In this episode, more cooking hacks.
The last time I did this, I had hair up to here.
So here's a really easy way to core a head of lettuce.
Alright, so all you have to do is get the core, face it down and bang really hard.
Ready, set, go!
Ok, it's not ready yet.
Just keep banging it till it comes out alright.
Did it work?
Yeah, pretty much.
Eww it's really dirty.
And that's all there's to it.
You just bang it like that and the head will come off.
No.
The core.
The stem?
Whatever you wanna call it. I don't know.
So there you go.
Really really easy.
Now it's just gonna fall off just like that.
Really easy.
When it comes to cutting bell peppers, usually people will probably cut it straight
down like this and then it leaves the whole core like that.
So that's kinda irritating cause then you gotta cut around
cut this out.
And it's a little bit "mafan".
"Mafan" means troublesome.
That's how they usually cut it.
So this is the wrong way to cut it people...
Let me tell you. It is much easier...
to cut it like this.
So instead of cutting it all the way through, just cut around the edge.
Spin it around just like that.
Then you wanna give the top a twist.
Just like that and then it brings out the core.
Pretty easy and a lot nicer. More "shiok" to do.
If you don't want to cut the bottom, the best way to get all these bits out
is with a spoon just like this.
And then you can just wash out the seeds.
And that's all to it. Really really simple
So if you don't have a meat tenderiser, here's a really cool way you can DIY one yourself.
DIY one yourself...
DIY...
one.
Whatever. You get what I mean.
All you need to make your own meat tenderiser is a
hammer, a fork and some tape.
Really really simple.
So all I'm gonna do is you want to place your fork onto the hammer like this.
Ok so you want to tape this.
And this is what it looks like.
I'm freaking out.
I hate touching meat.
How am I gonna get it out of here?
I don't know... Some of you may or may not know
it just gives me the creep just to touch meat.
I don't know why.
I don't understand. So I'm gonna just maybe do it like this?
So I've got my meat on my chopping board just like this.
Grab another piece of cling wrap.
Just put it over the top.
Now I'm gonna tenderise it.
Urgh... it's coming out.
Urgh... I'll try not to throw up right now.
I don't know why this freaks me out so much.
So this is what it looks like when it's tenderised.
Flat down to a freaking pancake people.
And so just to show you the difference
in size.
It's like that.
And there you have it. Now it's nice and tenderised.
So if you want to make julian strips with a vegetable of some sort
here's a really simple way to do it.
You just need a peeler,
a knife
and your vegetable.
So first thing you want to do, I'd cut one edge of the carrot.
So I can score the carrot.
So next thing, grab your peeler and just shave down the carrot.
If you haven't cut it deep enough, you can go ahead and cut it again.
So as you can see it cuts it a lot easier
and there you go, you can put it in your salads or whatever.
Che Neh Neh Neh!
If you need really thin slices of onions, here's a really simple way to do it.
All you need is a peeler.
I've cut an onion in half.
All I'm gotta do is peel the onion on the bottom just like this.
Hopefully I don't start tearing.
So I'm gonna do this really fast.
You can see the slices are really thin now.
Look at that.
Did you know it's much faster to cook pasta in a frying pan?
You use less water which makes it use less time to heat it up
and it cooks a lot faster.
I'm gonna give you a good example.
I'm gonna go ahead and put the pasta in.
And as you can see it almost completely fits into the pan.
So when you put it in a pot, the pasta is most likely gonna stick out of the water just like this.
You have to kinda wait for a while for this part to soften up so that it can all submerge in the water.
Not only does this cook faster, it's gonna cook it nice and even.
Like in no time at all.
Now we just wait for that to boil and there you go.
So this has been in the pan for about 4-5 minutes.
Usually it takes about 12 minutes to cook pasta.
And this is just about ready.
So now I guess I'll try the pasta to show you how soft it is.
This pasta has expired already so I'm...
Ouch! My eyebrow.
Ok so this is ready.
That is so close to my face.
I'm gonna stand here then.
And this as you can see...
I mean... it's really hot to touch.
But you can see it's really soft now
and that took about 5 minutes.
There you go! Much easier.
So this one is a great hack for all of you that like to steam your food.
Now some of you may not have the proper tools to steam all your food
so I'm gonna teach you a really easy simple hack that you can use to steam your food.
All you need is foil.
So all you gotta do is roll up four big balls of foil.
And that's gonna be your stand.
And I'm gonna place them in the pot just like this.
It will float but don't worry because
you just gotta grab a plate
and put it on top of the balls like this.
And that creates a platform for your steam food to sit on.
And then I just turn the stove on.
And out the lid on.
Just like that. Oh my god so difficult.
Not.
This nifty trick is for all of you that get really sick and tired of your spoons falling into deep pots.
So for example, I'm gonna leave the plot...
So this is a good ex...
You're laughing cause I know you're gonna put it in there later isn't it.
So here's an example of what happens
I'm stirring away...
and then my phone's ringing and I'm like oh my god...
That happens.
It gets submerged in all of your food.
And that's kinda annoying and you got food all over your ladle.
And then you gotta wipe this here.
You know...
Another example,
is you put it on the bench and all your food is gonna be over your bench.
A good trick, very simple.
Just get a peg.
So all you need to do is kiap the peg onto the handle like this
And then hang it on the side of the pot.
Really really simple.
Now here's a really nifty trick you can try when you want to cut a round circle for you baking dish.
Your pie pan?
It's probably got a name but I don't really care.
All you need to to is cut a square piece of baking paper.
And then you got to fold it into a small square.
I actually learned this trick in school.
Erm...you know just a couple of years ago.
Fold your baking paper into a triangle-ish shape.
And all I have to do now is to put the point to the center of the pan.
Then this is exactly where I want to cut.
So along the same shape as the tin.
Unfold it.
Place the tracing paper back in the pan.
And....voila!
Ladies and gentlemen. That's how you cut your baking paper.
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