Last-Minute Kitchen Secrets : 128 Ingenious Tips to Survive Lumpy Gravy, Wilted Lettuce, Crumbling Cake, and Other Cooking Disasters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Joey.

Contributor:

Green, Joey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking.

Quick and easy cooking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Last-Minute Kitchen Secrets

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2018.

Summary:

Your guests are arriving in a half hour, and your dinner has taken a turn for the worse. The lettuce has wilted, the gravy's lumpy, and the pie crust has burned! Time for takeout? Not if you have Joey Green's Last-Minute Kitchen Secrets. This book contains more than a hundred helpful hacks to avoid and salvage cooking disasters, store and prepare ingredients, keep appliances running smoothly, and clean cookware. These simple, ingenious tips may sound quirky at first, but they really do work. The book also includes food-based folk remedies, sidebars with fascinating kitchen trivia, and unconventional recipes. Dishwasher salmon anyone?

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. Shopping and Storage

How to Prevent Apples from Going Bad with a Hole Puncher

How to Revive Hardened Brown Sugar with a Slice of Bread

How to Keep Cheese Fresh with Sugar Cubes

How to Store Egg Yolks with Salt

How to Detect Fresh Eggs with a Glass of Water

How to Keep Herbs with an Ice Cube Tray

How to Prevent Jars from Dripping with Margarine Lids

How to Store Plastic Grocery Bags in a Tissue Box

How to Keep Strawberries Fresh with a Coffee Filter

How to Prevent Moisture in Sugar with a Saltine Cracker

How to Store Potatoes, Onions, and Garlic with Panty Hose

How to Ripen Tomatoes with Newspaper

How to Preserve Diced Ginger with Vodka

How to Dry Mushrooms with Dental Floss

How to Vacuum Seal Food with a Bowl of Water

2. Cookware and Tableware

How to Make an Apron from a Trash Bag

How to Season Cast-Iron Cookware with Vegetable Shortening

How to Preserve a Wooden Cutting Board with Cooking Oil

How to Deodorize a Garbage Pail with Kitty Litter

How to Sharpen a Knife with Sandpaper

How to Improvise a Meat Mallet with a Frying Pan

How to Stack China and Nonstick Cookware with Paper Plates

How to Protect Plastic Containers from Tomato Stains with Cooking Spray

How to Protect Oven Mitts and Pot Holders with Spray Starch

How to Improvise a Rolling Pin with a Wine Bottle and Panty Hose

How to Remove Contact Paper with a Blow-Dryer

How to Improvise a Food Strainer with Panty Hose

How to Protect a Teapot Spout with a Rubber Glove

3. Appliances and Gadgets

How to Ignite a Charcoal Barbecue with a Coffee Can

How to Clean a Coffee Grinder or Food Processor with Rice

How to Clean a Coffeemaker or Teakettle with Vinegar

How to Clean a Dishwasher with Kool-Aid.

How to Improvise a Salad Spinner with a Pillowcase

How to Deodorize a Refrigerator or Freezer with Kitty Litter

How to Deodorize a Garbage Disposal with a Lemon

How to Deodorize a Microwave Oven with Coffee

How to Clean Oven Racks with Ammonia

How to Kill Mold in a Refrigerator Drip Tray with Mouthwash

4. Fruits, Vegetables, and Grains

How to Prevent Sliced Apples from Browning with Salt

How to Rescue Mushy Beans with Sour Cream

How to Cook Asparagus with Panty Hose

How to Rescue Overcooked Vegetables with Chicken or Beef Broth

How to Pit Cherries with a Chopstick

How to Shuck an Ear of Corn with a Paper Towel

How to Revitalize Wilted Lettuce with Lemon Juice

How to Avoid Crying When Cutting Onions with a Swimming Mask

How to Speed Up a Baked Potato with a Carpenter's Nail

How to Fix Soggy Mashed Potatoes with Powdered Milk

How to Turn Soggy Rice into Fried Rice with an Egg

How to Turn Soggy Rice into Rice Pudding with Milk

How to Reheat Leftover Rice with an Ice Cube

How to Remove Stems from Strawberries with a Drinking Straw

How to Peel Tomatoes with Panty Hose

5. Dairy and Eggs

How to Make a Cream Cheese Substitute with Yogurt

How to Make Homemade Cheese with Panty Hose

How to Sour Milk with Vinegar

How to Separate Egg Whites with a Water Bottle

How to Poach an Egg with a Pineapple Can

How to Make Fluffy Scrambled Eggs with Cream of Tartar

How to Identify Hard-Boiled Eggs with Food Coloring

How to Give a Soufflé a Tasty Crust with Potato Chips

How to Make Whipped Cream with a Jar

6. Meat and Seafood

How to Bulk Up Bacon with Flour

How to Turn Overcooked Chicken into Chicken Salad with Mayonnaise

How to Cook Bratwurst with a Coffee Can and Beer

How to Revive Overcooked Meat with Beef Broth

How to Bread Chicken Croquettes with Potato Chips.

