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Some people are born with it, others take years to learn and to appreciate it. The passion for cooking is something that professional cooks, food aficionados aka foodies, and nonnas who carry the oldest recipes out there share in common.

But big things start from simple steps and in order to dive deep into the cooking universe, you want to start with a solid foundation of ‘know-how.’ This takes practice and taking notes from the best tips and tricks from people who already know what they’re doing.

And this thread posted on the Cooking subreddit is a great way to do that. “What tip did you never think of, that seemed so obvious and really helpful after someone taught you?” asked Redditor Smartchic and the responses started rolling in. From things like making a jam from sad berries on the verge of going bad and sprinkling some water before microwaving leftover food to soften and moisten it, it’s crazy how simple these obvious tricks are. Have one to share as well? Hit us in the comment section below!

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#1

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I almost never used my non stick pans for searing meats. I would always panic when the meat stuck, no matter how much oil/butter I used. I would force it to unstick right away, often ripping up the meat. It took my years to learn that the meat will unstick itself once some of the fats render out. I learned it from Master Chef.

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Serial pacifist 2 years ago

I had no idea...

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To find out more about learning the joy of cooking, as well as useful tips and tricks for cooking fresh, Bored Panda spoke with Beth Moncel, a food lover and the founder of “Budget Bytes” where she has been sharing her passion for cooking and delicious recipes designed for small budgets since 2009.

“I think anyone can learn to cook,” Beth said when we asked if it’s something we’re born with or we learn it. She believes that just like any skill, it takes time and practice. “The more you do it, the easier it will get. I don't think anyone is born with this skill, but rather some people have had the opportunity to learn through observation in their younger years, so it might seem like an innate skill.”

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#2

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Freeze your ginger and grate it from frozen without peeling. Peels end up on the outside of the grater, and it lasts for ages in the freezer. You’ll always have fresh ginger on hand.

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Elsker 2 years ago

oohhh!!!!! Gonna do this RIGHT NOW

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#3

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them More of a cleaning tip. Cooked with an older guy at a local bar & grill. We were cleaning up for the night and one of the kid mac&chz exploded in the microwave when I forgot it. So I was scraping and scrubbing this hard burnt cheese and pasta out by hand. The old cook saw me struggling and grabbed a soapy wet rag and nuked it for 2 minutes. Presto! He wiped the inside of the microwave with a paper towel in seconds. Brilliant! It's how I clean microwaves now.

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Jaguarundi 2 years ago

I use a little bit of white vinegar and water on the cloth. It knocks down any grease in there as well.

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#4

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Roast vegetables for longer than you might think necessary. I used to hate roasted veggies because they’d either be hard and undercooked or mushy. Then I realized you just need to cook them for even longer so that they transcend the mushy stage, the moisture is removed, and they begin to brown."

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Claire Bee 2 years ago

Make sure your veggies are patted down dry as much as possible before you season them. This will help a lot too.

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For anyone who has never been into cooking and wants to start cooking from fresh, Beth suggests starting small. “Pick one easy recipe per week to try and add more once you feel comfortable. And most of all, don't get discouraged if you have a recipe failure. Failures and mistakes are how you learn!” Beth said that even after decades of cooking almost every single day, she still has failures. “It's part of the process,” she said.

#5

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you are baking or cooking and need to weigh ingredients, try reverse taring. Put the entire container of your ingredient on the scale, then set it to zero and measure what you've taken out. This is useful because you can weight ingredients without dirtying another dish. It's particularly handy for sticky or messy ingredients like honey or peanut butter.

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Anna Banana 2 years ago

I usually put the pan that I'm using on the scales and tare it each time before adding a new ingredient.

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#6

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you want to make good fried rice use cooked rice that's been in the fridge overnight.

This was a revelation! Because the rice is dry it doesnt stick together when you fry it. I'd been making gluggy messes for years cooking it from raw. Once I started using cooked rice it actually looked like the stuff you buy!

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Toni Epple 2 years ago

It's the same for potatoes. The starch needs some time to build a strong network. One day is perfect. More is too much and the potatoes will become too dry because the starch network pushes the water away.

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#7

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Mince fresh parsley (or basil) and spread it out in a gallon zipper freezer bag and freeze. When it's completely frozen squeeze out the air and roll it up and tuck it somewhere handy in your freezer. It stays green and you can use as much or as little as you want.

