Here are some old-time kitchen hints that still work today. To keep brown sugar from going hard, put it in an airtight container with a piece of white bread. The bread absorbs the moisture and your brown sugar will stay fresh for two to three months.
If your brown sugar is already hard, place it in the microwave, alongside a cup of water. Turn microwave on for one to two minutes. This will soften the sugar.
To extend the freshness of homemade cakes, add one teaspoon of glycerin to each pound of flour in the cake recipe. To speed the process of whipping cream, place your bowl and beaters in the freezer for one-half hour.
To clean a burnt pan, fill the pan half way with water and add two tablespoons of baking soda. Let simmer one half hour. The pan will easily wipe clean.
To make cauliflower whiter, add lemon juice to the cooking water. Bake potatoes in muffin tins. This will keep them from rolling around in the oven. Dried shredded coconut can be reconstituted if you steam it a few minutes.
To keep salt from sticking in humid weather, add a few grains of rice to your shaker. The rice is too large to come out the holes. To keep granulated sugar from lumping, add a few soda crackers to the container. The crackers will absorb the moisture.
To hasten the ripening process of avocados, place them in a paper bag with a banana or apple. The gases released from the banana or apple will lessen the time it takes for the avocado to ripen.
If you have added too much salt to a recipe while cooking, add a raw potato to it. It will absorb some of the excess salt.
Tim Bailey has been writing articles about cooking for the past three years. He also likes to write about laser photo paper and why you should use any type of laser paper for quality results.
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