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Attention Housewives! Note these tips

This is just a hit and miss list which will confirm practical. Pin it up near your kitchen cabinet so that you can refer to it from time to time.

• To keep rice separated, while boiling add juice of a lemon to the water
• Add a dash of lemon juice to mushrooms when cooking them.
• If you add one spoon of milk while boiling the cauliflower, it will still look bright white.
• While boiling cabbage and broccoli, add a slice of bread to the water lessens the odour
• To prevent beetroots from discolouring, cook them with 2 inches of the stem. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to the cooking water.
• . Rub potatoes with butter before baking to improve the taste.
• To remove the bitter taste of eggplants, soak them in salted water. Then drain and cook as desired.
• Lettuce will look fresh, soak in ice water for 30 minutes and adding a little lemon juice to the water.
• To slice mushroom in even sizes use an egg slicer .
• Add lemon juice or soak onion in cold water before cutting them for salad.
• Rub potatoes with butter before baking to improve the taste.
• When making potato chips, fry them twice to get a crisp crust.
• To keep red cabbage from discolouring while boiling, add a little vinegar to the water.
• To keep the colour of vegetables while boiling, add a pinch of baking soda to the water, particularly useful for spinach.
• Add a pinch of sugar to tomatoes to enhance the flavour.
• To remove the skin of tomatoes, just dip them for a few minutes in boiling water. The skin will slip off easily.
• To keep boiled syrup from crystallising, add a pinch of baking soda or a teaspoon of milk.
• Don’t throw away bread crusts. To turn out a pudding in a jiffy, make coarse slices of the bread and add them to a mixture of milk and pudding powder. Stir in a few raisins and bake. A yummy desert is ready.
• To whip cream, pour the measured quantity into a bowl and chill. Then whisk.
• When separating egg whites (for a soufflé), break one egg at a time in a small container. This is to ensure that no egg yolk goes in.

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