Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wisdom and Helpful Hints


•  Did you know that if you peel a banana from the bottom you won't have those little stringy things on it?  Monkeys peel from the bottom - we should too.


And, if you separate your bananas when you bring them home they won't ripen as fast?

•  Store opened cheese in aluminum foil.  It will stay fresh longer and won't mold.

•  Bell Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.  Peppers with 4 bumps are firmer and better for cooking.

•  Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.  It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

•  To make really good scrambled eggs, add a couple spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream when you beat them up.

•  For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed.  Then melt Andes mints in a double broiler and pour over the warm brownies.  Let them set and you'll have a wonderful minty frosting.

•  Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic,  add it to the end of a recipe if you want a stronger garlic taste.

•  Leftover Snickers bars from halloween make a delicious dessert.  Simply chop them up.   Peel and core and slice a few apples.  Place the apples in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples.  Bake at 350 for 15 min.  Serve with Ice Cream.

1 comments:

Yonker Family said...

Pretty cool info.
I might have to steal this one and put it on my own blog.