Did You Know – Cooking Tips #1
- To prevent cheese from sticking to the grater, spray the grater with cooking spray first.
- Chill juices and pop before adding them to a drink recipe.
- To keep coffee fresh store it in the freezer or refrigerator.
- The best way to keep your seeds and nuts, shelled or unshelled, is in the freezer as they will last longer.
- To remove onion smell from your hands, rub them with lemon juice.
- Use instant potatoes to thicken stew.
- To make it easier to digest 2 cups of cooked dried navy, pinto or brown beans, add three large chopped ribs of celery to the beans.
- Vegetables that grow above the ground and are boiled, do not need a lid when cooking.
- To help your boiled greens retain their color, add a tablespoon of sugar to the water.
- Once you slice vegetables, do not soak them as they will lose most of their nutritional value.
Source: Ron Douglass book “America’s Most Wanted Recipes”
http://www.InDianesKitchen.com
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Thank you Ned!
A list of gems
Thank you so much Sheree!
Great tips! Some I use and some I didn’t know about.
Thank you Jessica, I’m glad you already use some of them.
The instant potato tip is a great idea! Also like the cheese grater suggestion too. Thanks Diane.
You’re welcome Ab!
The grater tip is very handy!
I agree! No more scrubbing the grater with a brush to get the cheese out. Lol
Brilliant
Thank you Beth!
Great tips! I love your food science posts 🙂
Thank you I am really enjoying blogging on them too.
About the coffee – coffee beans start to lose flavor and freshness as soon as they are roasted – ground coffee should be used right away for best freshness – In a few culinary articles I have read over the past decade stated –
While there are different views on whether or not coffee should be frozen or refrigerated, the main consideration is that coffee absorbs moisture – and odors, and tastes – from the air around it, since it is hygroscopic – meaning – readily taking up and retaining moisture –
Most home storage containers still let in small amounts of oxygen, which is why food stored a long time in the freezer can suffer freezer burn. Therefore, if you do refrigerate or freeze your beans, be sure to use a truly airtight container.
Also coffee should be stored in a dark container – One article I read said to store whole beans or ground coffee in an opaque (transparent container) airtight container.
Thank you Randy, very useful information.
Interesting and useful tips Diane! At the price of food these days, we have to do all we can to keep our food fresh and usable.
Thank you Linda!
I agree Linda, I hate it when I find vegetables in the refrigerator that went bad. My new refrigerator is so big that food gets hidden and out of sight out of mind! So I’m trying to keep perishable food up front. I just chopped up and froze poblano peppers and jalapeño peppers. I made two huge baking sheets of the jalapeño poppers already so in the freezer for the rest of them.
Yes, or they go mushy like cucumbers. We used to buy the burpless kind and they seemed to go mushy faster. Oh, you will be all set to make treats with those poppers. 🙂
I hope “make it easier to digest” for beans means what I think it means.😂 I’m going to try that.
I think it does! 🤣
Great tips Diane.
Thank you Georgetta, enjoy the holiday weekend.
Wow, so many interesting and useful tips here! I never knew about the veggies that grow above ground and can be cooked without a lid … you learn something new every day!
I have had so much fun with the “Did You Know” posts. I learn something new every time I post. Thank you Corna!