COOKING TIPS

A reminder of days long ago and almost forgotten, but not
quite. I can still remember Mom cleaning the kerosene glass lamp chimneys and her trimming the wicks so they wouldn't smoke. I remember her cooking and canning on an old wood stove in the heat of high summer. To this day I wish I had a "Hoosier Cabinet" with the built in flour bin, tin lined bread drawer and pull out work self. It was a compact, sturdy utility piece of kitchen furniture. It was a part of my childhood to see Mom rolling out dough for bread or cookies on that pull out shelf. There was storage above the cabinet and storage below. I wish furniture makers could make them today. I would buy one

I have a few cooking tips for you, whether you like it or not. Here goes.

1. When cooking cabbage, place a small tin cup or can half full of vinegar on the stove near the cabbage. It will absorb the odor.


2. Potatoes soaked in salt water for 20 minutes before baking will bake more rapidly.


3. Let raw potatoes stand in cold water for at least a half an hour before frying to improve the crispiness of French-fried potatoes. Dry potatoes thoroughly before adding to fat/oil.


4. A few drops of lemon juice in the water will whiten boiled potatoes.


5. Do not use metal bowels when mixing salads. Use wood, glass or china.


6. Buy mushrooms before they open. When stems and caps are firmly attached, mushroom are fresh.


7. To keep cauliflower white while cooking, add a little milk to the water.


8. To ripen tomatoes, put them in a brown paper bag in a dark pantry and they will ripen.


9. A roast with a bone in it will cook faster than a boneless roast. The bone carries the heat to the inside of the roast more quickly.


10. After stewing a chicken, cool in broth before cutting into chunks. It will have twice the flavor.

I'll bet you knew all these tips already...right?

I had my appointment with the eye specialist today. No more bleeding in the back of the left eye. It is stable and so is the pressure. I go back next November. I will continue with my regular eye Dr. 'til than.

When I left the house to go to the Dr. it was a little misty from the rain, but not cold. When I came back the wind was blowing cold out of the west and the temperature was dropping. Gas went up .20 cents overnight. Dang...I should have filled the tank yesterday.

No sun...no shine...No...vember.

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