You are the most knowledgeable MAN when it comes to tips & tricks around the home. I watch you on my phone utube,I think I should have a second phone & only use it to follow you, just think,one phone dedicated to watching your show only. Have a happy day & God bless you.🙏☺️ From Josephine in Perth Western Australia 🦘🌏
Another way to get the parchment to stay on the baking sheet is simply to lay it down curly side _down._ Oil the inside of the grater as well. Otherwise, the cheese will stick there. No metal utensils with a non-stick pan! You'll damage the coating! Vinegar will work as well as lemon juice to clean that oven. Put the onion in the fridge for 1 hour before chopping to cut down on the gas that makes your eyes water. After chopping onions, rub your hands on anything made of stainless steel. The steel neutralizes the odor. No need to waste a lemon. (I rub mine on the side of my sink.)
Wonderful ideas! Here is one for the team: if cooking something in a pot that tends to leave a stuck on residue at the liquid level, lightly coat the inside sides of the pot with a nonstick spray or light oil. It helps to make cleanup so much easier. As always, ❤ your artful videos and commentary!
Scones, or tea biscuits as my family calls them, doesn’t have to be divided into individual size portions before baking. My grandma would often just put the dough into a loaf pan and slice it like bread after it baked.
First time viewer and I love this video. Thanks for all the good tips. I was just about to buy a vacuum sealer, now I don't have to get another gadget that I have no room for.
Best video yet. Loved the potato waffles. Leave the greaseproof paper on when cooking burgers in a grilling machine. It saves such a mess. I didn't know you could use only one blade when using a mixer ...great tip for small mixes. Thanks for a really great video
❤️❤️❤️@ cherish your Oma. My Uma hands smell like cinnamon and walnuts. Used to be my favorite pastry she use to make. It was called a Bigel in our dialect. That’s the phonetic of it in English.
Thank you to your grandmother for the fine ideas and hacks. I will try some of them when the situation arises. As for garlic smell on your hands, my grandmother said to run your hands over a stainless steel butter knife and the smell will be gone.
Thanks some of those are hacks from my dad by the way but I always said great minds think alike...😊 You could use oil on the knife you know olive oil or whatever oil you're going to cook with you put a little bit on the knife and then cut the potatoes they'll slide right off too.
thanks. Some of these I might use. For the last one - I use cotton terrycloth cleaning rags. I put one of those in the bottom of my vegetable drawer. Same idea as the paper towels except reusable. I just swap it out and wash once in a while.
Great tips! From my grandma: When steeping black tea bags (she used 2 small ones), add a pinch of ginger powder, a small pinch of cloves, and a double pinch of cinnamon. Strain and add equal amount of water for iced tea. (My addition: contain those spices in a piece of muslin so you don't have to strain it.) You hardly notice the spice flavor, but it really enhances the tea flavor.
I make an instant chai mix with lots of spices, instant tea, powered milk and non-dairy creamer. I can make it a lot spicier than commercial chai tea bags that never have enough spice for me. It's great mixed with milk and iced.
Here's one from my Italian mom - may not be a new one for you: when scrambled eggs stick to your pot, don't waste time scrubbing, just wash in coldest water possible and they come right off.
For smelly hands, rub them on a stainless steel sink. Odors from onion or garlic say goodbye. And if you don’t want your red onions so strong, like when using them raw. Soak them in a bowl of milk for 5-30 minutes. It makes them much more palatable. Rinse with cool water when done.
Also frying it from Frozen will save you on putting any oil in your frying pan the moisture from the freezing part of your Patty I'm not explaining this very well but I think you get the idea we'll add enough moisture so it won't stick to the pan eventually the fat itself from your burger will keep it from continuing to you know stick.
Love watching the amazing tips. Thank you. Just a correction in the tip to avoid the potatoes from sticking to ur knife. Instead of a matchstick u can use a toothpick.
One of the best applications for parchment paper is putting it over the grinder when rubbing lemon skin. You don't lose a whole third in the grinder as otherwise, and also easily remove the desired material from the paper.