The same idea with tomato paste. Empty the can into a freezer bag, flatten it out and freeze it. You can just break off what you need without wasting most of the can.

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Vicky Zar 2 years ago

We have tubes with tomato paste. Just keep it in the fridge. No waste.

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Beth shared a couple of simple and useful tips to get you into the cooking game. “Use all of your senses when cooking. Watch how textures and colors change, listen to the sounds of the food in the skillet, smell the aromas, and taste as you go (as long as it's not something that shouldn't be eaten raw),” she said. According to her, the more you experience the cooking process, the faster it will become intuitive.

Another great piece of advice is to not be afraid to experiment. “Change recipes to make them fit your taste buds and your lifestyle. If you come across a word or technique in a recipe that you're unfamiliar with, Google it!” Beth suggests looking at tutorials and videos out there since they are on just about everything these days, “so take the opportunity to learn,” she concluded.

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#8

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you want over-easy eggs but the whites are taking a while to set, place a lid on the pan and wait about 30 seconds. The steam will cook the whites quickly, and the yolks will still be nice and runny."

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Layne Rodgers 2 years ago

Much like a poached egg!

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#9

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Buy spices whole and grind what you need. Whole spices are more affordable, last so much longer, and the flavor of freshly ground spices can't be beat.

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Monika Lachova 2 years ago

similar for dried herbs - they keep much more flavor if dried and kept whole with their stems instead of crushed leaves (marjoram, oregano, thyme, etc).

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#10

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them A tablespoon or two of butter at the end of cooking tomato sauce for pasta adds a delicious rich flavor.

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ThatGuv 2 years ago

I also add a generous large spoon full of Mascarpone Cream Cheese

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#11

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you’re not going to finish your food before it goes bad, put it in your freezer. Gordon Ramsay isn’t going to come out and start yelling at you because you used frozen chicken.

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Susan Green 2 years ago

Thank goodness. I don’t think I could handle him yelling at me.

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#12

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you’re making a dish that relies heavily on spices for seasoning, toast the spices before adding them to the recipe to bloom them. You only need to cook them in a pan until fragrant (which takes about 30 seconds to a minute). This quick step vastly improves their taste and amplifies the flavor so you can use less.

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

And your kitchen will smell lovely too!

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People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Scrape the cutting board to gather chopped or minced ingredients with the blunt side of the knife to protect your cutlery

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B 2 years ago

You can also bash garlic with the side of the knife first - it loosens the skin, which is usually really difficult to remove. Breaks the garlic up, but you're presumably not wanting it whole for cooking anyway.

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#14

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you can't figure out what it's missing, it's probably acidity. Changed my game entirely. (I don't do sweets, for reference).

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B 2 years ago

I always add lemon juice if I need a small amount of liquid (except when using coconut milk or dairy, which curdles the sauce). Swap this for red wine with a bolognaise sauce or chilli. Also, carrots or tomato puree add a bit of sweetness to a dish (or honey, obviously).

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#15

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I was gifted an ulu. It's a knife used by Alaskan Native women. It's a game changer. It does EVERYTHING, from slicing to dicing, boning to fileting. It's my go-to all purpose knife, and I keep it very sharp. Learning knife cuts with that was the best thing that I ever did for myself.

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Daniel Marsh 2 years ago

The key thng is a knife that allows you to rock the blade, so you can slice with the entire length of the blade, rather than slicing with the end or chopping.

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#16

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Don’t put too much salt in anything that is going to thicken up and reduce. You might end up oversalting

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Don Golosso 2 years ago

Salt is no more then a flavour enhancer. You can easily get used to cooking without salt. I haven't used salt in any of my cooking for the past 3 years now.

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#17

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them For me it was “freeze the ends of soup stock veggies (carrots, celery, onions) and meat bones when you are making other things” so when you want to make soup your base for broth is ready.

I don’t know why I never thought of this myself. I hate waste, so this works out in many ways for me. Cooking some stock now and it smells amazing.

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JJ 2 years ago

Alternatively get some guinea pigs who go nuts over like every vegetable, vegetable ends or peels (except for onions, garlic or potatos). And believe me, they KNOW when you dare getting yourself a vegetable out of the fridge and they won't be amused. You can thank me later 🤭

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#18

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Peel the skin off ginger with a spoon. A Knife is too wasteful, and a spoon is way easier.

