10 Smart kitchen tips and tricks

Kitchen organizing and cooking can be made easier by following the simple kitchen tips mentioned below.

1. Remove tea or coffee stains from your fine china by mixing up a paste of baking soda, lemon juice, and cream of tartar. Rub it over the stains and they’ll come off easily.

2. To reuse cooking oil without tasting whatever was cooked in the oil previously, cook a 1/4? piece of ginger in the oil. It will remove any remaining flavors and odors.

3. The substance in onions that causes your eyes to water is located in the root cluster of the onion. Cut this part out in a cone shape, with the largest part of the cone around the exterior root section.

4. Always keep an aloevera plant in your kitchen. It’s invaluable when you scrape your arm or burn your finger. Just break off a leaf and rub the gel from the inside on the injury.

5. If your loaf of bread is starting to go stale, just put a piece of fresh celery in the bag and close it back up. For some reason, this restores a fresh taste and texture to the bread.

6. When storing empty airtight containers, throw in a pinch of salt to keep them from getting stinky.

7. To clean smelly hands after chopping onions or garlic, just rub your hands on stainless steel spoon as steel has capacity to absorb the odor.

8. To clean cast iron cookwear, don’t use detergents. Just scrub them with salt and a clean, dry paper towel.

9. Before you chop chili peppers, rub a little vegetable oil into your hands and your skin won’t absorb the spicy chili oil.

10. If you aren’t sure how fresh your eggs are, place them in about 10cm of water. Eggs that stay on the bottom are fresh. If only one end tips up, the egg is less fresh and should be used soon. If it floats, it’s past the fresh stage.

By Lizitha