Yes, boiling lemons in water in the microwave will make it easier to clean really messy microwaves. Vinegar works as well, that's what they say to put in this Angry MaMa microwave cleaner I purchased but have yet to try it out. 💜💜💜
Great potato patties. Boil potatoes and adding salt and pepper put potatoes through a potato ricer. Using a modern smash burger ring at the preparation table, put riced potato into the ring, and then use the smash press handle, smash down the potato rice into a potato patty. Remove and place between parchment paper. Store in ziplock or plastic container in fridge for fresh patties, or freezer for later use. Use individual or multiple patties in the cooking pan - all salted and peppered.
Awesome ideas Alex & Grandma, thank you! Especially luv the cheese grater, parchment paper, zucchini, oven & coffee. I leave tiny drizzle of dishwash liquid on clean sponze always ready for next clean. Italians taught me drizzle of oil instead in pasta cooking 😉 😁
I am a grandma. This video was best yet. A little wrinkle to burger from frozen...leave greaseproof paper on especially in grilling machine. Saves a lot of cleaning. I use kitchen towels in vegitable box..much better to absorbed moisture and straight into compost bin with rancid veg when cleaning out fridge. I learned something surprising today. I didn't know you could use only one attachment to mixer for small mixes like a small amount of cream or an egg in a glass ?😊
These were great. Two things to note: do not use utensil spoons for measuring, you should use actual measuring spoons meant for the purpose. The amount in a dinner tablespoon is not the same as a measuring spoon. As well, that hamburger was not cooked. It's dangerous to eat uncooked ground beef (or pork or chicken), especially when cooking from frozen. When there is pink inside, or pink liquid coming out of the meat, it is not cooked.
I use only the flat end of my meat pounder! Also, use the other side of the parchment paper and it won't curl or roll up. Vinegar works well for cleaning and is much less expensive than lemons.I'll try the potato-waffle maker trick.
Do you not still have to wash the mallet? After all it has chicken bits on the prongs? If so you have to wash it anyway so what's the point of the parchment?
Great tips, as always 😊 I use stainless steel to get onion/garlic smell off my hands. I rub a butter knife or the stainless sink, with cold water 💧. I especially like the poached egg tip!
Here's a trick I use for storing vegetables in a Plastic Zip-Lock Bag. Fill the bag with vegetables and then insert a Straw. Do up the Zipper so the bag is closed except for where the straw is. Put the straw in your mouth and suck the air out. When there's no air left, sqeeze the zipper over the straw and pull the straw out. When the straw comes out, you should hear a snap as the bag seals shut.
When using/making ground (hamburger or pork) meat in a grinder - have your spices, sugar, pepper, and salt on hand and add into the grinder, and allow it to mix up the product with the ground meat. No more after grinder hand mixing up the spices into the meat grind. No later, cooking of the meat and adding salt and pepper et al to the frying pan or at the dinner table.
I almost never have lemons in the house so when I cut garlic, I pour some salt on my hands and "wash" my hands with it then rinse it off. No more garlic smell! (and if you have a cut or scratch on your hand there won't be any pain from the lemon) Edit: I forgot to say, I am so going to try the egg in a sieve tip.
1. Do not store potatoes and onions together. The onions will cause the potatoes to rot. 2. Never use cold water to bring the water level up in a pot of hot cooking dried beans. The cold water will bust the beans and they will never cook soft enough to eat. Only add boiling water to hot cooking dried beans.
After cutting onions, to get the onion odor off your hands, wash in running water while rubbing a large stainless steel spoon like a bar of soap. There is a reaction that removes the odor.
If you accidentally drop a raw egg, cover the mess with a heavy layer of table salt. Let it sit for a minute or two. Then you can easily scoop it up with a paper towel and sweep the excess salt up. Works like magic.
My grandmother had us little ones stir the cream to start the butter separating process. She told us to stir in one direction...if we stirred the other direction, it unwound it😂😂😂😂 some tip!!!
