Hi viewers and welcome back to Bestie.
Running around the kitchen, doing a million things with just two hands is a situation
we all know, too well.
After all, preparing a good meal isn't an easy task.
It doesn’t matter if you are a veteran or a novice in the kitchen, everyone can use
some handy tricks to make cooking easier.
And in today’s video we will tell you some neat tricks that'll surely take your cooking
skills to the next level.
From knowing how to save fruit from browning, peeling garlic easily, ripening avocados quickly,
separating egg yolks to chilling drinks in a flash and more, watch till the end to learn
about all of them.
Easily Cook Bacon: Ever wonder why the bacon you get at a restaurant is always evenly cooked
with no annoying raw ends?
Wonder why the middles don’t get all crumbly and overcooked?
The difference is all in the cooking.
Home chefs fry up bacon in the frying pan, while most restaurants bake it in the oven.
Try it out at 400 to 420 degrees Fahrenheit and be amazed!
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Peel Garlic Easily: Shake garlic cloves in a metal bowl for instant peeling.
For just a few, sit your knife on them and whack the side of the knife carefully to make
the skin loose.
Pit cherries the easy way: Forget spitting out cherry pits or trying to extract them
with your fingers and ending up with a whole lot of mess.
This simple trick will save you so much hassle.
Set a cherry on top of an empty beer or wine bottle.
Then use a chopstick or straw to poke down through the top of the cherry, forcing the
pit down into the bottle.
Prevent salad leaves from going soggy: Cover the salad leaves with a paper towel.
This will soak up all the extra moisture and keep them from getting soggy.
Slice cake effortlessly: Want to slice your moist freshly baked cake without leaving behind
too many crumbs?
Run your knife under hot water, dry it with a towel and then proceed to slice the cake.
The hot knife will help you slice the cake easily.
Dice mangoes quickly: Keep the mango skin and dice it instead of peeling it and then
dicing.
Slice off the sides and cut the mango flesh into a grid and then slice it off the skin.
Tada!
Perfectly diced mango cubes in under five minutes.
Save Cut Fruit From Browning: You can keep fruit from browning with a mixture of two
parts of water and one part of honey.
You could also keep fruit slices from discolouring with a little squeeze of lemon.
The peptide present in the honey and the Vitamin C in the lemon juice slows down the oxidation
process which causes discolouration.
Peel An Orange With Ease: Oranges are delicious, but let’s face it, peeling them is a pain.
But it does not have to be.
Put your orange down on a cutting board.
Use a knife to slice off a thin bit from the end, and then do the same thing with the opposite
end.
Next, cut a perpendicular line.
You want to go almost clean through the orange, but not all the way.
Then you can pull both ends away from each other and stretch out the orange in a long
strip.
Then you can just grab each slice off the strip and enjoy!
No more Eggshells in bowl: You crack your eggs into the bowl and a little piece of egg
shell falls into the bowl.
You poke around for a full minute trying to get the pesky thing out of there.
There is an easier way!
All you have to do is make your fingers wet, and try again.
You will be amazed how well this works.
The little egg shell bit should adhere right to your fingers and come out.
Keep Your Cookies Moist: Nothing’s more distressing than freshly baked cookies losing
their moisture and taste after a few days.
Instead of putting them in the cookie jar, try storing them in Tupperware along with
an apple wedge.
The cookies will draw in moisture from the apple wedge and will keep a lot longer this
way.
If you are storing them for a while, you can always replace the apple wedge with a new
one.
Get tough lids off jars with a bottle opener: Tired of wasting time in the kitchen trying
to get impossible lids off of jars?
If you have a bottle opener, you can get the lid off.
Lift with the bottle opener at the edge of the jar lid until you hear a pop.
Then you can easily unscrew the lid.
Alternatively you can use any sharp thing to get the lid pop.
Make your avocados ripen quickly: Simply place your too-hard avocados in a brown paper bag
with a banana.
