Do you know any cool little cooking tips?

Question

I want a quick little helping with cooking/baking tip demonstration that doesnt take anymore then 3 or 4 mins and try to only involves up to 8 or 10 items. it has to be neat and inventive. Example: Poke a straw through a strawberry to easily decore strawberries and other kinds of fruit and vegetebles. Your probably thinking this is a weird question, but it will take too long to explain why im asking it. [please no recipies or links to sites like www.allrecipies.com. Just please tell me your unique, quick and witty cooking hints, thanks!

Answer 1

Keep the seed of the avocado in the guacamole to keep it from turning brown. Thats all I can think of.

Answer 2

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but

Dipping your sandwich in a bowl of beaten and seasoned eggs, then putting in the frying pan will make a spin on the Monte Cristo Sandwhich

When baking chicken in the oven when it is just about done cut a slit into the side and pack it with almost anything ie cheese, tomato sauce, hollandaise sauce...good

If you wet a backed potato, roll it in garlic salt, then cut it open and put in sliced onion inside, wrap it in foil bake it in the oven for an hour the onion will dissolve leaving a nice flavor behind.

Answer 3

You can make roses from the peel of a tomato, you will need a sharp paring knife and either roma tomatoes or full size tomatoes, depending on how large you want them. Start at the top and make a continuous peel by wielding the knife around the tomato in a circular pattern making a long strip. Then when you get the to the bottom of the tomato and you have a pretty good long strip you just Wrap it around either a pencil, or your finger loosely, and then pull it out of the center after you have completely wrapped it around. It sounds like it would take alot,but really it takes about 2 to3 minutes to make each one, they are beautiful, it's a wonderful garnish to any plate. Have fun.

Answer 4

When you have to measure out honey or molasses or corn syrup, spray your measuring glass or spoon with nonstick spray first. It'll slide right out.

How to tell if an egg is still good: Fill a glass with water and put the raw egg in shell in. If it floats, it's bad. If it stays on the bottom it's still good.

How about garnishes? My ex could make a penguin out of an egglant, and a mouse out of a pear. The penguin went with cold dishes, and the mouse went with cheese platter. Really cute, simple and quick.

Answer 5

Place bananas in beside other fruits that you need to ripen up. (like hard pears)
Put a raw potato into soup that has been over salted.
Dip a spoon in water when filling up cookie cakes, (it drops off easier.)
When on a diet , and cooking rhubarb, use diet lemonade instead of sugar.(less calories)

Answer 6

When you want to make a meal based on, say mince.
Make enough for two or three meal and keep it pretty basic.
Divide it into 2 or 3 and then "scale up" each with herbs and spices you like.
eg
Chili
Curry
Pasta sauce
etc

Answer 7

always salt you egg water before boiling! put oil in you water before you cook noodles, all ways salt your tater water to taste before you cook you taters. cook good beef cuts in oven in a tight fitting roasting pan on low heat and don't overcook it, the juices makes excellent gravy and can be saved for later by freezing. spice makes life very nice.......that's all i know.

Answer 8

mix vanilla extract and and cinnamon to plain yogurt and then freeze..it will taste like ice cream but much healthier lol