• Do not throw away the lemon
after squeezing the juices out of it. Put it in the pressure cooker when
cooking. This will prevent the inside of the cooker from turning black.
• Dry lemons are also effective. Rub the surface of a chopping
board with a halved lemon to get rid of onion, garlic or fish smell. It
works for the hands too.
• When making green banana wafers use a potato peeler to produce
the thinnest slices.
• Basil leaves are tender and bruise very easily, so never chop
them with a knife, but tear them lightly with your fingers immediately
before using.
• Warm the filter slightly before use while preparing coffee
decoction. This will prevent clogging and will facilitate the easy and
quick flow of decoction through the filter.
• Do not bother making small quantities of wantons, they freeze
well and are very handy for deep fried pre-dinner nibbles, so make in
bulks
• You can create your own tea bag by putting the required amount
of tea in a muslin bag on a string and adding it to the pot , you can
remove this bag easily when the tea has steeped enough and it helps not
only in cleaning, but also the leaves can be easily scattered in the
garden.
• To make vinegar last twice as much, divide the vinegar in two
bottles and add water which has been boiled, after a week it will come
up to full strength again.
• If you want to avoid using colour in tandoori chicken, use lime
water and turmeric instead.
• To remove the lemon rind from a grater run a straight bladed
knife across the grater and remove the rest with the help of a
toothbrush.
• To remove unpleasant odours from the oven, place a wide pan with
warm water in which used tea leaves have been added and leave it to
stand in the oven for some time. Even a bowl of warm water with vinegar
or lime juice does the trick.
• Always use 2 bowls for breaking 2 or more eggs. Use one bowl to
break one egg at a time and collect the clean broken egg in the other. If an egg is bad, then that can be identified and thrown and not mixed
with the rest.
