Recipes

I just found some more great ideas from this site that make my life easier every day! Check the link for the whole list, but these are my favorites that I would use regularly.
1. Place peeled apples in a basin of cold slightly salted water, to keep them from turning brown or soft, until you are ready to use or serve them.
2. Tenderize chicken and other fowl by rubbing them inside and outside with lemon juice after cleaning and before dressing.
3. To make meat tender, put it in a strong vinegar water for a few minutes.
4. Fried potatoes will be deliciously golden brown if sprinkled lightly with flour before frying.
http://tipnut.com/45-cooking-baking-tips-a-collection-of-timeless-wisdom/
1. Add one teaspoon of lemon juice to each quart of water when cooking rice, this will keep rice fluffy.
2. Baking bread? Do not preheat. When you light your oven, pop in the bread pans immediately and you’ll be amazed at the resulting lightness of the bread.
http://tipnut.com/kitchen-tips-timeless/
1. Sprinkle pantry shelves, window sills, and door sills with a mixture of red pepper and sage to rid them of ants.
2. To clean and freshen wooden chopping blocks, counter or rolling pins, sprinkle table salt on these surfaces when they are wet and scrub dry.
3. A little salt sprinkled in the frying pan will keep fat or lard from splattering.
http://tipnut.com/25-cooking-baking-tips/
1. Pastry will be flakier if you include 1 tblsp. orange or lemon juice as part of your liquid.
2. Popcorn should always be kept in the freezer. Not only will it stay fresh, but freezing helps eliminate “old maids”. (That does it! I'm going to the kitchen right now to move my popcorn to the freezer. We make "old fashioned" popcorn every time the grandkids come over (although I do use my microwave to pop the corn; no oil, no preservatives, no chemicals!)