Kitchen tips that will "change your life"

[Accyexplorer]

Came across this and wondered if anyone had any kitchen tips/advice
It's worth reading the comments for a laugh.

The brilliantly simple kitchen tips that will change your life | Mail Online

My tip:

As a child I use to always wonder why there was a apple in with the spuds, one day curiosity got the better so I asked mother.
She said "it's to keep the potatoes from budding, I thought she was taking the Michael but apparently it works

[westendlass]

The only tips I've ever had are the ones my kids leave me to wash up every morning.

[Margaret Pilkington]

they won't change my life much...many of them I already know.......and the ones about chilli, garlic and such like, would not be used because those things are not seen in my kitchen(I'm strangely averse to foreign muck).

Missing ones......Dried orange peelings are good for lighting the fire(it has to do with the orange oil in the skin).
Kiwi fruit skins are easy to remove if you use a spoon - Just slide it under the skin and rotate the fruit.
Rhubarb leaves are good for taking stains out of aluminium pans...but make sure you bin them once boiled they are poisonous.
I'm sure I could think of more if I really put my mind to it.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

they won't change my life much...many of them I already know.......and the ones about chilli, garlic and such like, would not be used because those things are not seen in my kitchen(I'm strangely averse to foreign muck).

Missing ones......Dried orange peelings are good for lighting the fire(it has to do with the orange oil in the skin).
Kiwi fruit skins are easy to remove if you use a spoon - Just slide it under the skin and rotate the fruit.
Rhubarb leaves are good for taking stains out of aluminium pans...but make sure you bin them once boiled they are poisonous.
I'm sure I could think of more if I really put my mind to it.

Wow, you really are a mine of info M

Not that I think any of our members are likely to be wasteful when it comes to alcohol but, don’t throw out any leftover wine. Instead, freeze it into ice cubes and use them in casseroles and other dishes that require a splash of wine

[cashman]

Best kitchen tip of em all = Leave it to the missus.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by cashman

Best kitchen tip of em all = Leave it to the missus.

Are trying to say the kitchens not your department C?
Should of added a hidewall not a wink

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Are trying to say the kitchens not your department C?
Should of added a hidewall not a wink

Have no need to hide,Kitchens aint my department simple as. If someone dont like that, i dont really give a stuff. n i dont say nowt on here i wouldn't say to anyones face.

[accyman]

accymans kitchen tips

1: stick the wife in , introduce her to her future collegues Mr Cooker and Miss Sink then retire with can of lager to the living room and await lunch

2: if wife develops fault or leaves ring mummy and cry

3: Always have a local takeaway menue in a photo frame and break glass in case of emergency

[Accyexplorer]

[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1102526
Rhubarb leaves are good for taking stains out of aluminium pans...but make sure you bin them once boiled they are poisonous.[/QUOTE]

I heard a (good) tip today if it works. If (like me) you tend to burn things from time to time instead of scrubbing pans like mad, boil some cola (any cola doesn't have to be the well known corporate stuff) in the pan and it lifts the burnt food/stains without the need for scrubbing and it's none toxic......well so they say

[Margaret Pilkington]

Soda crystals or liquid soda crystals also do a fine job.
I cannot remember the last time I burnt a pan.
When I am cooking I always put a timer on.....and usually am within hearing distance of this.
I don't want folk to think I am a clever clogs, but it is just a matter of applying common sense.
Just watch...now I have said that I will burn the spuds today .

[Accyexplorer]

Being the clean as you cook type of fellow M, any tips that safe me scrubbing pots and pans with the old fairy liquid are much appreciated.
I use soda crystals to clean out the washing machine from time to time so that saves me buying

Bonus tip:

Rubbing the inside of your pan with a little oil when cooking noodles, rice, spaghetti etc will prevent the water from boiling over.
Every days a school day with accrington web

[Margaret Pilkington]

Putting a spoon(wooden) into the pan has much the same effect.

[cashman]

Bet yeh didn't burn the spuds Margaret?

[Margaret Pilkington]

No, I didn't......my Sunday Roast is planned like a military operation. I could do it in my sleep.....and blindfolded.
In fact on the odd times I haven't done a roast I feel quite 'at a loss'.
It gives my Sunday it's landmarks...yes, I know it's sad!

[dotti34]

[QUOTE cashman] Best kitchen tip of em all = Leave it to the missus.


Better tip than that, cashman - leave it to the mister!!!!!