Little culinary tricks and secrets

[We use a bucket from a bread machine as a stove]

We use a bucket from a bread machine as a stove

Girls, maybe someone will come in handy == a pin fell out of the bucket of the bread machine on which the stirrer is held, the bucket itself is intact, the stove works as usual. It is a pity for the operating apparatus to be put in a landfill. The stove is about 3 years old. I bought, of course, a new one for kneading, well, for baking, of course. The old HP - Mystery MBM-1203 - was reanimated - I removed the pin and the stirrer, and covered the hole with clay - I will just use it as a stove, a large oven is not always needed, now we are alone with my husband, not a large volume is enough. Here I baked meat * bread * like * a fake bunny in Mystery, baked potatoes with chicken thighs, cake = tests passed successfully - the clay only got stronger from a high t, I want to give my mother to bake bread, she prefers to knead, otherwise she drives for one roll large gas oven.

[The secret of minced meat products]

The secret of minced meat products

Finally I understood the secret of minced meat products: cutlets, meatballs, etc. I first read about this method in the topic of ham makers, and today I was convinced with my own eyes. To prevent the products from falling apart without the addition of eggs and other fastening components, it is necessary to knead the minced meat for a long time and forcefully by hand or with a mixer, until white "threads". The threads did not wait, the minced meat began to stick to the mixer bowl. As a result, the meatballs in the soup are whole and dense in consistency, without a hint of falling apart.

[Kitchen chemistry]

Kitchen chemistry

very entertaining and exciting and informative



he also says about meat that if the minced meat is salted and kept in the cold, the meat changes its structure and the cutlets do not fall apart.

[Forms for scrambled eggs]

Forms for scrambled eggs

An original idea!

[Splash protection during frying]

Splash protection during frying

[Traveling pepper shaker: contact lens case]

Traveling pepper shaker: contact lens case

Photo from Real Simple magazine, just like the previous one with splash protection ..

[How to quickly peel garlic with two iron bowls]

How to quickly peel garlic with two iron bowls

Photo from Real Simple magazine.

[A couple of mashmalows in a brown sugar bag will keep the sugar from turning to stone]

A couple of mashmalows in a brown sugar bag will keep the sugar from turning to stone

Photo from Real Simple magazine.

I did not check it myself ...

[How to peel garlic]

How to peel garlic

I peel the garlic by soaking it in water for a few minutes. Soaked and swollen husks are much easier to remove

[Supplement to "How to Peel Garlic"]

Supplement to "How to Peel Garlic"

Yes, I also soak garlic, only in boiling water! It is very easy to clean after that!

[Newspaper rug in refrigerator vegetable drawer removes odor]

Newspaper rug in refrigerator vegetable drawer removes odor

And here's another from the same Real Simple magazine: they claim that the newspaper rug in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator removes the smell ...

Use a ring baking dish (such with a middle one inside) as a chicken holder

Or use a ring baking dish (such as the one with the middle inside) as a chicken holder. Like a chicken on a bottle .. and even with vegetables right away ..

Using the pizza cutter wheel as a salad chopper

Or use the pizza cutter wheel as a speedy salad chopper right in the bowl, without using a board:

[Sweet peppers as a casserole dish]

Sweet peppers as a casserole dish

[Ketchup bottle as a dough dispenser]

Ketchup bottle as a dough dispenser

[The benefits of newspapers for the trash can]

The benefits of newspapers for the trash can

And here's another from the same Real Simple magazine: they claim that the newspaper rug in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator removes the smell ...

Really removes odor. For products I do not use since childhood I remember about lead, etc., it seems to be harmful. And I always put it in the trash bin. From free newspapers I make kulechek, as they used to do in stores and put them in a bucket. As for me, it is better than bags, and removes the smell, and the bucket is easier to wash afterwards, these newspapers absorb moisture and smell.