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EvilK 2 years ago

This is also something that you should never say aloud when there is a red head in the same room.

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#19

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them This one's for pie dough, but grate the butter on a cheese grater then mix it in. Saves a ton of time with the pastry blender. Helps if you freeze it a little first.

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Gin 2 years ago

That looks like grated cheese. I so want some cheese now.

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#20

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Save leftover bacon grease and sauté onions with it, or just use bacon grease instead of olive oil or butter when you're making anything that could use a little extra flavor boost.

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Bill 2 years ago

Just remember to wear clothes while frying bacon.

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#21

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them For cold bread and pizza... get some water and sprinkle it inside or on the plate before you nuke it... Softens up the crust... Makes cold pizza glorious

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Wandering Hammer 2 years ago

I use the "nuke and bake" method. Zap if for a minute or two to heat it up, then bake it for 5 minutes. Like a brand new slice.

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#22

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If there is water in the pan, the Maillard process (browning of food from searing) will never happen.

If there is water in the pan, the temperature is less than boiling temperature (100 Celsius), and maillard needs 140-165 to happen. This is why recipes call for wiping moisture off steaks before searing them.

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Honu 2 years ago

I tried a really counter-intuitive trick I read about recently for sauteing mushrooms that worked quite well. Add water to the pan when first cooking the mushrooms (around 60ml for 500g) and let the mushrooms cook in that. When the water has completely cooked off, then add a little oil and saute. Adding the water gets the mushrooms to release their water more quickly getting you to that dried state where the Maillard process can happen sooner. You end up using much less oil, too.

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#23

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Cinnamon and nutmeg aren't just for baking. They make great additions for marinades and savory dishes. Try adding cinnamon to chili or nutmeg to creamy sauces like béchamel

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Elsker 2 years ago

I found out most green veggies love a bit of nutmeg:))

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#24

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Taste as you go.

It is obvious but weirdly enough, when I started cooking, I did not do that at all. Food tasted either over seasoned or bland AF.

Once I did, food tasted way better instead of blindly seasoning because a recipe said so.

It was honestly watching UK's Kitchen Nightmares that I learned this.

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

A lot of tips here on this thread come from watching tv-cook shows. Nice to know they (the cooks on tv) actually show us useful things and give us some good advice.

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#25

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If your homemade soup is too thin, try adding instant mashed potatoes as a thickener. Since I learned this trick, I've started keeping a box around for lazy days or emergencies. They're a lifesaver when you've added too much liquid to soup.

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ERIKA H. 2 years ago

You can buy a tub of corn starch for extremely cheap, which is meant to thicken. It'll last you for ages too be because you don't need to use very much

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#26

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When something says 'season to taste', it doesn't just mean salt or pepper. It could be adding an acid, or a sugar, or so on - it's about balancing everything.

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Dizz2K7 Gaming 2 years ago

The f**k is that a photo of??

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#27

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Have a small bowl next to you for trash veggie peels scraps. Saves a ton of time from going back and forth to the trash

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JustAnother Soul 2 years ago

And don’t put them in the trash. Compost them if you have a garden.

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#28

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Smash the garlic with the flat of the knife

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Greg Hoggarth 2 years ago

Do this to unpeeled garlic cloves and it makes peeling them much easier.

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#29

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When cutting round vegetables like carrots and cucumbers, create a flat surface to the veggie doesn't roll all over the place and you don't cut your fingers.

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Ogre Juan 2 years ago

A Peeler Works To Make A Flat

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#30

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Brown your butter when making brownies and cookies.

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greenbean 2 years ago

Why exactly and how? I want to know.

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#31

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Don't cut both ends off of an onion when you want to dice it, leave the bit where all the layers are held together

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Gin 2 years ago

Yep, don't cut off the root end. Saw a top chef do this once on TV and it is so much easier to dice it. Even BETTER you do not get streaming eyes if you do this. I have very sensitive eyes (due to eye condition) and hated chopping onions. Nothing worked until this. No need for all the tricks people suggest eg lemon juice/underwater/freezing/wearing diving goggles etc. Simply just don't chop off the root end and problem solved.

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#32

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Another stealth composting method is blender composting. Blend any veggies/food scraps with water, pour around trees and shrubs. We avoid meat items but eggs are ok.

