1.When boiling milk, first stir in a pinch of baking soda. This will help keep the milk from curdling.
2.Add one teaspoon of lemon juice to each quart of water when cooking rice, this will keep rice fluffy.
3.First rinse raisins, dates and figs in very cold water before putting them through the food chopper. They will not form such a gummy mass.
4.For crisper salads: Place a saucer upside down in the bottom of the salad bowl before filling with salad. Excess moisture will run underneath the saucer and this will help keep the salad crisp and fresh.
5.Tasty flavored whipped cream: First whip cream then add 2 tablespoons of flavored jello and continue beating on slow until the whipped cream is right consistency.
6.Leftover ham: Lay ham slices in a baking dish then cover with maple syrup. Refrigerate overnight then fry the ham in butter the next morning.
7.Add a dash of lemon juice into meatballs before cooking them.
8.You can substitute crumbled cornflakes for bread crumbs when making meatloaf.9.When a recipe calls for butter the size of an egg, use four tablespoons.
10.Cookie & Cake Decoration: Keep a small amount of sugar in small glass jars, add a few drops of food coloring and shake jar. Keep several colors on hand. You can also use this technique on shredded coconut.
11.Pickle Juice uses: Use sweet pickle juice to thin salad dressing or make French dressing with instead of vinegar, it's more delicious.
12.Cook vegetables with one or more bouillon cubes instead of salt–improves flavor. Tossing in a few garlic cloves when boiling vegetables makes things tastier too.
13.Salt added to flour used for thickening gravies, etc., will help to prevent lumping.
14.Chilled evaporated milk, whipped until fluffy, may be used as the base for several frozen desserts by the addition of different flavors, fruits, nuts, instant coffee, cocoa, jello, and other flavorings. Then add coconut, drained fruits, etc., as desired. Use easy crusts such as crushed cereal or crackers such as graham.