[How to wash vegetables without getting your hands wet]

How to wash vegetables without getting your hands wet

a basin, according to need, I have a 10-liter one, I put potatoes into it, a maximum of two-thirds of the volume, I fill it with water, it is possible for the first time with a little soap, and I start to twist a toilet brush in it, of course, bought specially for this case, here so , change the water 2-3 times, it is convenient to drain the water, putting the handle of the brush across the edge of the basin - like a potato detainer, I put the basin in the bath, in my own yard - washing is transferred to fresh air === the advantages of such washing are not a small volume at once clean potatoes, quickly, efficiently, not stressing, clean hands. I spied on the method a long time ago - my father-in-law washed potatoes for a cow in a tank, twisting a stick in it, I liked it. For carrots and beets - the same. If you need to wash a little potatoes-carrots, a small basin in the kitchen sink and a brush on a long handle also twist and twist.

[Method for preparing plump, soft cheese cakes]

Method for preparing plump, soft cheese cakes

I want to share my method of making plump, soft cheese cakes. This is not a recipe, but a cooking method. I always cook cheesecakes "by eye", so the proportions of the ingredients are not so important, I usually put a lot of raisins (my daughter loves), a lot of cottage cheese, little flour, and one egg per 200 gram pack of cottage cheese, plus salt and sugar by eye and add a couple of pinches of soda ...
Cooking features - so that the cheesecakes are "plump" and do not fall off, you must put them in a well-heated frying pan, COVER, and after half a minute reduce the heat to a minimum! And forget about them for ten minutes! At minimum heat, the syrniki will increase in size under the action of soda, and if you do not open the lid for about ten minutes, then this "plumpness" will be fixed and will not fall off! Ten minutes later, I open the lid - the top of the cheesecake is already well baked under the lid. I increase the heat to the maximum, wait a minute for the frying pan to light up and the cheesecake "gives back" the oil that it absorbed while lying in a slightly heated pan (there is such a feature when cooking in a hot frying pan, food absorbs less oil).
Then I turn the cheesecake and take it off after browning on the other side.
Simply if you turn over not completely baked cheesecakes, they fall off strongly and the taste is "rubbery". Therefore, I torment them under the lid until they are ready.
To be honest, lately I've been lazy to roll cheesecakes in flour and just spread the dough with a spoon on a preheated frying pan (I dip the spoon in water so that the portion of the dough can easily slip off) .. This greatly speeds up the cooking process .. Differences in taste with rolled cheesecakes I I did not notice..

[Chilling wine]

Chilling wine

[Cooking rusks along the way with meat]

Cooking rusks along the way with meat

And in the light of recent events and the upcoming increase in tariffs FOR EVERYTHING, I came up with such a trick .... When I make sausage or ham in the oven (3 hours at 80 degrees), I lay out slices of bread rolls on a pan, as a result, I stopped buying bread crumbs. She took us to ATB, they are for a ruble with something, like a penny, and now why should they drive the oven for nothing
Rarerka, the idea is purring - I freeze compote and hibiscus tea in this way - so that in the heat and cool the drink faster, and not dilute it. Freeze in ice bags

[How to remove a layer of fat from the broth]

How to remove a layer of fat from the broth

I have read for a long time, maybe even in this thread, that a layer of fat from the broth can be removed with an ordinary paper towel. Recently I remembered this advice in time and experienced it in practice - an excellent result. You change napkins several times and the broth is fat-free. Especially important for rich broth, such as jellied meat. Soon the method will be in great demand, New Year is on the nose.

[How to remove bones from herring]

How to remove bones from herring

[How to separate yolk from protein]

How to separate yolk from protein

I don’t know, maybe it was already ... If it was, then I will delete

[How do I "process" cheese]

How do I "process" cheese

I don't know where it was. But I want to share how I now "process" cheese.
buying an already cut piece with a triangle, I cut off the sidewall and bottom - because my eaters will still cut them off and throw them away. I immediately cut off the "cheese crust" and leave the cheese, ready for use and "uncut".But these same crusts are immediately grated and sent to the freezer. And now I always have on hand cheese for all sorts of different cheese cakes, pizza, meat, etc. And this is especially important now - before the holidays. Previously, you had to buy 1 kg of fresh cheese (and before the holidays you yourself know how prices inflate). And now for all sorts of salads / cuts, only 400 grams is enough for me, because for the same meat and cheese, cheese from the freezer is quite suitable for me. It is stored for 4 months just great, and I always take different cheeses. Therefore, there can be 3-4 types of cheese in a bag.

