kitchen hacks
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Make Apple Juice At Home With Your Bare Hands
1Apple pie, applesauce, apple crumble, apple butter – whether you’re apple-picking or just stocking up at the supermarket, ’tis very much the season. But what about apple juice? Ubiquitous as it is, it’s never been a home-kitchen staple. Unlike soft citrus fruits that can be squeezed by hand or with a simple tool, apples require…
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Use A Drying Rack To Prevent Plastic Containers From Moving In The Dishwasher
I eat a significant amount of Thai curry takeout for dinner. Each delicious meal comes in a plastic soup container which, despite the fact I already have 20 of them, I always decide is a thing I should keep just in case I need to use it to store some unidentified item in the future.
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Become An Expert Pie Maker With These Easy Fixes
It turns out that, while I am a very enthusiastic pie maker, I am not very good at it. I have seen a very wide gamut of pie failures over my baking career. Overcooked and cracked crusts, soggy bottoms, burnt edges, foul soup inside a crust — I’ve been there. And this isn’t as isolated…
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Make Tuna Salad Faster By Using A Spoon Instead Of A Fork
My tuna salad preferences are very straightforward: Bumble Bee Solid White Albacore in water (no “Chunk Light”, no oil, no Star-Kist), a tablespoon of mayo (Hellmann’s) per can, and that is it. I will occasionally go crazy and add capers, or a bit of anchovy paste for umami flavour, but definitely no onion or celery.…