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1 online resource. |
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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 |
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How to Store Potatoes, Onions, and Garlic with Panty HoseHow 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 |
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How to Stack China and Nonstick Cookware with Paper PlatesHow 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 |
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How to Clean a Dishwasher with Kool-AidHow 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 |
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How to Pit Cherries with a ChopstickHow 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 |
| 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? |
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Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Cooking.
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Cooking -- Miscellanea.
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Quick and easy cooking -- Miscellanea.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9780912777610 |
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