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- When preparing meals that call for canned crabmeat, be sure to pick through the crabmeat to make sure it doesn’t contain any shells.
- When you cook beans, first wash them. If you wash them, you are washing away excess sodium that your body doesn’t need.
- Keep rice from becoming sticky by adding a splash of lemon juice to the water while it is boiling.
- Prevent tearing when cutting an onion by:
- Putting the onion in the freezer for 5 minutes before you cut it or
- Cut the onion while it is underwater
- Let a roast sit for 10 to 15 minutes before slicing it. This extra time will allow juice to venture from the center of the roast to more outer parts.
- If you add salt to boiling water, the water will take longer to boil.
- Throw away bulging canned food. A bulging can in a sign of infection with botulinum. Botulinum is a bacterium that causes botulism.
- Food takes longer to cook on a stormy day because the atmospheric pressure is lower and the boiling point of water is lower than the usual 212 degrees F.
- For a mouthwatering, juicy burger, handle the meat as least as possible. The more you handle the meat, the drier the hamburger will be.
- If you need more protein in your diet, use turkey in your recipes instead of beef and chicken. Turkey has 8% more protein and less fat than beef or chicken.
- The USDA recommends precooked ham reach an internal temperature of 140 degrees F to minimize the risk of contracting trichinosis. Trichinosis causes intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain, and excessive swelling of the face.
- When melted, cheddar cheese hardens more quickly than a processed cheese like Velveeta.
Storage tips
- Store an apple with potatoes to keep the potatoes from sprouting
- Don’t store brown rice longer than 6 months. The brown coating causes the rice to go rancid much quicker than white rice.
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