Bananas emit ethylene gas, which will ripen the avocados much faster than if they were
out on their own.
Prevent onions from making you cry: If you're planning on cooking onions, try freezing them
before chopping.
Or if you don't mind looking a little silly, you could put a slice of bread in your mouth,
with some sticking out, to absorb the irritant gas before it reaches your eyes.
Chill drinks in a flash: Nobody likes warm beer, but sometimes you simply don't have
the time or patience to wait for it to cool down in the fridge.
But you can enjoy an ice-cold beverage in no time by wrapping the bottle in a wet paper
towel.
Make sure it covers the entire drink.
You need to use two paper towels for large bottles and then place it in the freezer.
Wait approximately 15 minutes and enjoy.
Cook an Entire Bird Evenly: The next time you’re cooking up a whole bird, add ice
cubes to the recipe.
Ice up the breast of the bird before sliding it into the oven.
The breast meat doesn’t need as much time to cook as the dark thigh meat.
So icing up the breast helps it to cook slower and more evenly with the rest of your fowl
dish.
Separate Egg Yolks: There’s no need for a fancy tool if you need to separate your
egg whites from the yolks — just grab an empty water bottle.
Gently crack the egg into a shallow dish and position the empty water bottle above the
yolk.
When you squeeze the bottle, the yolk will get sucked up like magic, allowing you to
put it into another bowl or discard.
Remove Corn From Cob: For this hack, simply stand the cob in the middle of a Bundt pan
and hold it firmly.
Then use a sharp knife to remove the kernels in a swift downward motion.
The kernels will collect in the bottom of the pan, making cleanup a breeze.
Make Pasta Sauce Stick: You may not realize it, but the water you cook your pasta in collects
starch, which helps the sauce stick to the noodles.
That’s why you should never rinse your pasta after draining it.
If you want your pasta to taste even better, reserve a bit of the water before you drain
it and add to the pasta before you add sauce.
It’ll stick to the pasta and make your dish taste better.
Crackers For Breadcrumbs: Out of breadcrumbs?
Crumbling up crackers makes a great substitute and adds a bit of buttery flavor to any dish.
You can also use stale hot dog or hamburger buns instead of store-bought breadcrumbs.
Preserve Extra Herbs: Do you have some leftover fresh herbs?
You can preserve them by placing them inside an ice cube tray.
Pour some butter or olive oil over them and freeze them.
Take out of the freezer and pop them in a pan when you’re ready to use them.
Keep Spaghetti Fresh: Want to keep your leftover spaghetti super fresh once you open the box?
Store it in an empty Pringles can.
It will also prevent the box from spilling everywhere.
Slow Down Rotting of Tomatoes: To keep tomatoes from spoiling very quickly, store it with
the stem end down.
This prevents the air from getting into the tomato and does not let the moisture exit
the scar where it was connected to the vine.
You can make them last longer by storing them at room temperature rather than keeping them
in the fridge.
There are so many reasons to include tomatoes in your diet.
Watch this video titled “Eating Tomatoes Every Day Does This To Your Body” and learn
about all of them.
Easy Peel Hard Boiled Egg: Fill a glass container with some water and drop in your hard boiled
egg.
Place the cap on and shake the bottle so that the egg bangs up against the sides of the
glass.
The eggshell should slide right off when you take it out.
Dip An Oreo: You’ve been dipping your Oreos in milk wrong your whole life.
Stick a fork in between the creme and dunk.
This way you won’t soak your fingers in milk.
Prevent Ice Pop Drips: Cut off the bottom of a paper cup.
Make a slice through the bottom.
Put your popsicle stick through the hole and let the cup catch drips.
This also works with to-go coffee lids and cupcake liners.
Don’t Get Burnt By Hot Peppers: Ever chop a hot pepper then accidentally touch your
eye or lip.
It’s not fun.
Protect yourself by covering your hand in a plastic bag when you chop.
What are some of your hacks that we have not mentioned?
Let us know in the comments section below!