1. Quick way to soften butter
If you need room temperature butter for baking and your stick of butter is still too cold? The quickest way to bring butter back to room temperature is to grate your butter into small chunks.
2. How to remove eggshells from a bowl
Instead of using a clean spoon to fish out eggshell pieces when cracking eggs, just use the eggshell itself!
3. How to test the freshness of eggs
Always remember the rule: fresh eggs sink, old eggs float. Depending on the egg’s buoyancy in water, you can determine if the egg you’re using is too old or not.
Instead of using your hands and risking the citrus fruit getting damaged inside, cut off the top and bottom of the fruit, then make a light vertical cut along the body of the fruit. After that, you can easily separate the citrus fruit segments, just use your hands to remove them!
This method is not only quick and convenient, but it’s also clean, isn’t it?
If your pasta dish has become cold and you want to reheat it in the microwave, stack the pasta in a shape of a donut with a hole in the middle and then place it in the microwave. The pasta will heat more evenly and much faster!
Every time you take whipped cream out of the fridge, you find that it’s hard as a rock and takes a while for the cream to soften and become scoopable. To keep whipped cream soft, just put the cream container in a ziplock bag before storing it in the fridge!
Placing a cutting board on the kitchen countertop while chopping/slicing/dicing food can cause the board to slip. Just place a damp cloth underneath the cutting board, and it won’t bother you anymore!
In families with young children, kids often want to hold their own cup to drink, while parents are always afraid that the liquid will spill onto their clothes, especially when using fruit juices or milk. To allow the child to hold the cup without worrying about spills, simply cover the cup’s opening tightly with plastic wrap and insert a straw for the child to drink. This way, you have a “spill-proof” cup of drink!
Six Tricks to Bake Delicious and Aromatic Cookies
As winter draws closer, thoughts tend to naturally turn to baking cozy, delicious treats! To make the perfect cookies this season, why not try out some of these helpful tips and techniques?
7 Things You Should Know When Using Avocado
Do you store your butter in the refrigerator? Many people have the habit of keeping butter in the fridge to use gradually. But are you using it correctly? Let’s find out!
Melt meat super fast with just a spoonful of this water
Vinegar is not just a condiment, it also has surprising effects in defrosting cooking ingredients.
