re: Kitchen Tricks That Make Life Easier

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Now I use deli containers that all use the same lid size.

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I’m in the process of doing this. As the cheap Tupperware breaks, it just gets replaced with cup/pint/quart sized containers.

Also, I really like buying standard commercial kitchen tools. Things like sheet pans, knives, cutting boards, etc can be had for extra cheap on Amazon. Use and replace as needed, and all of the stuff you have is uniform in size or similarity.

Never occurred to me to do that

There is another way?

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There is another way?

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According to RR, there is. I don't know what it is, though.

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There is another way?

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Like she showed in her video where you place your palm atop the onion half, slice into it 2-3 times parallel with the cutting board and then slicing down to cube it.

Like she said, makes no sense to do it that way as it's just a useless step that has little to no benefit.

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I made nut butter last week....and ran soapy water through it to clean. It removed about 70% of the residue, but it still required a good, solid scrub with a sponge.

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turn up your water heater. I clean peanut butter off mine all the time just w/ my sink sprayer

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Like she said, makes no sense to do it that way as it's just a useless step that has little to no benefit.

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I do it if I want an extremely fine dice, otherwise I don't bother with the horizontal cuts.

taking on 20 stages and constantly rotating them out so they cant get burned out and also cant complain about working for free

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This year I want to get good at baking. Namely bread.

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This is one of my favorites and is a hit with guests.

Herb-Parmesan Bread

2 cups warm water
2 pkgs. dry yeast
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. any herb of your choice. I like rosemary or sometimes I'll use sweet basil as I grow them in my garden.

4 1/4 cups bread flour

Sprinkle yeast over water in a large bowl. Let stand a few minutes and stir. Add, sugar, salt, melted butter, 1/2 cup cheese, the herbs and 3 cups flour. Mix until well blended and smooth. Then mix in the rest of the flour until you have a smooth ball of dough. Cover the bowl with a towel and let rise at least 45 minutes in a warm place. After it rises about twice its size and beat it down, divide in half to make 2 loaves.

Grease and flour 2 loaf pans----mine are approximately 5 x 9 metal pans. Put the bread dough into the pans and let the dough rise again for about 15 minutes while the oven heats up to 375 degrees. Sprinkle just a bit more cheese across the tops of the loaves and bake for 55 minutes.

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Like she said, makes no sense to do it that way as it's just a useless step that has little to no benefit.

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Unless you want a uniform dice. Then it's a very useful step. Otherwise you wind up with longer slices from the outside edges of the onion. Try dicing an onion ring using only vertical cuts.