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April 2022

Original Release: 4/1/2022

For this month I'd like to highlight the following tips.

A huge thanks to Melanie Mama Peach for sharing.

1) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Temperature Control Part 2: Keeping The Cold Food Cold: In Ice Chests
* If you're going camping, solid frozen foods should keep frozen for 2 to 3 days and very cold for at least one more day if they're packed snugly in the ice chest. They should keep longer if packed with no air spaced between foods.

2) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Temperature Control Part 2 - Keeping The Cold Food Cold: In Icy Bowls
* Filla large bowl with crushed ice and embed a bowl of potato salad or whatever in the ice up to its rim. Add a little kosher or ice cream salt to the ice to make it colder.
* Use an ice bowl; put the serving bowl you'll be using, weighted down, in a bowl filled with water (no water in serving bowl). Freeze. Use the empty center bowl for serving salads or dips.

3) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Blender
* Fill part way with hot water and a few drops of detergent, cover and turn it on for a few seconds. Rinse and drain dry.

4) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Cutting Boards
* To rid cutting boards of onion, garlic or fish smell, cut a lime in two and rub the surface with the cut side of the lime.
* Make a paste of baking soda and water and apply generously. Rinse.

5) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Cutting Boards: Broiler Pan
* Sprinkle the hot pan heavily with dry laundry detergent. Cover with a dampened paper towel and let the burned food steam for a while. When you get around to washing up, the pan should require little scouring.

6) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Broken Egg
* If you break an egg on the floor, sprinkle it heavily with salt; after 5 to 10 minutes, sweet the dried egg into the dustpan.

7) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Broken Glass
* Use a dampened paper towel or cotton ball to pick up all slivers of glass.

8) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Burnt Pan
* Fill pan immediately with cold water (for starchy foods and milk) or hot (for greasy foods) water. Soak for an hour or so.
* Sprinkle burnt pots liberally with baking soda, adding just enough water to moisten. Let stand for several hours. You can generally lift the burned portion right out of the pan.
* Loosen burnt foods by boiling water in the pan for a few minutes.

9) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Can Opener
* To clean blades or cutter on your electric can opener, run a paper towel through the cutting process.

10) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Cast Iron Skillet
* Clean the outside of the pan with commercial oven cleaner. Let set for 2 hours ad the accumulated black stains can be removed with vinegar and water.
* After cleaning pan, take a piece of waxed paper and while the skillet is still warm, wipe around the inside to prevent rusting.
* When clean, rub a small amount of oil on the inside of the pan to keep it seasoned.

11) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Dishes
* To quickly remove food that's stuck to enamelware or to a casserole dish, fill with boiling water and add 2 tablespoons of baking soda.
* Remember, when loading your dishwasher, be sure that the silver and the stainless steel do not touch each other, as pitting may occur.

12) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Kitchen

Cleanups/For The Drops And Disasters, Plus Some Of The Ordinary Dreary Messes: Copper Pots
* Try toothpaste.
* Dip lemon halves (after the juice has been extracted) in salt and rub. Rinse.
* Rub with Worcestershire sauce. Or another good substitute is ketchup. Rub and the tarnish will disappear.

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