I don't know how you don't run out of ideas and hacks, but I sure appreciate that you share these with us.
Thank you!😊
Yes, I agree! 😊
You are the most knowledgeable MAN when it comes to tips & tricks around the home. I watch you on my phone utube,I think I should have a second phone & only use it to follow you, just think,one phone dedicated to watching your show only. Have a happy day & God bless you.🙏☺️ From Josephine in Perth Western Australia 🦘🌏
Thanks, Josephine!
Another way to get the parchment to stay on the baking sheet is simply to lay it down curly side _down._
Oil the inside of the grater as well. Otherwise, the cheese will stick there.
No metal utensils with a non-stick pan! You'll damage the coating!
Vinegar will work as well as lemon juice to clean that oven.
Put the onion in the fridge for 1 hour before chopping to cut down on the gas that makes your eyes water.
After chopping onions, rub your hands on anything made of stainless steel. The steel neutralizes the odor. No need to waste a lemon. (I rub mine on the side of my sink.)
These are all fantastic tips!🥳✨
Eggcelent tips!
Tried that, but the paper rolled inward.
Just buy precut single sheets of Parchment paper. I keep a pack in the bottom drawer of my electric stove.
@@deeford8318 Absolutely not. I'm not paying twice as much just so I can be lazy. You waste your money if that's your idea of a good time.
I love the vacuum seal bags with water. Had to try that with some broccoli and it worked perfectly.
Wonderful ideas! Here is one for the team: if cooking something in a pot that tends to leave a stuck on residue at the liquid level, lightly coat the inside sides of the pot with a nonstick spray or light oil. It helps to make cleanup so much easier. As always, ❤ your artful videos and commentary!
That’s a fantastic tip!❤️😊
I liked the whole video. I loved the oil measure in flour tip! I will definitely use that next time!
Scones, or tea biscuits as my family calls them, doesn’t have to be divided into individual size portions before baking.
My grandma would often just put the dough into a loaf pan and slice it like bread after it baked.
Thanks for sharing! 😊
Never heard of that - thanks!!
First time viewer and I love this video. Thanks for all the good tips. I was just about to buy a vacuum sealer, now I don't have to get another gadget that I have no room for.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Best video yet. Loved the potato waffles. Leave the greaseproof paper on when cooking burgers in a grilling machine. It saves such a mess. I didn't know you could use only one blade when using a mixer ...great tip for small mixes. Thanks for a really great video
I also use kitchen roll in my veg box. It soaks up more moisture and you can put it in the compost straight with any rancid veg.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! 😊
I love your grandma tips. My Oma did things that way too. Watching your channel brings back those memories of her. Thank you.
Glad these tips bring back fond memories of your Oma. 💕
❤️❤️❤️@ cherish your Oma. My Uma hands smell like cinnamon and walnuts. Used to be my favorite pastry she use to make. It was called a Bigel in our dialect. That’s the phonetic of it in English.
Thank you to your grandmother for the fine ideas and hacks. I will try some of them when the situation arises. As for garlic smell on your hands, my grandmother said to run your hands over a stainless steel butter knife and the smell will be gone.
Thank you for the lovely message!😊✨
That’s what I do, but I do like the smell of garlic on my hands.
I use lemon juice
Need to try some of these
Hope you have fun experimenting with them.
Thanks some of those are hacks from my dad by the way but I always said great minds think alike...😊 You could use oil on the knife you know olive oil or whatever oil you're going to cook with you put a little bit on the knife and then cut the potatoes they'll slide right off too.
That’s a fantastic tip!
Thank you for sharing your grandmother's kitchen secrets. I love them.
Grandmother’s kitchen secrets are the best-little treasures passed down with love. 😊
That waffle potato with the sour cream mixture looked divine. I'll have to try that, along with many of the other hints I saw. Thank you!
Wow! Thanks man!