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Gin 2 years ago

My dog is a dreadful scavenger - she'd eat it.

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#33

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Add a layer of Greek yogurt on top of fish fillets like salmon before baking. It prevents the salmon from drying out on the oven, keeping it moist and flaky.

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

Pesto mixed with dried bread crumbs works, adding a real punch of flavor.

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#34

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When I find cut up chicken on sale, I stock up. I separate the individual pieces on a parchment lined baking pan and set it in the freezer. Once solid, I then wrap and bag it, and return it to the freezer. Much better than freezing the entire package as a solid mass. It took me 30 years to figure this out.

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

“Nobody’s” freezer is this clean or neat.

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#35

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Use your special ingredients while they're fresh and good.

Don't be so intimidated by the price of the saffron or the vanilla pods that you use too little to taste, and let the rest go bad in the cabinet.

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Norma 2 years ago

This is true for all special things in your life...good food, best china, special tablecloth, etc...

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#36

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Cook your bacon on a tray lined with parchment paper. No splatters to clean up, it doesn’t curl up, more even cooking, and you can cook a whole pound or more at one time.

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16points

Iseefractals 2 years ago

Yeah....if you're making an amount like in the picture, where it would be several rounds of cooking in a pan. But for small amounts, it's just a waste of electricity/gas.

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#37

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Putting the entire pumpkin in the oven to roast it so you can easily remove the skin and scoop the seeds out to make pumpkin soup.

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royal_antelope 2 years ago

cut holes in it first. just putting it in as it is will end in an interesting explosion and hours of cleaning

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#38

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Measure by weight, not by volume. This has made tweaking recipes easier, has made solid recipes consistent, and shared recipes annoying to my friends. I see it as an absolute win.

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Mark Stewart 2 years ago (edited)

The few foodie youtubers I follow list ingredients in grams for that reason but guaranteed on every video there'll be a handful of comments (mostly from Americans) who ask for the recipe in cups. One just flat out refuses to entertain them and replies with "buy some scales, they're not that expensive."

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#39

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them A tablespoon of white vinegar in your poaching liquid will give you perfectly set poached eggs. No plastic bags or poaching cups required."

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Ace 2 years ago

Lots of chefs swear by this, but I don't want my poached eggs to taste of vinegar, and in fact it makes little or no difference to the cooking.

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#40

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Damp towel under the cutting board

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The only Plueschopossum 2 years ago

I always use two canning jar rubber rings :) Very good trick.

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#41

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Do not over crowd your pan when browning meat or veggies. You’ll steam them instead of getting a hard seat. I also replace the water in brownie or chocolate cake recipes with coffee (box or home made)

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Jasper Cool 2 years ago

I add coffee to everything by drinking it at the same time. Works great.

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#42

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I used to painstakingly clean mushrooms one by one with a little brush. Then I saw Jacques Pepin just dunk them in a bowl of water and say "give them a bath right before you're going to use them." So much easier!

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Monday 2 years ago

TIL people clean their mushrooms.

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#43

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I use the butter wrappers for pressing my rice krispie treats into the baking dish. No sticking, no mess, and way more precise than using the spatula.

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Brivid 2 years ago

That is a really good idea!

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#44

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Turn the heat down. This was a big one for me. I thought so often 'I'm frying/searing stuff, I want it real hot, right?'.

Medium to medium-high is ample 99% of the time, though. I personally don't have any recipes in my usual roster that actually need high heat.

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Bunzilla 2 years ago

Yep. And using a pan on high heat is a great way to end up with warped pans. I've learned this the hard way. Medium - medium-high is indeed plenty.

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#45

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When you buy a rotisserie chicken at the store/Costco, pour off all the liquid in the bottom of the bag/box. Store it in the fridge for a few days or endlessly in the freezer. If the chicken is in a plastic box-like container, place a layer of plastic wrap over the chicken and then put on the lid.

The liquid is essentially rendered gelatin, fat, and broth. Use it to thicken sauces or add extra oomph to your stock. Heck, if you collect enough you basically have a bowl of soup right there, ready for toppings of your choice.

Putting the plastic wrap on top of the chicken just helps make it last longer. Removing the "juice" also helps extend the life in your fridge. I live with just my vegetarian sister so I like to do whatever I can not to waste food (meat) due to spoilage!