How to Roast Chicken with Mayonnaise, Bread, and Beer

How to Cook Hamburgers for a Crowd with Aluminum Foil

How to Stretch Meatloaf with Rolled Oats

How to Marinate and Tenderize Meat with Coca-Cola

How to Truss a Turkey or Chicken with Dental Floss

How to Poach a Fish with Panty Hose

How to Defrost Frozen Fish with Milk

How to Clean Clams with Cornmeal

7. Pasta, Sauces, and Soups

How to Fix Lumpy Gravy or Sauce with a Strainer

How to Rescue Burned Gravy with Peanut Butter

How to Thicken Thin Sauce with Cornstarch

How to Save Mushy Pasta with Olive Oil

How to Fix Broken or Curdled Hollandaise Sauce with an Egg

How to Make Salad Dressing with Mayonnaise and Yogurt

How to Make Cheese Sauce with Skim Milk

How to Make Fresh Tomato Sauce with a Grater

How to Spice Up Spaghetti Sauce with Coffee

How to Strain Fat from Soup with Lettuce

8. Breads and Desserts

How to Save a Crumbling Cake with Icing

How to Remove a Cake Stuck in a Pan with Plastic Wrap

How to Repurpose Broken Cakes or Cookies as a Parfait with Whipped Cream

How to Make Light and Fluffy Pancakes with Club Soda

How to Bake Bread in a Coffee Can

How to Make Dough Rise with a Heating Pad

How to Slice Cake with Dental Floss

How to Grease a Cake Pan with Flour

How to Prevent the Top of a Cake from Browning with a Pan of Water

How to Stop Nuts and Raisins from Sinking in a Cake with Flour

How to Rescue Burned Piecrust with Whipped Cream

How to Cover Up a Cracked Cheesecake with Sour Cream

How to Create a Cream-Filled Cupcake with a Soda Can

How to Give Rolls Amber Crust with Beef Bouillon

How to Prevent Ice Cream Cone Drips with Peanut Butter

How to Stop a Baking Pie from Boiling Over with Pasta

9. Kitchen and Folk Remedies

How to Soothe Arthritis with Oatmeal.

How to Eliminate Athlete's Foot with Salt

How to Soothe a Backache with Rice

How to Relieve a Burn with Mustard

How to Make Lip Balm with Vegetable Shortening and Kool-Aid

How to Make Cough Syrup with Honey and Olive Oil

How to Disinfect a Wound with Honey

How to Give Yourself a Facial with Applesauce

How to Relieve Food Poisoning with Sugar, Lemon, and Salt

How to Cure Hiccups with a Paper Cup

How to Soothe a Bee or Wasp Sting with Meat Tenderizer

How to Soothe Itchy Skin with Oatmeal and Panty Hose

How to Relieve an Ulcer with Cranberry Juice

10. Cleaning Tricks

How to Clean a Barbecue Grill with Aluminum Foil

How to Remove Candle Wax from a Tablecloth with a Clothes Iron

How to Clean Baked-On Food from a Casserole Dish with Denture Cleanser

How to Scrub a Cast-Iron Pan with Salt

How to Clean a Glass Cooktop with a Credit Card and Toothpaste

How to Clean a Copper Pot with Ketchup

How to Sanitize a Countertop with Shaving Cream

How to Wash Pots and Pans with Panty Hose

How to Unclog a Drain with Jell-O

How to Wipe Up a Dropped Egg with Salt

How to Deodorize a Lunch Box with a Slice of Bread

How to Neutralize Kitchen Odors with Vinegar

How to Clean Silverware with Baking Soda and Aluminum Foil

How to Sanitize a Kitchen Sponge with Bleach

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

About the Author

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780912777597

0912777591

OCLC:

1012710864