Home tips - measuring honey, dropping cookie dough, sticking cake layers

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Posted By: Roxy
Date: 2004/5/9 7:26 p.m.

Hints & Tips :
Measuring Honey --Measuring honey with a spoon is easy but getting it all off the spoon is another matter--so first rub the spoon with margarine.

= Dropping Cookie Dough -- To get cookie dough to drop without sticking dip the spoon in milk first.

= Leftover Pie Dough -- Extra pie dough?
Cover it with some parmesan and gruyere cheese and you'll bake a delicious appetizer--at the very same meal with your pie as dessert.

= Easy Shelling -- Pecans are easy to shell if they are first soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes or so. Or microwave 2 cups of pecans or brazil nuts in 1 cup of water for 5 to 6 minutes on HIGH.

= Storing Cake -- If you store half an apple in the container which you are storing a cake, the cake will retain its freshness.

= Cheesy Apple Pie -- Don't just serve cheese with apple pie, bake it right in. Spread grated sharp Cheddar on the bottom of the crust before adding the apple filling.

= Sticking Cake Layers -- Cake layers sticking to the bottom of the pans? Put them back in a warm oven for a short time. The layers will then come out without a problem. Or, try lining the bottom of your pans with waxed paper.

= Outdoor cooking -- Fast Starter -- Stuff a crumbled sheet of newspaper under your coals, then roll another sheet of news paper into a cone and poke it through the coals to the paper to form a chimney. Ignite the paper. It will carry the fire into your charcoal.

= Make cleaning easier -- To make cook-out clean-ups easier, take a preventive step and spray the cooking grill with non-stick spray before placing the grid over the coals. Food won't stick nearly as much as it does on an untreated grid.

= Juicy News -- Always use tongs when turning meat on the grill. This way, you'll avoid piercing the meat, which causes it to lose its natural juices.

= HOUSEHOLD TIPS:
To keep those pesky insects away from your plants, combine one bulb of garlic, 1 small onion and 1 Tbs. cayenne pepper in the blender. Mix with 1 quart water and let stand for one hour. Then add 1 Tbs Ivory liquid and mist your plants!!

Club soda--removes stains, cleans sinks.

Poison Ivy all over the place.....how do you get rid of it???? Mix 3 pounds of salt with a gallon of soapy water; spray the solution on the plants leaves and stems.

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