound cooked shrimp tails removed
1 jar alfredo sauce 8-12 oz
4 oz sliced fresh mushrooms
red and green pepper chopped
1 small summer squash sliced
6 oz frozen spinach thawed and dried
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes covered
sprinkle with additional parmesan cheese bake uncovered for 10 minutes.
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Crispy Bread Crust
Have you every wanted a crispy golden bread crust? Before placing the bread dough in the oven, Pour olive oil in your palm then rub the bread like your massaging your friend's shoulders. Make certain the oil is rubbed all over even underneath. Bake the bread at 400 degrees Fahreheit for the last 10 minutes of baking until you see a golden color. Nothing like crispy crust and a soft moist inside. Spread the butter on the bread and enjoy!
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Curly Bacon
To keep bacon from curling, dip it in cold water before putting it in the fry pan.
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