Don’t pour your pie filling into your pie shell until right before you’re ready to bake. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a soggy crust.
OOPS. I SPILLED If the juice from a fruit pie overflows while you’re baking, sprinkle some salt onto the spill. It will burn to a crisp, making it easier to remove once the oven has cooled.
MISCELLANEOUS COOKING TIPS
TOO SALTY If your soup is too salty, add some raw cut potatoes to your cooking. Remove them before serving as they will have absorbed a lot of the salt. Or add 1 teaspoon each of apple cider vinegar and sugar to your salty soup and that will remedy the problem.
SAME SIZE PANCAKES Keep your pancakes all the same size by using a lightly oiled measuring cup. Use
DON’T BE AFRAID Try new things. If it doesn’t work, try something else. The more you experiment, the easier cooking gets. Trust me!
45 THINGS TO DO WITH SALT
There is an old English belief that says that “every grain of salt spilled represents future tears.” Wow, like we don’t have enough things to worry about.
1. Rubbing salt in your wound is only an expression. Don’t do it.
2. Enhance the flavor of your food – duh.
3. Use as an abrasive. Toss some salt onto a stubborn kitchen counter stain and scrub with a damp dishcloth.
4. In the winter, de-ice the sidewalk when it freezes by tossing some salt on top of it. Wait 20 minutes and shovel your walk with ease.
5. Sprinkle salt in areas where you have ants and watch them flee.
6. Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker to keep your salt from sticking together.
7. If you’ve burned your food, scrape as much of the burn off as you can, cover with water, and add
8. Add a pinch of salt to fresh-cut flowers to help them last a little longer.
9. To remove the smell of garlic from your fingers, rub them with lemon juice and salt, then rinse and wash with soap.
10. Fresh piercing? Use a simple saline (salt) solution of
11. Too many bubbles while you’re doing the dishes? Sprinkle them with a pinch of salt and watch them disappear.
12. Run out of toothpaste? Use equal parts of salt and baking soda (with a drop of peppermint extract if you like) instead. Dip your wet toothbrush in and brush away!
13. If wine is spilled on a tablecloth or rug, blot up as much as possible and immediately cover with a generous amount of salt, then leave until dried. Vacuum up salt and rinse with cold water. The stain will (cross your fingers) be gone.
14. A mixture of lemon juice and salt will remove mildew.
15. Wet a bee sting immediately with water and cover it with salt.
16. If your dish boils over onto the oven floor, sprinkle salt on top to stop smoke and odor. Once oven is cool, wipe spill away.
17. Always salt your pasta water before cooking. It will enhance the pasta’s flavor and you won’t have to salt your dish when it’s served. Adding oil to pasta cooking water is unnecessary as it will make your pasta slippery and your sauce won’t stick.
18. Remove stains from old teacups by rubbing with salt and a bit of water.
19. Salt enhances sweetness, so add a pinch when making sweets like kettle corn or hot chocolate.
20. A mixture of lemon juice and salt will remove rust stains.
21. Remove odor from a cutting board by pouring a generous amount of salt directly on the board. Rub lightly with a damp cloth. Wash in warm, soapy water.
22. If the juice from a fruit pie overflows while you’re baking, sprinkle some salt onto the spill. It will burn to a crisp, making it easy to remove once the oven has cooled.
23. For a sore throat, gargle with
24. Stuffed up nose? Snort a solution of
25. Draw the bitterness out of chopped eggplant by salting. Let stand a few minutes and then rinse before cooking.
26. Salt can be used as a skin softener. Throw
27. For a crispier skin on your baked potato, slather with olive oil and salt before baking.
28. Make scented bath salts with a mixture of 1 cup Epsom salt, 1 cup baking soda, and 3- 4 drops of your favorite essential oil.
29. Sore feet? Soak them in a salt bath: 12 cups warm water, 2 tablespoons of salt, and 2 tablespoons of baking soda.
30. Fill a nail hole with a mixture of 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of corn starch, and 2 teaspoons of water to make a thick paste. Fill hole. Let dry and sand if necessary.
31. Wash dirty green vegetables such as spinach in a sink of mildly salted water to make them easier to clean.
32. When adding flour to a recipe for thickening, stir flour with a pinch of salt to prevent lumps.
33. A greasy pan will wash easier if you rub a little salt on it first. Wipe with a paper towel and then wash pan in hot soapy water.
34. Toss salt on a grease fire. Never use water.
35. Stinky thermos? Add salt and a little hot water. Cap, shake, and rinse. No more smell.
36. Remove blood stains by soaking item in cold salt water, then wash in warm, soapy water and hope CSI doesn’t knock on your door.
37. Sooth aching muscles in a hot bath with some Epsom salts.
