Pampered Chef makes the most wonderful baking stones. Trust me. I've thrown out all my baking sheets. No more hard-on-the-bottom biscuits! The one tip I would give is never put a really hard frozen item on them to bake as this will break them. Allow just a little thawing time before baking pizza.
When Baking, Invest In The Right Tools For The Job
The right tools make all the difference when baking and cooking. I saved for years to acquire the very best kitchen tools I could find, especially for the "luxury" tools that I now consider essentials, such as different scoops for cookies, meatballs, etc. Also the very best baking sheets and pans and parchment paper.
Never trim fat from meat before cooking. Fat helps give meat it's flavor. One can trim their meat before serving or eating.
When boiling corn, add sugar to the water instead of salt. Salt will toughen the corn. By Peggy
Tips for cooking cabbage. Post your ideas.
Less Smell When Cooking Cauliflower
I would like to know if there is anything you can add to cauliflower while preparing it to take away that gaseous smell. I love cauliflower, but hate the smell.
When grilling pork chops, it's very important to have the heat hot enough to be able to hear the meat sizzling over the coals. While steaks need to be cooked on a very hot fire. Let the flames come up around the steak to seal in the natural juices.
Did you ever notice that aluminum foil is shinier on one side than it is on the other? When cooking with foil (for example, wrapping potatoes for baking), be sure to wrap or cover the item dull side out -- shiny side out will reflect the heat rather than absorb it, and it will take longer to cook.
Spray Bottle For Outside Grilling
When grilling outside, keep a spray bottle of water to control the flames of the grill. Don't pour water onto the charcoal as it cools the temperature which will have to reheat before cooking continues.
Ideas for using a potato masher, other than mashing potatoes. Post your ideas.
Flavoring Meats Sassafras or Wild Cherry Wood
When cooking your meats with wood for flavoring, (ex. hams or smoking turkey), sassafras or wild cherry wood brings the flavoring out best of all.
When cooking beef, garlic salt brings more of the meats natural flavor than any other seasoning.
To easily line a baking pan with foil, turn the pan upside down and smoothe the foil on the bottom and up the sides of the pan being careful to form the corners as well.
Boiling Eggs and the Famous Anti-Cracker
Here are some tips for boiling eggs in an energy saving manner. To prevent eggs from cracking, make an Anti-Cracker. (I invented this one about 30 years ago.)
I was preparing a fairly plain boxed pasta side dish for last night's dinner when I remembered a small amount of leftover steamed spinach in the refrigerator.
Pan Substitutions - When You Don't Have The Right Sized Baking Dish
Most of us keep ingredient alternatives or substitutions for those occasions we may not have enough of a certain ingredient, but another equally important list I keep is a pan substitution list that is practical.
Cooking Dinner: Having It All Come Out Hot
My mother would cook the meal's dishes in order of cooking time, from slowest to fastest, and would place them in covered Corning Ware casserole dishes on a heated electric tray. That way, if something were to cook faster or be prepared first, it would still be warm when the rest of the meal was ready.
Using Chocolate Pudding Mix For Cookies
With double coupons a couple years ago, I bought for next to nothing, about 12 chocolate pudding mixes, the cooked kind, not the instant. Does anyone have a recipe for using a cooked pudding mix in a cookie dough? Nothing comes up under google. I would like to use these up but do not want to make that much pudding.
Put an egg in custard cup then slowly slide into pan to fry or poach to keep it in good form.
I have high cholesterol and want to start eating oatmeal daily, but the instant is not effective in lowering it. Has anyone tried making oatmeal in a large batch and then freezing it in single serving sizes to reheat in the morning?