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GirlFriday 2 years ago

Save those bones from that rotisserie chicken. They make delicious stock.

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#46

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Use a grater or microplane to grate a bit of butter over leftovers when reheating them in the microwave. Grated butter gives whatever you're reheating the perfect amount of moisture and flavor without drowning it in liquid."

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Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 2 years ago

For me, microplane is the real last revolution in the kitchen.

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#47

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Chop fresh herbs that about to go bad and freeze in an ice cube dish with a little olive oil.

OR just dry them when you have leftover instead of keeping them in the fridge waiting. Once they’re dried, they keep their flavor for a few weeks. So much better than store bought.

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greenbean 2 years ago

Just mind oil won't freeze so some water should be added (like veggies be wet)

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#48

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Brining chicken really does make a big difference!

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Scott 2 years ago

I love brining my poultry! One of my favourite things to cook are rock/game hens. I'll brine them for about 3 or 4 hours (much longer and it's too brined since they're so small). For my brine, I do 1 cup each of sugar and kosher sale per gallon of water, a handful of whole peppercorns, a sprig or two of rosemary and thyme, a few cloves of garlic, and lemon juice. After brining, pat them dry, rub them with some olive oil (on top and under the skin, gets it nice and crispy), then put a lemon slice in the cavity and roast at 450F until they reach 165F (~40 minutes). I usually serve them with garlic mashed potatoes and choice of veg.

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#49

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Save some pasta water when draining to bring together your sauce. The starchy water acts as an emulsifier. Game changer.

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B 2 years ago

I try this often, but by the time the pasta is cooked, the sauce is ready to serve on top... adding the pasta water just makes it runnier.

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#50

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you have lemons that are about to turn, squeeze them and freeze the juice in ice cube trays. You can do the same with stocks!

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Kat Rob 2 years ago

and leftover fresh herbs in a bit of oil

1point

#51

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them A cheap meat thermometer seriously lifted my game.

Perfect medium-rare steaks every time, and great for checking roasts are cooked through.

Pre-thermometer I was so scared of overcooking steaks that I often cooked them too rare for most people’s taste. Similarly was scared of drying out roasts but ended up with questionably pink bits.

A decent entry-level thermometer is only $10 (Australian).

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11points

A Jones 2 years ago

I like the analog ones much more. Battery-operated ones just aren't my cup-o-tea.

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#52

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When cooking bacon on cast iron, place the bacon in the pan when it’s cold, then warm up with the bacon already in there. This way you won’t need extra fat to avoid the bacon sticking to a hot pan.

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11points

Mistralok 2 years ago

Absolutely. They cook more evenly and are less likely to curl badly. However... a properly seasoned cast iron pan should NEVER stick.

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#53

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Cut the root off the garlic before you smash it with the side of your knife, don’t know how all the garlic smash tutorials miss that

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Kat Rob 2 years ago

I prefer leaving the skin and root end on. I grab the root end after smashing and skin comes right off with the root bit.

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#54

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I broke down a turkey a week ago and pressure cooked the carcass with some veggie leftovers to make stock. After I let the stock cool in the fridge, there was a huge thick disk of turkey fat on top of the stock.

I usually have little use for fat, but this time I decided to use the fat to confit the turkey legs, wings, and thighs.

After 24 hours of sous vide, I then took the remainder of the turkey fat to crisp the skin in my cast iron chicken fryer.

So, long story longer, fat. Save it, use it.

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11points

Jo Davies 2 years ago

Do this with all meat and poultry

1point

#55

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Make compote or jam from sand berries on the verge of going bad. I leave it in the freezer and then use it on pancakes, yogurt, and more.

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11points

Lilly's Mom 2 years ago

What's a sand berry?

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#56

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them More of a gardening tip, rather than cooking-- We aren't allowed to compost in our neighborhood (HOA rule), and there are not nearby services (yet). So I freeze veggies scraps and "plant" them under the veggies I plant. Ever since I started doing this, my tomato plants have gone absolutely crazy.

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10points

Lousha 2 years ago

Such a silly rule when we should be doing everything to waste less and live a bit more healthy... When done properly, composting doesn't create any unpleasant smells. We have a large composting crate that we placed at the very back of the garden, worrying about smells, but it's perfectly fine. We don't put meat in it, that's it. It has a lid so stray cats don't mess with it either. No smell at all. If you really put your nose very next to it you can smell a faint odour similar to fall leaves, but even standing next to it - nothing. No flies either. And it feels very good that a bunch of things we had to throw in the rubbish before are now being reused and helping us make new food.