[Easy and simple egg rolls]

Easy and simple egg rolls

[Marinating for baking]

Marinating for baking

I want to share my lazy way of marinating meat for baking.
I take a large bag for freezing, pour straight into it and pour all the components of the marinade, well, I mix it right in the bag and the meat there. Mix right in the bag.
Close the bag (just tie it in a knot, if self-closing is even better).
Now you can even "knead" your meat like a dough, which is very convenient if there is little time for marinating.

I join .. I bought vacuum bags in METRO pack. 100 pcs., For Proficuk they did not fit .. and I began to use them for marinating chicken parts for baking, preliminary marinating meat in brine with further vacuuming and cooking souvid, etc. I seal the bag, it is possible to stir and nothing leaks. ...

[About the freezer]

About the freezer

And I want to add about the freezer: I put all the sausage leftovers in one container, when it is full, it's time to make a pizza! Sometimes we buy deprived milk and sour cream - also in the freezer - only then for processing - pancakes, sour cream in the oven or cabbage rolls.

[Removing stains on clothes]

Removing stains on clothes

And I want to share the trick of removing stains, I just use this tool myself for a long time. When I need to wash kitchen towels or any stains on clothes. and especially on children's clothes there are a lot of them, I have a Burti hand wash in a tube, which is also a stain remover (I am also a gorgeous tool to wash the collars of a shirt or other clothes). So I put it on for 5-10 minutes on the place where I need to clean it, and then I load a regular wash into the washing machine, it washes perfectly, I didn't expect it myself. So I advise ... And it is also very convenient to take this tool with you on a business trip or on vacation, so as not to lug the powder, it is convenient to take a tube and use it.

[Egg storage]

Egg storage

Eggs should not be stored together with pungent-smelling foods, as they perceive odors.

To make the omelet tastier

To make the egg omelet especially tasty and fluffy, a piece of yeast is added to it.

To preserve the color of cucumbers when salted

Cucumbers are poured with boiling water before salting and immediately dipped into cold water, then they will retain a bright green color when salted.

The nuance of cooking pumpkin

Pumpkin, like zucchini and tomatoes, is simmered in its own juice without adding liquid.

Why serve canned squash

Canned squash is served as an appetizer or a spicy side dish for meat and fish dishes.

The better to rinse the parsley

If you rinse the parsley with warm, rather than cold water, it will become more aromatic.

Lemon for mushroom caviar and mayonnaise

To make the mushroom caviar spicier, lemon juice or table vinegar is added to it.
Lemon juice added to mayonnaise gives the sauce a delicate taste and enriches it with vitamins.

The nuance of making pickle

The finished pickle is filled with pickled cucumber brine, after boiling it.

If the puree is too thick

Too thick legume puree can be diluted with hot milk or meat broth.

Soup groats

Cereal soups are prepared from pearl barley, oatmeal or rice in mushroom or meat broth.

How to cook a liver

The liver is not digested or salted in advance, as this impairs its taste.

How to cook kidneys

Ready-made boiled and fried buds should not have redness in the cut. Fried kidneys are sprinkled with lemon juice before serving.

Oven water

To prevent the meat from burning and drying out, a vessel with water is placed in the oven.

When to salt meat

When cooking meat, it is not immediately salted - salt causes premature release of meat juice, which impairs the taste.

Poultry breading

Semi-finished poultry and game products are breaded in white flour or breadcrumbs, then the crust turns out to be more tender when fried.

Frying salt

Grease in the frying pan spills and foams less if you add a little salt to it.

Based on materials from the "School of Culinary" magazine.

