General tips
Practical kitchen wisdom - 44 tips and counting.
Take the edge off your appetite with vinegar
Drinking a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and a bit of honey in a glass of water will take the edge off your...
Keeping ants away using vinegar
Spray vinegar around doors, windows, appliances or other ant pathways to keep them away
Using vinegar to kill grass and weeds
Pour or spray with full strength vinegar unwanted grass and weeds until they starve
Preparing dried black eyed peas
Clean black eyed peas from small stones and other foreigh material and then rinse. Soak the beans in cold wate...
Choosing blackberries
When buying blackberries, select dry, shiny and clean berries in an unstained container. Their color should be...
Cleaning dried black beans
Before using dried black beans, pick through them, picking out small pebbles, split and withered beans and any...
Preparing berries
To prepare fresh berries, first check them one by one and discard bad, undesirable fruit. Then rinse them with...
Choosing fresh berries
Select berries that are dry, firm and well shaped. Fresh berries should be eaten within one week after purchas...
Choosing fresh beets
Choose small, firm beets. Avoid wilted flabby beets.