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Cooking Tips
I saw a tip recently about how to cook
cabbage to avoid the cooking smells the tip was, cook it in half water half milk..... result.. no cabbage smell in your home ! |
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result.. no cabbage smell in your home !
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sorry but i like the smell of cooking in my home. cabbage included.
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sorry but i like the smell of cooking in my home. cabbage included.
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The smell of peach crumble cooking this afternoon was wonderful.
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Maybe the milk tip works for fish too ?
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can someone give me a tip to get rid of the smell of curry and fry up - not together
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can someone give me a tip to get rid of the smell of curry and fry up - not together
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It doen't get rid of the smell. The curry smell lingers for days
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Nice idea, as soon as the cooking is finished,
light a row of joss sticks.... who knows in India that may be the reasons joss sticks were made in the first place ! |
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We always cook mash potatoes... just enough
for the meal. But , thinking about it, why not cook double ? then save the mash potato in a bowl etc They should keep ok in the fridge fora few days... then heat them over boiling water or perhaps even fry them in a little sunflower oil ... either way it saves all the hassle of 25 mins boiling ! |
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We always cook mash potatoes... just enough
for the meal. But , thinking about it, why not cook double ? then save the mash potato in a bowl etc They should keep ok in the fridge fora few days... then heat them over boiling water or perhaps even fry them in a little sunflower oil ... either way it saves all the hassle of 25 mins boiling ! |
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good idea.... do the boiling once...
and thats it for the next 10 meals ! saves a lot of steamed up kitchens ! |
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We always cook mash potatoes... just enough
for the meal. But , thinking about it, why not cook double ? then save the mash potato in a bowl etc They should keep ok in the fridge fora few days... then heat them over boiling water or perhaps even fry them in a little sunflower oil ... either way it saves all the hassle of 25 mins boiling ! saves time too |
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Small freezer bags are great for quick meals.
5 mins defrost in the micro and just as nice as when you made it and healthy and cheap. Putting pealed cloves of garlic in with the potatoes when they are boiling and then mashing it in with them is really nice if you like it. I got that from this board, can't remember who said it. |
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Ive got into the habit of mashing the potatoes
with half a cup of milk ( warmed in the micro ) a knob of butter and a few scrapes of cheese . |
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Bumping the thread as I've a wee tip that some may find helpful.
If you're pan cooking anything that involves mixing sauces into the food (such as pasta bolognese, curry, stir fry), and your sauce gets too hot, starts to smoke and looks like it might burn, then just pour a small amount of water into the pan and mix it into the sauce. This will re-moisten it, and reduce the temperature quicker than turning down the heat. I've not had anything burn on me after I figured this out
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can someone give me a tip to get rid of the smell of curry and fry up - not together
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put the extractor fan on, and spray some airfreshner
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Put a saucer of malt vinegar near the stove during and after cooking. It's meant to be good at combating kitchen smells.
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Except for the harsh smell of malt vinegar
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Peeling garlic cloves
If you don't use a garlic crusher and have to peel your garlic cloves, then use the flat side of your knife and push down onto the garlic cloves to crush them and then the skins come off easily.
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when cooking lasagne
put a piece of foil under the dish on a baking tray..i always do this and then it boils over onto the foil, it saves scraping the tray afterwards..then i eat the remains left on the foil... I also pick the whole dish up and eat the spilled over the edge lasagne..That is the best bit
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Non stick baking paper
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when cooking lasagne
put a piece of foil under the dish on a baking tray..i always do this and then it boils over onto the foil, it saves scraping the tray afterwards..then i eat the remains left on the foil... I also pick the whole dish up and eat the spilled over the edge lasagne..That is the best bit ![]() I use non stick backing paper, and just chuck it away after each baking. A roll is very cheap to buy and lasts a long time. |
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