Top 6 food hacks - life hacks
Strawberry Trick:
Alright, when cleaning strawberries you just
want to cut the top off like this, but then
you end up with a little bit of red flesh
still left on the top and it’s kind of a
waste.
There must be a better way, and there is.
You take a straw and you push it into your
strawberry, it’s almost like it was meant
to be and then you push it all the way through
until the top pops off like this.
Then you remove that and you have very, very
little waste.
You still have most of the strawberry left
over, how great is that!
Grating Onion:
Mincing onion can be a very tough task.
You have to start off by cutting your onion
in half and then you have to make some cuts
across it.
I like to use the heel of the knife to do
this part of the cutting, and then you have
to chop it up which requires a lot of knife
skills and precision work to get the job done.
Now there must be an easier way to do this,
and you’re right there is.
You take an onion and a knife and then you
put your knife away and instead take a grater.
Now you just put your onion against the grater
and start grating like this, anybody can do
this and you end up with a very fine mince
of onion which you can use for your dish in
whatever way you have to.
You can also use the finer side of the grater
to grate garlic, and you have the same results
as with a knife just way better.
Lemon Trick:
Let’s say you need a little bit of lemon
juice.
You usually take a lemon and you cut it in
half, then you use a little bit of lemon juice
and then you’ve got all this lemon left
over so you put it in the fridge or something.
Then when you come back it looks like this,
it’s all rotten and dry and dehydrated and
just rancid.
You don’t really want to use it anymore
and it’s hard and crunchy like this one.
There must be a better way to preserve your
lemon and still get your juice – well there
is.
This is how.
You take your lemon and you roll it and then
you want to take a sort of pin and just poke
it in the bottom of the lemon, the exact bottom
where the point is here.
Then you squeeze and all the lemon juice you
want just pours out.
Now the great thing is it’s got a very small
little hole in it now so oxygen can’t really
get into it and make it rot, so it will stay
fresher for longer.
Bread Trick:
I hate it when you have old bread and it’s
super hard and you can’t use it anymore.
That’s why I always keep my bread inside
a plastic bag so it stays soft just like this
one here, and you can still resuscitate it.
Here I’ve got soft bread but it’s very,
very old and to resuscitate it all you’re
going to need is just some water.
I’m going to put this here so I can pour
some water over it, basically just pour the
water over it and pour it on the bottom also
and then you want to place it into an oven
at 180-degrees Celsius, that’s 356-degrees
Fahrenheit.
You’re going to want to leave it in there
for about three minutes, and after three minutes
have passed then you just want to turn it
around and then hit it up for another about
three minutes.
If it’s still soft or not done enough leave
it a bit longer.
But once it’s done then you just pull it
out and it’s crispy again and crunchy just
like it was from the bakers and the inside
is nice and soft and tender and steamy, just
delicious fresh bread and this is like an
old bread.
This is like a week old, really, but it’s
super usable again and just great to use.
Give this a try at home and let me know what
you think.
Egg Peeling:
Hand peeling eggs can be an annoying and frustrating
task but this trick makes it really easy.
Just take your egg and smash it on the bottom,
smash it on the top and then roll it really
hard.
By rolling it the shell will basically fall
off the egg, so it’s super easy to remove
the shell, just like that.
Another great way is take your egg and then
you just slice it in half just like this and
then you want to take a spoon and just scoop
it out in one simple and easy movement just
like that.
This trick makes it super easy to shell eggs
and there we go.
Done!
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