Always happy to help! 😊
Oh, Alex! Thanks so much for these tips! So simple, but I wouldn't have thought of most of them. It will certainly make things easier! ❤
Thank you for the kind words! ❤😊
The mullet and wax paper is outstanding!
When I use a press I put aluminum foil on mine😊
thanks. Some of these I might use. For the last one - I use cotton terrycloth cleaning rags. I put one of those in the bottom of my vegetable drawer. Same idea as the paper towels except reusable. I just swap it out and wash once in a while.
Great idea 🌱
Great tips! From my grandma: When steeping black tea bags (she used 2 small ones), add a pinch of ginger powder, a small pinch of cloves, and a double pinch of cinnamon. Strain and add equal amount of water for iced tea. (My addition: contain those spices in a piece of muslin so you don't have to strain it.) You hardly notice the spice flavor, but it really enhances the tea flavor.
Thank you for sharing this!😊
Some great ideas - thank you!
I make an instant chai mix with lots of spices, instant tea, powered milk and non-dairy creamer. I can make it a lot spicier than commercial chai tea bags that never have enough spice for me. It's great mixed with milk and iced.
That zucchini tip!! I have to remember to do this when frying eggplant!!
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Here's one from my Italian mom - may not be a new one for you: when scrambled eggs stick to your pot, don't waste time scrubbing, just wash in coldest water possible and they come right off.
That's a fantastic tip!❤️
So like use an ice cube? That's the coldest water possible!
I won't ever get tired of telling you and your camera guy that you are genius!!!
We appreciate your support and love hearing from you! 😊
Great ideas Alex! Can't wait to see what you have to share next!
Stay tuned! 😊✨
My father in law told me that he always wrapped onions individually in old newspapers before storing. It keeps them fresher longer.
You got me with the potatoes….thank you Nonna!
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Thank you so much for the tips. I knew some of the tips but I appreciate you. Thanks again.😊
You're very welcome! 😊
I truly love to learn from all the wonderful hacks; and by the way, I have made quite a few of your recipes, and they have come out excellent.
Happy cooking! 🍳
For smelly hands, rub them on a stainless steel sink. Odors from onion or garlic say goodbye. And if you don’t want your red onions so strong, like when using them raw. Soak them in a bowl of milk for 5-30 minutes. It makes them much more palatable. Rinse with cool water when done.
Great tips! 🥛
Great tips! Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Yes
To ripen hard unripe fruit well, place fruit in a paper bag and close bag well.The fruit with ripen nicely in a few days or less without spoiling.
That’s a sweet tip! 🍎🍐
Also frying it from Frozen will save you on putting any oil in your frying pan the moisture from the freezing part of your Patty I'm not explaining this very well but I think you get the idea we'll add enough moisture so it won't stick to the pan eventually the fat itself from your burger will keep it from continuing to you know stick.
Thanks for sharing! 🍔😊
Love watching the amazing tips.
Thank you.
Just a correction in the tip to avoid the potatoes from sticking to ur knife.
Instead of a matchstick u can use a toothpick.
Yes. Good objection, I saw this trick in a quiz show, too ...
(They also used tesa film (elegant-looking & slippery surface).)
Thank you for the kind words!
Love ur tips. Thanks ❤
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One of the best applications for parchment paper is putting it over the grinder when rubbing lemon skin. You don't lose a whole third in the grinder as otherwise, and also easily remove the desired material from the paper.
That’s a fantastic tip!
Potato Waffles - YUMMY!!!! 😮❤
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always very helpful tips and hacks and always guh, guh guh gorgeous :)
Guh, guh, guh glad you enjoy it! 😄✨
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Does the lemons in water work for the microwave also. I would think so ... Great hacks again love your videos ❤
I’m glad you enjoy the videos! ❤️😊
Distilled white vinegar works just as well. No need to waste a lemon. :)
Yes, boiling lemons in water in the microwave will make it easier to clean really messy microwaves. Vinegar works as well, that's what they say to put in this Angry MaMa microwave cleaner I purchased but have yet to try it out. 💜💜💜
Its nice to see someone watched and learned from baba
Great potato patties. Boil potatoes and adding salt and pepper put potatoes through a potato ricer. Using a modern smash burger ring at the preparation table, put riced potato into the ring, and then use the smash press handle, smash down the potato rice into a potato patty. Remove and place between parchment paper. Store in ziplock or plastic container in fridge for fresh patties, or freezer for later use. Use individual or multiple patties in the cooking pan - all salted and peppered.