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#57

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Some anchovies at the beginning is a game changer for sauces.

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10points

BasedWang 2 years ago

Dried fish and shellfish tend to freak some people out, but damn they come in handy

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#58

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Use a hand mixer to shred chicken. An absolute game changer

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9points

Serial pacifist 2 years ago

Wait...how?

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#59

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them freezing or partially freezing meat if i need to slice it up thin. Works great for the bacon end pieces i use in a few things since it cuts fairly easily when frozen.

Final score:

9points

Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 2 years ago

You need to do this for carpaccio.

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

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#60

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you have the space make your broth ahead of time and freeze. I've just started making broth overnight too. Mostly because I have a broken crockpot that doesn't latch and a new dog I don't trust to not mess with it during the day.

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Final score:

9points

Cody 2 years ago

You're not supposed to latch crockpots while cooking anyway. The latches are only for transport. At least that's the way it is on my crockpot.

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#61

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I put my freshly made and still warm vegetable stock in 24 – 32 oz. glass jars, put the metal lid on and leave it on the counter. After a few hours, you hear the lid “click” or “pop” as it seals. It is NOT real canning, but the unopened stock lasts forever in the refrigerator; like 6-9 months. Before I started storing it this way, stock would only last about a month in the refrigerator.

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Final score:

9points

greenbean 2 years ago

You and also cool it down and freeze in containers. Does the same job.

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#62

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Spend a day a month prepping the building blocks of food. I have a rotation of things I make and freeze, which can be used to build a wide selection of meals. Things like soup stocks, pre-cooked minced beef/mushroom/aromatics, chili, soups, stew bases, and curry bases. And when expensive things go on sale, I’ll buy a bunch and freeze in meal-sized portions (sometimes in marinade or a stew base). I love it when whole chickens go on sale: I’ll buy 4, break them down, and make a huge batch of stock, some of which will make chicken soup base.

Final score:

9points

Cdickson 2 years ago

I dream of being this organized.

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

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#63

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Regardless of how much you like cooking, a rotisserie chicken+veggies from the grocery store, then stock from the carcass, and soup from the stock...that's an insane amount of return on 15-20 bucks (Canadian non-costco prices).

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Final score:

9points

bryguy 2 years ago

I did this last week, 1 rotisserie chicken was like $7.99 at walmart. Made a couple meals, sandwiches, boiled the carcass for stock, made soup, and still have some stock left over. A good 8-10 meals for under $20 all in.

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#64

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them ATK (America's Test Kitchen) showed a REAL easy way: Heat the pan, then put the steak on. Turn it every 2 minutes until done. That's it. Use a thermometer if you want, but just keep turning it.

Husband did this tonight. Perfect medium rare. Absolutely perfect. He used ONLY salt.

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Final score:

9points

#65

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them You can use apple sauce instead of oil when baking things. I always sub it when I make zucchini bread.

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9points

James 2 years ago

You could do, but then whatever you're making will taste of apples and have the wrong texture

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#66

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Two that now when I see people do it, I nearly have an aneurysm.

Stop touching your cooking piece of meat. Don't constantly flip it, move it around the pan, etc. Let it get a sear.

Season your meat before you cook it. Makes no sense to season once it's cooked, as that shit won't absorb.

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Final score:

9points

Iseefractals 2 years ago

Yes, leave meat alone to let it sear....but once sear has been achieved you can flip it as much you feel you need. Seasoning before cooking....is somewhat true in the sense of dry brining something....but you are supposed to wipe it clean before cooking because spices will burn if they are on the surface of the meat and because you want a dry surface to ensure browning. If you salt your chop meat before forming the patties, it changes the texture, giving you something more like sausage. Spices and marinades don't absorb further than a millimeter or two past the surface. No matter how long you leave them sit.

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

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#67

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them For soft and fluffy cookies that still taste fresh after a few days in the fridge, add an extra egg yolk to any cookie recipe you're following, even store-bought dough.

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Final score:

9points

Yvette Desmarais 2 years ago

Rarely a problem to have cookies last that long. They get eaten.

