FISH SMELL Mix two tablespoons dry mustard and a 1/2 cup of water and wash areas that smell like fish. This also works well when washing fishy dishes.
FLOURING PANS When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake. FREEZER BURN An easy way to prevent freezer burn on any type of meat is just to coat all sides with a little oil or cooking spray before you wrap it. Works every time! FREEZER STORAGE When it comes to storing thins in your refrigerator, think square! You'll gain more room in less space with square and rectangular storage containers. Round containers waste more room, in the fridge, freezer and cabinets. FREEZING MEAT If you purchase meats that you will be freezing when grocery shopping, after you get home, carefully split the plastic wrap on the back when opening and discard the foam trays and lining. Then rewrap the meat in the original plastic before putting it into a freezer bag. This serves 3 purposes: You'll save money on plastic wrap; you'll help prevent freezer burn by the double wrapping. And the most important is that in the event of a recall, you will have the original information from the package! Even if you're NOT going to freeze the meat, it's always a good idea to take the meat out of the packaging material as soon as possible. It is particularly important to remove the bottom foam-padding-sponge-thing that absorbs juices from the meat. Meat removed from packaging and wrapped individually will stay fresh longer than meat left in the original packaging, and will TASTE fresher, too. FRESH FRUIT Keep a small spray bottle filled with one part lemon juice to one part water in our refrigerator. When cutting fresh fruit, spritz it with the mixture to prevent discoloring. FROSTING If you add a pinch of baking powder to powdered sugar when making frosting, it will stay creamy and not harden or crack. around. FROZEN JUICE To quickly use frozen juice concentrate, simply mash it with a potato masher--no need to wait for it to thaw! FROZEN VEGGIES When heating frozen mixed vegetables or other frozen vegetables that you might tend to want to add butter to, add a chicken bouillon or chicken soup base to the water for a rich, satisfying flavor, with few calories. Do not salt! FRUIT MOLD What should you do with fruit with mold? Throw it away rather than simply cutting off the mold since mold on fruit goes much deeper than what appears on the fruit. FRUITY CUBES Give color and taste to your ice cubes by placing a small piece of fruit into each section of the ice cube trays before freezing. FRYING If you need to add more oil while you are frying french fries or chicken, don't add the oil in the middle of the pan, this will cool off the already heated oil and possibly splash you with hot oil (How many times has THAT happened to me?) Instead, add the extra oil by drizzling it down the sides of the pan or pot. It will heat up a little before it hits the pan and there will be less chance of getting burned. GARLIC Zap garlic cloves in the microwave for 15 seconds and the skins slip right off! GARLIC SMELL You can get rid of that odor on your hands by rubbing them with a stainless steel spoon or other utensil under running water, or on the sink itself if it is stainless steel. Try it - it really works. GREEN ONIONS When green onions start wilting, you can revive them by replanting them! Simply stick the root end in the ground, and it will take root and be healthy again. This works only with green onions. I'm glad it doesn't work with people since some are hard enough to put up with in one lifetime, much less a second go round. GREEN PEPPERS Instead of cutting around the stem, turn the pepper stem side down, cut most of the way through, break it the rest of the way, and easily break the stem away from whichever half it stayed with. Clean seeds and pulp from inside. Wash clean, unless you just like seeds everywhere. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