That sounds like a delicious method for making potato patties!
Awesome ideas Alex & Grandma, thank you!
Especially luv the cheese grater, parchment paper, zucchini, oven & coffee.
I leave tiny drizzle of dishwash liquid on clean sponze always ready for next clean.
Italians taught me drizzle of oil instead in pasta cooking 😉 😁
Keep the great tips coming! 😊
Oh crap! Are you kidding? These are fantastic tips!!! Wow!
Glad you found them fantastic! 🎉😄
Grandma always has the best ideas!
I am a grandma. This video was best yet. A little wrinkle to burger from frozen...leave greaseproof paper on especially in grilling machine. Saves a lot of cleaning. I use kitchen towels in vegitable box..much better to absorbed moisture and straight into compost bin with rancid veg when cleaning out fridge. I learned something surprising today. I didn't know you could use only one attachment to mixer for small mixes like a small amount of cream or an egg in a glass ?😊
They really know their way around the kitchen. 😊❤️
These were great. Two things to note: do not use utensil spoons for measuring, you should use actual measuring spoons meant for the purpose. The amount in a dinner tablespoon is not the same as a measuring spoon. As well, that hamburger was not cooked. It's dangerous to eat uncooked ground beef (or pork or chicken), especially when cooking from frozen. When there is pink inside, or pink liquid coming out of the meat, it is not cooked.
Thanks for your feedback!
@@WebspoonWorld I loved the trick with the eggs and will do this from now on.
I use only the flat end of my meat pounder! Also, use the other side of the parchment paper and it won't curl or roll up. Vinegar works well for cleaning and is much less expensive than lemons.I'll try the potato-waffle maker trick.
Great tips!😊
I only use the flat end as well. And I put a piece of plastic wrap both under - and over - the meat!!
You really deserve it!!!
LOVE the "slicing potato" tip!, Your tips are always great!!
Thanks for the support-more awesome tips coming your way! 😊
Thank you very much.
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Yay! I love your videos Alex! Love from Canada
Sending love back to Canada! 🇨🇦❤️
…or turn the parchment paper over.
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That's what I was saying too
Doesn't always work!
@@BeatriceMurrhee-qq7vm Does - pretty much every time... 😉
Do you not still have to wash the mallet? After all it has chicken bits on the prongs?
If so you have to wash it anyway so what's the point of the parchment?
I always love watching your videos and I always get some wonderful ideas from what to make to hacks to do in the kitchen thank you once again
Happy cooking! 😊
I love it!
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Your videos are always so enlightening! 👏🤗
Thank you for sharing..👍🤝
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Tip: To keep a pot from boiling over, put a wooden spoon either in the pot or across the top.
I have done this with a wooden spoon ! It really works !!🤗
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No it is not. I tried it 🤷♀️
genius ideas!
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5:40 DYI vacuum seal- fill bag, seal it leaving 1/4" for drinking straw, suck air out, pull straw out & immediately seal. 🤷♂️
Nice DIY tip!
Great tips
Great ideas
Great tips, as always 😊 I use stainless steel to get onion/garlic smell off my hands. I rub a butter knife or the stainless sink, with cold water 💧. I especially like the poached egg tip!
Thank you! 😊
Thanks Alex, great tips I’ll pass them on to my family and friends. They’ll love them like I do .. 😊
Thank you so much!✨
The potato waffles looked delicious. We will try that tomorrow!! TY for the content!