8points

#68

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When you're slicing an onion, leave the hairy side in tact rather than cutting off both ends. This will hold all the layers together and make it easier to chop or dice.

megadori Report

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9points

badger 2 years ago

or "root" as it's sometimes known

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#69

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them In the summer when I'm tossing bad meat I freeze it till trash day.

If you don't than you get a lovely trashcan full of maggots if the meats in there a few days

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8points

Ace 2 years ago

Why are you throwing it away? Freeze it before it goes bad, use it up at a later date, then you have no waste issues to deal with.

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#70

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Butter on bad sour marinara sauce. Thanks, chef Ludo.

Final score:

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

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#71

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Don't buy a knife block set. Sure they look great and everything but at the end of the day you're only ever going to need/use 3: a Chef's knife, serrated bread knife, and a paring knife. Those 3 at good quality will last a lifetime.

Also: most (but not all, this might be region specific?) butchers will sharpen your knives for free.

Final score:

8points

GirlFriday 2 years ago

My fabric store has a guy named Gregor that comes in once a week and sharpens scissors and knives. He charges $3 each and puts a damn good finish on the blade too.

7points

#72

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them You can use some of the same herb or ingredient cooked in and also as a final garnish for enhanced flavor profile.

Most things really do keep cooking after you turn off the heat. Turn off the heat when it says. Don't overcook.

Use an in-oven thermometer for a gas oven.

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Final score:

8points

#73

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Fresh ingredients are NOT the key to good cooking. Good technique is the key. Fresh ingredients give you an edge.

TopazWarrior Report

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8points

Stephanie IV 2 years ago

This rule does not apply to fish.

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#74

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I put my cutting board in a sheet pan when cutting something juicy so it doesn't get everywhere. Also works with cooling racks for crumb containment, or oil containment when frying.

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Final score:

7points

Piglet 2 years ago

BP, you need to up your game. This stock photo is a child's plate...

1point

#75

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you don't know how to cut a pomegranate perfectly, you can use a bowl of water to help separate the pods from the flesh. The flesh floats, the pods sink.

AH0USE89 Report

Final score:

7points

Elsker 2 years ago

cut in half, spread your fingers over the half, hold upside down over a plate or bowl, and bang it with a spoon or something. Thanks Jamie Oliver, works great:D

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#76

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When making a large pot of soup, I add about a tablespoon of vinegar around 45 minutes before it’s done. It adds a bit of depth to the final flavor.

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Final score:

7points

Piglet 2 years ago

I can never tell when it's 45 minutes before it's done.

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#77

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When making meatballs or meatloaf take a teaspoon of your mixture and microwave it for 30 secs and taste it for seasoning. Also microwave your plates before plating.

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Final score:

7points

Eucritta 2 years ago

I put the plates on top of the stove while the meatloaf is baking.

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#78

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When dough reaches ~212F, water is evaporated out and bread becomes hard.

Final score:

7points

#79

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Broil/char onion halves for stock.

Do all mise en place before putting heat to pan.

Make fresh pasta, it's so incredibly easy.

Final score:

7points

#80

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Cutting meat into the '1 inch cubes' called for in many recipes is far easier with scissors/kitchen shears than with a knife, in my experience.

Final score:

7points

Jo Davies 2 years ago

Get a good knife

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#81

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Avoid using certain items because you hate washing small items like silicone muffin cups by hand? Put them in the dishwasher and put you cookie cooling rack over the top on them. Thoroughly cleaned and they stay put til you take them out to store them.

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7points

Joles 2 years ago

Game changer!

2points

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#82

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Use a Mexican style hinged lemon press thing to squeeze the juice of citrus fruits. After using old-fashioned glass/plastic ones, wooden ones on handles, and electric ones, finding and using one of these was a revelation.

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7points

Queserasera423 2 years ago

And put the lemon in flat side down, so the round side is coming in contact with the round side of the press

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#83

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I use a dry towel under my cutting board when cutting bread because it makes clean up 1,000 times easier

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6points

Pungent Sauce 2 years ago

Always put a damp towel under a cutting board. 1st day stuff.

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#84

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them When buttering a parchment round for a cake pan, butter one side of parchment generously. Then lay the round butter side down in the cake pan and move it around with your fingers to butter the pan.

Then take the round out and put it back in the pan, but butter side up. Presto-pan is buttered.

Learned this from Jaques Pépin. Really saves time and greasy fingers.