[10 tips from mad chef Justin Chapple]

10 tips from mad chef Justin Chapple

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There is such a crazy chef Justin Chapple, and, of course, like every professional in his field, he has unique techniques that turn tedious work in the kitchen into an exciting experience. Want to know some of them?

1. Arm yourself with an ordinary cocktail straw and getting rid of strawberry tails will seem easy and enjoyable to you:

2. All you need to make air gnocchi (or dumplings, in our opinion) is a saucepan, a plastic bag and a rope:

3. An indispensable thing in the kitchen is a plastic bag, I'm sure Justin Chapple. Check out how to make garlic paste with it:

4. There are hundreds of tricks for making a quality poached egg. Write down one hundred and first. As a bonus - a delicious breakfast sandwich:

5. We transform a plastic water bottle into a kitchen accessory - it will serve to separate proteins and yolks:

6. Dental floss and a few toothpicks will help you cut the cake layers perfectly:

7. For the perfect ice cream cake, use a sharp knife and two biscuit cookies:

8. The best tool for getting corn kernels is, of course, teeth. But if you need corn for a salad, you can take a sharp knife, two cups, larger and smaller, so that the grains do not scatter around the kitchen:

9. Did you know that cheese is not the only cheese cut. You can chop strawberries, olives and even mushrooms! We did not know.

10. Well, and finally, one more use for cocktail tubes. They can be used to remove pits from cherries. Here you will also need an empty wine bottle (if it is not empty, figure out what to do?):

Clarifications:

our smallish a trans-Ural cherry cannot be pierced so easily with a plastic tube for a cocktail in a GIF or a sweet cherry or large not oursyenskaya cherry

[The first way]

GIF Chef Tips: Cutting Vegetables and Cutting Fish

It turns out that you can cut vegetables for salad or soup with a knife much faster than using a food processor with special attachments. The main thing in this business is to know simple rules, and you will succeed! Fish, by the way, is not so difficult to cut. Here we have just a detailed GIF guide on this topic.

Peeling and chopping vegetables into large chunks for the same salad or just for eating is not a problem. The problem is when you need, for example, to properly cut beets, carrots and cabbage for borscht, so that as a result, logs do not float in your plate. Today we bring you a GIF guide to working with a kitchen knife from chef Chris Jacquley: how to properly chop cabbage and carrots, peel bell peppers and butcher fish!

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Pepper

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Carrot

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[How to finely chop onions]

How to finely chop onions

Today we have the opportunity to learn the science of finely chopping onions from renowned chef Marco Pierre White. A few tricks, little tricks, and a steady hand. We think it will take a long time to train to get it like him.

And also other products

How to cut a rope to the required length without scissors and a knife

How to boil a heart-shaped egg

Cheer up your child or loved one in the morning - prepare a boiled egg in the shape of a heart for breakfast. A sushi stick and a piece of cardboard will help with this.

[So that jam and squash caviar during cooking do not "spit"]

So that jam and squash caviar during cooking do not "spit"

a frying pan with sand on the stove, and dishes on top.Jam and squash caviar in this case do not spit

Clarification

Indeed, such a strange three-way operation About sand can be explained: there is no contact with the direct fire of a saucepan with caviar or jam. Slow heating of the bottom of the pan, no strong heating - no strong gurgling. Well, you can substitute the flame divider under the pan, the same effect will be

I cook such blanks over very low heat, cover it with a lid quite loosely (so that the steam-condensate actively comes out), and often stir it with a silicone spoon. It helps!
For these purposes, a German cover helps, which with a hole on top

[how to quickly peel potatoes]

how to quickly peel potatoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=91&v=mbHeddAnrZs

[how to bake ice cream bowls]

how to bake ice cream bowls

and not only ice cream - any cream, and berries can be put, beautifully

[frozen greens cubes in oil]

frozen greens cubes in oil

Fill the herbs into ice cube trays, pour olive oil or melted butter - and into the freezer. Then you can add it to salads or potatoes!

Maybe it already was, but I did not see ... I liked the method - How easy and quick to peel kiwi, mango, avocado.

