Cooking is an art that requires patience and hours of practice. Using the right recipes is no guarantee of excellence: you need to know how to store food properly, as well as know how to use various tricks to make cooking easier.
- If you need to quickly soften a piece of hard butter you just got out of the fridge, simply pour boiling water into a glass for a minute and then cover the butter with it.
- Laying lemon slices between the fish and the grill will not only help prevent it from burning, but also improve its flavor.
To asily peel a hard-boiled egg from its shell, pierce it with a needle at the blunt end before you cook it. 4.
- To determine the freshness of eggs, place them in a deep container of cold water. If they remained lying on the bottom in a horizontal position, then they are very fresh. Eggs slightly raised with an obtuse angle to the top are not the first freshness, but they can still be used in cooking hot dishes. Eggs that have risen to the surface are spoiled and should not be eaten! You should get rid of them as soon as possible.
Eggs float to the surface because, over time, the moisture inside evaporates through the shell and the “free” space created is replaced with air. The more air inside the egg, the higher it floats up. And, of course, the older it is.
Eggs can stay fresh in the refrigerator no longer than 15 days. In the BioFresh section of LIEBHERR refrigerators, they retain their best features much longer – for up to 45 days.
- To keep bananas longer and to prevent them from turning black, cut off the stems.
Note that bananas should not be stored in the refrigerator.
- To keep potatoes longer, put a few apples with them.
They prevent the potatoes from sprouting. - Defrost food in the refrigerator.
The refrigerator will “absorb” the cold excreted by the frozen food, which will save energy and the low temperature will inhibit bacterial growth. Remember: it takes much longer to defrost food this way than at room temperature.
- The secret to keeping berries long is very simple: you need to freeze them properly.
In advance, set the lowest temperature in the freezer. In these conditions, the berries will freeze faster, as well as retain the maximum amount of useful substances.
- Do not put a lot of food on the top shelf of the refrigerator. The highest temperature in the refrigerator compartment is on the top shelf. This is due to the fact that the flow of warm air always rises up. Due to the increased temperature, the shelf life of food can be reduced.
- Placing too much food in the pan is one of the most common culinary mistakes. To ensure that they cook evenly, leave enough space between them.