General cooking tips

General Cooking Tips

Peel a banana from the bottom & you won't have to pick the little stringy things off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Teach your guests this great way to keep young kids involved in the fun when ordering Chinese take-out: Give the kids the Bamboo Tongs to use as chopsticks! Bamboo Tongs are easier for little hands to grasp and create less mess.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer & not mold!

A green bell pepper has 2 times as much Vitamin C as an orange, but red & yellow peppers have 4 times as much!

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

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

Delma

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