[How to quickly and easily cut a lot of Cherry tomatoes]

How to quickly and easily cut a lot of Cherry tomatoes

[Tescoma PRESTO strawberry core and ponytail remover]

Tescoma PRESTO strawberry core and ponytail remover

I help myself a lot with these dexterous little tweezers, I have it like a finger extender, like a hand replacement when I don't want to poke around in wet or sticky or greasy 1.when pitting cherries with such a remover pitted cherries become wet from the juice released, so I put the cherry in the ring with tweezers, I also remove it, quickly, dexterously, dry fingers, you can always click the mouse on occasion 2. having cut a plum, I pull out a bone with it, again my hands are dry 3. slicing bananas for drying, spread slippery rounds with tweezers 4.I lay out the berries from the jam when decorating the top of the cake, frozen berries are also good for them, fingers do not freeze 5. when, having cooked the jellied meat, I disassemble the meat, it is convenient to pull out the small bones from the legs with tweezers, the fingers are not greasy, not sticky and not hot.

[How to cook onions in broth]

How to cook onions in broth

Half of the onion, which must be boiled in the broth, can be fixed with a toothpick, and then you do not have to catch the boiled onion petals from the broth))

[How to quickly peel potatoes boiled in their skins.]

How to quickly peel potatoes boiled in their skins.

Make a shallow, ~ 0.5mm cut on the washed raw potato in the center along the entire diameter. Boil the potatoes, cool slightly and pull off the peel with both hands)) In literally 4-5 seconds, the potatoes are peeled. In my picture, the time with a difference per minute shows, but this is because one minute is over, the next one has just begun.
I photographed it very close, so the cut looks deep. You just need to cut the peel.

started peeling off the peel


done!

[How to quickly crush berries]

How to quickly crush berries

On the Food channel, I saw a quick way to defrost berries: frozen berries are poured cold! water, so that the berries are completely covered with water and citric acid is poured 1 hour. l. for 1 glass of berries - that's it! Stir with a spoon, drain the water (the water remains transparent) - the berries are no longer frozen, the skin does not burst, although the juice does not flow out. By the way, I'm defrosting frozen green peas as well. Although I don’t defrost my blueberries like that, for some reason they burst during freezing, so do not pour water, the juice will dissolve and disappear for use.
You can also defrost cut and frozen vegetables in the same way.

[How to roll thin waffles]

How to roll thin waffles

Take a fork for meat with long teeth, push the waffle right on the waffle iron between them and quickly twist it, it turns out smoothly, quickly, with one hand, it is impossible to get burned. 20 years old, with the appearance of the first waffle makers for thin waffles so doing.

[Three-storey multicooker cooking]

Three-storey multicooker cooking
one.I cut out the bottom of a low open and empty can, too, put it on the bottom of a 5-liter multicooker bowl, poured water half the height of the can. I put on a tin can a steam basket from a multicooker of a smaller volume, for example, with manti (and at least with something - vegetables for salad, vinaigrette). A super-natural steam insert for this multicooker, either with manti or at least with something.
* Spaghetti * program (or any other boiling) for 30 minutes.
2. The same thing, but instead of a can, a layer of vegetables, for example potatoes, filled with water, directly on the potatoes, a small double boiler, a large one on top. This results in great savings in space, time and electricity.

Theme I cook in a double boiler, I was convinced that healthy can be tasty))

Including frozen vegetables

Steamed vegetables with aromatic dressing (Brand 6050 pressure cooker) (Admin)




Steamed vegetables "Gardener's Basket" in the Oursson pressure cooker (Admin)

An interesting channel has come across on YouTube, from which I am absolutely delighted. The person is clearly creative! Or he collects all such finds. The last two videos with Russian titles.

P.S. If anything happened, let me know.

Peeling an orange.

Slicing and serving pineapple.

Slicing watermelon.

Slicing sweet bell peppers.

Fruit salad slicing.

Assembling the salad.

I just tried this method, not 4 minutes, of course, I fiddled for almost half an hour
really - you need a thin and very sharp knife

so with my experience I can advise you to try