Kitchen Hints

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Kitchen Hints!

1.. When a recipe calls for sour cream and onions, use prepared French onion dip

instead. It makes the dish very rich.

2.. For fast fried potatoes, dice unpeeled round red or white potatoes, put them

in a microwave-safe bowl with a little water and cook in the microwave until

tender. Then transfer them to a nonstick skillet with a little oil, and in

minutes they are delicious and crusty.

3.. To make a great taco filling that won't fall out of the shells, add 1/3 cup

of quick-cooking oats to each pound of ground beef as it is being browned.

Season as usual. (Healthy, too!)

4.. When making stuffed cabbage, layer the cabbage and meat mixture in a pan or

casserole dish instead of rolling up the mixture in each leaf. This cuts

preparation time in half.

5.. Canned beans and other canned foods sometimes stick to the bottom of the can

and require a spatula or spoon to remove. Open the bottom of the can, where

everything has settled. With a little shake, the contents come out quickly and

cleanly.

6.. Ever had problems with the dough in the bread machine rising properly. The

bread machine container is the cause because the container is cold when the warm

water is added as it lowers the temperature of the water. Warm the inside of

the container with hot tap water first and the dough will rise nicely every

time.

7.. After finishing when chopping onions, sprinkle your hands with table salt,

rub them together for a few moments, then wash them. Presto--no more smelly

hands!

8.. When shaping hamburger patties, poke a hole through the center of each one

with a finger. The burgers cook faster this way, and the outside doesn't get

overcooked before the center is done. As the burgers cook, the hole almost

disappears--it's barely noticeable when they're done. This works whether

grilling, broiling, or cooking burgers in a skillet.

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