That's great! I'm sure they won't disappoint you! 😋
Here's a trick I use for storing vegetables in a Plastic Zip-Lock Bag. Fill the bag with vegetables and then insert a Straw. Do up the Zipper so the bag is closed except for where the straw is. Put the straw in your mouth and suck the air out. When there's no air left, sqeeze the zipper over the straw and pull the straw out. When the straw comes out, you should hear a snap as the bag seals shut.
Thanks for sharing this handy tip! 🥦
I certainly enjoyed the video,found myself noddind and going😮 all through it👌👏👏Well done to grandma and yourself😊❤
Thank you so much! 😊
When using/making ground (hamburger or pork) meat in a grinder - have your spices, sugar, pepper, and salt on hand and add into the grinder, and allow it to mix up the product with the ground meat. No more after grinder hand mixing up the spices into the meat grind.
No later, cooking of the meat and adding salt and pepper et al to the frying pan or at the dinner table.
Thanks for sharing this efficient method! 🍔
That Hot potato waffle looks so delicious 🤤
Nothing beats a warm, crispy potato waffle-perfect comfort food! 😋
I almost never have lemons in the house so when I cut garlic, I pour some salt on my hands and "wash" my hands with it then rinse it off. No more garlic smell! (and if you have a cut or scratch on your hand there won't be any pain from the lemon) Edit: I forgot to say, I am so going to try the egg in a sieve tip.
That’s such a clever garlic hack!👍🍳
So, thank you for that, too!
You're very welcome!
1. Do not store potatoes and onions together. The onions will cause the potatoes to rot.
2. Never use cold water to bring the water level up in a pot of hot cooking dried beans. The cold water will bust the beans and they will never cook soft enough to eat. Only add boiling water to hot cooking dried beans.
Great tips!
A mistake many of us have made when cooking beans. Good to know!
great tips
Thanks!
After cutting onions, to get the onion odor off your hands, wash in running water while rubbing a large stainless steel spoon like a bar of soap. There is a reaction that removes the odor.
Thanks for the tip - now both knives and spoons will be kitchen heroes! 😄
Thank you for wonderful easy tips❤
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These are some great tips but I still think magic works better.
Haha, magic always has a way of making things easier, doesn’t it? ✨
Great time savers!
More quick recipes - less hassle! ⏱️😊
Will certainly try the oven cleaning tip!
Clean as a whistle.
I used to love when my friends would correct my old-fashioned Hawai'i Japanese.
Great oil/flour hack. Thanks.
Glad you found it helpful! 😊
Love them all❤.
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Wow, that’s great!
Прекрасные советы, буду пользоваться. Спасибо.
If you accidentally drop a raw egg, cover the mess with a heavy layer of table salt. Let it sit for a minute or two. Then you can easily scoop it up with a paper towel and sweep the excess salt up. Works like magic.
Thanks
Thank you! ❤
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I love your channel. I can use these tips😊❤Thank you so much
Your support means a lot! 😊❤️
Very interesting , Thank you , watch from France
Merci beaucoup!😊
If you add also a dollop of oil it should also keep it from sticking with but you do have to stir the pot once or twice to avoid the stikage.
That’s a great tip!
My grandmother had us little ones stir the cream to start the butter separating process. She told us to stir in one direction...if we stirred the other direction, it unwound it😂😂😂😂 some tip!!!
Haha, that’s such a fun tip! 🧈
Another awesome video Alex!! You're my favorite and your grandma
Thank you so much! ❤️✨
Great tips! 😃
Great tips! Thanks 😊
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To avoid lumpy mashed potatoes, squeeze the cooked potatoes through a ricer. My grandmother always had the best mashed potatoes!
Great tip!😊
Nicely done! Thank you.
Thank you
OMG... Love the honey coffee iced drink.
And did anyone else think...oh, you can just use 1 beater for mixing in a glass??!!!😮🤩
Thanks!
Thank you!
Excellent thanks!
You’re welcome!
Love Ur tips. Thanks❤️🎀👌🏻
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You’re a genius !
Brilliant 👍 thanks
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Great advice