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6points

Bill 2 years ago

I use the butter wrapper

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#85

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Poach eggs in a frying pan rather than a saucepan. Just crack the egg and it sinks to the bottom, no need for water swirling, vinegar or any of that nonsense!

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6points

Piet Puk 2 years ago

I'm gonna try that!

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#86

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them I poach my eggs in a metal ladle. Easy and quick clean up too.

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6points

bryguy 2 years ago

This picture is not a poached egg...

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#87

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Season food from higher up to spread more evenly.

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6points

Albino 2 years ago

Stirring works and looks more normal.

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#88

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them You can make really good chewy cookies by mixing a box of cake mix with half a tub of Cool Whip. Just bake at 350° and start watching them around 8 minutes or so.

Final score:

6points

bryguy 2 years ago

I feel like someone discovered this when they wanted cookies and realized they only had an old box of cake mix and half tub of cool whip as ingredients

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#89

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Reverse taring - put your full ingredient bin on the scale, set it to zero, and measure what you’ve taken out. This way you can weigh ingredients into something hot or unwieldy without getting another dish dirty

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5points

Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 2 years ago

I just don't see the point.

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#90

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Salt soup so that is tastes a bit under-salted to you as you are doing it. It always ends up tasting way saltier as it cooks longer, because the salt takes a bit to melt and fully incorporate.

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5points

Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

I salt minimally during cooking, so that the dish can be salted to taste at the table. Against all the rules, but healthier and easier to satisfy everyone.

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#91

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them This is more baking than cooking but save the wax paper wrappers that sticks of butterare packaged in. When you need to butter a pan, wipe it with the remaining butter on the wrapper then toss. Easy to do and nothing to clean.

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4points

Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

My butter wrappers don't have that much butter clinging to them.

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#92

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them If you want to use corn flour as a thickener for soups/stews, but don't want to end up having to add more water into the soup/stew from the slurry, just remove a portion of the soup into a cup or bowl and add the cornflour to that before adding it back in.

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4points

Ellie Rosser 2 years ago

If you don't want lumps then slowly add the slurry to the cornflour (mixing all the time) not the cornflour to the slurry.

1point

#93

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Using a bench knife to transfer chopped veggies to a saute pan.

Final score:

3points

Ripley 2 years ago

Use the back of the knife you've just used for the chopping. Why are we dirtying another item?

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#94

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them Tired of potatoes sticking to your knife with every chop? Don't chop down. Drag the knife tip through instead.

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3points

Raven DeathShade 2 years ago

Clearly, BasedWang isn't Irish. Or related to any Irish people. Or, in my case, descended from Irish people (and I thankfully inherited the skin tone, yay!) Potatoes are amazing. Potatoes are glorious. Potatoes are life.

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#95

People Didn't Realize How Helpful These 30 Cooking Tips And Tricks Were Until They Started Using Them For tomato paste cans, open both sides and push one side of the lids through, then take off the other lid

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-1point

bryguy 2 years ago

Sounds like more work and risk to slice my fingers open just to avoid dirtying a spoon. Normal way works best for this one.

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Aisling Raye 2 years ago

I think number 1 should just be to not be afraid to season your food with more than salt and pepper.

5points

L Johnson 1 year ago

#8 are "basted" eggs. Ordered all the time at restaurants.

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Irma 2 years ago

Thickening soup with instant mashed potatoes is one way.... its not healthy and probably salty. You can easily do it in other ways. You can finely dice actual potato, add it to the soup. Boil it till the potato falls apart. Its not just instant mash that does it. Its the starch

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Cicimelia 2 years ago

Easier still, grate your potato with the same small-holed cheese grater you use to grate frozen unpeeled ginger!

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Aisling Raye 2 years ago

I think number 1 should just be to not be afraid to season your food with more than salt and pepper.

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L Johnson 1 year ago

#8 are "basted" eggs. Ordered all the time at restaurants.

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Irma 2 years ago

Thickening soup with instant mashed potatoes is one way.... its not healthy and probably salty. You can easily do it in other ways. You can finely dice actual potato, add it to the soup. Boil it till the potato falls apart. Its not just instant mash that does it. Its the starch

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Cicimelia 2 years ago

Easier still, grate your potato with the same small-holed cheese grater you use to grate frozen unpeeled ginger!

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